Admittedly, I should have been suspicious that this hotel was in Port Allen, which is more of a Truckers Paradise, than a place you’d want to bring your kids. When I pulled into the lot and saw all of the trucks parked there, I immediately wished we had booked in Baton Rouge proper.
I did ask the front desk if people stayed there from LSU all of the time, and he said yes, but during our short stay saw no one. Just tons of … men.
As a woman with two young daughters, I would just caution you to think twice about booking this location.
The hotel itself was fine. La Quintas design overhaul is very cute, but there was an underlying seediness to the hotel. It felt more “motel” than anything.
Breakfast was ok. Eggs seemed like there were powdered, and the sausage from Sunday was used on Monday which you could tell.
But the thing that got me - in the night I turned over a pillow that was in my way and in the faint light could see - something - not sure what, on it. When I woke up in the morning I saw was turned out to be a disgusting booger caked into the pillow case. I nearly threw up because I know for a fact it wasn’t mine or my kids. I also dropped something behind the night table and needed to move it. There was not only a ton of dust behind it, but also used floss picks. Disgusting.
I guess we got what we paid for, but then again, this stay wasn’t cheap! Do yourself a favor and only book this place out of absolute necessity.