EZ 8 Motel

Absolutely the most DISGUSTING hotel we’ve ever been to. First, the man at the counter was just absolutely RUDE. We booked 4 rooms a month and a half in advance. We called the very same morning of arrival and they confirmed our rooms. When we showed up, they said there was a mistake and that we were never booked any rooms. Man at the counter argued with our group, and two other parties before us. After settling, AC was broken, pet hair and bed bugs all over the sheets, in ALL 4 rooms, hair was all over the bathroom tub and sink. One of our windows were broken and would not lock, cleaning ladies spoke little English or were completely just dismissive to our requests for new bed sheets. Parking is HORRIBLE. We had 4 vehicles with literally nowhere to park. Hard to get around there. We got bug bites even after they changed the sheets. Urine stains and the stench of urine with cigarettes (even in the no-​smoking rooms). Prostitutes and bums EVERYWHERE. Carpets were disgusting and FILTHY. Hotel is located right under the freeway, literally. Train tracks are right next to complex. Noise all night. Mini-​fridge did not work. Got locked out of our rooms after using the key cards 3 times. Drug dealers everywhere. 2 AM, someone started banging on the door yelling «Open the door! Your daddy is on his way! He’s outta prison!» right next door to our room. CHEAP HOTEL. Extremely CHEAP. I’ve seen better hotels in CHINA. This place makes Motel 6 look like a 5 star hotel. Don’t trust the previous positive reviews. They probably got one of the few «decent suites» on the first floor. We were planning to stay for 4 nights but NOPE! We were outta there the very next morning! NOPE!

Let’s start off with shady area filled with cracks heads and a bad vibe from this area. When my group of four walked in it is a small square room and good presentation. The bad odor is something to check. It was about 3:30 AM and everyone was ready to crash but one of my group members said we should inspect the beds. We pulled off the first cover exposing a DEAD SPLATTERED SPIDER with its bodily fluid around its body stuck to the cover. Grossed out we further peeled the sheets back and we found a piece of glass protruding out of the second cover. It’s spring break and it was the only motel of sorts we could book at 3:00 AM last minute in San Diego. Would not recommend for $ 60 two bed one night.

Honestly. All I’m gonna say is Choose somewhere else at all costs.

You get what you pay for… the room was clean but OLD! The TV was super old but had HBO and a clear picture! The water pressure in the shower was great. BYO blow dryer, shampoo soap etc. The bed was comfortable enough. A bit of noise close to Freeway and train, just a few blocks from Old Town, but you wouldn’t walk not the best of areas. But again only $ 57 two queen size beds non smoking. No coffee provided either. If the room is part of your travel experience this is NOT the place to stay, if you want to sight see and enjoy San Diego then just need a place to sleep and shower this is the place. Free parking, Wi-​fi for a fee, hey they have a wake-​up service!

Bottom line, you get what you pay for, this isn’t the Ritz Carlton, but if you need some where to stay in SD and don’t want to pay ridiculous Downtown prices but be 5 minutes away this may be the place for you!
I have stayed here numerous times and have quite an experience with this place, mostly great hence the ⁴⁄₅ stars but not because of the place but some of the staff that may need to go back to ‘customer service schoo 101l’ that makes this a 4 and not a 5 star review. Don’t get me wrong, James, Blonde Lady (sorry I forgot your name, starts with an S and isnt egyption LOL), the nide black dude that starts at 2pm and the Manager whom I wish I knew his name (cuts his hair bald) are all super cool people. The only issue’s I’ve had is with black dude who works graveyard (avoid) and the weekend guy John, he needs to go back to customer service 101 because he comes off with an attitude and is quite mean.
Other than that, you get what you pay for a clean room, security at night and for the most parts happy friendly faces and would highly recommend this place to friends, family and fellow Unilocalers.
I ask for a extra pillow because of a broken back, I got one in less than 10 mins thats service motel 6 couldn’t even provide.
Again Great place, Mostly friendly faces makes me keep coming back… The issues can be fixed I think with a little training and then this would be 5 stars which I hope to write about in my next review of EZ-​8 OLDTOWN! Bravo guys you got a clean running machine, just a little sand in gears but can be fixed!
*UPDATE* — Every interaction i’ve had with Sarka has been absolutely fantastic. Thought I should include that in my review! You rock!

