Americas Best Value Inn & Suites

After a day at Yosemite, a bed was nice to have. You have all your basic necessities. Wifi, fridge, TV, shower, soap.
Unfortunately, the room itself was pretty dirty. The sheets were washed. But there were chips on the floor and food on the fridge.
But like I said, a bed was nice to have.

Great place to say… Had major issues with
re canceling 1 nite of our reservation and this hotel worked it out for us. I will never use
again but would definitely stay here again… Customer service is number 1!!!

Stayed here one night last weekend and I love the feeling of Jamestown. The hotel is super basic but clean and comfortable rooms. Fun to sit on the balcony and watch the main street.
Owners are super friendly and helpful. Housekeeping staff is very honest, i left my tablet in the room. Housekeeping found it and together with the owners made sure i got it back.
Thanks so much!

So no one gets confused, I am pretty sure this hotel and Royal Carriage are the same. By the pictures it looks like Americas Best Value used to be in the condemned building next door. I would not recommend staying here as you could probably find a better hotel in this area for the same price. If you are staying in this area to be by Yosemite, you are not even close! Yosemite is 2 hours of long winding roads away. Did not complain to the front desk because honestly there was too much wrong. Brown spot on sheets, yellow stained duvet, unclean shower, hard bed, very hot room and worst of all a window directly over our bed! If you plan on sleeping past sunrise, forget it. Rise and shine at about 5:30am from the sun beating down on your face while you are trying to sleep. I booked 2 nights and instead of staying a second night, we went to Yosemite and drove directly home from there. This hotel needs some work and desperate attention. The building does need seem in sturdy shape either.

We stayed at this hotel last year and I think it was called Royal Carriage Inn at that time. Jamestown seems to have been left behind the progress of time and still looks like a place from the 50’s movies. It’s cute and charming for some and old for others. For us it was former.
This hotel is quite, spacious, historic and budget friendly. If you are expecting charm of luxurious modern hotel, you may not find it within 60 miles around this place.
The highlight of our stay was our host/​manager, Dylan. Dylan was awesome and seems like the all-​in-​one guy who loves doing what he is doing. He is young, full of energy, helpful and super friendly, someone who has many entertaining stories to tell.
We are adventurous kind (along with a kid) and go along with the flow. We enjoyed our stay thoroughly away from the hustle-​bustle of the busy city life.
Will we ever stay here again: Maybe yes, if we are around in the area but we will call up first and check if Dylan is still there or not!

We stayed here for a night on our way to a backpacking trip in Eastern Sierras. Overall it was a good experience and great value for the price. The hotel is cute and cozy. We got a cottage with pretty much a full kitchen. Everything was clean, no bad smells, and the bed was comfortable. Jamestown is a tiny town so the hotel is close to the few restaurants they have. The breakfast was nothing special; just some toast, coffee, cereal, and oatmeal (for which there was no hot water; but there was a microwave). Also, they gave us a password for free Wi-​Fi but it didn’t work. For $ 53, I would say it was great value and comfortable stay.

Very clean and nice hotel very near to many places
We had a very good experience during our stay at this hotel.
Hotel staff was good and helping with the information we wanted from them and also had a very nice breakfast.
what I liked here is cleanliness, location, breakfast, and helpful staff
I highly recommend this hotel to all.
I would like to give 5 star but my bowser settings are not working properly

We were part of a large group who checked in and then left due to a miscommunication about a change from being a dog friendly hotel. The manager said he would refund the reservation money. We were assigned a room on the second floor of the hotel & had dropped off our luggage. In that room I observed: weak air-​conditioning (& it was over 100 degrees outside), rust & mildew in the shower basin, bathroom baseboard cracked, stained, & pulling off the wall, mini-​blinds VERY dusty, window curtain inadequate (too small for window size), large scuff marks over lower half of bedroom wall, old sink cracked. We didn’t use the fridge or microwave (nice touches). Towels were clean. Unfortunately, due to the attitude of the manager, we won’t be back.

