Motel 6

$ 60 rooms. clean place to crash when the interstate burns you out. dont bother paying for the wifi. waste of money

If i had looked at Unilocal before coming here I wouldn’t have stopped based on the 2.5 stars. Glad I didn’t. This is a newly remodeled Motel 6 which means it’s awesome! New, clean room, sheets, hardwood floors and a hot shower. You’ll feel like you got more than every penny from the $ 55 it cost for the night. My only issue is the water — it stinks! Don’t drink their free and generous coffee, horrible. You’re in the middle of Harris Ranch, what do you expect?
Only thing you need to do to improve is filter the water for your coffee in the morning. Otherwise perfect.

The room was clean but barren. We we on the bottom floor, what a mistake. There were laminate floors even on the upper floors. We are on a road trip and drove until 3 am. People above us got up at 4 am and stomped around until they left at 6 am. There is no insulation for sound barriers at all. To top it off, the water was undrinkable. Bring your own water!!! Even for Motel 6 the room cost was $ 56.

Stopped here to rest for a few hours while driving from Southern California to Northern California. Honestly, for the price, it did the trick. The rooms have been remodeled. They were clean and comfortable. The smell outside was nauseating, but that’s just because I chose to stop in good ol’ Coalinga, home of the stinky cows. I’d stay at this Motel 6 again.

We stayed here two nights in May 2015 and it was great!
The rooms are all new and look very cool. The hardwood floors are nice since carpets can be trashy. But really, really great job. Great prices still.
You can get a pass for wifi for 24 hours but have to pay $ 2.99 to $ 4.99 after that.
Get an upstairs room, if possible because there is no carpeting — the people upstairs can get loud.
There is no coffee machines or fridges, but for the price, it is okay.
They have the pool, laundry room, ice machine, and plenty of soda machines. Plus you are just a walk from many gas stations and fast food places.
Coffee is available in the lobby as well.
Be aware that anywhere that you go outside, it may smell like cow poop but you cannot smell it in the room and the smell comes and goes outside.
All in all — 5 stars — Staff is really friendly, met the owner, he is nice and you cannot go wrong for the price and the new upgrades.

Rooms r clean, they have a fly problem. Motherfucking flys in every room every time I’ve checked in… Check ur rooms as some bath tubs are gross… I don’t understand how they didn’t spend the extra cash to reglaze the bath tubs… They could of also updated there ac units!!! But hey it’s 45 bucks.

So driving down the freeway on a long lonely adventure I wanted nothing more then to pull off sleep off the night and continue in the morning after a nice sleep. So pulling off the freeway and pulling into this establishment I was kinda shocked at the appearance of the building but like I said tired and weary I got a room and just went to bed. Waking up to get on with my day I thought a quick shower would be nice. As I’m rinsing off I happen to look up and see mold.

Sorry Coalinga, but I’m gonna pass your Motel 6 next time… I found you through Unilocal reviews. Sounded real good. Just perfect. Inexpensive, no nonsense… The perfect place for a stop to lay down one’s weary head for the night.
I so wanted to like this place. But…
On the surface, it looks lovely! Well kept, well painted, clean parking lot. Central Courtyard with a lovely pool surrounded by palms dancing in the breeze. However, once we entered our room – IT HIT!
The smell of mold or mildew was so intense we couldn’t breath well enough to notice how nice, clean and tidy everything seemed. Immediately we set to open the window and run the fan. We called upon the clerk to see if there might be another room that did not smell, but, he said that they did not have any other vacancies.
So, we decided to see if we could learn to bear it for an hour or two of rest and then simply continue on our road journey. While there, we tried to get on the internet… even with a password, we could not get any service.
We were there for a couple of hours (too long) – and left before midnight!
I have yet to get those nasty smelling molecules out of my nostrils.
A good salt flush is in order. :(

This is the type of place you only stay at if you need rest before driving on or happened to end up stranded on the side of the road. Which makes sense, because it’s a Motel 6 off the side of the 5 in the middle of nothing but cows … why else would you stay here? But the room was perfectly fine for serving that purpose. Everything seemed clean, there wasn’t any weird odors in the room I stayed in, had a little night desk and the bed was decently comfortable. The random shapes (cactus, flamingo, car, seashell, fisherman, blue dog) on the colorful comforter were amusing. There is a pool and a picnic area you can BBQ if you wanted.
For $ 48, it’s well worth it.

If you don’t have to stay here I recommend that you don’t. Sketchy area, rooms are disgusting, filthy and smelly. Our floor was wet from the AC and there was mold on the unit. The shower was gross and had hair in there. If you can afford it go to Harris Ranch. If you can’t afford that then keep driving to the next stop.

For what this hotel is, a very cheap place to crash, I would have given it three stars. However, the counter attendant was a thug. Unpleasant and unhelpful. The ice machine did not work. I went back twice at night and the attendant said it worked but takes a long time to regenerate after a lot of use. So I went by at 5 am, when everyone was asleep to get some ice for our food cooler and get back on the road. No ice! The rug and sheets were clean. Tub was stained with dirt. No issue for taking a bath since there was no drain plug. No clock, 2 small pillows and a small old fashioned TV. This is the kind of place I would only stay at if I cannot drive any longer due to fatigue. It was convenient to highway 5 and 230 miles out of LA and there was no way I could drive for another 4 hours after the 11 I just put in. Up side, $ 53 for a place to lay my head for 5 hours.

