My nephew and I stayed here last week for one night on our way to Galveston for a cruise. I booked through Southwest Airlines website and even though yes I didn't pay a ton for the room, I still was a little surprised by it all. The staff was very friendly, but I was told several times just at my check-in that I was to not smoke, have pets or cook in my room. I told him the first time I did not smoke and I had not pets or any intention to cook in my room, but he told me 2 more times after that. Even at that, I could understand their insistence in keeping their rooms nice and clean and free of smells and that might be why he told me so many times. The entry looked and smelled very clean even though you could tell it was an older hotel. My 13 year old nephew even commented on how nice it smelled. Once we got to our room, the size was great and had tons of space, but it smelled like smoke. My 13 year old nephew commented on that too that it stunk so bad in there and why did they make such a big deal about not smoking if the room smelled like smoke anyway. I told him it was only for one night and we could make due and we did. I thought it...My nephew and I stayed here last week for one night on our way to Galveston for a cruise. I booked through Southwest Airlines website and even though yes I didn't pay a ton for the room, I still was a little surprised by it all. The staff was very friendly, but I was told several times just at my check-in that I was to not smoke, have pets or cook in my room. I told him the first time I did not smoke and I had not pets or any intention to cook in my room, but he told me 2 more times after that. Even at that, I could understand their insistence in keeping their rooms nice and clean and free of smells and that might be why he told me so many times. The entry looked and smelled very clean even though you could tell it was an older hotel. My 13 year old nephew even commented on how nice it smelled. Once we got to our room, the size was great and had tons of space, but it smelled like smoke. My 13 year old nephew commented on that too that it stunk so bad in there and why did they make such a big deal about not smoking if the room smelled like smoke anyway. I told him it was only for one night and we could make due and we did. I thought it interesting as well that they had a laminated cost sheet in the room as well that if you damaged the furnishings in any way or with unremovable stains then it had it listed how much they would charge you for each item. The ironic thing was, is almost everything in the room had some sort of stain on it. I took pictures when we got there in case they tried to charge me for stains I was not responsible for. The sofa and arm chair both had stains on them. I'm usually not that type of person, but felt if they were making such a big deal about it then I probably needed to cover myself. There were stains on the bedroom ceiling next to the fan, stains on the ceiling above the shower, gunk around the shower drain as well as mold all over the bottom of the shower curtain. I just felt for the cleanliness of the entry, I was quite surprised at the lack of cleanliness in the rooms. I'm just hoping they owners see this and hopefully make some changes going forward. It was a great location and the staff was very friendly, just might need to update your air conditioners and furniture so as to invite more guests.More
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