Econo Lodge

Motel has just changed over to some other whatnot and AAA is no longer accepted. They did renovations BUT there is still a lot lacking. Rooms have refrigerator, table stove burners, sink, and microwave. Refrigerator rocks back and forth, microwave doesn’t fit into the slot, and furniture is OLD. The stove thing was not expected… very modern. In my room at least 6 screw-​in knobs are missing on the dresser. Another stay, the desk table leaned about 30% downward (just really old). Showers need new heads… again, renovations but you don’t upgrade the shower heads? Shower is old school with tub like at your mom’s house in the 70’s.
The front desk staff is friendly. Grounds are very clean. Imo, this place should be packed on the weekends. This is 60 miles north of LA and you are in the middle of nowhere, peace and quiet, surrounded by mountains and great views (snow capped mountains right now) with two great little restaurants attached to the motel with excellent food for about $ 72 a night after taxes. Great get-​away!
They need to finish the remodeling and upgrades. Apply some integrity to what they do have – microwave and refrigerator and get them installed correctly – easy fix. But, like most small «econo» motels, it will never get done right. Place is probably a tax wright off for the owner so they are half in. Why would you do a complete remodel and not update the highway lighted motel sign? Advertise free HBO and Direct TV/​HDTV, Internet? Make some effort to advertise the place as the weekend get-​away? Staying here is as quiet an experience you will ever get… like in ghost town quiet!
Stressed? Need to get out of LA and into the mountains to refresh? Come here and drop $ 150 for the weekend with really good food for two nights and drive back to the Valley renewed.

We were on our way up to Washington when we decided to stay over a night because of the traffic that was caused by the mudd slide ahead. The front desk clerk was friendly and easy to work with. I approached him, said my name and he immediately checked us in without even asking for an ID or credit card for incidental? I used to work for a hotel and i always thought that was important. Anyways, the room is decent, not great, but decent enough for $ 69 (before tax). Inside it had two microwaves but only one of the two worked. Sheets and furnitures looked old. I couldnt sleep very well because i was itching from possible bed bugs. Warm water takes a while to come out the sinks and shower. The porch outside had cracks on the floor and a broken rail which felt pretty unsafe to be in. On the better note, the room had a stove and a clean environment. Just wished they had put more effort into the renovation since the lodge still had old appliances, furnitures and safety precautions.

The place is in the middle of a major renovation, so previous posts may not apply — much as this one might not in six months. This is obviously an old hotel, a nice little googie treasure in a truckstop town. The AC is plenty cold (it’s August) and there’s two restaurants on site. Furniture, bedding and towels are on par for a mid-​priced hotel. The pergo flooring isn’t my thing; carpet would eat up the sound better (there’s no doubt that someone is staying the the room above me). Currently their website claims fridge/​microwave/​coffee maker in room — none of the above installed, but lying around in boxes in the lobby and halls. Interested to see where this goes.

Very friendly service but our room had no toilet paper, the role away bed had hair on it, one of the beds had ants on it and our TV had to be reset to work properly. Just keep driving if possible. Oh and the pool isn’t open.

This place appeared right as we were getting tired of being on the I-​5 and needed a break from the drive. The convenience is the best thing about this place. It’s not clean (not the worst either), our room had no soap (one tube each of shampoo and lotion only), and the knobs on the thermostat were broken off. Next time I’ll drive on to the next town and try my luck there.

Nice friendly staff, reasonable rates, clean rooms with nice amenities, great location for travelers right off the freeway, quiet place too! It’s in the middle of nowhere up on the grapevine. We could of definitely done worse!

It’s not the worse place, but it is nowhere near the best.
The overnight guy was very accommodating which helped out. Our fist room had a sliding door opening towards the pool area. That was nice but the door didn’t even lock, Yikes! Our second room was ok.
Standard features of a king size bed, 32″ tv and dressers. But the bathroom shower was just awful. It worked at night sort of, but in the morning not so much. The shower just trickled down on us.
The bed was good to sleep in and there was an absence of little critters so that was nice.
Overall I do not see myself coming back here, but if your dog tired before hitting up LA there could be worse places to go.

Update: Stopped to pee on the horrid I-​5 drive. Sign outside says they remodeled. Adding a star because anything they did to this place would be an improvement.
Original review from about a year ago:
Ugh, but better than falling asleep at the wheel.
Cons:
Connecting door had no lock to room next door
Sliding glass door to outside had a broken lock
Sheets crunchy (slept in my clothes on top of the bed with my jacket over the pillow)
Late night staff in a weird plexiglass-​looking bullet proof ‘apartment box’ (couches, microwave, TV inside… super strange) which was situated in the lobby. Gotta talk through the metal speaking grate thing. Very late-​night gas station feel.
Pro:
Didnt die on the road.

