Countryside Motel

I got to this hotel, which was just past an industrial part of town, and upon entering the lobby I was very uneasy as there were bars across the window to the front desk. I asked the gentleman if they were needed in this section of town and he explained that he lives upstairs and that the door is unlocked 24x7. Still, very creepy. My room turned out to be in a section of the hotel located on the second floor of a building housing a liquor store. The room was freshly vacuumed and the bedding appeared to be fresh, but the cleanliness of the rest of the room was awful. The microwave was covered in greasy fingerprints on the outside and the inside was stained with food residue. The heater/AC vents were dusty and the controls too. The toilet seat was up in the bathroon and it appeared not to be clean. I thought I saw a bit of residue left in the toilet and there was definitely a ring around it. I flipped the bedspread back to see if the bedding was clean. It appeared it was, but the spread hit the floor, so I didn't put it back on the bed (because who wants what is on the floor in the bed?) I wiped everything down with my disinfecting wipes, but given the dirty condition of the hotel, the liquor store and the bars on the window in the lobby I just didn't feel safe in this place. The gentleman was nice and said if I didn't stay in the room he wouldn't charge me. Since the bedding had ended up on the floor I didn't press for the refund and let him decide. Not for me.

Room itself was fine. Bathroom clean exterior of Motel was noticeably worn. This was unnecessary as the repairs/ cleaning needed would have been of minimal cost. Not one painting on a wall. But ultimately for $75 it met my basic needs of a comfortable bed, clean room and good hot shower.