BEST WESTERN PLUS Northwest Inn & Suites

This was another stop on our recent trip across the US. I usually do a tremendous amount of research on hotels before choosing one for me and my family, so I started feeling slightly uneasy as we were driving up to it when it didn’t appear as I’d imagined & hoped. You’re driving down a dark road (we arrived at like 10pm) alongside the highway when all of a sudden this brightly lit facility emerges from the darkness. Next door is a gas station (which had some interesting smells and characters in and around the convenience store) and another motel, and then nothing else in the immediate area. Upon entering the building however, all worries vanished as the place was clean and a security guard (who actually looked like you would expect/​want/​hope) was actively working. Got a room on the 3^rd floor with 2 beds. It was a nice size, clean and did not stink, but the wife said it was kinda old (compared to the Marriot’s where we usually tend to stay). Staff was friendly, we felt safe and secure, and we all slept well. Can’t comment on breakfast because we missed it due to my slowness, but I know there is one from like 6−9am. There is also an outdoor pool, and I hear that some rooms have Jacuzzis inside. Didn’t really have any issues here, so we may stay here again depending on prices elsewhere, location/​reason for another stay in H-​town, and how much research I’m willing to do, as this place wasn’t bad.

Comfortable, wifi, small workout room and clean. That’s what I want from a hotel. This Best Western delivered on my modest list, though you’d think you’d have a butler for the way hotels charge these days. Even the cheap ones charge fees like they are charging for Jack Nicholson and two creepy twins in the hallway.
Dude. Get flat screen televisions. Changed my mind about knocking it down a star for old tube televisions, but it’s 2012, and there is no reason to still have tube televisions. It’s also time for them to change the bathroom faucet which leaks a bit when you are adjusting the water. They make up for it with some nice new tile though and a spacious tub /​shower with a very high shower faucet. We all know how nice it is not to have to scrunch under shower heads built for leprachauns.
Why do I like this hotel? Why 4 stars? It’s clean and friendly. I used the small but adequate workout room, and the breakfast was decent with eggs, waffles, yogurt, toast, apple juice and cereal.
I suggest attempting to book this hotel via expedia or some other internet booking agent — I saved $ 17 over the lowest they would go at the front desk by sitting in their lobby on my smart phone and booking it on expedia.
Does that make sense? No of course not. Its kind of like talking to a guy in India to fix your cable in the other room. Our world is nuts so just look up expedia and pretend that extra terrestrials are a multinational psychosis so you can save a buck like me.