Highlander Motel

Ok, this is not the best neighborhood. Sketchy people around, dilapidated exterior, and an uncomfortable check-​in process that involved the attendant sliding your room key out from behind a thick plexiglass wall. Clearly this isn’t the nicest part of Oakland. I was hesitant to even go inside.
Having said that, I was pleasantly surprised to walk in and see a really nice, clean, modern room. The counters and end tables were granite. The bed was large, clean, and comfortable with a nice solid headboard. Bathroom was very clean with a nice shower. There were several small things that were much nicer than I expected (such as the bath mat, which was a thick memory foam).
Complex had strict rules (such as no guests period) to combat any potential illicit activity. I felt safe all night. Definitely worth the price we paid, and is a great place to crash for a night on a budget.

This skanky place… I can’t even call it a motel… THE WORST MOTEL EXPERIENCE I’VE EVER HAD! Booked through
…for 3 ugly nights! Do not ever habitat or book a room here… I’m on the road about a dozen times a year… selling my jewelry wares at art and wine shows… and thought I’d seen it all until now! All I really need is a bed and shower… do not need fancy… so I go to check in and they have to buzz me in… not a good sign… the man is behind a 1″ thick piece of lexan (a form of plexiglass)…another bad sign! I thought of leaving and going somewhere else but I’d paid for 3 nights here and thought I’d better tough it out and not spend more money! So… I can’t understand the man behind the lexan… he has to write down the wifi password… I head to my room (#111)…and there is a guy cutting stone/​granite/​marble (they are under construction all over this motel)…there is stone dust flying everywhere… this guy who is not wearing a mask… I mention to him that he should be wearing a mask… the stone dust will linger in his lungs forever… he doesn’t care! I slide my key card in the door… step inside… there is his stone dust that has covered everything in the room… because there in no window in the window opening… there is a screen but no window! I go back to the lexan man to see if there is actually a window for my room… he says yes… and a while later a window appears and is slid into my room! I close the door and the dust is still coming in under my door… through a 1″ gap… so I bring all my gear in… there is no closet… so I leave my hanging clothes in my van… I go into the bathroom and there is no where to lay out my cosmetics… just a toilet and sink… so all that stuff goes in to the bed room area… there is nothing to lay my laptop on… no desk… nothing…so I go out to the garbage pile and find an old styrofoam cooler and bring it in and turn it upside down and proceed to try the wifi… comes on with their password… an hour later… wifi is gone! The man continues to keep cutting the stone until 9:30PM at night… still dust everywhere… had to lay a towel at the door to keep it out! In their ad they say «free local calls»…not surprised at this… there is no phone in the room! I finally retire after much soul searching and thinking this may be the Bates Motel and I may be doomed soon! The clincher… was the handicapped shower (I did not ask for that type of room)…I was a contractor for 25 years… have done all types of building… this place was a friggin’ nightmare… thanks for your patience here folks… I get up and head to the shower… pull back the curtain… the rod and curtain fall to the floor… I try and adjust the rod and replace it… finally turn on the shower… complete my shower and use my own towel… hate the horrible motel towels… pull the curtain back… again it falls down… and I see that the whole bathroom is seriously flooded… water everywhere… headed to the bedroom area… these folks did not angle the water drain properly and now I have a serious issue to deal with… using their towels I try and sop up the prolific water… what a nightmare. I’m an easy guy but this horrible place should be condemned… and the next folks will see this crazy water issue day after day… every time there is a shower experience… I survived but barely… so happy to leave this hole after 3 days… do not ever ever book this motel… and I am now in the process to try and chargeback this terrible room on my VISA card… there is no way in hell that I will ever ever give these folks a penny of my hard earned money… this is all true… my nightmare room from HELL! Trust me… ROOM FROM HELL!

this place allows prostitutes to operate from their rooms. they know this and allow it anyway. i witnessed one girl operating from here and she turned about twenty tricks in the space of 24 hours, also the oaks motel across the street is in on it too. if you have a family don’t stay at either of these run down dilapidated overpriced places not to mention they can’t make a bed, and their carpets are so filthy your feet will get dirty if you take one step across them absolutely horrible. what’s so bad is that they want to charge you sixty plus dollars for these rooms what a joke i guess they forgot they were in oakland not vegas