Matador Motel

OMG, WHAT A HORRIBLE PLACE! I am a professional plumbing contractor. I work in some really bad places. Difference is I don’t live there ! This place makes you want to burn whatever made contact with the place, and hope to God you can kill off the rest of the bacteria.
Bottom line, sleep in your car instead.

Made reservations and once we got there decided to stay at our friends in the interest of not needing to walk or take a cab back. But was able to check out room. Room was clean (most important) and had character. The lady was very understanding and sweet and offered to hold our room for a little until we decided wether or not to sleep on a couch or at the motel. Other reviews mention that they control the AC, but the room we were offered had the personal AC and we could control. Over all– I would stay if we didn’t have the couch to sleep on.

Let me make this very important announcement prior to my review:
I DID NOT STAY HERE AT THIS JUNKY FUNKY SKUNKY SPOT.
I simply was doing a bit of ‘research’ to see what this place was all about, check out the rooms, check out the staff, and check out the pricing. Boy oh boy, does this place need to be knocked down, redone and made into something fresh, updated and cool. SO MUCH potential yet SO much moldy oldy grossness!
First, I walked into the «office» and thought I was teleported back to 1962 or an even an better visual: A Quentin Tarantino/​Rob Zombie film set. The male and female sitting behind the «check in desk» were reminiscent of leather face and crazy clown man (Rob Zombie movies) minus the clown makeup. Dingy, dusty, old, musty (musky?) you get the idea. Relics decorated the office that had been there since the days of horse and buggies. The reason I gave this motel one star is for the somewhat normal kid that was appointed by leather face to show me around. I had walked in, asked about a room for one person, one night ($ 55 including all taxes) and asked if I might be able to see the room (s)) they had for rent. The kid was the best part of this tour, nice and somewhat informative.
My tour guide (I forgot his name) showed me the two rooms (see pix) and proceeded to inform me about the colored glass in the windows, the «antique» interiors (although any person with ½ a brain could see that everything in the room was most likely picked up from a «free» pile outside of the Goodwill). He also told me that a lot of people that stay here here break things, steal the bedspreads (because they are so clean, chic and expensive– OBVIOUSLY, LOL!!) then mentioned that the light bulbs always get stolen (rent to crack heads much??) He then walked me out to the front of the motel to show me a relic of a statue of the Virgin Mary set up by the rooftop and informed me that it had been there for several years. I honestly found it to be quite odd but thanked him for the nifty useless 411. What I really wanted to know was, do your patrons leave with lice and upon opening their suitcases when arriving back home, did bed bugs hitch hike a ride back with them. Hmmm, glad I didn’t ask, he probably would have fibbed about it anyway. Again, I was simply doing research and NOT staying here so I suppose it really didn’t matter.
KEY TIPS for anyone considering staying here:
1) Bring your own sheets and blankets, pillows & towels
2) Bring a gallon of Clorox disinfectant wipes
3) Flip clops (to wear in the shower– DUH)
4) Slippers (to wear on the grody tile or rug floor– Double DUH)
5) Make sure your fridge and microwave work (if your lucky enough to have a room that has either). The ‘kid’ told me some have them, some don’t.
6)Last but not least, Fabreez… I mean, unless you like trailer park skank smell then by all means, leave your Fabreez at home :)
There is a small pool, I’m pretty sure its not heated and by the looks of it, no jacuzzi. As I said before, this would be an AWESOME backdrop for a scary movie (no office actors needed) but as far as an actual place to lay your head… you’d have a better (and cleaner) experience under the bridge at Bidwell Park. If this place was redone, blown out, made into a clean, ultra fun new, updated chic hotel– it would be 5 stars INSTANTLY. In the current condition? GAG. #JustBeingHonest

Sorry to see this place edging downhill. We live in Reno, and used to come down here occasionally in winter to get out of the cold and snow. It was conveniently located, close to some places we like and pretty clean and cheap.
We returned this month after about three years, and it’s not the same. Maybe the economy has kept them from doing overdue maintenance, and there seem to be several long-​term residents, which is generally a bad sign for a motel. We’ll probably give the place another chance next time we’re in Chico, but it won’t get a third one.

Stayed 3 nights with my wife and daughter. This is just a place to Chit, shower and shave. Clean grounds, Comfy bed, Nice pool, friendy owners. Down side is old towels, small pillows, Micro did not work, But descent size Fridge. Quite sleep. Owners control the AC which really is not fair.
The place is inexpensive so you get what you pay for… or not pay for…