I was actually pleasantly surprised with my stay at la quinta, as it was my first time with the chain. The property was fairly nice and new looking, and the staff did a good job at being attentive and responsive.
I demoted a star from the property, however, because of two issues we faced during our stay. First, while it was temperate during out stay in Alpharetta, when we arrived to our room for the evening we found our AC was not responding, and the room was growing warm. Despite the later hour (it was 11pm, but we are over 40 and that's late) the wonderful front desk attendant answered quickly and got a new room right away. The second issue is that in the morning, since we tend to shower later in the morning, there wasn't any hot water in the shower.
other wise I would definitely stay here again, love that I can bring my dog, love the fridge and microwave in the large spacious room, the bed was comfortable, the AC worked super well in room #2, there's a few good spots to eat and drink in walking distance, and we had a good time.