This place is fantastic, Unilocal.Let me tell you.
We booked through Kayak, and discovered after we’d booked that the Best Value Inn chain requires a credit card to be presented at check-​in, which panicked us, because we don’t have credit cards. Oh no! We already paid our rental fees in advance, what if they don’t let us check in? This could be a disaster!
So I call the place up on the phone, and I get a gentleman who introduces himself as Deep.
I tell Deep our problem, and he says not to worry, we can have the check-​in hold placed on a debit card instead. He asks us when we’re arriving, and we’re not arriving until pretty late, but the website says it has a 24-​hour check in? And he says the front office closes at 8pm, the website is wrong. But! The dude gives us his cell number, to have us call him when we arrive.
So we get there much later than 8pm and Deep is waiting for us to check us in when we arrive. Deep is a hero.
When we leave, he tells us he’s only temporarily in the area, standing in for an absent manager, and that he normally handles the Best Value Inn locations in San Francisco. He tells us if we plan on staying in SF anytime in the future, to drop him a line. We will most def. take him up on that offer.
The building is adorable, the neighborhood is adorable, there’s some great restaurants and cute little antique stores in walking distance, the air smells incredible — there are not enough nice things to say about this hotel.
Our room was tiny, but it’s not like you visit this area to spend all your time in your hotel room. It had a minifridge and a microwave, so big ups for that.

Having been born and raised in Sonora I am familiar with most of the motels and inns in the area. I have not stayed at the Royal Carriage in many years until last weekend. I was in town due to a loss in the family and Carly (manager/​innkeeper) was amazing from the moment I walked through the front door. She was very friendly and accommodating and made me feel comfortable immediately.
Like the other reviewers, I was shown a few different cottages so that I could pick which best suited my needs. Some are very modern with new flooring and granite counter tops. I chose a more ‘authentic’ cottage (#2) that had a large separate kitchen which was fully stocked, a floor heater and a pot belly stove, comfy bed and rustic/​antique furnishings. I felt very welcome and at home during my stay and had access to both the front and rear deck of the main building as well as garden in front of my cottage. Sometimes, in small inns like these, you don’t always feel comfortable wondering around the property (especially after dark) because it can feel more like you’re poking around someone’s home.
I called at close to 10pm to ask if I could come get extra towels and was surprised to see Carly’s smiling face at my door just two minutes later. Both Carly and her husband really make sure that you have everything you need and go out of their way to make your stay a pleasant one.
I would not hesitate to stay here again or recommend it to anyone visiting the area. This is what you travel to a small town for, hospitality. They truly care about the property and it’s guests, and it shows.

Where do I even begin with our recent hotel experience with this hotel? We found this hotel online, after reading positive reviews and the comments about it being under new ownership. Sure, the past reviews were awful, but we thought maybe things had changed for the better with the new ownership and we’d give it a try. My husband, myself and our 4 year old (who fell asleep in the car) arrived around 6:40 on a Saturday night. My husband parked the car, and left me and our sleeping son in the parking lot while he checked in. He walked into the lobby, and saw a sign that said «Be back in 10 minutes!». Another man and his son were in the lobby, and told my husband that they had already been waiting 30 minutes before my husbands arrival, so not to count on the 10 minutes. Sure enough, 25 minutes of waiting for someone to check us in, a lady pulls up in the parking lot (obviously wasn’t just taking a break in the back, but was off of the property) and walks in. She checks us in, and gives my husband the key to our cabin. We find out parking spot, start unloading, and we carry our sleeping child up to the door (freezing outside by the way!) just to find out that the key for our cabin doesn’t work. I go back to the car to keep our son warm, and my husband goes to fix the issue. The lady comes and opens the door for my husband while she gets the key working. After a little wait, my husband comes to get my son and I says «I’m warning you now… it’s bad.» I was tired, and I really just wanted to get some sleep so I said «Well, we’ll just have to tough it out.» Oh, but what I walked into was a LOT worse than I expected. First the smell was awful, but I thought that it was a «old» hotel, so it was to be expected. Next I always do a blanket check, rather I’m staying at a 5 star hotel, or a 2 star motel. I pull back the blankets, and I see that the blanket between the duvet cover that once was obviously white, was now stained yellow. I then look at the pillows, and 3 out of 4 pillows were stained yellow. Not just yellow, like spots and stains of yellow. The carpets were dirty, and stained. The blinds were dirty and broken, the only heat was two portable heaters, the bathroom had pee on the floor behind the toilets, in front of the toilets the floor looked as if it had cigarette burns on the floor, dead bugs were on the wall, and get this… no toilet paper. Worse hotel/​motel experience I have ever had, and I’ve been to a hotel where bugs were coming out of the sink. We booked a room at another hotel in a nearby town, and checked out of this disgusting place as fast as we could. We visit often since our family lives nearby, and we have already made it known that this is a hotel that they should NEVER recommend to any visiting friends and family.

