Best service in months. They had already taken care of check-in before I arrived. I was exhausted, and didn't have to wait around for paperwork, or them looking up my reservation, etc. They literally just handed me my room key and receipt as soon as i showed them my ID. I was out of the lobby in under a minute!
As for the room, it was the 3rd place I've stayed in a row, with a hard floor, instead of carpet. I get this, from a cleaning and maintenance point of view, but it usually makes a room reverberate and echo. However, this place put some rugs that helped absorb sound.
Another convenient difference, was a baseboard heater. Not the usual wall unit, or other nousy forced air systems that keep waking me up at nights.