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| - Never been to a Drury before and love this mid-range hotel! We came here during spring training, so the price was pretty expensive, ~$350 per night. But, all the hotels raised their prices during spring training.
The location is great! It's close to the freeway, fast food and a few strip malls. Parking is plentiful and free.
The staff are very nice, thorough and attentive!
The lobby is new, open, SPACIOUS and modern. I really like the mixed use, open floor plan. The lobby, front desk, office area, food service area and two dining areas all share the open floor space.
They have a small exercise room and an indoor/outdoor pool. We didn't have time to try those out. The lobby is locked down at night and only guests with room keys can enter. There's no one at the front desk after 10 or so.
They offer free popcorn & soda (during certain hours), 3 free alcoholic drinks per day, breakfast and dinner buffets. We tried their breakfast buffet and it's pretty good! We were never around to try their 3 free drinks or dinner buffet though. They also offer vending machines for odd hour cravings.
The rooms are modern and up to date. The TV has user accessible HDMI inputs, however, if you want to fiddle with the aspect ratio, I'd recommend downloading the Peel app from the Play Store (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tv.peel.app). This only works on Android phones that have an IR blaster.
The small closet door is also a full length mirror, but it doesn't stay open, so you have to stick your shoe against it to keep it open.
There's no safe in the room but there is a fridge AND microwave! I counted 11 open power outlets scattered throughout the room.
Bathroom is well-lit and surprisingly bright for not having any windows. We got a "handicap" room, so the shower basin was larger than average as well. I like their soap dispensers on the wall. The brand also smelled pretty good and not cheap.
However...and this is why I had to deduct a star...their towels are AWFUL!! For being such a new hotel, their towels were rough like sandpaper! Also, they use the el-cheapo toilet paper you find in public restrooms. I like that they use disposable cups instead of glassware in the bathroom. You don't have to worry about the maid not cleaning them properly like you see on YouTube. The room's digital thermostat is easy to use but you do have to remember to explicitly set it to COOL or HEAT mode.
The view from the room wasn't anything spectacular but that's okay. The window's big and lets in plenty of natural light. They have free wifi but I didn't get around to testing the speed. It seemed to work okay for streaming Netflix and didn't notice any issues.
Lastly, here are some tips for the waffle station at the breakfast buffet:
1. Don't top off the batter cup, you'll overfill the waffle iron and it'll drizzle out over the edges. Fill it to about 1/4" to the top.
2. Pour the batter in the center and swirl your way out to the edge.
3. Be patient! Give the batter enough time to cook before opening it.
Nothing beats fresh waffles. Their batter produced consistently chewy & crispy waffles! Seriously, quite good!
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