Place is horrible, it stunk, dirty and outdated, staff was very rude, sketchy people who were staying there, parking lot was so cramped and small… in a not so safe looking area. Would never stay there again and would not recommend to anyone!!!

Ghetto ghetto place please do not stay at this place if you have a family. Smoke free rooms smell like smoke. Tvs are the old school tubs tvs. Nasty restrooms and nasty bedsheets. It’s not worth staying there. Really rude tall white guy bald in his mid 30s. Will never come back to this motel. Worst experience ever.

I’m giving this place one star because of the staff was some what helpful. I would not coming here again nor would I recommended it to anyone. The beds are extremely hard and very uncomfortable.
Cleanliness was very effortless.
The tub was still dirty from the guests before us, disgusting! The trash bin was not taken out from thr guest before us.
The carpet was ripped and not vacuumed. Our mini refrigerator in the room did NOT work. Fortunately for us we only had to stay there overnight for a few hours. On my room door it said non-​smoking room however a reeked of smoke. They didn’t bother to air out the room or the very least spray Air freshener.
overall like I said it’s a very effortless motel. A sense of «I don’t care attitude». I’m surprised the beds were done however the way the room was cleaned «Half assed» they probably didn’t wash my sheets before my arrival. Ez 8 is a fail

Pros:
Location is great and close to everything
Cheap
Repetitive visits by the local police department
Cons:
Extremely dirty rooms
Prostitutes
Rooms looks like something they would give you for a conjugal visit or TJ hooker room
Copious amounts of homeless men and drug addicts
Distrustful staff
This is based on a one night stay.

This place was not as horrible as we expected after the negative reviews.
We wanted to end the summer with a get away to San Diego over Labor Day weekend. While all the other hotels were almost double in price, we booked two nights on
for $ 117, yes the $ 117 was for both nights. The hotel is under the I-​5/​I-​8 interchanges, I say kudos for space utilization. The trains do run behind the hotel, but I find in San Diego you are either staying in the flight path or by the rail, unless you stay in El Cajon. Rail noises weren’t that bad. The hotel does have security and the parking lot is well lit, but be warned the parking spaces are small. The rooms are basic: bed (s), bathroom, vanity, small fridge, table and chairs, and tv (from the 90s).
Room was clean, dated, but clean. The only toiletries provided is soap, so pack your own shampoo.
Staff was friendly. We decided to stay an extra night and even got our
rate.
Housekeeping was pretty good at accommodating requests, I asked for extra wash cloths, a pillow and plastic cups and they had left the items when they did they daily clean.
I noticed alot of the other reviews said the fridge did not work, I have to ask, did you turn it on? I turned the one in our room on, I even put water bottles for the beach in the freezer and it froze them solid like I wanted.
It’s not the Hilton, but it is a decent affordable hotel minutes from the beach, Old Town, Sea World, Coronado, La Jolla, etc. Easy access to freeways. Shopping less than two miles away. It is perfect if you are in San Diego to do the tourist thing and just need a place to shower, sleep and catch your breath between attractions. Pizza place nearby that deliverables too with full Italian menu.
Hotel is pet friendly!
Parking lot is small, but spots seem to always be available.
I did not get offered drugs in the parking lot, no hookers knocked on our door, but I did have a guy from Brazil ask us the best way to get to the Grand Canyon.
If the hotel reads this, a suggestion is using trash liners in the waste baskets in the rooms and also providing a baggie for the ice bucket.

Motel under the freeway. Ants in the bathroom. Mini Fridge doesn’t work. Staff isn’t the most friendly. Toilet doesn’t stop running. But the price is ok and location is convenient. You get what you pay for.

