Kerry's Hotel and Restaurant Reviews!

Friday Night

The Best Western Villager in Lincoln, NE - How did this place get a place on the Hotwire hotel list? It looks like it used to be an in-town resort back in the day. It's huge, there's a fountain in the courtyard, and there's giant boulders lining the parking lot.

The current owners thought that new ceramic tile = bathroom remodel. The blow dryer was loud, and didn't dry my hair, per se, but it did have shiny gold trim.

The continental breakfast was at a Saloon next door that apparently had a hot night on Saturday with someone winning $700 in Keno - TWICE! Breakfast consisted of fruit, a danish and juice, tea or coffee. We skipped it.

But there was a bed. Two of them in fact.

1 Z out of 5

Saturday

Breakfast

U-Stop gas station. The gas was $44. The breakfast was iced tea and prepackaged baked goods. B threw away the last third of his muffin because it tasted like candy.

1 Yum out of 5

Lunch

Valentino's - Ogallala truck stop. This was better than I expected. We got the buffet. The pizza wasn't too greasy. The lasagna was Kerry-style. The fountain Mountain Dew was delightful.

3 Yums

Dinner

Wazee Supper Club - The atmosphere wasn't quite as great as the travel book would have lead us to think, but the burger and Stromboli were tasty, and they had Wilco on the jukebox. Downside - about half way through dinner they switched to the radio and We Are the World came on.

3.5 Yums

Hotel

Staybridge Suites in Denver, CO. - OK, the full size refrigerator is nice, but this place is nowhere near as great as people make it out to be. They've still got the ridiculous wall art. They've still got the nasty bed spread. They only gave us one towel. BUT - they do have those nifty toilets with the suction flush. Pretty schmancy!

The continental breakfast also appears that it'll be above average.

3 Zs