Name: Howard Johnson by Wyndham Sacramento Downtown
Address: 200 Jibboom Street, Central Sacramento, Sacramento, California, United States of America, Sacramento, Sacramento County, US
Price range: US$70–US$579 per night
Rating: 7.58

What guests think

Reviews of Howard Johnson by Wyndham Sacramento Downtown are sharply mixed, with budget-friendly rates and a convenient setting by the river and freeway balanced against multiple drawbacks noted across stays.

Many guests report dirty rooms, odors, pests, and broken fixtures, while others found acceptable, quiet rooms or large suites. The pool and hot tub are often closed or unclean, Wi-Fi can be unreliable, and breakfast ranges from adequate to understocked. Location is convenient to Discovery Park and Old Sacramento, but several travelers did not feel safe on or near the grounds. Expect a budget stay with significant trade-offs.

Facilities

Cleanliness

Rooms

Service

Location

Convenient But Unsafe

Dining

Inconsistent

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Facilities

Pool and hot tub are repeatedly reported as closed, dirty, or poorly maintained; a few guests found them usable. Security is visible on site, and some mention a gym; occasional access issues (such as locked pool gates) occur.

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Amber

1 Sept 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Door did NOT lock, garbage outside of dumpster near my room, pet hair on sheets, room key does NOT access pool area an employee has to let you in each time, t.v. remote did not work, phone did not work

4

Dana T

26 Jul 2024

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Stayed 1 night

TV didnt work, Hot tub broken (and green with garbage) Room wasnt clean. The tub featured ither peoples hair. The parking lot was disgusting with trash and there was litteral feces on a window to a first floor room below ours.

6

Donna

26 May 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Hotel was a bit outdated. Pool and hot tub were very dirty. I think a lot of people live there

10

Tammy

11 Oct 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Will stay again. Comfortable, clean, quiet, good breakfast and hot tub was hot.

8

Matthew

18 Mar 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The hot tub was very dirty

8

Derek

25 Apr 2025

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Stayed 1 night

originally booked for one night, ended up staying three with late checkout. The staff were easy to work with and rebooking and staying in the same room was super easy. They have real breakfast with waffles! The area is sketchy at night but you are more than safe within the property. During the day you have a massive park with a huge river as your playground. Downtown is a quick Uber ride away. The pool area is great in the summer.

8

ALAN

20 Jun 2025

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Stayed 1 night

have a gym and free coffee.

10

Gregory

10 Oct 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Property under construction, pool not open.

4

Orit

27 Jul 2024

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Stayed 1 night

First of all the pool and the spa did not work and was closed. Outside the room was completely dirty and worn out. In the area outside the hotel were homeless people and drug users that were asking for money. I asked the police that was called in by a guest from some reason if it safe for me to walk 1 mike to the old town and they answered : no.

2

Rae Anne

31 Jul 2024

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Stayed 1 night

The Rooms Were Filthy. My Son Also Booked a room. No electricity, Pool , Hot Tub Scum Algae floating in 1/4 filled pool. Someone selling drugs in parking lot as we were walking kids up to room. Unsafe. Waited to speak to manager who was on the premises for over an hour. Jon Desk Clerk said she was unavailable and would not refund or address problem by letting us speak to manager. False advertising very unexpected for expedia

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Cleanliness

Many reviews describe poor cleanliness, including dirty floors and bathrooms, strong odors (smoke/urine), stains, and pests such as roaches and occasional bedbugs. A smaller number noted clean rooms.

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Jenny

28 Jul 2024

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Stayed 1 night

The place was filthy. When I got to my non-smoking room, it smelled like pot. There were no clean towels and two dirty ones on the floor of the bathroom. The hotel also feels unsafe. They advertised having a pool but the water was green, growing things, and clearly not fit for swimming.

2

Cheri

10 Jun 2025

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Stayed 4 nights

Room smelled like an entire bottle of Lysol was used. Old blood stain on wall. Checked out immediately.

2

Cassandra

5 Jun 2025

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Stayed 1 night

It was a horrible stay. The first room I was in had big cockroaches and I had to change rooms for the next night then the other room they put me in had bed bugs they're infested with bed bugs it's disgusting I have bites all over me and I itch horrible hotel to stay at and the surrounding area is bad too you can get robbed or mugged a lot of homeless people there.