That was my worst hotel experience in my life! The hotel is dirty and full with homeless people. There were random phone calls in the middle of the night to the room’s phone asking me if I want drugs! Enough said, don’t go there

Me & my friend stayed here for Comic Con. We got there early and the very nice employee at the desk named James was courteous and prompt. He checked us in right away. We ordered a room with two beds. The room looked old and dated but the beds were clean. The shower curtain was not. (I didn’t touch it). We had a few ants in the shower.
The hotel is walking distance to Old Town and the trolley station, which is good if you like to have a few drinks after the convention. The refrigerator in our room did not work, but that was ok because we always travel with a small ice chest and the hotel’s ice machine had plenty of ice. The air conditioner also worked great.
They have a security guard that patrols the parking lot at night. This hotel is over-​priced for Comic Con weekend (as is every other hotel in San Diego for that matter), but it was a room and a shower.

This is our 4^th year staying at this hotel, and the previous years have been wonderful, but this year has been disaster after disaster, and I feel it warrants a Unilocal review, since my issues have not been brought to managements attention.
If housekeeping comes while you are still in the room, they will not return after you leave, unless you ask the front desk. This is the only motel where I have ever seen this happen.
We tried to check in early and were told our rooms weren’t ready, we came back an hour later, still about 30 minutes before standard check in, and asked if even one of our 3 rooms were ready so we could drop our stuff off and head out for the day, we were told no but could plainly see that 2 of the 3 rooms were ready through the open curtains. Not sure why we were lied to.
When we finally checked in, the person helping us, Danny (I only call him out as the majority of my issues were with him), couldn’t figure out how to apply our deposit, and seemed genuinely confused by the fact that my husband and I were checking in together, with the same last name.
Finally we got the check in handled, and we’re trying to register our cars. The hotel rooms allow 2 cars per room, but Danny did not seem aware of this and had to confirm that we could register 6 cars for 3 rooms. I handed him a list of all the cars with the information needed for registering, as I said we have stayed here before and I seemed to have a better knowledge of the hotel procedures than he did, and he handed us our parking passes and sent us on our way.
The next morning I went to the office as we had a guest arriving while we were out, and handed over a room key and parking pass to Danny, wrote down the room number and the guests name, and was told it would all be handled. I received a call later in the day from the guest saying there wasn’t anything for them. I had to head to the hotel to get it all straightened out and was told nothing was left for any guest for the entire hotel. We had the key reissued but when trying to reissue the parking pass, I was told that none of our cars had been registered to any of our rooms. When asked how that was possible as we had received and were using parking passes, I was greeted with a shrug. We then had to re-​register all the cars.
The next day we had a similar situation with guests arriving while we were out (please understand this is comic con. We are gone all day and the people staying in the rooms don’t have the same days for tickets). I went to the office and spoke with a different employee, explained what had happened the previous day, and was assured that would not happen again. Low and behold, at 8 PM, we received an irate call from our friends being told the front desk was refusing to give them the key that specifically had their name on it, because their names weren’t registered to the room. At no time during any of my previous interactions with the office, including my visit that morning to the office were I was assured there wouldn’t be any issues, was I told I would need to register the names of all the guests to each room. This time I was able to fix the issue over the phone. The female employee had been exceptionally rude to my guests, and when I called, apologized to me, but never apologized to my guests for her rude tone.
Ours keys thought the visit were constantly being randomly deactivated. This evening (day 4) we tried to get in, all 4 keys didn’t work for room 1, and when we approached the office, we were told that because room 3 had lost a key and needed new ones, it had reset our entire reservation, which I know is not the case as room 2 was able to get into their room just fine at the exact same moment we were unable to access room 1. When I mentioned this fact, we were greeted with another shrug from the same employee who offered us this sentiment previously. When I mentioned that this was not our first issue with the hotel during our stay, his response was that none of these issue had occurred during his shift.
As I type this, 2 of our 3 rooms have ants, and they have been here since we checked in 4 days ago. Housekeeping has come to these rooms at least twice each and yet we still have ants. We have no food in our rooms and only some drinks in the fridge.
Every single employee I have interacted with has either been incompetent, rude, or both. There is only one employee whom I have had no issues with, and unfortunately I don’t know his name, but he is the night employee that has worked here at least every year since we have started staying here and he always has a very jolly smile. Normally we interact with him, and all of our previous stays have been hassle free. This year I’ve had interactions with every employee but him, and they have all been sub par.
We are checking out tomorrow and I am hopping there will not be any more issues.

