Rodeway Inn

I stopped staying at this hotel years ago because it was getting so run down. I booked a reservation thinking it had to be better because they must have updated it by now. WRONG!
I would say it’s like sleeping in a cave but a cave would actually be a better experience. The walls are dirty, bed saggy, parking terrible, WiFi slow, room noisy, and the carpets are dank… Dank like they have 30 years of dirt pressed into the.
I was afraid to let my bare feet touch the ground. I was afraid to touch the wall at the top of the bed. It looks like it’s been pelted by a booger machine gun. I had to sit in the entry way next to the door to get the WiFi working.
It’s the kind of cheap crappy hotel you see in the movies when people are broke and on the run from the law. Except this motel is so scummy they would probably turn themselves in. Jail would be nicer!

If I can give no stars, I would. This was the WORST hotel I have ever stayed in. The bathroom walls were disgusting. It looked like spilled coffee drops (I hope) and it reeked like a swap type of reek… The first night I woke up a couple of times thinking a bug was in my hair or something but when I woke up in the morning I had huge red bumps and they itched really bad! I thought it was odd and googled it and came up with bed bugs! Gross! I took upart the bedding and YUP BEDBUGS!!! I told the guy at the front and he told me «Tommorow someone will look at it, sorry» and I told him I wanted my money back and he fought me for like 20 minutes telling me my bites on my arm can be anything else! So rude but I ended up getting my money back. Worst stay ever!!! My arm was itching so bad and it was just an awful experiance. Not to mention all the people drinking and smoking weed outside and the condoms laying on thr floor by the cars.

Ok. So I know I waited a while to write this review, but I realized I was still upset I hate getting cheated. On June 14^th at about 3am I had an emergency I didn’t want to inconvenience any family and friends cause it was so late, so me and my family had to leave our home for the night. I finally I called this hotel thinking it was a blessing because every other hotel that night said they were sold out. So I called and ask did they have any rooms available he said yes I said do you guys offer a late check out due to the fact we had such a long night he said No I would have to pay for 2days so I said how much for two days he said $ 120, I said ok so $ 120 for 2 days he said yes. So I went down there was so tired and wasn’t feeling well got my key and went to my room. At about 12pm I get a call and said when was I checking out I said I paid for two nights he said no you paid for one night, MY biggest mistake is I forgot to get a receipt. So I was forced to leave he never even called to person who worked the shifted I checked in to see if he made a mistake. So I PAID $ 120 FOR 8HRS. hORRIBLE HOTEL AND KARMA WILL COME BACK FOR THEM TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE SITUATION…

I wouldn’t give it 1 star… you know it’s bad when you don’t want to touch anything in the room

Terrible customer service dirty rooms loud scummy people it’s just all bad I will never stay there again it’s awful ! I asked to be moved to a non smoking room 3 times and they couldn’t make it happen at my convenience ! My vehicle was vandalized by the scummy people they let stay there ! And it’s always noisy especially on Friday and Saturday nights ! Pay the extra money and stay anywhere but here ! I am a traveling construction worker and this is a real review! !! STAY AWAY FROM THIS PLACE!!!

This is one of the reasons I joined Unilocal.I think this may be my worst experience and I stay out of town at least 100 nights per year.
Put it this way, I slept in my clothes and didn’t shower in the AM. In spite of my request to leave and get my money back before I touched the bed I was told the charge had been made and he couldn’t reverse it since it was past the first ten minutes.
Later when I went to get an iron (that’s right, don’t expect an iron in your room), I was told I needed to leave a ten dollar deposit. No chance.
So don’t stay here and I am reminded now that I need to call Choice Hotels to tell them about this. I am a regular with them. This place is a discredit to their name.
This was about late July. Just too busy but this is worth it.
Thanks Unilocal.I needed this.

Clean, comfortable, a good place to stay in a pinch. We felt safe while here for three days. The internet SUCKED though. Wouldn’t stay connected to our computer. Very annoying.