2

NICHOLAS

1 Feb 2025

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Stayed 1 night

I typically do not leave reviews on hotels/motels as I currently work in full service hotels for 30 years, but I have to say something about my stay at the Howard Johnson by Wyndham Sacramento Downtown. We stayed at this motel just to have somewhere to lay my head down (we were driving from Seattle, WA to San Diego, CA). We have stayed in places this price range previously, but these other places were at least clean. The room was dirty (room 129,in front of the pool), in no other terms. There were dried up liquid stains on the front door, dark finger type smears on the latch lock, bath tub was dirty, red stains on base boards in bathroom, unpopped popcorn seeds on bathroom floor, all corners in bathroom had dirt and debris, stains on the vent above toilet, yellow stains on bathroom door.....and the icing on the cake...a live roach climbing on the wall above the double beds with an egg sack attached to it. There is an infestation in this room. I was too tired to complain about it. We left promptly in the morning. I have pictures of everything that I just detailed.

2

Veronica

25 Aug 2024

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Stayed 1 night

Room floors, bathroom, bed sheets were extremely dirty.

4

Cecilia

1 Sept 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

Rooms and linens dirty Roaches in room Drug use and traffic on property Security guard at breakfast buffet controlling entry front desk staff announcing room number in front of everyone in lobby

2

Thomas

10 Oct 2025

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Stayed 5 nights

Dead roaches in bathroom. Smashed roach on wall next to front door. Puddle of water on floor after it rained. Horrible place, horrible location. Avoid

2

Emily

13 Oct 2025

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Stayed 6 nights

Not sure where to start outside of a maggot on my bed and piss sticking my shoes to the floor in front of the sink. We had to change rooms 3 times. My friends room had black mold on their pillow and blood stains on the bed. We were approved for late check out and someone came and aggressively woke us up demanding we had 15min to get out because they didn’t check their system to see we had late check out.

2

Ellen

20 May 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The room looked like it hadn’t been deep cleaned correctly after previous customers, hair stuck on the floor, used soap bar on sink, pink stuff along edges of tub, the shower sprayed water up towards the ceiling, and it was spraying over the shower curtain onto the toilet & floor, the toilet had a small leak & hair dryer didn’t work. Very bad stay for a Howard Johnson Hotel! I reserved because of the name, and expected a lot more.

2

Sylvia

29 Sept 2025

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Stayed 1 night

My stay was absolutely horrible disgusting. The room was not clean. The bathtub was filthy roach crawling on the wall holes in the curtain. Since I was not able to take a bath for a shower. I had to do a little mini. Bath in The Basin, which ran over, was flooded nails in the wall. The bathroom sink busted upon checkout. I went directly to the office showed them. My pictures asked to have the person contact me. He never did. I want a 100% of my money back or I'm filing a claim with the health department which I've already done.

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Rooms

Rooms are dated with recurring maintenance problems (broken lights/AC/TV, ill‑fitting doors) and frequent noise from other guests; Wi‑Fi can be unreliable. Some rooms are comfortable, and larger suites and occasional river views are appreciated.

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Robin

21 Oct 2025

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Stayed 5 nights

It was great just wish the wifi or streaming worked better and needs more outlets or better location

10

Aaron

27 Jul 2025

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Stayed 1 night

So the Howard Johnson is a nice property depending on what building you are placed in I was likely enough to be placed in building "A" which is the nicer side of the property and seems to be really well up kept overall for the single bedroom it was really well nice and really clean and while I've kept I was placed in the other building "D" as well I had two check-ins and building "D" seemed neglected, with that being said my stay here at the Howard Johnson was pretty acceptable and I did enjoy spending the night here to rest my head. I would probably be a little more selective in picking wood room and what building I would be placed in though.

8

David

25 Jul 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The conditioner bottle is empty. Shower water pressure is somewhat weak. But the room is quiet but outdated. Staff are friendly and professional.

6

Ricardo

15 Apr 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Room was nothing like the picture it showed. Was very disappointed at the condition of the room. Not to mention the 1 1/4” gap under the main door.

6

Patrick

8 Jul 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Our stay at this hotel was fine -- not horrible, but not good either. They had a problem with our two-room reservation, so our kids weren't able to be in a room right next to us. The rooms were small and dark, nothing like the pictures online, though clean enough. Our neighbor had barking dogs and the smell of smoke in the elevator was so strong we could literally barely breathe. The best thing about the free breakfast was that it was free -- otherwise it was pretty "meh."

8

Antje

20 Mar 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The hotel is in walking distance to Old Sacramento. We stayed on the third floor and had a nice river view. The price was great and the breakfast was simple but good. Unfortunately the Wifi did not work at all for me, not even in the lobby.

