Rodeway Inn

Clean rooms but tiny. Front desk staff friendly and efficient. Grounds and pool area well maintained. Rooms have refer and microwave. Would have given a three rating if the rooms had hair dryers and in room coffee and more than two postage stamp pillows. Still, if all you are looking for is a room for the night at a reasonable price for the SD area it fills the bill.

The Rodeway Inn Santee is fantastic. My biggest concerns when looking for a place to stay for the week were safety and cleanliness. 5 stars for cleanliness and safety. This is not a luxury hotel with room service or decked out Suites but I was very pleased with the staff, continental breakfast, and Wi-​Fi. I was a Little nervous being as my stay was a 7 night stay while my apartment was being renovated. I was pleasantly surprised at how comfortable it was for my family. Super convenient and close to the Target shopping center. About ½ a mile to the closest gas station. The staff is amazing and super friendly. Tom is one of the front desk clerks who mostly works the night shift. BEST customer service ever. He was friendly, helpful, courteous and kind. The rates are great and I couldn’t be happier with my choice. I saved a Ton of money and didn’t have to worry about the safety of my kids. Definitly, take a moment to check out this hotel before making a reservation anywhere else if you’re not expecting a luxury hotel and are booking on a budget. GREAT job Rodeway Inn Santee!

Very friendly staff. Specially the younger gentleman at the front desk. Rates were best in town, even on such a busy weekend with a holiday when everywhere else was easily twice as much and booked everywhere. Internet and cable are great. Much better than the last place I stayed at. Rooms are quiet and clean. Plenty of lighting… a little TOO bright at times (at night — one light will light up almost the whole room). Plenty of parking, though the lot is dark at night. Heater/​AC unit is climate control and works VERY well and very fast. Beds and pillows are comfortable. And the appliances are spacious and clean and work like new. They even offer early check in and late check outs (with a small fee depending on what time) which most places won’t and don’t even offer it at all.
One of the better places I have stayed at (and I have stayed at quite a few). I would definitely stay here again, and I definitely recommend others to come and stay here as well.

A cheap and quite place with very friendly staff. I felt safe and comfortable my whole stay. Close to all the shops and food places. I highly recommended staying here. If I’m ever in the area, I will definitely be staying here again. :)

Great and easy place to stay when looking for a simple no frills place to bunk down. Clean and comfortable with a great staff. I travel to the area several times per month. Have tried several other hotels but this one is the best bang for the buck. All the staff is great and Lon in particular stands out as making the stay easy.

Wow, at $ 84 a night this place is the perfect motel for Santee. The light switches are not motion sensors so I get to decide how long the light should be on, the outlets are tight and working properly, my key cards have worked flawlessly in the door reader devices and the employees are pleasant to talk to.
I was so pleased to be out of that horrible place down the street!
I was told point blank that late checkout is $ 20 an hour which is why I skipped late checkout at this motel and gave them four stars instead of five. If you want to check out at 3:30 pm you have to pay for an additional night, no thanks! [their cost of me being a day sleeper]
All in all it was still an exponentially better experience than the previous place I stayed in Santee. If I return to teach in Santee again, I’ll certainly remember the pleasant experience I had at the Rodeway Inn. :)

Like the hotel clean and close to everything. Really happy with the staff alot of parking also has microwave and mini fridge will stay here everytime im in santee

