at Alabama Shakespeare Festival and this was just 5 minutes away (by car). Small hotel, just 3 floors, small inside pool, ample free parking and nice complimentary breakfast area (6A-9A). The hotel is across the street from Waffle House and next door to Taco Bell. Around the corner is a main drag with an Aldi, pet store, Lowe's, TJMaxx, McDonald's, and lots more shopping and dining. There are a lot of small, older looking hotels in the immediate area and I was a little concerned as we were getting close. Think this place has been recently renovated. Carpet, flooring and paint are all new, fresh and modern. No safe in the room but iron/board, a large fridge, small keurig (with supplies), individually wrapped plastic cups, ice bucket and a king bed under a fluffy white comforter & bright clean sheets. Just an overnight, so didn't use the shower/tub, but bathroom was very clean, good sink for washing face & decent counter space for 2 folks' stuff. Looked like our 3rd floor window might unlock & slide open but we didn't try it. Bed was big and comfy. TV has Spectrum, which I'd never used. There was a card listing the channels but the bad part was that the (channel guide) station that showed what programs were on was a static screen that you couldn't navigate. It just showed programming on dozen channels for a few seconds then the next dozen. You just had to wait if you missed the one you were looking for, definitely not set up for you to browse, looking for something good to watch. Also, it didn't show all the channels, maybe half of them. They have all the usual stations plus about 5 HBOs, but we had to use Google to figure out exactly what Bruce Willis movie we were watching. Breakfast was good with several juices, sausage links and patties, scrambled eggs and pre-made egg white veggie omelets, biscuits and turkey gravy. Also available: cereals, oatmeal, fruit, milk, coffee, chobani yogurt, bagels, Otis Spunkmeyer muffins, hot cinnamon rolls and my favorite: the 1 minute pancake machine! Self-serve area and dining was busy but kept clean by a friendly young lady. Small 'pantry' to purchase snacks (sweets, chips, popcorn, drinks) at the front desk and free ice machine. Place was all very clean but may be older. There was some rust on the bottom on the shower curtain rod and one panel on our window had white discoloration. Air was pretty cold most of the time, and again, everything was clean. *ONE NOTE: Plenty of bedside plugs (right on the tables, not down on the walls-Nice!) But, NO USB PORTS. We brought cords but husband forgot his plug so we had to share. Not a huge problem, but might affect some folks. Would definitely stay here again. Staff was quick and friendly on check in & helpful when I bought Cheetos that night. Dropped our key in a tray on the counter on our way out, nice and simple.
