La Quinta Inn Waco University

Very close to campus and magnolia mart!!! Clean — yes there is some wear but over clean hotel and good price

We were in Waco for one night and wanted a hotel close to the university, so I picked this one. It was a great deal because it included breakfast and WiFi. I feel like you can’t really complain about it for the price. I mean, I did not give it 5-​stars, but it’s not pretending to be a 5-​star property! It’s fine for a budget motel. Yes, it is a bit run down, but if it wasn’t, it would probably cost triple what it did! For under $ 60, to get breakfast and free parking and WiFi — well, you can’t beat that! The room was clean and the beds were honestly very comfy. Yes, you can hear the highway, but I bet you can hear it at every hotel in town so that’s not a deal breaker for me. The staff was very friendly and I definitely appreciated that.

Love this place! Friendly staff, great price, clean and a free breakfast. And all with the convenience of a motel– bags and care are feet from your room.
Sure there are some minor maintenance issues — door that sticks, bathtub water drip but overall — awesome!

Only here for two nights so we tolerated the fact that this hotel is sorely in need of an update.
We stayed in building across the street from lobby. No ice maker in our building. Interstate noise very noticeable.
Pillows were very lumpy & mattress was very uneven. «Wood» floors in bathroom very discolored & worn. Bathroom looked like it was about 25 – 30 years old. Shower head not adjustable.
Because of their pet policy, we stay almost exclusively at LaQuinta when we travel. This is, hands down, the worst LaQuinta we have patronized. I gave it an extra star because the staff was very friendly.

Used to be this great place with friendly people. Now they have jacked up the prices on game day so high I way as well stay at the better hotels with better service. Not sure what happened but they can’t seem to get the rooms clean and when things break they just seem to leave them broken. Never had problems like this before so it must just be poor management. I have really enjoyed this place over the last five years but it’s just not the same and they will never get me back. I expect it will be a casualty and close just like Denny’s right next to it.

Disappointed that this hotel is going downhill. I have stayed here many times for Baylor games, and never had any real complaints. The rooms are shabby, but were clean, had free wifi, and the location can’t be beat.
Unfortunately, it’s gotten worse. Getting up to use the bathroom in the middle of the night, I turned on the light to find many little bugs all over the bathroom floor. Luckily I was already wearing socks, but had to go put shoes on to kill them so I could use the restroom. It really grossed me out. If I hadn’t had an important meeting early the next morning on campus I would have checked out, asked for a refund, and found another place to stay. I can deal with a stray bug, but not many running around all over the bathroom. Ick!
Spend a few extra bucks and stay somewhere else until they remodel and update. With the exorbitant rates they charge on game weekends they should be able to afford it.

So nasty. We checked into our room, had to pay for the business suite since they didn’t have anything else, and first thing we see is an impression of a mans genitals on the couch. There were other clear and prominate stains as well on the same couch. The bathroom had feces in the toilet, and there was signs of the bathroom not being cleaned at all. We asked for our money back, and the obliged. We ended up going to the Holiday Inn Express, and it was wonderful!

Rooms are clean. A little outdated. Had problems with a few guys taking handicapped parking. Only had hot water working like it should one day called front desk he comped us one nights stay. It still isn’t working!

Not a bad hotel to spend the night in. I guess if you don’t pay attention to a few things.
The only problems I had were the tiny bathrooms with the rusty, aged shower. Also do not go out back in this hotel. I thought there was an extra stairway, but instead I met a group of chain smokers who gave me a pretty dirty look. I did not feel comfortable in that situation.

I stayed here for two nights over Labor Day weekend/​first game in the new stadium.
For a hotel that was probably fully booked, it was actually pretty quiet in the evening after the big game on campus. I didn’t really hear a lot of noise from students or other hotel guests.
The room was clean, but there were some things that clearly the maids missed. There was a towel hanging on the back of the bathroom door, so I’mnot sure if that was clean or dirty. The guests who had stayed in my room before me left food in the refridgerator and it was still there when I arrived. Also, the bathroom had new soap and shampoo, but no one had removed the previous soap and shampoo (both of those had been used).
I liked that the room had a microwave and a mini-​fridge, though, that wasn’t listed on the ammentities on the website, doing so would be a reallly good thing because I would have brought some of my healthy food with me. The mini-​fridge, though, was more of a freezer.
Pet friendly, I brought my cat!
The beds are full sized, not queen, by the way, so you can really only sleep 2 to a room.
What else? Check in and check out was easy. Didn’t eat any of the food there so I can’t comment on that. Breakfast was only from 6am-​9am, that’s really not a very long time, 10am is what I usually get as the cut off for breakfast.
WiFi: They advertise as having free wifi, but the signal is so weak that I couldn’t even use it.

The Good: Clean, recently remodeled, well priced, good breakfast (loved the waffles) and secure.
The Bad: Rooms have Full size beds not Queen size beds as advertised on the web site.

I was fine with this hotel, but I’m not terribly picky. Interstate noise is noticeable but not deafening. My room was clean and not shabby. Staff respected the Do Not Disturb on my door. Hot water with good pressure. Beds and pillows were average — nothing to rave about but nothing uncomfortable, either. Stayed Fri and Sat nights. ONLY real annoyance was that there is some kind of coffee shop/​college hang out place right nearby (especially if you stay on the side closest to the Denny’s) and Saturday night there was some live band playing there. It was super loud; I even had to check to make sure they weren’t set up and playing right in the hotel parking lot! Their music was decent, but WAY too loud — especially when you’ve got an early flight out of town the next morning. Not really the hotel’s fault, but maybe they should ask the establishment to keep the volume down a little bit on behalf of their guests :(

Thoroughly middle of the road. I generally like La Quinta’s for business travel, but they vary quite a bit from one property to another (versus say Courtyard by Marriott, which are virtually identical no matter where you go — which is something I like about Courtyard). This La Quinta is old, needs some updating, and is a bit of a sketchy neighborhood. It’s on the west end of the Baylor campus, which can be a good thing if you’ve got business, kids, or friends on campus.
Rooms at this hotel are split across 9^th Street. The backsides of both buildings are pretty dark and out of the way; I’d be *very* careful to remove any valuables form my car and lock it up. My biggest gripe is that hallways are exterior, meaning your room door is directly accessible to anyone right off the street. This is a real security issue, and I cannot recommend this hotel to a female traveling alone (OK, so as not to be overly sexist, I can’t recommend it to anyone traveling alone from a security perspective. But I’m not sure I’d consider it safe for a family, a couple, or other configuration.) To be fair, I didn’t feel threatened at any point, didn’t see any undesireable types lurking around, etc., but exterior entrances just aren’t safe.
I’ve been griping with hotel reviews when you’re provided with those cheesy plastic drinking «glasses.» Well, those are a step up from the really cheesy styrofoam cups here. Yuck.
Breakfast isn’t worth the bother. Coffee is pretty good, but beyond that, store bought mini-​muffins and brightly colored cold cereals for the kiddies. Some not too fresh looking bananas and a self-​serve waffle machine that could use a cleaning. There’s a decent Denny’s next door though, open 24 hours.
This place was OK — though the exterior hallway security thing would be a deal breaker for many. I stayed for five nights on business travel and had a very variable rate. Three nights I paid $ 59, one night was like $ 70, and the last night, a Friday, was I think $ 109. That was pretty bizarre — and this place is NOT worth $ 109 a night. Ever. I suspect that rate might’ve been jacked up for some event at Baylor. There are a LOT of other hotels nearby — don’t pay $ 109 here…