New South Motor Inn — Hotel in Madison

I feel compelled to give 3 stars because everyone else fell for the concept instead of practicality, and these reviews need balance.|This is a fun concept motel, and this is why we decided to give it a chance. Madison is a great place for us to stop for the night when driving back from FL, and I'm tired of rooms and ACs smelling like mildew or worse (I'm in the trade). This is a fairly recent reno with a fun twist, and they installed mini-splits, which is a plus, so we stopped.|Pictures are misleading for sure. I booked the least expensive but also smallest room last minute, and still paid $145 for one night! Some other hotels down the road are 1/2 - 2/3 that price with bigger rooms, but yes, apples and peaches since this GA.|The place was not even half full, so no last-minute deals for a room where you could barely walk around the bed, very little space for luggage, and the bathroom reminded me of our first house, but smaller... Nowhere to put any toiletries, but a long mirror going down to a tiny sink. Not sure what the concept is here, but practicality was not kept in mind. Nice towels and products, though.|The main hotel sign needs TLC, and the brick wall needs pressure washing. Keep the place appealing if you're going to charge that kind of money!|We might try a larger room next time, but one thing is sure: DO NOT get a room next to the ice machine...|I'm not even sure you can change rooms since there is no...

I feel compelled to give a 3 stars because everyone else fell for the concept instead practicality, and these reviews need balance. This is a fun concept motel, and this is why we decided to give it a chance. Madison is a great place for us to stop for the night when driving back from FL, and I'm tired of rooms and ACs smelling like mildew or worse (I'm in the trade). This is a fairly recent reno with a fun twist, and they installed mini-splits, which is a plus, so we stopped. Pictures are misleading for sure. I booked the least expensive but also smallest room last minute, and still paid $145 for one night! Some other hotels down the road are 1/2 - 2/3 that price with bigger rooms, but yes, apples and peaches since this GA. The place was not even half full, so no last minute deals for a room where you could barely walk around the bed, very little space for luggage, and the bathroom reminded me of our first house but smaller... Nowhere to put any toiletry but a long mirror going down to a tiny sink. Not sure what the concept is here, but practicality was not kept in mind. Nice towels and products, though. The main hotel sign needs TLC, and the brick wall needs pressure washing. Keep the place appealing if you're going to charge that kind of money! We might try a larger room next time, but one thing is sure, DO NOT get a room next to the ice machine... I'm not even sure you can change room since there is no...

WOW!! I cannot recommend this place enough. From the outside, you look at it and think it’s straight out of the 50s, but once you walk up to the door, you realize that they have completely modernized everything. It is super CLEAN. The beds are very COMFORTABLE. The little coffee bar was so nice. The bathroom has a wonderful shower lots of little tiny amenities left for you. The towels were quality bath towels. The sheets and pillows are clean and soft. Be sure to pay attention to that welcome email. I was a little bit unsure of how to check in. I called the office and while I was going back to look at the email again the owner called me right back. Very responsive. Upon going back and looking at the welcome email again, I realized I had not read it close enough. Each room has a code lock and so you have to look at the email and...