I was pleasantly surprised by our recent visit to the Mineola Best Western. It’s a new property (1 year old according to the front desk staff). The layout is standard-issue but the décor and details are better than you would expect for a hotel of this caliber. Flat screen TV’s in the rooms, above-average quality towels and linens, etc. The pool was either not finished yet or under major repair but was not available in any event; if this is important to you, call ahead to confirm the status. The free breakfast was standard-issue continental; nothing special but nothing wrong with it, either. The mini-fridge in our room did not work very well…I had placed a few water bottles in there overnight and they were barely below room temp in the morning. Like most hotels of this type, the AC is either off or blowing hard, but it was very effective if not a little loud. I recommend getting a room on the 2nd floor. The first floor was a little loud. Our room (#107) was directly off the... more