Found on Travel site — it had the best rates for the time we are staying out here. Visiting family and friends, so the hotel will be a sleeping locale — a place to park our bones. :)
Wanted a place that was inexpensive and quiet and for the most part got what we asked for.
The beds are large and comfortable, the room is nice and it is quiet (street and area noise).
Pros:
Staff is great. Friendly and accomodating. Lon checked me in (early by the way), and had to deal with a less than accomodating «guest» on the phone at the same time. Well done for his customer service skills. He was always very nice and even though he could not give exactly what the person asked for he explained the situation well and always had a good tone.
Had an issue with a very small leak in the bathroom, which was fixed the same day I reported it. We were out all day and when we came back, the problem was remedied, and cleaned up.
The room is very clean each and every day. This is the first place in a LONG while that I have had soft towels in a hotel. Usually they feel like sandpaper and have buried in the sand for months on end!
Beds are comfortable, sheets nice.
Heat works well — maybe too well.
Everything is well maintained and looks to be fairly new. It appears (from reading the reviews) that the management has refurbished the room recently. All appliances are clean and up to date.
Wireless has a good signal.
Cons:
Parking lot is dark at night. Could use some lighting
Not noticing survellence cameras on the lot, especially the back side and corners. That could use some updating.
Heater/​AC — runs constantly if turned to any setting. Not a problem, just noting. The heat works well, and will make it toasty warm quickly on a cold evening (40’s).
«Reading» lights are in the ceiling — impossible for one person to read and the other to sleep.
No clock anywhere in the room.
Driveway enters/​exits on to a very busy street, sometimes hard to get in or out of the complex.
I’d stay here again. The pros definitely outweigh the cons. For the price it can’t be beat and the staff works with you to get anything taken care of you need.
Well done & THANKS Lon!

I absolutely love this hotel. It is clean, quiet, safe, comfortable place to stay. The hotel staff is courteous and helpful. Lon is normally at the desk when I check in. He makes it easy and is even willing to wait for me if I am coming in late. Carina is a great member of the room cleaning staff she always has a smile on her face. I will continue to stay here when I am traveling on business. Thank you all for your hard work!

The hotel is situated in a great section of Santee. The staff is very helpful. The rooms are very clean. It provides a complimentary breakfast in the morning. It has a nice pool area. We would definitely stay here again. They even have limiters on the volume on the TV so inconsiderate neighbors cannot bother you

I needed a place to stay for a few nights, I read Unilocal reviews and thought I may be making a poor decision, but Rodeway was great! It’s not a Marriot, but it was a much better stay than I had at the Best Western a few months ago! Also, when I checked rates… BW was $ 30 more a night even in the ‘off season’. Last time the two motels were w/​I $ 5 of each other! Hmmmmm.
The wifi at Rodeway was better than many of the nearby restaurants & BW. The plumbing needed work, but otherwise, I felt safe and my stay was pleasant!
Any bad reviews must have been from those who ‘want something for nothing’ or just like to complain. I’d stay here again.

First of all, this is an economy motel. Not a luxury hotel. And, given that, I say four stars.
They lose a star for
* silly add-​on fees (for safe and microwave/​fridge use). C’mon. I’d rather see the room rate all inclusive. They *waive* the fees, at check out if you ask, so there’s that, but it’s still silly.
* No hottub. Darnit.
They earn an extra star for:
* Cleanliness. even the baseboards and corners are clean, no mars that I could find (surprising since most smoking rooms eventually get burns marks from inconsiderate/​stupid smokers). Even the oft overlooked items like inside drawers, fridge & micro were clean when I arrived. Carpet and curtains could use a deep cleaning to help with the smoke smell, but it might be on the schedule and I’ll give that a pass.
* Quality wifi with at least four routers (had some intermittent losses during the day, but that comes with high use. again a pass)
* Friendly and responsive staff, from desk to housekeeping
Average considerations for 3 stars:
* Firm bed and clean/​fresh linens
* Amenities: 32-​in HD TV, microwave and fridge, plus safe (no hair dryer, coffee maker, iron/​ironing board)
* Accessible queen provides plenty of room for a wheelchair to move around in, high stool in the bathroom (didn’t have a shower stool available, but I assume, after asking for one, that they were simply out of stock)
* AC that really works, not too noisy, but when doors and windows are closed, helps to mask the sounds from the pool and outside noises/​traffic (had a really noisy party on the day of my arrival, which became less intrusive by taking the steps above)
* Plenty of electrical outlets. a rarity in most rooms I’ve used
Overall, a very pleasant 10 day stay. Made my first paid «vacation» (bereavement leave) a pleasant one.

