This motel more than met my expectations. We had a very nice room overlooking a wooded lot. The location is excellent and in a very quiet, off-road spot, yet close to a shopping center. The rooms are not luxurious, but are very good. The breakfast was quite good also, with hot waffles. The price was much more reasonable that most of the places we checked.

WHY YOU'D STAY HERE:

* You're a heavy sleeper.
* You can't resist the allure of making your own waffle or microwave sausage & biscuits.
* The alternative is sleeping on the floor when you're visiting your sister.

WHY YOU'D STAY ELSEWHERE:

*You feel like spending more than $100/night.

BOTTOM LINE:

*You get what you pay for. In this case, you're not paying a lot. For your price, you get a clean (albeit small) room and access to hot breakfast (although the chaos that ensues in the self-serve setting might make you want to fight the Civil War all over again.) The three-machine exercise room, wireless internet, pool, and free parking are nice, but they barely sweeten the deal.

I rated this three stars based on hotels in this price range rather than all the lodging options available. I feel the hotel has too many flaws to warrant a higher rating. I could overlook the weak internet signal, but not the incredibly noisy heater that made me choose between warmth and quiet on a November night. I might give a pass on the weird industrial engine noises coming from the bowels of the hotel at all hours ( commercial washing machines?) but not the confusing design of the door, intended to prevent guests from locking themselves out, resulting in the doors being slammed to close them. At least that's what guests end up doing. If there's another way to do it, it isn't obvious enough, and it's not pleasant when people start banging them closed at 6:30 AM and you're still on west coast time.

At least the bed and pillows were pretty comfortable. I slept soundly in the short window of time after I shut the heater off until the door slamming began.

We've stayed here several times. It is an older property and isn't your usual Hampton Inn design. Half the rooms are upstairs and you need to use stairs. But it is quiet, convenient to campus and Chapel Hill, and we've had very good prices for our stays. The breakfast is good, the service above average. We have found it to be an excellent value for stays in the Chapel Hill area and would definitely recommend it.

Excellent price , very clean room , comfortable bed and the air conditioner on an extremely hot day worked very well! Staff was extremely nice and helpful , actually went way beyond my expectations. I will be back!