Guest User
January 31, 2023
These days clean and comfortable roadside motels are a lot harder to find than they were in my youth. As a result, making our lodging plans when working an out of state wedding has become a lot harder than it used to be. Luckily I was able to find a decent rate through my company to stay at the Quality Inn Union City. My partner was a bit uncertain about it upon check in with how far out from the rest of town it was and how close in proximity it was to the highway. But I assured her reviews were nothing but positive for this property. She especially warmed up to it after I showed her where we would've stayed instead. Check in was incredibly fast and easy, lobby was definitely older but incredibly clean and spacious. We were placed in room 210 adjacent to the stairs and far enough away from the highway noise. The room was spacious and included 2 queen beds which made for more than adequate room for working in. My partner used the shower after we checked in and informed me she had to clear a spider web and take out a couple flies before she could shower. But honestly for value lodging those are the least of my worries and have encountered worse. Wifi was fast and incredibly easy to use which was incredibly helpful because I had absolutely NO cell signal in our room (Thanks T-Mobile...) thankfully though when it came time to get dinner the hotel book suggested Snappy Tomato Pizza which I hadn't tried in nearly 20 years. Excited at the prospect of reliving my better days, I was grateful that the in-room phone still worked (an amenity I also have not utilized in decades) and proceeded to order some pizza for the two of us. Pizza delivery girl arrived with our food and two sodas shortly after. If I would change anything about this room it would've been the length of the table, as it was not nearly big enough to fit our pizza and drinks which led us to becoming creative and placing the pizza box on the bed while we utilized the breadstick box as a makeshift plate. Shortly after eating, we got settled into the bed which was INCREDIBLY comfortable. A big surprise especially for a property like this. The next morning we were up bright and early for breakfast as we had to be at our venue by 8:30 AM. Breakfast was more than adequate for this kind of property. Was pleasantly surprised by the availability of yogurt and oatmeal as well. I don't know where Choice Hotels get their sausages but they're always delicious. Can't say the same for their biscuits but I usually get toast or cereal anyway. We returned to the property around 11AM and ate our leftover pizza for lunch, LOVED having a minifridge in the room and wish this were the standard for all value motels. My partner took a nap for the next hour while I proceeded to continue working on the music selections for the wedding. While working all of a sudden my cellphone rang in the room (something I was not expecting as I mentioned there was NO cell signal in the room....thanks T-Mobile..) tu