Quality Inn Downtown 4th Avenue

Reluctantly, but they moved me to a room that met expectations

The room I was initially put in (123 or 129 can't remember) should be taken out of inventory. Dark, dirty, old furniture, extremely noisy due to proximity to the elevator. Probably the worst room I've ever stayed on. I only had 6 hours to sleep and having to change rooms reduced that to 5 hours. Why even put me here when the place was at 50% capacity at best?

For the most part the breakfast always is nice. Pancakes, eggs, and sausage; hot and cold cereal; toast, bagels, danish; and yogurt (only artificially sweetened, however). Usually there also are browned potatoes, but since there were fewer people due to the pandemic there were none this time. There always is coffee available in the foyer, and the orange juice at breakfast is very good. In the room, where we were asked to take our food, the beds are quite comfortable, and there are enough furnishings to eat at a table comfortably.

Since we were traveling during the pandemic, we expected extra caution to be taken in the hotel. Aside from closed seating at breakfast, there was none. No one, including staff and housekeeping, wore masks. The room only was serviced every three days. This meant that no surfaces, in the rooms or assumedly in the public areas, were routinely sanitized. The check in counter had no available hand sanitizer, which generally can be found at public counters such as banks and post offices. We saw no evidence that any effort had been taken to protect the guests from possible exposure to infection. Simply because something is not "required" in one county, does not mean that hotels needn't take every precaution during a pandemic to protect travelers from outside the city. Travelers, especially, should be asked to wear masks, and those that don't have them should have them provided. Aside from the closed eating areas, one would have the impression that the city was open, although it only was at Phase 1 during the time we were visiting.