I had a 2 hour & 30 minute ride from Colonial to Montevideo on the bus, then 30 minutes to get Uruguay money and then a 25 minute ride to the hotel, from the Montevideo bus station. The check-in went smoothly. They helped me carry my luggage to the room. The room was big enough for me. The bath room was kind of compact, and the shower was just big enough for a normal size person and always had warm water. They were working on the hotel addition, but that was after 0800, so no problem. There also was a strangely aggravating hotel worker that couldn't get my name right, even after giving him my business card, pointing to my name.
There's a restaurant straight across the road. It may have it's license soon. There was a nice super market across and a couple hundred feet down the road. There's also a big place a few hundred feet farther that has more shops, including a place to get the Uruguay card for your pocket phone. Just a hundred feet or so from the hotel, is a nice hardware store, then a construction related store. Going up Arizona road 1/4 mile and there's a big construction / hardware store, kind of like a Home Depot. The hotel had a roof drainage problem. Near-by, there is bus service.
The last night there, heard a loud crashing noise. The noise was from the 2 glass doors of the exercise room being broken out. Sure do not know how the 5 year old boy did that. Other than that, it was peaceful being away from the city! Check trip adviser for more.