Days Inn Buena Park

I wanted to thank Shaan the manager and his staff. I had left some items at the hotel and he was really patient and helpful. I had arranged a package to be sent back and he was great about sending it off. He even called me a few days later to make sure I received it! Who does this anymore?! Well this guy does! Thank you for doing a great job and being so nice about it. Take care and good luck.

The owners should be ashamed of themselves as they have re-​defined the word ‘cheap.’ Examples:
$ 5 for parking. AYFKM? I can see that at a high-​end hotel with valet in a dense commercial area, but on the border of Stanton and Buena Park?
A/​C. Non-​existent. Is there air coming out of the vent that is not warm? Yes. That is all I will give them. Granted, it is one of the hottest days of the year today, but still… one absolute count-​on for any hotel should be that a small room be able to get cold enough. I had to keep the door OPEN to the outside to capture some of that balmy night air. Ugggh.
Inside Light. They have a timer on it! Really. Every couple of hours, I have to reset? C-​H-​E-​A-​P with a capital C, H, E, A, P.
Breakfast. Okay, I’m piling on here, but I’ve been to roach motels off skid row that at least had crappy donuts and muffins. Here? Coffee… and…nothing, nada, zilch, donut babe (and I mean the number not the sweet).
Now, to be fair, in certainly the you-​get-​what-​you-​pay-​for category, full disclosure. I ‘won’ the hotel on Priceline, where it was rated 1-​star. Shouldn’t be complaining, right? Maybe. But honestly, I dropped down my tolerance level all the way down to my experience with one-​stars on PL, none of which of the above have I EVER experienced with a Priceline comp of this caliber.
So actually, I’ve already waved off the usual review suspects of cleanliness, service, amenities, safety, etc, so one could also look at this as, if even a one-​star can’t hit a minimum threshold, it has got to be bad.
0 stars?

Nice enough for a couple nights stay. Very clean and comfortable room. We had the suite, 3 queen beds that were comfortable. Linens fresh, pillows soft. Suite had two rooms separated by a privacy wall, not a door. Was fine for us. Had a small fridge in the room. $ 5 for parking after paying $ 125 off booking .com for the room was a bit surprising. We walked to and from knotts Berry Farms, 15 minute, easy walk. Staff was nice.

Got this room through priceline… first of all they wouldn’t accept the temporary paper drivers license even though it has a photo… the front desk people doesn’t speak English… they charge $ 5 on parking when it’s not even secured parking… the room door is stuck that we have to kick the door open every time… they didn’t give the user name and password to wifi, and can’t even locate the network… when using the toilet the seat and cover came off!!! Don’t come here…

Well, first of all this is a knights inn now. When we got into the room not only do you have to do a handle trick to open the door but, the deadbolt privacy lock didn’t work (nothing happened when we turned the handle). So, we tried using the next best thing, the lock at the top of the door. And half of it fell off. When I called the office they said they would put a work order in and have it fixed the next day. The first night I just prayed that the up down handle trick would suffice keeping the door a closed security force. Next day we came back and to our surprise our lock was fixed (yay) but house keeping came, pulled sheets off the bed and left. Huh?! Called office again and she said, «Oh. You guys are back already?!» Umm… yes we are. So she had to send her back to add sheets, make bed, take out trash, leave clean towels, vacuum, etc. I gave this place two stars because they were able to print out our tickets for medieval times and its blocks away from knotts. If you just need a place to sleep (disneyland one day, knotts the next, medieval times, etc) its a good cheap stay. Just remember you pay $ 5 for parking per stay that is extra and don’t expect anything fancy. Oh and the air conditioner works… you room is cold and loud! I had to keep getting up at night to turn it off and on just to get the right temperature (middle of humid hot and freezing cold).

