I'm going to paste a reply I made to this question last month (Oct 8):
We stayed there for 3 nights last weekend (Sat-Tues). In that time, we moved 3 times! The first night, there was some horrendous screeching metal sound that woke us periodically throughout the night; I think it was something to do with the A/C. There was also a broken ice machine right outside our door. We were in a 2-king room, which are all located at the very back of the property. The pictures looked nothing like the actual room, which was much smaller and quite dingy. There was no patio or balcony as pictured, either, and we were told none of the double kings have those so not sure why we were told we'd get one. Not a big deal, but I value honesty when dealing with a business. There were 4 of us, all women, and the amenities were adequate. The front desk staff was very nice and helped us with our issues. However, when we had to move rooms after the first night, the first desk person told us we could upgrade to a better room for $20/night, and that it would be huge and have a patio area. She specifically said that you could put another king bed in it because it was so big. Turned out that there was no patio, the room was the same size, and the thing that increased the price $20/night was an extra sink; the vanity was the same size but it had 2 sinks instead of 1. She had told us we'd have an extra vanity outside the bathroom, but that information was incorrect as well.
Just telling you to be careful if you're considering a deluxe over a standard room --ask what you get for the extra cost, because they admitted to us when we went to the desk to say we hadn't been given the bigger room that the only difference between the std and del is the extra sink. Not worth $20/night! We were told those were the only choices with a double king room, but I'm not sure that's true. The second room was on the parking lot at the side of the building and shared a wall with a mass of A/C units so we declined that one. They finally put us in a 2nd floor room that was exactly the same but not next to the A/C units and on the street. They also took off the extra $20/night charge.
The staff worked with us and were very nice, but the hotel is old, and even the renovation can't fix the issues with it. The beds were comfortable and we liked the lobby but we won't go back. We paid $89/night, which became $113/night after taxes and fees (plus another $10/night to park your car). It's a very decent price but there were just too many issues and we actually were surprised to learn that our room had been renovated because it was a pretty slap-dash job. The carpeting looked old, floor tiles didn't match, there were odd patches of putty and so on. I stayed at the Desert Inn for the same price last month and would much prefer to stay there.
