Golden Chain Motel

While it’s not the Ritz, the «neighbors» were quiet, staff is mellow, the shower was hot — and clean, and the weekly rate was the best in the area. It’s very close to town, but yet close to wilderness. It worked well, especially as an inexpensive place to crash at the end of a day of wilderness exploration.

Front desk guy was fine, but room was dirty and smelled of musty weed. Heater made the room muggy and all bathroom surfaces covered in condensation, bathtub was moldy and vent unit broken, front door deadbolt broken, tv remote control didn’t work, dog hair in the bed blankets. Luckily we had brought blankets from home because my teenagers refused to use the ones on the bed. Blood stain on the curtain. Won’t be staying here again.

I see a few bad reviews but my experience was great, the rooms are clean and the staff are really cool chill people I will stay here again next time I’m in town! Thanks guys!

call for directions. this address wont work in gps. its 2 miles south of mcknight rd. next to a western wear n tackle shop

I rate this motel 0 stars. From the moment of check-​in, my wife and I were made to feel uncomfortable, The room was old and outdated. The back window wouldn’t lock, so we didn’t feel safe. The bath soap was tiny. The bath towels were small and felt like sandpaper. The ice machine was broken (this being summer), and management was apathetic. The motel was right off the highway and the setting was anything but serene. All in all, the experience was not even close to what it cost.

Moldy, disgusting shower, see my review on their other Unilocal site. (resort? The think they ahve a resort?) Note the only 5 star review is from someone who didn’t stay there!

Couldn’t get out quick enough this morning. Too much noise from the highway, not clean, bugs on the white sheets. I brought my clean, trained dog but was given the «dog room «and my dog spent the night smelling all the dog pee on the floor and scratching flees she got from the room. I did think the person checking me in was nice enough, but no one was there this morning to complain too. I’m always willing to pay an extra fee for my dog, which I did, but I expect a clean room for us.

No POOL!!! Sign says «Sorry for the inconvienience, pool is temporarily closed» When we asked about it? «There was a sinkhole on highway 49, mud slide into it.» So we walked down… it’s green… never been cleaned! Strike one. No ice machine. Towels are much to be desired. We had the room on top of the office, probably one of the nicer ones. My friends had a lower room that included it’s own army of flies. The place hadn’t been vacuumed in quite a while!
I saw the NO Vacancy sign come on later that afternoon and there were only 5 cars in the parking lot…
UNLESS you are desperate? Don’t even think about it!

I honestly can’t speak for the rooms or amenities at the Golden Chain. I booked a room through Orbitz, only to arrive at the hotel this weekend to be informed that there was no such room available!
As it turns out, the Golden Chain had blacked out this weekend due to full reservations back in APRIL of this year, yet Orbtiz managed to book me the room anyway!
Luckily, the staff were absolutely incredible. By the time that I arrived, they had already pre-​booked me at another local hotel and ensured my stay in a room. They were apologetic and were forthcoming with showing me the paperwork and honest issues that were coming from Orbitz.
Again, the staff is outstanding, and that alone gets them a 5 star rating from me.
Orbitz, on the otherhand, need to get their act together.

Abominable do not stay here ! Every year we come up to grass Valley for the worldfest. Since becoming disabled a few years ago I’ve had to rely on hotels instead of camping. In the last two years I’ve tried to book a room here twice. the first year I booked directly through the office and when I arrived they had no reservation for me despite taking my credit card information home address and phone number. they acknowledged that they had a reservation there but unfortunately they had given my room away for no apparent reason. This year I tried to make a more reliable reservation through Orbitz only to find out that when we arrived there they also did not have a room for us. We presented the confirmation number which they were well aware of and they said they still did not have a room for us despite having my credit card number. This left us as disabled Travelers, on the day of the concert with no room to have despite making reservations .what kind of a business model is this? When we arrived there was also a very large German Shepherd in the parking lot which was unchained and barking. One Time may be a honest mistake but two times shows something is really wrong with the way this hotel is run fundamentaly

Golden «Chain Smoking» Motel. Yuck, yuck, yuck!

This motel changed owners in March 2009.
The present owners are very nice to customers
They welcome pets of all size. (We have Newfs).
The rooms and site is pleasant and clean.
We were in a pet room so understandingly the carpet was not the best.

I was last here 11 years ago but it looks like things haven’t changed. Run down, smelly, and creepy was what I remembered. You get less than what you pay for.

If I could, I’d give this place a half of a star rating. Do you remember the saying, you get what you pay for? This place was cheap, compared to the Holiday Inn Express, and now I see why.
I reserved a room with a King sized bed. Since we were the last guests to show up for our room, we ended up in a room with 2 queen sized beds. The first thing you notice when you open the door to the room is the awful odor that just hits you in the face as if some nasty cloud of foulness wafted toward you. It smelled of stale smoke and vomit.
The room itself was aging, but looked like it was kept clean. Although there was a large wet spot in front of the TV. Dog pee perhaps?
We were unable to change rooms because there were no other rooms available. If we had left, they would have charged us for the night, so we were stuck.
The smell was so strong in the room I could not fall asleep. Luckily, I had some Biofreeze with me. It has a really strong menthol scent, so I put some on the tip of my nose. Sounds crazy, but it was enough to distract me from the horrible smell of the room.
During check out we talked to the person at the desk about the wet spot and the smell of the room. The desk clerk said «they would look into it.» No apologies were given.
Needless to say, I won’t be returning!

This is possibly the worst motel ever! The rooms were gross and dirty. Staff was rude and kinda creepy. Had to change rooms twice because of horrific smell. When we finally got in a room that didn’t smell like dead animal/​crappy diaper/​vomit, the walls were covered in unpainted drywall patches, the door was barely hanging on the hinges and most of the furniture was old patio furniture. Would have just left and found a different hotel but the bastards said if we went we’d still have to pay for the room for 2 nights! Definitely not what I expected from a AAA approved hotel. If you’re looking for a Bates Motel/​Deliverance style motel this is the place.