We stayed at this hotel for a week in July of 2013. It was a very dingy place. The pool was scary the rooms all open directly outside and the staff barley understood what I said. The first issue was the TV in had static all across the screen for the first night. The next night it would not even show a picture. We stayed in room 120 which has three queens, fridge and microwave. It was clean for the most part. However, the last night we stayed there we get back at 7:30pm and only one of the three beds are made! The sheets are sitting there like they were called away to do something and never came back! I was so frustrated. Then when I called to complain the guy said sorry I have nobody on site that can come fix it… but I will give you two separate rooms for the night! We got the big room cause we have lots of kids and don’t want to split them up cause they are still very young… So I ended up putting the sheets they left in the room on the bed and they gave us some blankets. However, they would not make the bed they said only housekeeping can do that and they are not here.
There is no continental breakfast.
If you are looking for a place to stay with lots of beds and very little else stay here… otherwise I would avoid at all costs.

You get what you pay for. Noisy, dirty, and kinda scary.

Stayed three nights. Second day cleaning crew forgot to make our room, we found no clean towels and toilet paper. Called lobby and they sent items right away. Received call from manager next day and through Expedia got a 50% refund for that day. Will think twice to stay again. h

Not Days Inn anymore. It’s called Knights Inn or something like that. Anyways, it was an awful experience. Came during remodeling I guess because I see boxes and wrapping paper in the parking lot, trash everywhere and in our room we hear hammering and loud thumps upstairs. AC was loud and annoying, carpet was old and stained. I really hope they are fixing this place up because its disgusting!

We stayed here one night in October, the night before we went to Knott’s Berry Farm. We stayed here because it was the least expensive 3-​star hotel we found within walking distance to the park. I admit to being very concerned when we rolled in on a Sunday afternoon… it looked a lot like an abandoned apartment building. The room scared me when we went in. It was dark and I thought for sure it would wreak like other reviewers had noted. It was fine though — maybe a little stale, but nothing bad. We slept just fine and so the point of the stay (a place to sleep) was accommodated.
The free breakfast was a bit sub par. I’ve stayed at quite a few Days Inns and they usually have pretty good little breakfasts. This one was the least impressive I’ve had, with little more than coffee and doughnuts. Again I was concerned at first when we walked in about an hour before the scheduled end of the breakfast hours and all we saw were a couple leftover looking donuts… but a few minutes later someone replenished them with a better selection of fresher looking donuts. The room you eat in is about as small as I could have imagined. Everything is pretty well crowded around the front check in desk. Again, they set the low bar for Days Inn breakfasts, but yet, we were fed and on our way to the park.
We probably got exactly what we paid for — a place to sleep and a simple breakfast on the run. I’m not sure if I’d stay here again, it depends on if my wallet is just a little fatter next time I want to stay in this area.

This was by far one of the worst hotel stays i have ever had. carpet was riddled with paint droppings, none of the appliances worked (hair dryer, coffee maker, iron), the room smelled old, the linens were itchy. AND THIS WAS THE 2 BEDROOM SUITE! lets not talk about the bed. it was so uncomfortable and bouncy, if i laid down on 1 bed, its should shake someone in the other bed. very very very lack-​luster spot. will never go back. only went there because it was the last place in the area with a vacancy. Prior Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance. especially in hotel stays, lol.

Wow! Was i being super SUPER generous with my first 4 Star review of this place or what? It might have been the excitement of snagging a ‘First to Review’ that blinded me to the actual quality of this Days Inn. Honestly, I’ve stayed here several times due to it’s rock bottom prices– but I may start upping my standards and forking over a few more bucks for a quality hotel.
Here is what I encountered on my last visit. A broken TV. A broken toilet seat. A broken bathroom door. Cracked walls and paint chipping everywhere. The room smelled really bad… just a really icky feeling all around. The staff remains the only redeeming quality about this place– really kind and pleasant people, they deserve 5 stars.
I still support that fact that this is a great deal and great location for the price– and I admit, I’ve stayed here so many times while ‘budget vacationing’ to Orange County– However, to stand by the first 4 star review I gave this place two years ago would be wrong… the quality of this location is poor.

