“Too scary for me to ever stay here again!”
Overall, I love this chain of hotels for a low-cost place for our family to stay. But I did not realize the location of this particular hotel. I would not have wanted to stay there if it was just myself and my kids. Thankfully, my husband was with us. Just for an example, there is no real lobby area where breakfast is served like in most of the other locations. The free breakfast is located in one of the actual rooms that is behind a secured hallway. I can only imagine it is because they have problems with people coming in off the street. I guess my expectation was for a bright, well-lit lobby area with the tv and lots of tables and chairs for breakfast. But not here - I felt like I was checking into a high-security prison - very dismal mini-lobby area. There were lots of unpleasant safety features such as the clerk was behind glass, the breakfast room was behind a locked hallway, etc. The rooms were worn and had seen many guests. But I would have been ok with that if I wasn't worried about my safety. My recommendation - choose another hotel in an area that you feel is safe.