Budget Motel

RUN FOR YOUR LIFE. stains everywhere, everything gross and old. Like a tijuana crack den. I rolled my suitcase in and turned right back around and said I wouldn’t stay there and they would not refund me. I would rather sleep in my car or in a homeless shelter.

This motel was overall a good choice for the price and it turned out to be a better location than we realized when we booked it. Our standards have little to do with the appearance of the room or furniture, but cleanliness is key. The main reason we booked was that all rooms have a small refrigerator and microwave, quite rare for this level of accomodation, especially for it to be included in the price.
This room satisfied us. The rooms are large and have some character, and aside from a few stains on the carpet, was very clean. We think it’s a converted building, maybe a storage facility? It’s close to the airport so there is noise, but it did not bother us too much. Traffic noise seemed to bother us a tad more. In 4 nights, we only heard other customers on two occasions and the disturbances were over quickly. No disturbances late in the evening, thankfully. Parking was fine. The neighbourhood was a tad sketchy compared to what we’re used to but not enough to stop us from walking a block to have supper.
Cons: The bed was very hard and both of our backs got more stiff and sore after each night of our 4 night stay. Upon checking out, the man working there asked us how our stay was. The bed was the only thing we mentioned that was unpleasant and he seems to disregard all comments about the beds. He basically said since everyone is different, he can’t do anything about it. Some people like softer beds, some like harder, etc. Also, because of his personal experience of growing up without a bed, I think he thinks that we should be happy to even get one. The lighting in the room was very bright as well. Either way, we survived our stay.
There was a language/​cultural barrier with the man working the front desk. We wanted a lesser level of service in our room because we prefer privacy, and we wanted extra towels so that we could clean some dishes in the sink. We finally gave up trying to get him to understand us and made do with what we had. It was also a challenge to get the wifi password from him because he may not be fluent in written English, but we were glad that wifi was available so we could plan our routes and activities. The TV was an old tube style model, but it worked just fine for the short time we were using it. The room had an air conditioning unit but since we didn’t need it.
Biggest tip for navigating SF: make sure you have cash on hand for toll roads and bridges, otherwise you must set up a Fastrak account ahead of time. Your rental car company may have provisions for this but ours didn’t even tell us and we ended up having a hassle and customer service concerns, so ask them first!
We booked and paid on
ahead of time.

Let me start by saying that I travel a fair amount for work so I’ve stayed in a LOT of motels and some of them have been pretty sketch. This one BY FAR takes the cake.
There was a convention going on that week and EVERYTHING else was booked.
This was the first time I’ve actually been scared for my safety wile staying at a hotel, it’s THAT bad. I was actually in awe of it’s horribleness…
I don’t really even know where to begin because everything was horrifying so I’ll stick to the high… or low points.
Almost no parking, everything about this place is dark, dank, dirty, outdated and sucks.
Here was the kicker, THE HEATER WAS BROKEN and the person at the front desk didn’t even care. They said they could send me an extra blanket if I wanted. Really?!?
Bottom line, AVOID THIS PLACE AT ALL COSTS!!!
Your better off sleeping in your car.

This is the worst place I have ever stayed! I felt like I was walking into the projects. I was worried that I was going to get mugged walking to our room. The toilet seat wasn’t even attached to the toilet, when I lifted it up it fell to the ground. The thermostat on the wall also fell to the ground when turning it on. The room seemed like a old project housing compound. There were holes in the sheets and black stains on the bath towels. it served its purpose however. It had a bed, running water and a heater which all operated. Next time id spend the extra $ and stay somewhere else.

Don’t stay here! Very rude, not at all helpful, and they rummaged through my bag! Place is filthy… seriously…filthy. I payed the 100 $, saw the room, tried to get my money back (immediately after seeing the room) and they said no. That was just insult to injury really. I cut my losses on the 100 $ pretty sure if you stay there you need shots afterward. You’ve been warned.

The worst hotel ever. Do not stay here. Disgusting filthy water smells like sewer can’t even wash your hands. This place needs to be shut down

I don’t think this motel is trying to win a spot on Fodor’s top-​10 or AAA’s Five-​Diamond Award. That said, this was one of the sketchiest, scariest places I’ve stayed at in all my days.
A friend got popped by the CHP for driving intoxicated and I was forced to find lodging for the night. This was the cheapest place in town and that was my only criteria at that moment in time. The woman at the bullet-​proof window was extremely rude, even given the fact that I was, myself intoxicated, and ok… so it was three o’clock in the morning. The sign said 24 hour check in and by the looks of some of my fellow lodgers, I can tell that 3am is prime time here.
Hookers, junkies, legless freaks and sexual deviants of all stripes were seen emerging & ducking back into the shadowy corridors of this roach-​motel. Once inside the dingy room, I was greeted by the stale aroma of whiskey and cigarettes which, as I walked toward the bathroom had morphed into the acrid chemical odor of what appeared to be a meth-​lab bathtub. Near the drain of the tub, the basin’s porcelain finish had corroded away in a conspicuous fashion and the metal fixture of the drain itself had taken on a moldy green, black, and white tarnish. Cigarette burns all along the tub told a tale of a dedicated meth cook hard at work (seeing as I highly doubt ANYONE would ever dare to sit in that tub for a bubble bath… especially long enough to smoke one, let alone a dozen cigarettes). Word to the wise: bring flip-​flops if you plan on showering.
The surprising part to me was the selection of cable channels available on the t.v. in the room. For all the filth and grime that infested the room, they had more cable channels than I get in my home.
If you plan on making local calls, a $ 20 cash deposit is required and each call sets you back a whopping fifty cents! Luckily for me, the grouchy woman made a mistake and my $ 20 was returned to me and she forgot to charge me for the 10 – 15 calls I had made trying to get home from this Hellish night.
In summary, a GREAT place to do a drug deal or have a craigslist rendezvouz with a one-​eyed cross-​dresser… not a good place to spend your silver anniversary. Hey, what do you expect for $ 66 per night?