Very old and creepy. Don’t let that deter you from staying here on the way to LA though, especially if you’re too tired to drive and need a break. The staff were really nice, the WiFi was flaky, and the furniture and decorations were from «The Shining.» I’m sure it was because the place was pretty empty. On the plus side there were great views of the mountains and the sunrise from my cheap $ 49 room (=

It’s exactly what you’d expect from a $ 50 a night motel on the highway
It’s a room. In a run down motel along I-​5 with thin walls, a noisy AC/​heater unit, ‘wif-​fi’ that can’t access the internet and 2 nasty restaurants on site.
This was probably nice, once upon a time. Probably. Not any more.
Now it’s a creaky, leaky mess of a place in the middle of nowhere. The towels were thin and stained, the sheets rough and the bead spreads are scary dirty. I mean scary dirty — shiny on the top, pilled and black on the bottom. The pillows were unbelievably old and thin. The lone housekeeper was still cleaning rooms at 6 pm.
The pool has been closed for months. There was a cold pot of bitter coffee in the morning and nothing else. The restaurants on site are dirty beyond belief (the roof on the Mexican place was leaking in 5 places and there were sugar ants walking all over the front counter). We left first thing in the morning and didn’t look back.
I would not stay here again. Keep going, spend a few dollars more somewhere else.

This place is a dump! We only stayed here bc we were snowed in.
Cons:
The shower/​bathroom were dirty with hard water stains all over.
The toilet was disgusting.
One of the lights in the bathroom was out.
The lock/​chain on the door was broken. Carpet and sheets were super old
**The WORST thing was the heater was not working and we were FREEZING. We called reception they told us they take an hour to heat up… 2 hrs later and only COLD AIR COMING OUT! We ended up turning it off and and sleeping with coats on… Worst experience with 2 two year olds!
PROS:
NONE. We came here to stay safe and warm from the snow and ended up «sleeping» in a fridge.

I stayed Friday night and Monday night, on the first floor near the lobby on the non-​freeway side. Friday night was full but very quiet. Monday night was nearly empty.
The best thing about this hotel for me is that there was practically none of what I call «motelsmell», from fragranced cleaning products and laundry detergent. This is a rarity nowadays, dammit.
The price was rock bottom, but the room was nice, clean, zero cigarette smell, good beds, really very nice. Certainly 5 stars for the price.
The free wifi took a couple of minutes to set up and was not very fast, even on Monday night (Ethostream). But lots of even great hotels have slow wifi. For shame.

Passed through here just before Christmas.
WORST shower EVER! The water vacillated between ice cold and scalding hot. Be careful putting a kid in this shower or tub.
NO ELEVATOR. Sucks if you have a lot of luggage, cause you wouldn’t want to leave it in your car. Weird plexiglass check-​in area, like a bank in the hood would have.
If you just want to sleep, not shower, and you only have $ 60, stay here. Otherwise, keep driving.

We stopped here for the night on the way to Joshua Tree National Park, based mostly on the previous review. The hotel was clean and quiet, despite being close to the highway. No reservations; it was reasonably priced (~70 after tax).

The only (and I mean only) reason we are staying at this Godforsaken place is because there isn’t anything else on site, and I was literally falling asleep at the wheel.
The room is okay in size, but as the saying goes, «size isn’t everything.» It’s dingy looking and depressing.
ROOM DETAILS:
Shoddy carpeting
Bad TV reception — (I suppose I could watch TV in the lobby in my p.j.‘s)
No refrigerator
No coffeemaker
Extra $ 10 kitty fee — I understand the fee, but read on and you’ll realize why I didn’t feel so inclined…
The water trickles out of the bathtub & bathroom faucet, and that’s when its turned it on
A bath somehow seems out of the question
$ 90 for this?
No, None, Zip Internet connection in our room. When I’d called reception, their response was «you can come to the lobby to connect.» Really? No apology, nothing? NO THANKS to setting up camp in your lobby.
No chance in Hell to bathe. What? No offer to soap it up in your laundry room sink?
I’m bored beyond repair, so I’m writing this in Text Edit on my Mac to do something, anything, to break the monotony.
Do yourself a favor. It you’re thinking of stopping at Econo-​Lodge in Gorman because you’re exhausted? Think again, throw down some caffeine, and Move ON to the next town STAT.

This place looked a little creepy from the outside, but I had been driving for 20 hours and needed to stop. I was plesently suprised! It’s very clean and well decorated inside. The owner was working the front desk and was very cool.
There are two attached restaurants: a Mexican walk-​up and a full steakhouse sit-​down. We opted for the steakhouse and it was great food. I mean, really good.
My only complaint was there were too many ‘smoking’ room. So many that when we walked thru the corridors it reeked of smoke. Could not smell it in the room though.