We stayed here for the weekend and the staff was wonderful and so friendly and helpful. we are giving them 5 well deserved stars and recommend this hotel to anyone coming to the jamestown area.

Possible the worst… no… definitely the worst hotel/​motel we’ve ever stayed at. We made a reservation for 2 nights on line without seeing the place. When we arrived and were assigned cottage 3, we were appalled by how bad the place the was. I know the town is old and we did not expect luxurious accommodations, but this was just terrible, especially for the price. I won’t even attempt to list all the ways in which the room was deficient. The second night we stayed at a newer (and cheaper) motel around the corner and it was much better.

–2.5 stars I write to say something to the positive end at least honestly.
We got two cottages yes the hotel is old
We stayed to be near yosemite– WHICH IT’S NOT– if this is your plan –which it must be to stay here– don’t– the drive is 2hours–
Anyhow the cottages are quaint beds are good «squeak» at every turn in one room at least — we had a kitchenette which was useful to precook warmup– cable worked fair tv small — Check your utensils to see if they are there– yes the hotel is kinda dusty and cobwebs lol enjoy

My wife and I stayed here on Memorial Day weekend this year for one night on the way over to Yosemite. It was a last minute booking we did not check it out before booking…
We stayed in one of the cottages — we would recommend against staying there. The room was filthy — it looked like it had not been cleaned in years. But don’t take my word for it — I took a few pictures —
When checking out I complained about the state of the room, showing one of the pictures and they reduced the price by $ 20 (from $ 160 down to $ 140!!). I also complained on the America’s Best Value web site and they said they would look into it, stating that they did not own the hotel, it is just a franchise. We were offered a discount in the event that we should want to stay at that particular hotel again… yeah, like that’s ever going to happen!

Sometimes I really believe that Unilocal reviewers (and more specifically AMERICANS) are too picky or non-​realistic.
Point 1 — you are staying in JAMESTOWN!!! It is all OLD! It’s what makes it Jamestown. if you stayed anywhere in the few hotels in Jamestown or historical Sonora or any neighborhood places it’s the same — it’s the EXACT same if you stay in French Quarter of New Orleans. soooo to the two reviewers with the 1 star. suck it up. realize what you are signing up for. it’s an old town and the buildings are old and meant to be historic
2 — If you are in the area, it’s a GREAT stopover place. If I was to stay longer I would recommend the cottage. PLEASE disregard the ignorant remarks here on Unilocal.Go to Trip Advisor. Out of 78 reviews you will see some great ones, and a lot of foreign. It’s a great tourist place and there is a reason why
3 — Room — it’s a bit small but really? why do you stay in a hotel? if you plan to camp out in a room for days. probably not a great place if you get freaked out with small spaces
4 — AWESOME LOCATION! — stay here and drive to Yosemite if it’s full. it will take 1 hour and 40 min but you get Wild West
5– Customer Service/​Front Desk — WAS AWESOME!!! thank you so much! you were so friendly and helpful. yeah we had to wait 10 minutes when we got there but again you are in a SMALL town!!! try to learn small town life and SLOW DOWN AND ENJOY your vaca! Jamestown is not the same as SF. bottom line
6 — Breakfast is REALLY LIGHT. if you don’t like donuts. don’t plan to get a breakfast here
… bottom line. Learn Jamestown before you judge. This hotel is just as great as all the ones in the town and it’s a great place to visit and stay before Yosemite.
Most places are haunted in the town. it’s old and don’t expect a Hyatt. to the complainers I’m sorry you have given a good hotel for what it’s worth a bad name.
Check in, grab some local dinner, a bottle of wine and sit out on the patio. We saw an amazing meteor. the staff is super friendly! completely worth the money! and enjoy the location and history!
DO NOT listen to the bad reviews!!!

