I won a free night here at work and the wife and I cashed in on it over the weekend. I work nearby and we have plenty of visitors who stay here so I was looking forward to the night out. When I first walked in, I was a bit disappointed as the outside seemed nicer than the inside. The lobby is nothing to get overly excited about, but they were friendly. They also have snacks, medicine, and drinks that can be purchased here as well. The daily managers reception was still going on, but we opted to skip on this event. Our room was on the first floor right next to the open area where the manager's reception was going on. It also seems to be a gathering place and we could often hear noise from people in this area throughout the evening. I would suggest asking for a higher room or in another part of the hotel.
The rooms are 2-room suites and when you first walk in, you are in the living room. As you walk thru, the middle portion is the bathroom and coffee area and the bedroom is at the back. Although it's called a 2-room suite, there are no doors separating any of these areas. The first thing I noticed is how dark the living area was, even with several lights on. As I began taking pictures of the room, my wife continued on to check out the rest of the place. Then all I hear from her is "What is that bug crawling on the pillow!" followed by "Is that a bed bug?". I walked into the bedroom to simply discover that is was nothing more than an ant crawling around. Still a bit disappointing, but at least it wasn't a bed bug. We pulled the sheets back on the bed to make sure everything was clean, and it was, but I will say that the bed linens seemed a bit worn to me. In general, the room was showing it's age with some spots on the walls/ceilings/floor and some of the furniture nicked up. It wouldn't necessarily prevent me from staying here, but the place is in need of a facelift.
The work area was OK and free WiFi was available. There is an outlet that is easy to get to for plugging in your laptop. If you wanted to watch TV while you worked, you would have to turn the TV or sit on the couch and work there. The room also contains a small fridge and microwave, but no in-room safe that I could find. The usual other amenities can be found here like iron, ironing board, luggage rack, etc. The bathroom was clean and there was plenty of counter space to put your stuff out on. I liked the big shower head and water pressure was very nice. There is a TV in both the living area and in the bedroom. We never turned the TV on so can't really comment on it.
The bed was pretty comfortable. There is a night stand on either side of the bed, but no easy access to plugs. I had to unplug the lamp in order to plug in my CPAP machine, and then I still had no place to plug in my phone. I woke up at one point and looked at the clock to find that it was 9 something. At first I thought my phone alarm did not go off at 7 as planned and that I overslept but then was thinking it was still awfully dark in the room. As it turns out, the clock was set incorrectly and was 5 hours behind in time. Not sure why housekeeping didn't catch that and set it correctly.
Breakfast in the morning was also included, so we went over to the on-site restaurant where they had "made-to-order" breakfast. Basically they would make omelets for you, or you could just get something from the buffet. There was an assortment of breads, cereals, fruit along with oatmeal, pancakes, bacon, breakfast potatoes, sausage, and eggs. For drinks there was coffee, tea, and an assortment of juices. All in all, breakfast was decent and no major complaints here.
In the end, we for the most part enjoyed our one night stay here. I still feel like the hotel needs to do some renovation to keep it fresh and newer looking. read more