When booking this place I was not sure what to expect. Photographs showed rustic cabin style rooms and a nice pool area. Some people mentioned how hard the place is to find. Others wrote top reviews... Well it’s a mixtur.
The place is not really hard to find, if you get common with the streets around. Unfortunately there is still a lot of streetwork going on outside the grounds and you might not be able to use the right exit, as it might be closed. We went for some more miles and around and then we found the motelstyle Hill Country Inn. There is not much around than some fast food and 410 Loop Road. When you enter the ground you will find many 1 floor buildings, some containig 10, some 4 rooms. All built rustic style with front porches and 2 nice chairs to sit on your porch. We were facing the playground which is big and provides sandy ground and many gear for children. And to the left we had the Cabana and the swimmingpool. It is a retreat for people with children while you are in the city of San Antonio.
We got a room in a building of 4. The inside of these cabins and rooms is rustic, all wooden walls and ceilings. Most furniture is made from wood, and a bit worn. The entrance provides a small sitting room with couch, table, a desk, Tv with about 20 channels and 2 chairs.
Next is the kitchenette with spacious fridge, very tiny microwave, a sink and a wash basin, opposite is the tiny bathroom with toilet and tub. In the back of the cabin is the sleeping room, we got 2 q beds and TV, some wardrobe and most of the place is covered by older carpets.
For me it has a comfortable and rustic touch, but do not expect a 3 star motel!
The kitchen looks somewhat dirty (especially the cooker) and parts of the kitchen showed rust. The drawers looked dirty inside and worn and the cutlery was not clean.
The beds in the sleeping room were good, I had asked for better ones due to my back problems and after all I got a room with ok beds.
In the Cabana they have social hour every day and in the lobby you get complimentary breakfast. It’s cramped in there when there are too many people, you even won’t be able to get to the food counters. Though they have the usual breakfast items as yogurt, toast, flakes and so on we skipped the crowded room and breakfast.
One severe problem I see is housekeeping. When we arrived – sitting on the sofa – I saw garbage under the TV-stand in the sitting room. The first day we mostly spent in the room and on the porch, as I was sick, and all the day no housekeeper came to tidy our room. I were a bit astonished as I did not remember that I had booked the package without housekeeping (yes there is one you can book). So we waited for the next evening.
When we came home they had made the beds, taken the garbage out and put fresh towels in. That’s all. They even did not clean the cups, or replace the empty kleenex or replace the coffee. I had to go and ask for that. By the way – the garbage is still under the TV-stand... the alarm clock beside the beds is very dusty...
They have wireless which does not work far from the lobby but did around the pool area, and did in our room (288).
About noise: You will hear your neighbours on the porch, you will hear all water pipes and you might hear your neighbours talking in their room as well. But it was no problem to us. During night you might here trains whistle for a while and in the morning some of the planes leaving the International Airport seem to fly directly over the inn's buildings.
All in all I must say this is a nice motel, if you want a nice pool area and like the rustic interior. The grounds are nice especially around the pool area and they have bushes, trees and small patches of grass throughout the place. But do not expect the motel to be very clean or up to date in any way. It's one of the cheap places in San Antonio, so don't expect too much, we paid 59.- and they offer more expensive suites if you want a better room quality.
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