I rated this hotel a 3 for a couple of reasons. It's definitely not above a 3 star, but rating it lower would not be fair.
First off, the rooms smell like stale smoke. The first room we were given had a VERY strong stench, so when we went back to the front desk, they gave us another room right away. The 2nd room didn't smell much better. The funny part is, it says 'no smoking' everywhere. Perhaps its in the carpets, furniture & walls? The rest of the room was as clean as you can make clean taking into consideration the age of the updates.
This is an old hotel, but the rooms seem to have been slightly updated maybe 20 years ago. The bedding is decent, but the beds are not...they are terribly uncomfortable.
The overall cleanliness of the room & interior of the hotel was clean, which helps with the score.
There were 2 ladies at the front desk when we checked in. One was younger than the other...and that younger lady was VERY rude to her coworker, right in front of us. The other lady was the one who checked us in and she was quite pleasant...the younger one needs to learn some people skills.
The area is super sketchy. To the point where I would not feel safe arriving late at night in the dark. I'm glad that my ground floor room was in the courtyard vs. the parameter of the parking lot. Glad to see big bright lights in parking lot...was honestly a bit worried about my car being broken into...it wasn't tho.
Would I stay here again? Very unlikely unless I was stranded.