Days Inn Chowchilla Gateway to Yosemite

We had plans in chowchilla so I reserved a room a week ago and I drove 5 hours super tired! When I got here the lady told me she gave my room away because they were busy this morning! WTF!!! What is the point on reserving a room !!! I have never been to a hotel where they give your reserved room away!!! Very bad customer service!!! I reserved the room for $ 80 and then that lady said she can give me another customers room for $ 130! Are you kidding me??? Wow!!!
I left and went to a different hotel!

Recently updated. There’s not too much you can do, but it’s clean, and the desk staff friendly. It’s in a convenient location, and on the same parking lot with a great local restaurant/​steak house. Breakfast is pretty much nothing, but there is a Starbucks and Perkos close by

Had to stay in Chowchilla for work about 4 months this year and looked at all the surrounding hotels. The Days Inn deserves big applause for offering a very clean, professional, reliable, safe and comfortable lodging option. The Holiday Inn Express across the street is the for sure the best in town if you’re a tourist with a bigger budget, and has more amenities and a nicer physical surrounding. However for the money, the Days Inn was incredibly nice. The hotel is family managed, the desk was always polite and helpful, and the management reachable at all hours for any issues. The rooms were kept spotless, and were perfect for a business traveler with little refrigerators and microwaves, excellent functioning air conditioning, great ice machine, great breakfast and fast internet. The outside parking lot is a bit off-​putting, a bleak view of the highways and lots of lots of big trucks parked there — but the other guests are respectful, many appeared to be there for work as well or budget travelers, and up and gone early, and I never had a noise problem at night. A nice plus is that Farnesi’s Steakhouse, certainly one of the best restaurants in town, is just a short walk across the parking lot. Overall, it was a surprisingly comfortable and pleasant experience to stay there and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend it to anyone finding themselves in Chowchilla! And great appreciation to the managing family for upholding such great standards of hospitality, cleanliness and friendliness!

We had several roaches in the bathroom, and an 18 wheeler was parked next our room that smelled like manure. It should have been moved.
Otherwise the room was nice and modern for a budget motel including breakfast. More spacious rooms too with a large changing area.
But still: roaches are unacceptable.

Wow, was I surprised! The service and room was so amazing. I will definitely be staying here whenever I am in Chowtown.

First time I’ve stayed here. It is in the middle of renovation during this time. My room was apparently not finished prior to my stay and it does not have a place for me to hang my shirts. The furnitures and appliances are new as far as I can tell and the room is neat and clean. The smell of new paint is still quite strong.
Overall the staff was very friendly and helpful. The major complaint I have is the noise. The noise from the freeway and the train is quite annoying and the heater/​AC unit is very loud. It didn’t help when there were other travelers who were talking very loud before 7am outside.
The piece was good but I will pay more and stay at Holiday Inn express next time.

This hotel is currently being «remodeled». By that, I mean they slapped on some fresh paint and got a couple new appliances to add to their rooms. This hotel is extremely outdated and my boyfriend and I had many issues in the short time we were there.
There wasn’t anyone at the front counter so we could check in. My boyfriend had to walk around the premises to find someone to help us. Our room wasn’t ready when we arrived, even though we checked in several hours after the listed check in time. On top of that, the room reeked of potent cleaners and paint, which was extremely worrisome for me because I had my dog with me.
The layouts of the room are ridiculous. There is so much wasted space where the sink and bathroom is. There is just a huge open corner with nothing it, followed by the sink and a door separating the toilet and shower from everything else. It was extremely uncomfortable to take a shower because the toilet is about 12 inches anyways from the shower itself. There was even an unwanted ha in the shower that didn’t belong to me or my boyfriend.
We only had a coffee maker in the room. No fridge or microwave as listed on their website. When my boyfriend asked about it they said their appliances were in a storage locker and the manager only had a key. We also didn’t have a blow dryer which was extremely annoying. Maybe they should have thought to actually prepare their rooms when they know they have guests coming? The only reason I gave them two stars is because the front desk clerk made sure someone put a fridge in our room when we left the hotel, which I do appreciate even though it was left unused because I took our perishable drinks and snacks to my families house instead.
The furniture is also very outdated and most of it is damaged, which made me feel like we were staying in a run down hotel. I also had issues with our pillows. They were worn out looked like they have been slept on a million times, which grossed me out. You should replace everything old in a remodel, and pillows should always be in good condition.
This hotel is located next to a major highway as well as a train track. I woke up several times due to the location and noise pollution. The walls were also paper thin and I could hear everyone outside of our room since it was located by the front office. We also had issues with flies. They were everywhere! It was completely off putting.
We normally stay at The Holiday Inn Express. It is fairly new and about the same price range as the Days Inn. The only reason we spent a night here was due to the 180.00 Friday night charge they were asking for at Holiday Inn and wanted to save a few bucks. In all honesty, I regret trying to save the money and wish we would have stayed at the Holiday Inn. I will never frequent the Days Inn again.

Their Days Inn website advertises this location offers free access to a local gym & complimentary USA Today newspaper, but they do neither. The front desk clerk stated their website doesn’t say anything about a gym, so I showed her, & she checked & learned they no longer offer that. Same with the newspaper. The AC/​fan systems are extremely loud at this hotel. When the room above me ran their AC, I heard an incessant loud knocking noise through the ceiling at night. The refrigerator in my room was not plugged in (warm) in the room when I arrived. There was a thermostat to automate the temperature in the room, but it didn’t function, so I just manually turned the AC wall unit on & off throughout the night, which blew loudly. The desk in my room had seen better days, but at least there was a comfortable chair. You get way you pay for here, just wish they hadn’t posted incorrect info on their website. The lobby is very small, but nicely remodeled. The lobby is where breakfast is served.

