Budget Motel

2.5 star property

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Reviews

4.6 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Room service
  • Housekeeping
  • Parking included
  • 24/7 front desk
  • Air conditioning
  • Free WiFi

Room options

Standard Room, 1 King Bed

Highlights

Air conditioning
Fridge
Shower/bath combination
Private bathroom
Microwave
Daily housekeeping
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed
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About the area

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850 El Camino Real, San Bruno, CA, 94066

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • Coffee and tea in common areas

Family friendly

  • In-room microwave
  • In-room refrigerator

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)

More

  • 2 floors
  • Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bathroom

  • Hair dryer (on request)
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower/bathtub combination
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Premium channels

Food and drink

  • Limited room service
  • Microwave
  • Refrigerator

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Free local calls
  • Iron/ironing board on request

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Property is also known as

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Budget Motel Reviews

Reviews

4.6
Rating 10 - Excellent. 18 out of 364 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 46 out of 364 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 84 out of 364 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 72 out of 364 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 144 out of 364 reviews

5.2/10

Cleanliness

4.8/10

Staff & service

4.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

4/10 Poor

business travel, San Bruno SF airport

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

You get what you pay for

Hotel staff transact through a small Opening through window won't even ripen door for registration Or check out which gives Me the impression that the place is not a safe place to stay. I pushed a table and couch against the door to block it because that is how the staff behaved when I interact with them. It's not safe here is the message I got from their demeanor. The room appears to be tidy but the carpet needs to be cleaned and the walls need some work I not going back there appliances are antique . The note rate is o think high. Compared to other hotels in the area much better than them.

8/10 Good

Don

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

"Budget Hotel" no frills, just a good room

Each day had good service and the basics needed. Check in and out was fast.

6/10 Okay

thuan

Liked: Cleanliness

2/10 Terrible

Maritza

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Budget price for a great hotel.

There are not enough stars to give this place. You can literally walk to the airport, and there is a cute little neighborhood with shops and restaurants nearby. Have been coming here for years, and as good as ever.

4/10 Poor

David

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Funky but functional

This place is funky. The room was huge and had 12 foot ceilings. It was clean and the bed was good. Getting to the room was not so great- a narrow concrete passage that a woman alone might hesitate to enter (a perception issue- there were no actual problems). The neighborhood is full of motels and I think you could find a room at one of them without a reservation. They're there for people like me who have to catch an early flight out of SFO. If you don't need that proximity to the airport, find a better area.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

Alt aber sauber

Zwar in die Jahre gekommenes Hotel aber es war alles sauber, das Zimmer war riesig. Bad war sauber. Man darf nicht zu viel erwarten, aber für das Geld und die Lage ok.

6/10 Okay

Tony, Las Vegas, Nevada

Truly budget

Given a consideration to check in 30 minutes earlier. It helped me and my wife to have a temporary place away from the comfort of our home.

6/10 Okay

Rudi, Cambridge, MA

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort

Cheap hotel, but well done.

First of all: I took this hotel not even because it was cheap, but because I was a late booker and wanted something in walking distance to my workplace. After reading the other reviews, I went there expecting nothing. And I wasn't disappointed. No breakfast... meh, but doesn't matter much, as my workplace has breakfast. The only real things that were wrong are: - Alarm clock had wrong time (half an hour off). Well, I use my phone anyway... - Shower head was not detachable and way too low (I estimate it a bit higher than 5 feet). - As every other hotel, useless pillows that become virtually flat when you put your head on them - I stacked 3 of them for a good sleep. At least there were about five of them, so it's okay. What was good: - Coffee machine could make hot enough water for tea (I don't drink coffee). - No noise - soundproofing was well done. - Relatively large room. Didn't expect that size for the money. - What was there, worked.

2/10 Terrible

John , Ohio

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Worst possible hotel in the bay area

The fact that Expedia had the nerve to offer this rat hole for 500 a night offends me and I choose not to use your service again

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
The room was a very nice size room. Really only 3 complaints : the shower head was broken. There was something gross on the wall in the room and the room door was very dirty.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Close to SFO airport and cheaper than other hotels

Cleanliness was excellent, staff very helpful and informative. This is an ideal budget motel for SFO airport, closer to the local train station, shops. The decor was faded but as a budget motel I was impressed with facilities such as coffee machine and microwave. The room and ensuite had much more space than other chain hotels I've stayed in. I would go back there. Even with paying for a taxi fare to the airport I saved $100-$200 by staying here. It's only 7 minutes drive to the airport.

2/10 Terrible

Thomas, New Zealand

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

this place is a prison cell

DO NOT STAY HERE!!! (please read the entire review) The room was soo bad, they had stored an old tv and some old chairs and boxes in the kitchen that we were supposed to have had, the bathroom was sooo old and dirty looking, the shower was missing the shower head and there was a big stain on the bath that looked really gross. the bedroom/living room had a rear entrance that had 4 locks on it and was also blocked by the couch in the room. the ceiling looked like it was made of hay and then badly painted over. the entrance to the room looked like a prison cell. we were paying about $135 for the night and it was about $120 too much. if i was only paying $10 for the room i would have stayed there for the whole booking. as soon as i got there i tried to cancel the booking and get a full refund only to be told that the manager of the hotel would only refund the last 2 nights of 3 if i stayed for the first night, if i chose not to they would charge for the full 3 nights.... what the kind of policy is that. i cancelled 2 nights through hotels.com and got the refund for those nights, slept on top of the bed( not in the covers, just in case) and left first thing in the morning, without a shower, this place is disgusting.

4/10 Poor

Hana

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

Close to the airport.

The hotel conditions didn't look so good, but the room was comfy enough to stay comfortable overnight. The location was good, it was just a short ride to the airport.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Nice hotel close to airport

Nice hotel that is close to the airport of you need an overnight stay.

2/10 Terrible

Nani, Orlando, Fl

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort

Worse

I booked 2 nights but had to run away very next day!!!!

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
near the international airport,but it is really so so .

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

It's Ok

The place is nothing special, but not as bad as numerous other people rate it. If you need to pinch pennies and don't need a fancy place to get a nights sleep, stay here. If you're making too much money and need fancy, don't stay here.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Motel vétuste.

Très mauvaise odeur de product "parfumé" désodorisant, salle de bain vétuste,bruyant à cause de la proximité de l'aéroport , moquette dégoûtante. Seul avantage: parking gratuit.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

Cool For A One-Night Stay

OK hotel. Clean. Questionable Location. Overpriced For The Condition. I Wouldn't Stay More Than One Night. It was an emergency.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities

Felt like I was checking into prison.

I can't understand how a business can survive with such unpleasant staff. The hotel is certainly in a good location and the rooms seemed ok for the money but I would avoid this facility just on the basis of the experience of checking in. The women at the front desk made me feel like a criminal. My reservation was prepaid on Expedia yet she examined my driver's license and credit card intently without so much as a hello. There was never a smile or welcome in any way... Really made me angry to be treated so rudely.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nur für kuzen Aufenthalt nach langem Flug. Flughafennähe angenehm, jedoch auch Fluglärm.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Had to pay for 2 rooms since It was my husband, myself and 3 kids staying at the hotel. When we arrived we discovered the rooms we huge and had 2 queen beds plus a fold out couch. So of course we all fit comfortably in 1 room and let the other room (which I paid $285 for) go to waste. our biggest problem was we actually had another guest enter our room (using his room key) thinking it was his room. I was glad we were all awake and decent because that would've scared the hell out of us if it had happened at night. The biggest plus side about staying here is that it is close to everything. Great America is a 1/2 hour away and San Francisco is about 15 minutes down the freeway.