Klamath Motor Lodge

Clean and warm (it’s Winter!!) great price and friendly service. I recommend you stay here.

The room was very clean. For the price I think it would be a five, but it was still a small dated motel which knocks it down one star in my book. I’d recommend it to people traveling through the area.

My wife & I used to do Motel 6, but hard beds, paying twice for wifi (we travel with 2 laptops), no kleenex in room, … made us look again. We have stayed at Klamath Motor Lodge a half dozen times over several years, with consistent good results. Mattresses are comfortable (motel standards), rooms are clean and well equipped (mini-​fridge, coffee maker, microwave, kleenex, wifi, big tv), and staff is competent, all at Motel 6 competitive prices. :)

The Klamath has clearly been upgraded in some respects since some of the older reviews. It is not a luxury hotel, but a clean, safe, relatively quiet place to stay with free continental breakfast (more on that later). For $ 55 a night for a queen room with air conditioning, I don’t expect much more than basic accomodations.
The room I stayed in was small. The bed took up most of the space, but that didn’t matter as I wasn’t in Yreka to lounge in the hotel. There was a big flat screen TV that I did not watch, a desk with office chair (that really was too close to the end of the bed — we had to move the chair around to the side to smoothly pass between one side of the bed and the bathroom). There is an air conditioner which worked well and the curtains were heavy and good to block out light so you could sleep in the early morning hours with no difficulty. The real down side for me was the pillows on the bed. They were too fat and a little hard. We asked for an extra pillow and they happily obliged, though the second time we stayed there, we brought our own pillows from home.
The bathroom was super clean and seemed to be new. There was a unit shower with a glass door, but not tub (which was all for the good as who takes a bath in a budget hotel?). They provided all of the usual amenities including shampoo/​conditioner, lotion (which was made in China and smelled like crude oil to me), soap, towels, shower cap, etc. Ice is available as well near the Pepsi machine.
The staff were reserved, but helpful. If you go into the lobby, they will either come out immediately or tell you they’ll be with you soon. They are attentive, but not warm, but that’s not a problem. Breakfast options included the best yogurt I’ve ever had (a brand that might be local?), bread for toast, frozen waffles with either sugar-​free or regular syrup, butter, cereal, milk, coffee, juice, oatmeal packets, Svenhard’s pastries, and tea. You put it together yourself and carry it to your room on a tray — very no fuss, but it certainly can fill any particular dietary needs without leaving the area.
The Wi-​Fi was excellent, but I stayed in room 12 which was close to the office. If you request a particular room, they’ll do their best to accommodate you. We asked for a queen room on the single level part (we didn’t want people above or below making noise), and they gave it to us. If you’re worried about Wi-​Fi, ask about a room closer to the office and you’ll probably get a better signal.
All in all, I’d definitely recommend this for someone who wants something clean (no bed bugs) and cheap with no frills, but with everything you need to suit basic travel needs.

Three stars because it’s pretty much your average motel. It looks like a family owned place and even though it’s a little ‘low rent’ compared to a lot of higher end (and higher priced) places I would definitely stay again. If it wasn’t kind of outdated and old (that is it could use a bit of more modern furniture, carpet, etc) I would give it a full five stars.
That said, I wasn’t expecting much. In fact I was expecting less than good all things considered: not a national chain, off the ‘motel row’ strip, in what appeared in the dark to be a ‘sketchy-​ish’ part of town (in the light of day it’s not that bad), and me not knowing anything about Yreka other than it’s the first place to get a room in California coming from Seattle.
All of *that (* said… They were really nice and helpful checking in. She gave us the AARP rate even though we couldn’t find either of our cards (so much for my zeal to be well organized!). We could have easily been scamming them for that 10−20% (or whatever it is) discount. We weren’t, but we could have been, so it was really nice that she wasn’t hard-​assed about us having it.
The room was clean though when opening the door there was a very strong odor of whatever industrial cleaning stuff they use. I though t about asking for a different room, but I was so tired I just opened the bathroom window and door for a few and it went away pretty quickly.
We couldn’t figure out how to use the AC remote and they were very nice about showing us how to make it work. The AC works well but it’s in the wall up high. It would be better at cooling the room (and me!) if it was located at a lower level, but it was overall fine.
Bathroom was clean. Shampoo, lotion, plenty of soaps (the bigger motel size soaps not just the tiny ones) and plenty of towels. Bed was super comfy and linens were clean. I did a bed bug check because… nada, so yay for that.
I didn’t use the pool but the pool itself as well as the pool area was very clean and in good repair. Also «free Wifi» *is* free wifi. No BS about ‘oh free but we are still doing a surcharge, or ok well wifi it’s $X per 24 (or however many) hours.’ Straight up included in the price of the room. They give you the password when you check in.

