LaQuinta South is nicer than the north one because it's owned by a different company that specializes in resort areas. That also means it costs more and I think they raised their crew rate a couple of months ago so it's pushing close to $80 if I recall correctly. Still, it's clean and convenient and reasonably crew friendly.
There is a decent restaurant for home-cooked style food (during my last visit not one offering could be described as "woke" or any other descriptor that might lend itself to modern or hip culinary efforts) called the village pub just down the street, and a pizza place also nearby. A longer walk down to Eastern and then south a couple blocks gets you to a Robertos taco shop and a couple other smallish restaurants. A gas station nearby should be able to meet any adult beverage requirements that you can't get from the village pub.
I was never mugged there but I didn't walk around after dark and wouldn't recommend that when alone.