Triangle Motel

What a great little gem this place is. Clean, comfortable and accommodating, I always enjoy my stay here. Even the landscaping on the premises is pleasant and well-​kept. And the owners are wonderful. Staying here is like staying with old friends. You just can’t get that same feeling with the big chains. I’ll definitely be staying here again!

Stayed over night during the month of March. Affordable, spotless, comfy and nicely decorated. Owners were wonderful as well. Would definitely visit again.

We were cycling through the area and needed a place to stay that was a good halfway point across Michigan. This motel was highly reviewed, so we made a reservation. We were not disappointed. Friendly owner, clean and comfortable room, and surprisingly quiet considering how close we were to a a few busy roads.

Called the proprietor and made a reservation. A few hours later, upon arrival, «Michelle,» a co-​owner, informed me that my room was no longer available and that a smaller room was all that was left.
«Well, may I have a discounted rate then, since you are giving me a room other than what I reserved?» I asked.
«No.» she said. «But, you can go someplace else?»
[Are you kidding me? Did she just say that? I thought to myself.]
Frustrated, I accepted the room because of time constraints and pressing work obligations to attend to. The proprietor should have called me if there had been a change to room availability, but poor customer service (and common sense) is apparently their «style.»
To compound matters, I had to turn on my phone recorder when she began insisting that she could deny me (and my service dog) the room as it was not a «pet friendly» room. It took me «reminding» her of the Americans with Disabilities Act and how what she was doing was unlawful, before she changed her tune.
No apology. No nothing.
Besides all of that, the room was clean. However, don’t let the photographs fool you. The motel is feet away from the Interstate and directly across from a busy gas station — meaning that it is very noisy (from inside your room).

Very nice, pleasant place to stay. A hidden jewel. Stay on a regular basis & never had complaints & always was clean. The owners are always friendly & helpful. Highly recommended.

Clean and Nicely decorated. Small rooms. I’d stay there again in a pinch. Little pricy for a motel.

This place was super clean and the staff were super friendly. You are not going to find a better deal in the area. Our room even had a mini fridge and microwave in it, both looked fairly new. I will definitely stay here again.

AMAZING QUALITY for the price! Nice HOT showers, clean rooms and the ladies are expremely PLEASANT! We will stay there again if ever in the area!

So you found yourself in Alma.
1.) Are you lost?
2.) Are you sure?
3.) Did you follow the road signs for «hotel» and end up in this parking lot, having second thoughts and Bates Motel flashbacks?
Cast your trepidations aside, my friend, because I have it on good authority (read: my mother, who stayed at the Comfortable Inn down the road and camped with a colony of ants) that this is the best motel in town.
The most notable feature of this motel is: it is spotless.
Sure, it’s a little… Soviet…on the outside, and the beds are small (my sister and I had a room with one full bed and one twin. She’s a sucker for letting me walk in first.), and the bathrooms are miniscule, but I didn’t find one speck of dust, dirt, or decomposition on any inch of this hotel. That’s a major win.
Our room also came equipped with a fully-​functional fridge, a microwave that went untested, a flat-​screen, and a fly swatter.
Rooms are $ 55/​night AND they come with a free fountain beverage or coffee from the Citgo located conveniently across the street for each night you stay. Score!
Protip: the motel is only 10 rooms, so if you’re in town for a wedding, bat mitzvah, graduation, etc., attempt to rent out the entire motel for friends and family. It totally mitigates the Bates-​esque vibe for those whose last hotel review was a NYC Hilton.
Other perks: great lawn for tailgatin’, barbequin’, brunchin’, and loungin’ (there are even a few chairs and a charcoal grill provided, but best to bring your own if you’re more than two people) AND The World’s Best Bar just a short drunken stumble across the grass.
BONUS REVIEW FOR THE WORLD’S BEST BAR: Because it doesn’t have a Unilocal page, and it is 3am and no way I am creating that right now.
Crossroads, AKA TWBB, is not labeled. You’ll mistake it for a maintenance shack for the auto-​supply down the gravel path. You would be mistaken. If you dare to enter, you’ll be greeted to retro-​rad black-​and-​white-​tile floors, an appropriate amount of wall kitsch, pool tables, regular tables, something blinky (my apologies, I was already severely drunk by the time I arrived from a family wedding. Pinball, maybe?), and a stage/​dance floor.
If you’re a family of Ds, or just extraordinarily lucky, you’ll be treated to no cover and a ROCKING (not just the alcohol talking! I have video!) band. We heard Potter’s Swamp (soon to be known as Faze 5) and they serenaded my family and I with such gusto that we were all sore the next day from dancing (we got jiggy with it. It was unbecoming). I somehow managed to convince a bartender to sell me two Bud Lights, and I was only charged $ 5! On a Saturday night! Somewhere long after midnight!
The regulars were great fun, and if I was in Alma, or hell, Michigan, for any reason, this would be My Place.

Surprisingly nice!
From the road it looks like any other motel, but when you get close you notice the small things that shows the owners really do care about the place. A cute garden out back, a tub full of flowers outside the office, nice chairs outside each door.
The rooms themselves are small but wonderfully appointed. Each room has a flat screen tv, a mini fridge, microwave and an alarm clock that you can hook your ipod into. Free wi-​fi too. All of that for around $ 50 makes it a screaming deal.