My husband and I were looking for an inexpensive room for the night, as he was in a wedding Saturday. If we were in SD for vacation we would have stayed somewhere else, we expected the equivalent to Motel 6 from the photos…
1^st star: staff wasn’t rude, wasn’t friendly either, but as I say, we weren’t expecting much.
2^nd star plenty of parking
–1 star HORRIBLE sewer smell in the room, worse when we used the sink/​shower.
–1 star reservation was for a queen bed, the bed we got was clearly a full, on a queen my husband and I have plenty of room, I kept waking up as we bumped each other all night.
–1 star blankets had large holes, and there were stains on the dresser and super dusty hangers.

Starts out with great and fast service! Thank you Cheryl.
First time in a motel, so my expectations are based off a Holliday Express.
Only complaint, and it’s huge was hair in the bathroom (see pic). How this can be missed is beyond me! –1 Star for that.
AAA discount was nice.
Everything else was as anticipated. There was, however, only one soda machine and an ice cream machine. I was hoping for more.
Bed was too firm, but that’s a personal preference.
Free breakfast looked sparse as I passed by.
Overall, I was pleased, and would stay again. 4 stars for motel, 3 if comparing to Holiday Express.

Dear motel… your staff was pleasent and very polite. However, the poop on the wall and the shower curtain, the dirty floors; did not offset the curtious staff. Furthermore, your parking lot looks like rapeville and if rv’s are going to park… they should park in your ridiculous parking lot, taking up ten flipping spots.

Nice little place to crash for the night. The staff seemed friendly, the rooms were clean and it had all the basic amenities. I wouldn’t recommend staying here if you plan on spending an entire day at the hotel

sure its cheap but my girlfriend found bed bugs in there. i trapped a couple of them and took them to the front desk and the guy said to either leave or i could switch rooms. i was pretty pissed. so even though its cheap and appears clean… lookout

The worst Hotel Experience of my life. After checking in our rate was adjusted +10 dollars and our deposit was doubled. This was 4 hours after we had checked in. I gave them another 10 dollars and then asked for a refund since they had unexpectedly doubled my deposit. Obviously the night clerk was annoyed that the afternoon clerk allowed us to use cash to check in including paying a cash deposit. We are nurses that live in Jucumba and work in San Diego at the VA doing 12 hr night shifts. We were tired and although the 65 dollar price seemed a little pricey for the room we agreed to stay. Then we were hit with a deposit and paid it. Then 4 hours later another deposit was required and the rate went up 10 dollars. We left after the 4 hour stay and we not entitled to a refund. When we ask for the actual number of Rodeway we were told that they were independently operated and had nothing to do with Rodeway.
We would have had a better stay in the WalMart Parking Lot and I wouldn’t recommend this facility to anyone they are unethical, deceptive, and contemptuous of customers.

This hotel was 5-​star for the 2-​star range. My room was clean, safe, and quiet. The hotel even provided free wi-​fi and had a nice swimming pool to enjoy. The staff was AWESOME. They really went out of their way to be helpful, courteous, and all around excited about their jobs. I felt like they were really happy that I was staying there.
The breakfast was the only thing I could complain about but at the price I paid I would have been pleased with coffee. It consisted of hot and fresh coffee, juice, and cereal bars/​packaged pastries. It was adequate for the hotel. I would definitely recommend this place, especially if you are staying in Santee.

I was disappointed w/​this place. The two nights I stayed, there were ppl drinking & partying in front of their room all night. When I asked the front desk, why haven’t they called the cops. The lady brush it off and said they were highschoolers. The guys partying looked like gang bangers to me. The hotel gave us a smoking room and when I try getting a different one because I’m preggo. The hotel didn’t bother accommodating us. If you want to get a good night sleep don’t stay here.