Very good

Spent one night and that...

Liked: Hotel is old and needs a lot of help. Front office was not inviting and smelled bad. Room was clean but dirty ashtrays outside the doors was not pleasant.

Avoid

Liked: Location
Disliked: No hot water and not clean

Not a chain hotel. Not...

Liked: Private setting- no common hallways with a seating area outside the door.
Disliked: Price

Superb

As a solo traveler staying...

Liked: Friendly, accommodating proprietor. Good location for attractions in the middle Hudson Valley. Comfortable room. Room has a fridge and plenty of space.
Disliked: No internet in rooms. Not a huge problem for me because I spent little time in the room, but this would be a big issue for someone traveling for work. Normally in a situation like this I would resort to using a hot spot, but the local Verizon signal is exceptionally weak. Again, not a big problem in my particular circumstances. The proprietor's advice was to sit on a bench near the motel office, where the internet connection works. Fine for an emergency, but far from ideal.

Quiet and comfortable, seriously overpriced.

Liked: Quiet and comfortable.
Disliked: Extremely overpriced (that said, most accommodation in the area is extremely overpriced). There is nothing wrong with the place. It is simple and quiet, what you would expect from a budget motel, except that it is not a budget motel.

Passable

Liked: The room was nice and clean . surprised there was daily maid service.
Disliked: Bathroom could have been bigger, shower door did close all the way, could have used a clothes draw.The biggest disappointment was trying to find the motel after dark, the sign was not lite up.

Stay in a low-quality budget...

Liked: The only thing good about this hotel was that it was about a four-minute drive from my friend's house, where a large group of us met up for the weekend. That's all. It was close to someone's house. But now that I know what the property is like, I will NEVER stay here again — next time we visit, we'll go down the road to Hillsdale. It'll be a seven minute longer drive to/from our friend's house, but we'll have everything a hotel should have (unlike the Elm Tree Motel, which has nothing).
Disliked: When you pay $200 a night after tax, you expect to stay in something high-end. But not at the Elm Tree Motel!No wifi.No coffee.The fridge makes a loud shrieking sound that is impossible to sleep through, so I had to unplug the fridge to sleep. Which means I had to throw away the perishable food I had planned to keep.The air conditioner has one volume, and that is DEAFENINGLY LOUD. So I can either try to sleep in a hot room, or sleep in a room with a screeching AC fan. (Spoiler alert: It is in the middle of the night and I cannot sleep no matter what.)NO WIFI!NO COFFEE!For $200 a night?? This is a RIP OFF.Stay away from this place, go ANYWHERE else!