Ramada Merced

The courtyard Marriott was booked and I needed a conference room… so this was the only place I got. I went there before providing my payment, asked the guy at the front desk (I believe his name was Taylor) that I wanted to see the room before I paid. well, he didn’t know where the conference room was since he was only 1 month into the job, and didn’t know where they kept the keys to the room. Desperate for a venue, I figured this was better than nothing. Boy was a wrong. I could’ve had the event in my mom’s living room instead of this place
Their «conference room» was an old hotel room converted into a conference room. The bathroom shared a wall with the room so that when a guest would use it everyone would hear it flush.
It was an absolute waste of money. Never again.

stayed at this hotel two times the first was good but the second wasn’t as good rooms need some up keep seams like they just take the money and never fix anything. breakfast for get it go across the street. probably will stay at another hotel next time

Booked this hotel thru Hotwire. Hotwire offers you a hotel comparable to others but they don’t tell you which one it is, they only offer you the rate. Before booking it they compared it to a Holiday Inn or Hampton Inn. After looking those two hotels up in Merced I decided to book it. When I arrived at the hotel I actually thought it was abandoned. It has an abandoned restaurant in the lot and all of the planters were full of dead flowers and bushes. The lobby is deceiving. In the website pictures it looks big and open. It’s not. One wall is all mirrors so it looks bigger than it is. The receptionist was friendly but she acted like the place was booked. The door to are room was like a closet door thin and it did not self close. The room was gross!!! When I checked in they made me sign a non smoking waiver stating they would charge me $ 300 if I smoked in it. It reeked of cigarettes. There was homeless people outsider rummaging through the trash. I turned right around and left. I drove around the corner (actually behind the ramada) to the holiday inn. I spent $ 6.00 dollars more and stayed at a WAY better hotel. Hotwire refused to refund my money. They said the Ramada is comparable to the nicer hotel thru customers reviews. Really? Have you read the Ramada Inn reviews??? Do not book a hotel in Merced thru Hotwire. Just book it thru the Holiday Inn or Hampton Inn.

Customer service is terrible. Couldn’t get an answer to my questions the two times I called.

If I could give them less stars I would. We get there they charged me $ 95 for the night I went to my room found hair all over one of the bed bugs nail clippings. It looked like nothing had been cleaned. Just nasty! I go to the front to check out and get a refund. They refused to give me my money back! I’m now disputing it through my bank. I then went over to holiday
cost $ 60 more and was absolutely perfect!

Avoid this place as best as possible! Stopped by from a quick turnaround trip to San Francisco from Los Angeles. So decided to stop by since previous stays at Ramada’s have been great. First the guy at the desk told me it would be a king size suite. My room was a double queen. I was too tired to go back and have them change it. As soon as I walk in one bed is missing the pillows. So I had to go to the front desk and advice the front desk of the situation. I got my pillows and knocked out. The next morning I decide to take a shower… no floor mat for the restroom so I had to lay a towel on the floor. Ok so these are minor things. What really made the icing was when I went to watch tv. I turned it on and all I saw was grainy static. I start flipping through the channels and nothing. I get up from my bed to see if maybe the antenna was off and when I go to follow the cable line to the wall… boom I found the problem. No cable connected. Not only was the coax cable not connected their was no connection for the coax cable just a two wires sticking out of the wall. I packed up my stuff and left. I had had it with this location. I informed the front desk and all the lady said «o I will pass that along» so I check out and the lady says «I’m sorry the printer is not working can you come back later?» WTF are you serious? Yes let me drive back 3 hours for a freaken receipt. I should of just stayed at the motel 6 across the way.

For an overnight stay, I guess it’s okay. The tile is very nice. The giant mirror what a wonderful. The huge four poster bed was awesome. The TV was extra large. The little refrigerator was nice, but I unplugged it because it’s too noisy. The outer facility is worn. The lobby is well worn. And I was unable to find the breakfast room. I’m sure they’re trying. There are so many choices

DO NOT STAY HERE — JUST KEEP GOING TO THE COMFORT INN ONE MORE EXIT NORTH. We booked rooms on line based on a recent rating. It was a mistake. After seeing four rooms, the hotel staff could not show us a clean room with clean linen. They even said that they didn’t have enough pillow cases for all their rooms? Huh? The rooms they gave us were with unmade, messed up beds… or no clean linen. We had to fight for a refund — even when they told us that they couldn’t provide a clean room. We went to the Comfort Inn up the road, and all was fine. The CI Desk Clerk said that they get RAmada guests all the time. Just don’t do it.

