We were pleasantly surprised that the room was updated recently. When we drove in I wasn't expecting anything fancy, but when we walked into the room it all looked very nice. It seemed as if they had just replaced the flooring and bed. It wasn't anything exceptional but the modern look was a nice surprise since the outside looks like a fairly standard motel. They had also recently renovated the shower, which has was a decent size and accommodating to a guy of my height of 6'4", which is unusual! The hotel is central to St. Paul which was nice, although we were just passing through. If I ever had to stay in St. Paul again, I would definitely stay here again.
We accidentally locked our keys in our room first thing and the hotel staff was more than happy to help us out. They also remembered the reason for our stay as well as our names the next morning, which was a nice gesture.
The only thing that would keep me from coming back was the clanging from the baseboard heaters. On the thermostat was a note that asked people not to turn the heat below 20 degrees, but if the heat was on it was constantly making loud clanging noises from all sides of the room, so we decided to turn the heat down. After that the noise stopped and we slept much better.