We checked in on June 12, 2015 and left within the hour — this place was disgusting! The room reeked of smoke and the restroom door didn’t close properly. When I asked for a non-​smoking room I was told no rooms were available. They sprayed to get rid of the smell but that only made it worse. I should have known it was bad when we were checking in and a guest returned to the front desk and advised he wasn’t staying.
We took a chance and looked for another place to stay after our 10 hour drive to San Diego. Luckily the Old Town Inn about a block away had a room available. Old Town Inn was so much nicer, had non-​smoking rooms and staff were excellent. It was more expensive, but you get what you pay for.
Recommend you take your business elsewhere. NO STARS! checked one because I couldn’t post without it.

Stayed here with my family while we waited to move into our new apartment. Their bullshit pet policy on top of all the drug dealing and nightly fights wasn’t worth risking my families safety. Please, please DO NOT bring your family here. I know it’s close to Old Town and SeaWorld, but please find somewhere else to stay. Almost two weeks we were there and they didn’t have a problem with my dogs than the head maid called the GM who wanted to call corporate about my dogs. What’s the big effin deal?! They can sell crack in the room next door and hookers can come all day and night, but 2 well behaved dogs is too much? Get the F outta here! I paid weekly and there was an issue every time. Constantly bothered by the flashlight police for my parking permit and sketchy a$$ people walking around all night. Don’t know how the days were since I was gone by morning, but I would see the same man going from room to room stealing clean towels. there was also a group of kids shi!! ng in the jacuzzi. Front desk said it was fine because they scooped it out. Yuck! You can keep your shitted jacuzzi, drug dealers and sketchy a$$ people and I’ll make sure no one ever stays in your nasty a$$ hotel! You can tell that to corporate or better yet have them call me so I can tell them myself!

A month ago, the enormous black guy at the front desk of the ez8 quoted my family an obscene price for their awful rooms, and called my husband a homeless piece of sh**. We are a homeless family of 4 and couldn’t believe the disrespect. We have spent over $ 3000 with this hotel since 2012.
In any other country, he wouldn’t be alive today. But he walks.
Businesses like this need to be shut down and the guilty jailed. It’s only a small punishment for the hardship and pain they inflict on those in the most need in San Diego.
Homeless piece of sh**, huh? If I catch your fat filthy hands taking one more dollar from a SINGLE HOMELESS PERSON, YOU WILL FIND YOUR FINGERS BROKEN FASTER THAN YOU CAN SAY «ID’S please».
You heard it here first!

Kinda grimy, not worth paying too much for. Soap dispenser in the shower was a bit strange but the staff was nice and it was in a good location.
Don’t get your expectations to high for this place.

They charged my card another 80 as a cancellation when they are the ones that cancelled and kicked me out of the room I had been in for 12 days and paid $ 650.
The blond lady manager with glasses is a evil witch.
She did not want us to get the
deal anymore that their hotel put up. So silly.
The manager threatened me with police caused I booked a reservation on
and she would not honor it.
Our stay from the 1^st of june to the 13^th was absolute hell.
Jacuzzi does not get hot is broken
Filthy jacuzzi with sand that never gets cleaned even when asked.
Pool is full of bugs bottle caps and cigarette butts.
I WAS IN ROOM 131!
Train goes by honking and rattling you every half hour all day and night. So it is impossible to sleep then maid knocks early over and over even when your paid up to bug you.
The evil manager called my phone the day before she threw us out and said «the maids can come in whenever they want and knock whenever, you have to let us clean «
We were pissed so during the course of 12 days with no notice they forced us to wait on our daily activities including dinners so they could not really clean more like snoop and try to look in drawers for valuables.
I honestly think you should pay close attention to the reviews about this hotel as they are accurate. This place is horrible to their customrs.
I have enclosed a pic of my receit
Security guard shows up and they can be gastapo towards people paying for room.
Shady charachters as well

The security swears likes its the white house or something. I brought friends over to hang out and security made them leave because they weren’t registered for the room. like seriously?! they are super anal and it killed the whole night. they need to relax.
never again.