Lack-of-Quality Inn
By A Yahoo! Contributor, 5/14/07
My family just spent 2 nights here. We were sad to find the Victoria Inn we had stayed in many times in the past was now a Quality Inn (as of Aug '06 apparently). Gone was the friendly family-run motel. The cleaning lady looked to be the only staff member left from the Victoria Inn days. Gone are the wonderful complimentary breakfasts in the restaurant--replaced by a very disappointing array of pre-wrapped donuts, pastries, bagels and muffins, single-serving cereal boxes, orange "juice" which had the taste and consistency of Tang. While the room was clean, the non-smoking 5th floor had the smell of smoke throughout the hallway. Every other number plate for the rooms were either on the floor or missing--as ours was. The front desk staff were overly friendly--in a scary sort of way. While I was getting "breakfast" one of the male staff went to the table my wife and 2 daughters (8 and 5) were sitting and started to talk to my girls and ask them all of the usual questions--but he was in their faces and it looked more like an interrogation to me. Both of my daughters appeared to be more than nervous around him. I'm surprised my wife didn't tell him to "back off." My relatives I was visiting told me that both the Quality Inn and the Knight's Inn next to it have both gone downhill since getting new management. These are the closest places to stay when visiting my relatives--and they're still another 30 minutes away. I guess it's time to find a new motel for future visits.