Affordable room. Clean enough for anyone less than the Michael Jackson type germaphobe. Upon entering the room you are welcomed by a dirty old smoking room odor so common among older hotels. You have to admit it feels like a home away from home. The next thing you’ll notice is the crappy old tube TV. If your concerned about creepy things that crawl, worry not. I work for a popular pest control company. A thorough inspection assured that I could lay my head down with confidence. Would sleep again

Pretty much middle of the road, what you expect with Motel 6. The room which I got was clean enough but not pristine. There weren’t any paintings or decorations up in the room. I thought the bottle opener mounted above the trash can was a nice touch, and matched the ambiance of the flickering bathroom light. What do you expect, it’s a motel 6. It always helps to have a sense of humor. Its a place to get some sleep, with a good price. The front desk staff are nice, and they offer free coffee for the road after 6:00 AM.

I’ve been to cheap motels and I’ve been to CHEAP motels. I have to say, for the price I paid for this room, it was surprisingly a very good bargain. The room was clean. I did my usual inspection for critters. The mattress looked pretty new. It was comfortable. I had no problems.
Yes, this is a Motel 6. Yes it is along the 5 frwy in cow country. So you are going to smell the lovely fragrance of livestock. It’s not the motel’s fault. This is not some high falutin luxury hotel… but for those of us on a budget that don’t feel like shelling out a month’s car payment for an overpriced night’s sleep… this place serves it’s purpose and I would stay here again. In fact, I already have plans to on my next trip North.

The smell of cows is AWFUL! and I guess they can’t do anything about that reality. But I had no hot water and couldn’t take a shower in the morning! Paid for extra $ 3 for the wifi and it never worked. I got back my $ 3 but no compensation for a room without hot water.

I wouldn’t give this spot a second chance unless the grape vine was closed and it was too cold to sleep in my car. Seriously, the room was cheap and the guy at the front was helpful, but the amenities ended there.
Considering I had an excellent stay at the Days Inn at Lost Hills just a few days before, I would gladly drive the extra distance next time.
The bed was flat and card-​boardy. Seriously, I’ve slept on better airbeds. The sheets and bed spread had that wish-​I-​had-​a-​sleeping-​bag feeling. Same with the towels. Took a shower out of necessity, not because it was spa-​like.
Not to mention, my car alarm went off at like 3 in the morning because someone tried to break in. That isn’t motel 6s fault, but considering we were in the back room furthest from the office I certainly slept lightly the rest of the night.
And really? On top of the dirty feeling of the room, there was no wifi and no breakfast. I paid only $ 10 more for the stay at the Days Inn two nights before and it was more than worth the $ 10 difference!

It’s motel 6. Its clean for a motel 6, but it’s still motel 6. The smell outside is not the fault of motel 6.
I like cats, but its depressing to see the family of overly mangey looking cats outside.
On a side note, why not just include WiFi like everyone else? Why take $ 2.99 for your slow internet?

Since we had no other options in that area, we had to choose to stay in this Motel 6 for the night of June 29^th, 2012.
I’m giving them two stars for their nice staff at the front desk that night, she was nice enough to watch my car for us for the night and made sure it was safe.
For the room itself though, it was disgusting! There is a piece of weird (who knows what) hard plastic in the bath tube, flies in the room, smells so bad inside and out, air conditioning wasn’t working properly at all. The bed was uncomfortable, blankets didn’t seem too clean at all.
Not coming back for any reason.

Forget the smell outside, it was WAYY better than the mystery smell we encountered inside.
Luckily the axe murderer stayed in the room next to us and the rapist was in a different building so we were safe.
Front office staff could def use a lesson on holding a conversation with another human.
Super cheap rooms are worth it, if you’re traveling and need to crash.

So… we were moving up north and became fatigued on the way up. There’s really no other reason to stay at a crap-​hole like this. We bit the bullet and slept here for about 4 hours… just enough to be relatively safe on the road in a 26 ft moving truck.
Unpleasantries: Poop air. At nighttime, you may not notice it, but bright and early in the morning, it’s hard to avoid. You’re probably less than a mile from thousands of cows that live on dirt. Cows that are soon to become beef. Try not to spend too much time outside here. The air smells wet… and heavy.
As far as the room goes:
it LOOKED clean, but it had that vibe… like you just can’t see the grime but it’s really there. So call us snobs… but both of us slept with extra clothing covering our pillowcases. I slept with my hood on. The bathroom… there was a pube on the toilet seat when we got there. Apparently, visitors must steal trash cans here or something because there were NONE in the room at all. Two ashtrays and a non-​smoking sticker? Am overwhelming smell of smoke in the room.
They are pet-friendly…not that anyone would notice if your smuggled your pet in anyway.