Shady Oaks Motel

Well this is the NASTIEST motel I've EVER stayed in.. First of all the woman that checked me in (a foreign lady for which I can only assume was the owner) insisted that I pay for my room in Cash Only which I thought was weird... Then I made sure it was a pet friendly place since I have a service animal... Thats when she said she wanted me to stay in the only room they have upstairs and the only room you have to actually go behind the building... I felt very judged at this point but she already had my cash so what could I do? I then proceeded to follow a very narrow walkway to the unsafe stairs.... I got to the sliding glass doors and found out that door wasnt even locked and that it wont lock then I stepped inside and the overwhelming smell made me want to puke literally... The carpet smelled like it wreaked of urine... The room telephone was on the floor in the entranceway... The small frig was unplugged and the door was kept open by a chair next to it... The microwave was unplugged... There was a creepy door by the bed that had a padlock and duct tape on it and my dog kept looking in that direction the entire time and there was lots of times that I thought I heard someone behind that door... The best part of this evening was when the foreign woman called up to my room and told me that my daughter and husband could not stay more than 5 to 10 minutes otherwise she was going to charge me $10.00 per person.... Now that was BS... They brought me food and wanted to have dinner with me but not after that phone call... I dont know what else to do besides make this report so people BEWARE

I had a good experience at this motel and no issues with having my puppy stay with me in a standard room. The furniture and bathroom fixtures are old but no worse than you'd expect from a cheap roadside motel. I paid by credit card without hassle and the guy who checked me in was very friendly. Might be a hit or miss kind of place, based on the other review.