Nice staff-​clean room. Left my lab coat behind so I called to see if they would mail it. They did that promptly and when I received it they had evidently done a sweep of the room and found my electric toothbrush I had left behind without realizing it.
Great way to go the extra mile! Kudos :-)

Though very clean, and nice room, it is very loud. trains, planes and automobiles all night long. bed was comfortable and no breakfast. No pet area.

Pet friendly? The manager or owner wont let your pet use the grass. He wants you to go along a busy road with sticker weeds. In America we pet owners pick up after our pets. What’s the use of being pet friendly if your pet has no place to go. The room also had a stale smell to it. The staff was not very friendly either. I use Days Inns all over for work and this one was the worst. The owners or managers of these hotel, motels that are not from here need to realize in America our pets do there business on grass. I am done with staying at motels that are not American owned and run.

saw the positive reviews on tripadvisor and decided to give this place a shot as opposed to the holiday inn. The rooms, while having a new television and decent mattress, are dated. The fridge and microwave are from another era, as are the décor. Shower pressure was okay. Breakfast was very mediocre, you wouldn’t be able to tell the difference between the coffee and hot water, i opted for starbucks next door instead. So why such the low rating? suspicious looking guests in the other rooms, roaming around the balcony and parking lot area.

I used to stay here. It is clean and really inexpensive. However, the last time the flies were out of control. Usually, there are a few flies bc there are cows nearby. But this was BAD. Then they served soured milk at breakfast… now i stay at Holiday Inn Express.

Great value for area. We had 2 rooms which were clean with comfortable beds and the A/​C worked very well. Those are my priorities and they were well met here. Everything else worked, though there was not enough plugs to use the fridge, coffee pot, and microwave at the same time.
Chowchilla is a cow town so expect a bit of cow manure smell outside, but it smelled fine inside. It was available and very affordable for being so close to Yosemite. I would use it again if I could not stay in Mariposa, which is where i prefer to stay when in the area. I checked behind the headboard for bed bugs, because that was mentioned in another review, but found no evidence that any had ever been there, just the usual dust.
I wear earplugs when sleeping so I did not run into any noise issues. I could care less about age of a hotel, but that it is well maintained, clean, has good A/​C, and comfortable beds. This one meets those goals at a great price.

From the outside, this place looks like one of those old rundown motels where you check-​in but never check out (because you get hacked to bits by a crazy person in the dark of night). But once you get into a room, it’s not all that bad. You can definitely see where they have tried. The wall and doors are still old, but the tile and carpet are newish. The bed and linens are ok. Though, I have never in my life seen a fridge and microwave so old. The staff are friendly enough. The wifi is free, but it goes in and out. If the Holiday Inn in town is sold out, this place will do.

I should have checked the previous Unilocal reviews for this Days Inn before staying here last night. I booked it online before driving up from Los Angeles for an internet rate of $ 56.09 which is lower than trying to get a AAA rate.
The staff was friendly when I checked in. I asked how to use the wireless internet and he said it should come right up on my computer. However, he then asked if I wanted a cable for connection in case the wireless didn’t work, but I mentioned I had an IPad so I needed the wireless. Well, when I got to the room I discovered the wireless signal was very weak. Evidently, the staff was already aware that their wireless has a problem. So if you really need wireless internet, I suggest you find another hotel… perhaps the newer Holday Inn across the street. They really need to fix this!
After discovering no internet, I then started to go throughout the room to see how it was. The pillow cases were not on the pillows properly, and so it looked like my bed was not made proper. I then checked the bathroom and noticed 3 small towels on the floor. Well, needless to say I was thinking that this room was either not cleaned or definitely not cleaned to normal hotel standards.
I then tried to turn on the tv since I couldn’t use the internet. Well, the remote control didn’t work, so it was a bit frustrating having to go up to the tv and use the manual controls to find a news station.
Lastly, I really don’t recommend staying here cause the place is right next to the freeway and it’s so noisy that it’s really difficult to even try to get to sleep. The sound goes right through those thin walls and it’s awful.
I definitely would suggest you stay at another place if you’re thinking of staying here.

If it weren’t for the low price ($ 58), I would have given this place 1 star.
The strip motel is right on the highway and definitely very dated. I’m open to older hotels that are maintained well, but this is not one of them. Our non-​smoking room smelled very strongly of smoke much to the chagrin of my wife. The room very old and not very comfortable.
The hotel appears to be used by locals and a somewhat rough crowd including guys drinking beer near the entrance to our room. I would not call it tourist or family friendly.
Stay away and choose to stay at the new Holiday Inn Express just down the road!

I’ve stayed in this motel several times over the last 10 years. The managers are very nice, but the rooms all face the freeway, the place is old, and the prices are comparable to the brand new Holiday Inn Express and the Travel Lodge which are nearby, new, with more amenities and more security. Unfortunately, I’ve paid the same price for a Day’s Inn room as for the Holidan Inn room, which came with free breakfast and access to computers, a 24-​hourn exercise room, better security, etc.
Although I feel slightly unfaithful (the people are nice, and just trying to earn a living in an old strip motel), I’ve ceased using this Day’s Inn and have switched to the newer hotels in the area.