Oh why must I give them a star!!! Because I have to I suppose. Merced is dump, but we were forced to stay in a hotel. I had low expectations, but even this was too low for me. Never again will stay in this disgusting place. Even the continental breakfast sucked. Found a hair on my bed, under the comforter, mold in the bathroom tiles, & handle in bathroom faucet was missing. This place was so gross!!! Oh & they charged me $ 10 for a rollaway bed which BTW my husband helped the attendant drag it up the stairs. Don’t even think about asking for a crib, I would never let my baby sleep on a piece of plywood with only a sheet over it. Save your money! You’re better off sleeping at a both in Denny’s ! Lol

Worst hotel. …roaches through out our room went to front desk complained gave us another room IT WAS WORSE!!! As soon as we opened the door roaches were scattering baby roaches on floor, big ones on the wall.

Worst hotel ever. Got my room key only to walk in and see the tv was ripped out of the wall stolen and the whole room trashed. I walk down to the front desk and 2 other customers are complaining of the same thing. Finally get a new room and see that someone had put out a cigarette on one of the beds. There are prostitutes roaming the parking lots and hallways. If you stay here you should probably bring a sleeping bag and burn your clothes after. #fuckmerced

Forcément quand on choisit:
— Un hôtel pas cher
— Un hôtel pas loin de l’autoroute
On a je pense 50% de chance d’avoir un hôtel bien. Moi je fais partie des autres 50% pour cet hôtel de Merced! A l’approche de San Francisco et surtout à l’approche des visites de Monterey et Carmel, on a voulu s’économiser un peu nos porte-​monnaies et prendre ce qu’on trouvait.
Pour faire simple, j’avais fait un Ramada à New York et en avais gardé un bon souvenir, me suis dit que ça allait pas être si catastrophique. Punaise. J’ai rarement fait un hôtel aussi moisi de toute ma vie. Lit qui grince, salle de bain vétuste. Quant au buffet, je né vais pas m’éterniser.
Bref, j’ai fait du super low cost et je m’en souviendrai.

Booked the room after seeing fairly positive reviews on another site. The experience was bad from the start. Called ahead because we knew we’d be checking in later than anticipated. Whomever answered the phone was kind of rude. Walked into the lobby and the guy behind the desk never got out of his chair. He asked our name and immediately printed out the bill. We asked to put it on a debit card and he said he already charged it to the credit card we reserved the room with when we gave him our name. Who does that? Seriously, this is the first hotel I can ever recall that didn’t ask if we wanted to put it on the card we reserved the room with. And he wasn’t even offering to fix it. We went to our room and the light switch inside the door did nothing. We stumbled in the darkness to find a light that did work. It took three lights before finding one that turned on. Wife went into the restroom and saw two stains on the wall that were almost definitely bodily fluids. We immediately asked to be placed in a different room. The new room was five doors down from the first. Again, the light switch inside the door did nothing. This time we were able to turn on the second light we tried. Good news. No fluids (visible at least) on the walls. Bad news was they hadn’t turned on the air like they did in the stained room ahead of time so we had to wait hours for the room to cool down. It was only 82 outside that evening but the room had to be in the high 80’s when we checked in. Bed was comfortable and the shower was nice but the bathroom was tight. Breakfast in the morning was a joke too. They converted an old room adjacent to the lobby into a breakfast room so you could sit at a small table where the bed used to be or take the food back to the room. Very limited selection. We just went across the street to Starbucks after grabbing an apple. We won’t be in Merced again any time soon but if we are, we won’t be back to this Ramada.

At first glance it was ok but then woke up in the am to a crock roach on the floor :(. Enough said!