This is a 2-​Star Property + 1-Location+1-Outstanding service. No bed bugs in Room 208. If you think this place is overpriced, you haven’t done much price-​shopping in Alameda 94 501. This isn’t Oakland. People come to Alameda for a reason: ITS SAFE. I stayed here for 8 nights in August 2013 at $ 76 per night. Nothing else in Alameda comes close to the price point; Extended Stay America is over $ 100 with tax, the dated and onery Marina Village Inn is over $ 125; and both those competitors are off the bus line, you’ll need a rental car. Location: This is a great spot for the Bay Area traveler, the 51A and other AC Transit bus stops are literally in front of the motel, its an 8-​Minute ride to 12^th Street BART, so you can explore the Bay by mass transit and always get back to your room without difficulty. Service: The folks that run this Rodeway Inn (it used to be a Days Inn, was something else before, its a very old property) are really, really nice. English is their 2^nd language, but everyone I met – front desk staff, room cleaning crew, maintenance crew – were all really nice, friendly, and willing to help. The rooms are dated but the furniture is comfortable and very clean. The mini-​fridge/​freezer & microwave worked great. Shower was immediately hot, AC unit blows cold, bed was comfortable. There are hundreds of channels on the DishTV Satellite box, including comedy channel and HBO. Safety: During my stay I left thousands of dollars of sporting goods, laptop and bluetooth headset in my room, and nothing grew legs and walked away. Try that in Jack London Square or Motel 6 Embarcadero; if you’re desperate to save $ and this place is too expensive, consider what your personal safety is worth: you can stay across the Estuary, but don’t leave anything in your room or your car when its parked. This place is safe, has great friendly service, is in a good location, has great WiFi, and is tremendous value for the $. I will stay here again, assuming the management remains the same. August 2014 update: Just spent 9 nights in Room 111, no significant changes. Manager and staff still exceptionally pleasant, Maid cleaned room daily even though she didn’t have to (still not much English spoken). Pool was open, functional and enjoyed by many children, but closed promptly at 5pm so no disturbance. Still the best bang-​for-​the-​buck in Alameda, cheaper than most AirBnB places without the security deposit hassle.

BED BUGS BED BUGS BED BUGS BED BUGS BED BUGS!!!
After one hour in this place I had five bites on my legs. I went straight to the owner to let him know and cancel my reservation, and he ACCUSED ME OF LYING AND REFUSED TO GIVE MY MONEY BACK. He said that I had to show him a bed bug to get my money back — what kind of a moron doesn’t realize how f (&*#$ing small bed bugs are?! After an hour of arguing with him (and I DO NOT ARGUE WITH PEOPLE), I showed him a picture of bed bug bites on webmd in front of other customers and got my money back.
Any responsible business owner knows that the right thing to do in this situation is refund the charges and deal with the problem. Instead, this a-​hole created a huge ordeal. F you, man.

Paid over $ 80/​night to stay here last year and it was a nightmare. Nearly the worst hotel I’ve ever stayed at, but I think that that one in Cortez, CO with meth or crack junkies in the parking lot was worse. Since this is the Bay Area, everyone at this hotel was just high on dope. And they seemed to be selling it, too.
The carpet was torn and filthy, the bed had hairs in it, the door lock did NOT seem to be secure AT ALL, and the furniture was beaten to hell. I really don’t want to know what goes on here besides selling some weed (seemed to be a regular spot).
I called Choice Hotels (made the reservation through them) and luckily got the rest of my stay refunded, so I only stayed one night out of the planned 3 here. Thank God, too, because there was a Raiders game the day I checked out and things were going downhill fast.
Really terrible experience.

DO NOT stay at this nasty hotel! bad service! bad rooms! bad everything! you will be disappointed!
we had a very negative experience here and want to warn you away from this awful place!
just don’t do it!
makes me shrill to think i had to give them even one star to insert this review.

Don’t stay here. We drive from Los Angeles to the hotel and were exhausted from the drive we arrived at the hotel at 1 pm but were not allowed to check in until 3 pm. I have never experienced this. In other hotels I have been able to check in early but not here. The manager said the room was not clean and ready but I saw no one cleaning the rooms. We waited until 3:01 pm to check in. The room smelled. The hotel is run down and they have poor customer service.

I am almost ashamed to admit that I have stayed at this substandard Bollywood-​run motel but I consider it my obligation to warn others to stay away! I am currently in the process of relocating from the Central Valley to the Bay Area and I needed a location with public transit access for my commute (work) to SF. I chose Alameda because it is mostly residential instead of Downtown Oakland. I am a Choice Hotels Privileges member and this Rodeway Inn & Suites was a location that was provided to me.
From what I gather, it was formerly a Days Inn and is long away from what it once was. The lobby is filthy and worn and the rooms are equally worn. I was quoted a corporate contracted rate but management tried to charge me a $ 89.00 per day which is well above what they should be entitled to (more like $ 45.00 per day). The bath tub had a mat in it that exposed a rubbery white sludge underneath as I showered, the bedding had holes and the linens were badly stained. The icing on the cake, though, came on the morning of Wednesday ⁴⁄₄ @4:30am when I heard a few cars speeding in the parking lot and quickly stop. Then, the police began banging on the door of the room next to mine (I stayed in #109 on the ground level) while yelling «Open the door, it’s the police». I was terrified and stayed awake because I didn’t know if I was going to need to escape flying bullets. Surprisingly (really not so surprising), the manager tried to tell me that the police were called for a medical emergency but when I asked why an ambulance didn’t appear he appeared as though he was unable to come up with a more reasonable lie.
DO NOT STAY @ Rodeway Inn & Suites in Alameda… Save your money and sleep in your car.