Drury Hotels

Favorite hotel hands down. Front desk staff and night manager are very accommodating. I stay there often as a result.

No pet fee, pleasant staff, and free breakfast made this the perfect walk-​in for a travelling family of four. Nothing fancy but certainly satisfying. Restaurants nearby include Houlihans, Fridays, Joes Crab Shack, Olive Garden, and directly adjacent Bob Evans– everything walkable. Small gym & cute indoor outdoor pool. Decent dog walking area out back.

It’s official, I am a hotel snob. This experience has proved it to me. Set it in stone!
The good:
It’s newer, clean, friendly people, soft (but paper thin) towels, free wi-​fi, manager cocktail hour (up to 3 drinks!!), and the elevator has an accent… I guess to make it «feel» upscale, and 6 pillows on a king bed.
The bad:
Its next to a busy hwy with ‘rigs running all night long. The towels are small, the bath products, thins walls (was woken at 3am to the sound of someone vomiting… hot the wake up call I was expecting).
Thankfully I travel with my personal stash of premium products, thanks to many boutique hotel stays. I have a lifetime supply of mini bottles and fancy soaps one could possibly desire.
They do put out a huge breakfast spread of sugar coated, fat laden, and doughy items. I really wish they had some fruit, even just some pineapple. Their line up of fruit was red apples and spotted bananas. I stuck with the Minute Maid OJ dispenser and the mini Yoplait.

At first, I was a bit skeptical about staying at this hotel… right next to the reliable Ramada, Fairfield Inn, and Hampton Inn. What sold me? Free wifi, long distance calling (1 hour a day), hot breakfast (not just scones and stale bagels… real food), popcorn and soda in the afternoon, manager reception in the evening (3 beer/​wine/​whatever/​day), and great service. I could just hang at the hotel all day and not go to my meetings… this place is much more than a room to sleep.