Hotel was clean and quiet. Felt room was over priced. Check in staff did not mention any offers/promotion we were eligible for at check in. Restaurant was reasonably priced for breakfast. Service was slow, but server was excellent. Slow serve, I expected as he was the only one serving during the breakfast rush.

I first think it's important that I recognize the staff at this hotel. The front desk is both helpful and courteous. The cleaning staff do a good job of trying to add polish to the disgusting dated infrastructure. The problem here is simple. Either a wealthy person or a wealthy group of investors have decided that their customers are worth less than money in their pocket. It's somewhat of a perfect example of the divide seen more globally, but I digress.

I noticed that a previous review had trouble with a vomit smell on the mattress. I was lucky enough to be placed in a room where the mattress smelled of feces. Perhaps we could be given a choice of bodily fluid smell at check in? Of course, mattresses which are slept on by different people every night for, say, 15 years will tend to smell and sag. These beds are almost comical in their dilapidated state. The furniture is marked and scratched. The bathroom shower has tile with stained grout .The shower curtains are so stained and old that it's likely it's the dirt that keeps them water proof. The enamel on the tubs has worn to the underlying steel in places. Generally, the two rooms I stayed in had the look, smell, and feel of an old fraternity house.

What is so unfortunate, is this hotel is a pivotal part of a community trying to escape poverty and attract business and people. If this is where families first stay, they will be left with a poor impression of this dynamic city. Look at the pictures in some of the reviews, this is what now pases for a Garden Inn. If you ever wondered if income inequality effects you, look no further. This is how the rich now house the lesser masses. This is the hotel equivalent of what airlines have already achieved. "This is good enough for you, now shut up while I eat gold".

One of the worst HGIs out there.

The hotel is dirty and dilapidated. We showed up late at night and the linens in both beds smelled heavily of a vomit-body odor combination. We ended up just dealing with it as we were just too tired to deal with the very rude night clerk.

Parking is a challenge here. There are not enough spaces and it is tricky to find a place. The lot is shared with a number of neighboring buildings, including a public housing project and a courthouse; some rows are okay and others get you immediately towed, with no rhyme or reason. There are also broken gate machines stuck in the down position randomly in the lot which means many cars are backing up.

There were a lot of random people wandering around in the dimly lit parking lot, and a lot of broken glass. Remember to take everything out of your car lest you invite a break in.

The staff are just phenomenally rude. Don’t expect a free breakfast even if your rewards status entitles you to it; the front desk clerk will gleefully (and I mean gleefully!) explain to your group seated at the breakfast table why he is denying it.

On the plus side, it was cheap.