Wish I could give less than one star here. We visited Yosemite and decided we wanted to stay some place historic to add to the charm of our road trip. Entering the lobby it was OK, no one but us in the lobby and we had to wait for assistance. We were given an upstairs room and the hallway was charming and interesting to see what they stayed in at the start of the century. That was the end of the thrill. There was NO AC so our room was terribly hot as were all the other rooms upstairs. We joined all the other guests on the patio trying to find a break from the heat and even after the sun was well set it remained hot in the rooms to the point we sweated all night. The staff on duty said there was nothing they could do, the fans were on and that’s all the system provided. Our room was dirty and the window broken. The bed was comfortable other than us sweating all night The shower was a joke as crammed into a corner in the bathroom. I would never recommend this place even if the weather were cooler outside to where you didn’t need AC. It’s more ancient than historic. First thing I would recommend is fixing the AC and cleaning the place! The price of the room is far too high for the quality you get. Wi-​Fi, they say on the web site they have it but the answer would be no and the front desk is no help.

I stayed in the inn for two night. The Inn was the only available place I could get near Yosemite National Park during the July 4^th holidays, although it was at least two hours’ ride from the Big Oak Entrance. I went there late, driving from San Francisco and it was almost 1030 pm. There were a few other guests waiting for the front desk. Later on, when he came, he explained that James Town is a small town, and it is not 24×7, and we should call to confirm the stay. I got the key and went upstairs. It was hot and not air-​conditioned. So I had to open the door to let it cool off a bit. The room was a bit crowded, and had a tiny TV. The picture was bad. I took a quick shower, and the water was small. Everything else was ok.

First off, some positives. It is definitely in a good location and makes it easy to walk all around town. Then again, the whole town is only a couple blocks so I guess it doesn’t matter where you are. :) The man who was at the front desk was extremely friendly and nice to talk to, so that is always a plus.
Now for some negatives. I didn’t know what to expect seeing as we rented a cottage not knowing which one we’d get. First off, after driving almost 3 hours to get there, all we wanted to do was check in and rest. But when we walked in they told us their credit card machine was down, and asked if we could go get cash. So we had to turn right around and get in the car, yet again, to drive to a bank in Sonora. Not more than 3 miles but still annoying.
Our cottage was cute, but definitely smaller than I expected. It didn’t have a phone which I thought was odd. So anytime we needed something or had a question we had to go out and walk to the front desk. Also, the Wi-​fi they were supposed to have was also apparently down and only accessible if you’re in the lobby. Which can get annoying if you’re staying in one of the back cottages.
And my last gripe? The cottages are connected. There’s only a door separating you and whoever it is on the other side. A major let down considering we got it in the first place for PRIVACY. And unfortunately our «neighbors» came home late, loud, and drunk. I could literally hear everything word for word, including the man snoring once he finally went to bed! =\ Romantic? I think not!
So, this place was bearable, but I don’t think I’ll go back again unless they do some major improving. It was very cute, they were very nice, but it needs work. When it gets some nurturing I’ll be back. :)

never, ever, ever, ever, ever again!!! do not go to this dirty, smelly hotel, i beg of you! it all began with the rank, run-​down lobby that you could smell from outside. the woman at the front desk was very kind but that did not take the smell out of my nose! with optimism i entered my room, which smelled even worse than the lobby, kind of a dirty cat-​litter meets dingy bedroom. to top that off, it had obviously not seen any cleaning products in a loooooong time. debris, including dirty kleenex and dust bunnies lingered under the uncomfortable bed & an empty beer bottle in the trash can in the bathroom. i have to warn you about the closet shower, most uncomfortable shower i have experienced. smaller than the average linen closet. to top the visit off, my boyfriend was changing in the room (with the do not disturb sign on the knob) and was walked in on!!! thank goodness, he was mostly clothed, but WTF??? he though the guests had checked out, whoops! i guess the sign on the front was had to miss.
i could go on further, but just take my advice and avoid this hotel!!!