PROS :
cheap (but you get what you pay for!)
right off freeway/​highway
pool (if you dare go in it)
breakfast (pre-​packaged muffins, pastries, cold cereal, juice, milk, coffee — meh)
mini fridge
microwave
flat screen TV
CONS :
old, outdated, dingy rooms
slow wifi (if you manage to connect to it!)
area is a bit sketchy at night
OVERALL :
We decided to «save some money» and stay here instead of the Holiday Inn Express next door (we stayed there before for under $ 100 via Priceline — btw and fyi) and like we said upon walking into our room, «it is what it is».
You definitely get what you pay for when you stay here — do keep that in mind!
The first room we were assigned REEKED of cigarette smoke. There are ‘No Smoking’ signs all over the room and it’s even on the bill (they’ll charge you $ 300 if they find out) yet that room (#315) smelled like a chain smoker stayed there for a month — no thank you! The housekeeper offered to spray the room with air freshener, but we declined. We did not want to get blamed for that, so the husband headed back to the front desk to request a different NON-​SMOKING room. Thankfully, the room we got (#300) was OK.
So yes, the whole place needs a major (major!) makeover, but then again, it’s a really (really!) small town/​area.
The room was clean though it needed to be completely renovated. Water pressure was good, window AC worked well (almost too cold, but that’s OK with us!), bed was decent, wifi sucked. Towels were small, lighting was too dim in shower.
Breakfast was OK if you need something quick and easy (and free). If you prefer hot meals, I’d head over to Starbucks and grab something there instead. I did see a roach bait/​trap in the corner so… yeah.
Overall, a pretty meh experience. I definitely would pay a little more and stay elsewhere next time we have to be in the area.

In a small town like this, there wasn’t much choice on hotels. Especially when your cousin decides to get married the same weekend that UC Merced was holding their graduation, it was slim pickings.
We pull up, it was a bit sketchy looking. A little run down on the outside. The lobby was pretty outdated too. Employees weren’t friendly but weren’t rude either. Shout out to the housekeeping lady who gave my bf like 9 towels. The room was clean though. I expected a lot worse. We had a flat screen tv which was a definite plus. The bathroom was like the size of a closet though. Pretty difficult when trying to get dolled up. They also had a small pool.
Tip: comp breakfast from 6 – 10 am. Pretty much just all carbs (bagels, croissants, cereal). Coffee sucks so just go across the street to Starbucks.

Dirty, not enough towels, and hot. The room was 92 degrees at check in, 3 hours later its still 86 degrees. Not sure I will be able to sleep. This place is in need of a serious remodel.

Soo. I would find myself taking my sibling apartment hunting around UC Merced, and as a result, my first experience at a Ramada in California (the one in S. Carolina was pretty good) and I must say. please don’t. You’re probably wondering why? Well, let me break it down .
I received a special rated discount for a one room with 2 queen beds at $ 70 (military), and when I checked in, the nice chick (new employee?) at the front desk had me on my way in less than 5 min. Now here comes the hairy part. Ready? *BIG INHALE*. cockroaches. BIG cockroaches. Yup, right when I opened the door to the first room with an exasperated sigh of relief to finally be able to sleep, the cockroach mafia was chilling by the front door and had to scatter promptly after we ruined their card game.
Round 2. I was relocated to a room on the top floor, and figured «well, I’m sure it’s all better now!» Low and behold. this wouldn’t be the case. Why? Broken light switch in the bathroom, which meant, you’d barely be able to see what you were doing — which, let’s face it, at this point I just wanted to sleep. Blah. So I’ll keep my complaint about a light to myself.
All in all, the only reason I’m giving this place a 1 star, is because of the front desk chick. Other than that, with the cockroach mafia, and broken light switches and flickering bathroom light. I. wouldn’t really recommend this place (darn my cheapness and discounts). Try the Holiday Inn or the Courtyard Marriott nearby. You DO get what you pay for.

There’s not that many places to stay in merced. It’s a lot of farm land and I’m a city girl. I checked in at 5am with my boyfriend and stayed for 2 nights.
I was so bored. The internet didn’t work half the time and the tv was broken. Of course they didn’t really bother to accommodate us. The continental breakfast was less than sub par. I didn’t expect much but my gosh. Half the time no one is at the front desk.
I don’t want to go hard but this place is really old and dusty. Needs to be on hotel impossible.

It is what it it is… it’s Merced. Not West Hollywood.
It’s clean, suites are bigger (go ahead and splurge) and there is a Burger King next door.
Staff was friendly. More «Mo» than «Hotel», but a great place to crash.

0 Stars!
the stupid chick at the front counter doesnt say a word, just talks on the phone while shes trying to give us the room key. then the room key doesnt even freakin work! so we get a new room key, then the door wont even shut. the remote for theTV doesnt work. the fridge doesnt work. the AC doesnt make it cooler, it just makes a loud noise. the sink barely dribbles water. shower isn’t hot.
oh and last thing; HOUSEKEEPING STOLE MY 350 DOLLAR CAMERA!!!