This was a decent place to stay nothing to really write home about, typical economic motel. Smelled a little bit musty when we walked in so we had to turn on the dusty AC and was treated to an air full of dust bunnies.
The only thing that really bugged me was that when my cousin broke her nail moving some luggage to the car, we went to the front desk to ask for a band aid and was told they didn’t have a first aid kit, so we had to cover the finger with napkin and scotch tape. Makes me wonder and worry why doesn’t a motel have a standard first aid kit.

It’s only fair that I review a specific room, not just the entire motel but I will also include my experience w/​the motel as a whole. Well, we checked into the motel and I wasn’t expecting much. As my girlfriend said, we just needed a place to sleep. They had coffee at the front desk which was lukewarm at best (it was evening so it’s a bit more understandable) and Tthen we went to put our stuff in the room and the door was held open by a chair. Why it was open, we didn’t know. However, that was just an inkling to just how absolutely abysmal room #222.
We got our stuff and immediately turned on the heater. We used the restroom and my girlfriend found the toilet seat to be broken and leaned to one side. They gave a courtesy call to see if anything was okay, however as my girlfriend answered the phone the cord fell out simply by picking it up. It was not pulled, jiggled or moved aside from part of it’s normal function.
Later that night, we went out to buy dinner nearby and found napkins stuck inside the frame of the door where the lock goes in. That was pretty frightening because we couldn’t tell if it was placed there to serve a purpose or if someone stuck that in to keep the door unlocked while we were out. My girlfriend also found a sticky spot near the table, next to the bed. It was fairly large, roughly 1.5’x1.5′. However, after I got home I realized that spot wasn’t the only problem. The entire carpet was filthy and the bottom of my socks had putrid orange/​brown stains.
On the morning of checkout, we had a nice little surprise of the lights in the sink and bathroom area going completely out. We had already showered and got ready but we didn’t finish packing yet. The odd part was the charger for my camera which was in the sink area was still working, as well as the lights and tv in the bed/​living area. How that happens, I really don’t know. As we finish loading up the car I get one last shocker. I see a member of the cleaning crew carry one folded comforter with one hand while partially dragging another comforter on the ground and up the stairs with the other arm. This review was mainly for room #222, however judging by our whole experience, I doubt it gets any better.
On a good note, they were marginally helpful about their internet service (sans the phone cord falling out again) and they provided a so-​so continental breakfast (which isn’t that difficult).

My family and I paid for a suite. This place is not what the Days Inn website shows.
The room was small, dinky and dirty.
There was mold growing on the shower wall, a lot of it. We found shoes and clothing from previous guest’s under the beds and drawers.
Most of the lights in our room did not work. I’m thinking this was so we couldn’t see how dirty the room was?
One remote didn’t work
When we tried to call the office we discovered the phone didn’t work either, No dial tone, no nothing.
The Days Inn pledge plaque was hilarious, as it said something about meeting the guest’s needs and going above and beyond to make sure everything was perfect, at the end it said just dial 0 if something isn’t right and they will make it right!!! LOL!
Our phone didn’t work! We couldn’t dial 0! :)
We figured they had disconnected the phone on purpose, So We couldn’t call any complaint’s in. :)
The pool is not set up for small children, no real shallow end. The pool and area were dirty and in disarray.
I cleaned it up as best as I could, picked up a rusty nail and arranged the chair’s and tables!
It looked much better!
The breakfast room is just a small counter in the very small front office.
Donuts, coffee and juice. No tables or chairs.
It was pretty cheap even though we did get the suite if that’s what they call it.
When we checked out my Husband mentioned the phone didn’t work, They admitted they knew this and said it would be repaired the next day?
But we were checking out, So why would we care if it was fixed the day after we left?
We stayed from Thursday 7÷17÷2008 and checked out 7÷19÷2008
We have a year pass to Knott’s and will not be staying at this Hotel again.
I’m really usually not too picky, but this place sucked.