Staff was very helpful and very friendly. Motel was nice and clean not luxurious but decent. Again its a MOTEL NOT A HOTEL! Highly recomended.

I have been using this motel for a number of years, during the Iditarod. It is clean and roomy, without Anchorage prices and the noise of the city. While large enough to offer more than the accommodations one would expect for a modestly priced property, the additional attention by the on site owner/manager makes it more like coming home than staying out.

The location of the property makes Anchorage a convenient 15 - 20 minute drive, yet allows commuting out into the Matanuska - Suisitna Valley a short ride as well.

Will continue to stay here as long as the Iditarod continues drawing me to Alaska.

Positives:
1. Clean budget motel, spacious rooms.
2. Free wireless internet
3. Stove/refrig/microwave/coffee in room.
4. Free satellite TV (if it works -- see below)

Cautions:
1. Bring your earplugs:
a. Wood frame construction means you hear every step in the room above.
b. No elevator; End rooms hear every step on up/down stairs
c. Room AC via open windows -- cars parked 10' from windows; you hear every arrival, departure, loading, unloading.
2. Check TV immediately -- ours had expired Smartcard in the satellite box -- no TV until next day.
3. Sheets changed only after four consecutive days stay.
4. Don't get sick in the room -- notice says maids will not clean up after you. Also don't soil the mattress -- you will probably be buying a new one.
5. Don't lose the key. $56 (!) charge to your credit card.

We were a big party - 10 people including 3 children, and we wanted to save on the hotel costs since we were only going to be there to sleep. This place was our first stop in Alaska and we landed late in the night (technically early in the morning) for a three night stay. The staff was really nice even at that late hour. Our rooms were very clean, the breakfast was very good and filling (not nominal like in some other places) and the management was very pleasent. That is an experience that one would expect in any decent place, but we had some trouble getting the RV the next day after checkout, and the mangement let the children and my mother-in-law stay in the room till the evening. We were not the easiest of customers, for e.g. my nephew became ill in the middle of the night and we had to make some phone calls at that hour, but the service was always politely given, and I would recommend this place to anyone. This is far cheaper than staying in anchorage, has a people movers bus stop, grocery store and restaurants within a five minute distance. If you have children, the kitchenette is very good. For it's price, you can't get a better deal.