Quality Inn Plaza Orlando

This property is located on International Drive and is very convenient to restaurants and attractions in Orlando. What it is not is a great place to stay.

I haoppened to land there as it was the cheapest and only hotel on the convention shuttle route for the meeting I was attending. Also because it had been several years since I had been to Orlando and I wasn't sure that there was another alternative under $100 close by.

Check-in was tedious as I arrived around noon and they didn't have any non-smoking rooms available yet so I had to wait until one was ready. They first said wait until 3 pm and only when I checked again with them an hour and a half later did they get me a room. So they didn't have a process to help those that were waiting to notify them when rooms were available. If I hadn't asked I would have been stuck for another hour or so.

The hotel itself is spread among six building lettered A-G and if you are in G like I was it was a hike. The hotel is also quite old and so it is designed that the buildings aren't enclosed but have a window and a door that lead directly to the outside. My room faced the freeway which made for some noise that I drowned out by turning on the heater since it was unusually cold in Orlando.

As for the room itself, the furnishing and decor were old but it did have a microwave and refrigerator which is great for families or those wanting to fend for their own food.

Since this is an older property wi-fi internet access is only available in the lobby, though I managed to get a very weak signal in the room, and it will cost you $10 a day for wired access.
In the lobby there is also a snack and andwich shop where a 2 litre bottle of cke wll set you back $3.

Also if you need anything shipped in or out the hotel charges $10 to handle it no matter how small. This can get pricey and they don;t even do it with a very helpful attitude.

There are many dining options with a few blocks of the hotel. Sizzler which serves a buffet breakfast for $3.99 ($4.99 weekends) drinks extra is next to the hotel. There is also Pizza Hut, Houlihans, Maggiano's Little Italy and Olive Garden close by along with numerous other restaurants.

I ate in the B-Line Diner at the Peabody Hotel across from the convention centre one evening and they had a crab and artichoke dip that was fantastic along with other great food reasonably priced.

If I had to give the hotel a grade I would say it deserves a D at best. For the convention rate of $92.25 it was still overpriced and I wuld never bring my family to this dump.