Of course I can only give it 3 stars in context of all hotels but I would certainly stay here again. The rooms were clean. The location feels safe. There is a nice swimming pool and the price was right. Yreka over all is a good place to take a layover traveling from Portland to SF. The hotel is a 15 minute walk from downtown restaurants where you can get Mexican or Italian food or eat at the beer pub.

Best service EVER!!! I stayed here for one night and left my phone charger behind. The staff was so helpful. They took my phone charger to the local mailbox shop and called me so I could choose the best mailing option. The managed the whole process and I received my charger a few days later. Who does that? Especially for a guest who stayed one night? I will definitely be staying at the Klamath Motor Lodge on my next drive from CA to WA.

–5 stars This place is terrible and scheming they kept my deposit because my room smelled like weed. I didn’t smoke in there all I did was roll a joint and smoke outside. They don’t care that I have a medical card or that I didn’t smoke in the room. The room itself was dirty there were ants everywhere and like I saw someone else say dirty bath tubs. Very unfriendly people I got asked 20 questions when I showed up and they assumed I was just there to party for some reason. I was there by myself to sleep and they gave me hell for nothing. Very in professional assholes here.

I stayed here 2 nights ago. The place is pretty outdated as the rooms have older furniture and older fixtures. I am giving it 5 stars for 3 reasons: 1) SUPER clean. 2) very quiet. 3) it was only $ 55. I just recently moved from Yreka so I knew about the lodge and its very dated but I can assure I will stay there again. I have paid 3 times that amount for accommodations which have not been that clean or quiet. The front desk woman was very accommodating and super friendly. I am not sure about the other reviews but my experience was great. When I returned after a night out with friends there were quite a few cars in the parking lot. I hope others enjoyed the same experience I did.

I stayed in March 2013 while traveling North on I-​5. Room was fine, quiet & clean, etc. I arrived close to midnight, but they were at the front desk by the time I got to door to check in. Not many electrical outlets near bed to plug in Med device. I would stay here again when going North or South. Wifi was a bit slow, but fine fore email.

This place is a straight up dump. No other way to describe it. I made a mistake and booked a room on TripAdvisor as they recommended it. This place is old and worn, it shows. Nothing appears to have been upgraded since the late 70’s and a lot of the original place of the 1940’s remains in all its decrepitness.
When I arrived it was 27 degrees outside and 27 degrees inside the room. It took more than 4 hours for the room to heat up enough that we could simply wear heavy sweaters and not our heavy coats. The heater was barely functioning and the thermostat was either on or off, no automatic function at all.
WiFi was slooowwwwwwwwww when it would actually connect.
Room was OLD and felt OLD. TV from the mid 1980’s, beds, sheets and linens as well. We had to keep the bathroom door shut as the leaking window was like keeping the door open.
There was no way we could even think of taking a shower as the bathroom was literally freezing as outside temps was 30 degrees at 9:00am and the window would not close all of the way. Ice was forming in the shower bottom. As soon as we could we went to another hotel.
Furthermore, this place is on the opposite end of town from anything you might need like Walmart, grocery stores, restaurants or coffee shops.
For $ 78 a night there are a lot better places in Yreka.
Avoid this place.

Stay away. Even on a budget there are much better options in Yreka. The bathtub had obviously not been cleaned in a while as there was a thick ring when my daughter took her bath. The front desk staff is barely cognizant of your presence unless they want you to do something. The pool is pretty filthy with bugs and debris. We asked if we could check out late when our daughter came down with a weird stomach bug after a night sleeping on their beds and swimming in the pool. I was told the latest we could check out was an hour late. Finally, the «continental breakfast» is cut rate packaged pastries and atrocious coffee reminding me more of an alcoholics anonymous meeting than an advertised amenity at a place attempting to get repeat business. We’d rather risk moving our daughter than stay another night.
The next time we are traveling through we look forward to stopping again in Yreka as it’s a lovely town full of friendly people and surprisingly good food. We will not be staying here unless the other options are all booked up.

I’ve stayed at this place twice on my many motorcycle trips here. The staff here is very accomodating to motorcycles. They offer up extra rags and towels for wiping off that road grime. The pool is nice to soak in after a hot day on the road.
Rooms are clean and cheap if you’re splitting with another person. Overall a fun place to stay on those road trips.