Rockdale Hotels

Pros: Owners we tank w and beyond. Love the quaint cottages. Much nicer than hotels. Establishment has a lot of history.

Pros: Staying at the oldest continually operating motel in Texas--you feel like you are almost a time-traveler....this could be in Mayberry! Various styles of units on acres of lawn, shaded adirondack chairs, bird houses, a couple of resident cats. Imagine your grandparents as newlyweds pulling in and staying a few days. It is modest and totally refreshing. Coffee pot in the room but a 30 second walk to the office for complimentaryKeurig coffee, a newspaper, muffins, apples, and the proprietors even provide some nuts, power bars, and biscotti to take in the car or nibble with the bottle of wine you brought with you. A grocery store is 5 minutes down the road. Tasteful antiques, Pottery Barn linens, curiosities and conversation--or solitude. Tennessee Williams stayed here in 1939 and he could have done some work---it's an hour and a half northeast of Austin on a secondary but easy highway. Great place to explore small town real Texas. Drove to Calvert,TX for antiques and people watching. This place is not for you if you need a pool, room service, a flat screen TV or a minibar. OK for well behaved kids. I had a comfy queen bed in a cozy room and a fabulous shower head in the real bathtub---and the A/C kept me comfy in the middle of June. 0h and did I mention $59 a night?

Cons: Neighborhood lacks charm but is quiet. Internet access seemed too challenging to bother with.

Pros: The staff was outstanding! Rooms were clean and the breakfast bar was kept stocked.

Cons: The breakfast was not good at all. Eggs tasted bad, milk was expired, kids and us barely ate anything. Room was OK but not the greatest. There aren't many choices in Rockdale to begin with, so 2.5 stars was the highest available and it was pretty bad.

Cons: Do not go there, it is filthy---bugs and breakfast was not served at all ... it's says it has a pool and it does not. Very dirty hotel for the price.

Pros: Room was fairly clean.

Cons: Front desk young man was extremely rude when checking in. He was trying to get more money for two beds in the room though I called few days earlier and they confirmed me to have two bed room in my reservation. They also lied how full the hotel was.

Pros: Hotel staff was great.

Cons: The room had a stale smell to it, there was a visible extension cord running from the plug by the sink to the microwave, really tacky. Also the cover on my bed was dirty, full of visible spots.

Pros: The beds were good and the shower had great water pressure.

Cons: The milk in the breakfast area was out of date and spoiled. Not much room for seating in the breakfast area

Pros: Clean and quite

Pros: The manager was so accommodating. I needed to stay during one day instead of over night and he let me into a room at 9am and let me check out at 5 pm with my one night stay reservation. He asked if I needed anything and how I liked the room.

Cons: The restaurant next door was closed.

Pros: The staff was very friendly and helpful

Cons: Not enough towels

Pros: Affordable rates

Pros: Great location and very quiet.

Cons: Breakfast was fair at best.

Pros: The hotel was clean and the owner's son was great. Breakfast was good and he was very friendly to make me more when it ran out.

Cons: TV didn't work well and when we asked the girl (at check-in) for a new room, she lied and told us they were full for the night. I went out and counted LESS than 10 rooms occupied. She also knew little about the city the Hotel was located in.

Pros: Location Manager was extremely helpful

Cons: Coffee pot in room did not work but coffee was available in the lobby.