6

tu

17 Aug 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Room I stayed in was comfortable and sheets and towels were clean. TV remote was filthy and bathroom could do with a steam clean. Good budget option for short stays (1-2 nights). Pretty noisy on Saturday night. They have security guard patrolling property so felt safe despite some homeless around area

8

Aaron

27 Jul 2025

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Stayed 1 night

My stay at the Howard Johnson was was decently nice although for the room I was put in was a dual two beds one room the room had corks with it like the fridge didn't work there was a splat of red stains on the carpet that were questionable! 😅 especially building "D" because the property has segmented buildings and something with building "D" seems that that building is neglected even with the elevators seem neglected. and the reason why I'm able to say this is because I had another reservation and they put me in building "A" and building a was much nicer and a much better room and was well more up kept.

10

Kimberly

20 Mar 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The super suite was huge, offering tons of space for myself and 5 kids.

6

Heather

4 Aug 2025

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Stayed 6 nights

If you're cheap like me, this is a great place to stay! However the hotel sits in the tenderloin District which is full of homeless prostitution and crazy drugged out people. On almost any given night somebody's screaming and yelling at each other in the room below you or the room next to you. It's super noisy in the mornings with kids running down the platforms the maids clunking their carts along talking very very loud. Our front door to our room had a huge dent by the lock, it looked like someone had to use a police battery Ram to get into the room. So if that kind of gives you an idea of the neighborhood you're going to be experiencing. I hope this helps you. They have a nice breakfast for you, hot coffee was just great. The refrigerator in the room was Ice cold. Nice to have a microwave in the room as well. The bedding was very clean Limited towels. Oh and by the way we had to call the office three times over our week stay to get maid service. So it's a little lackluster, however if you want to save a buck this is the place to go.

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Service

Service feedback is mixed: some staff are friendly and check‑in can be easy, but many guests cite rude or unhelpful interactions, slow responses, and disputes about deposits, refunds, and keys.

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Rudolph

28 Oct 2025

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Stayed 1 night

I always have a problem having my deposit returned

10

Isaias

28 Mar 2025

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Stayed 1 night

MY STAY HERE WAS WONDERFUL. EASY CHECK IN AND CHECK OUT AND PEOPLE AT THE DESK WERE VERY HELPFUL!

2

Cheryl

21 Oct 2025

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Stayed 3 nights

I was told the $100.00 hold would not be sent to my bank if the room was found to be in good condition when I left. They put it through my bank anyway. My room was fine. I put a fraud on it so my bank cancelled it. I could not afford to have the $100.00 taken out of my account which then the bank takes about 5 to 7 days to replace. Thanks to my bank and not Howard Johnsons Hotel.

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erica

28 Mar 2025

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Stayed 1 night

I have been trying to get one of my deposits back for weeks. I shouldn’t have to submit claims to my bank just to get my money back. I can’t even get a copy of the receipt of what I paid emailed to me.

2

Cyndi

10 Nov 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The ugly, unfriendly manager or staff at the front desk, the bad attitude, I just canceled the room.

4

Jacqueline

27 May 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

The lobby and food area was neat and clean. The room I checked into was not cleaned properly. I couldn’t use the bathtub because it looked like something backed up into it. I reported this to the Front Desk. I left out early to do some touring and when I returned in the evening I was locked out of my room. They couldn’t repair the bathtub issue so they changed my room. No one contacted me to tell and therefore had to move my belongings late. I chose this hotel because it was close to everything downtown. Unfortunately the this property did not meet the standards of Howard Johnson or Wyndham. They told me I could get a refund from Expedia for the first night.

8

Yvonne

6 Feb 2025

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Stayed 1 night

I had a lovely stay staff was very considerate and kind they tend to your needs when you ask them to do something and what is very unusual that I find is the maintenance man for the workers that comes in services for any reason is so friendly and making sure everything is adequate I would recommend this for anybody and everybody

2

Alberto

10 Feb 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Service was deficient. Front desk personnel need significant training on how to treat guests and the procedures for check in. These kids had most things wrong, including charging twice for the security deposit, location of the rooms, and maintenance requirements. The hotel exteriors severely required a power wash.

2

Geoffrey

16 Jul 2025

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Stayed 1 night

If I can give 0 stars, I would. I never checked into my hotel room. I accidentally reserved a room at this hotel and still can't get my refund back. Even when I went in-person at the front desk to cancel, they said I can't. I have the reservation & itinerary numbers and still said they won't do it. Even the customer support from Expedia has been trying for 3 days now (and counting) to get my fee waived off but the "hotel manager isn't in right now". I don't trust this hotel to accustom for their customers' needs.

10

Daniel

22 Aug 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Friendly staff and service. Very nice breakfast area with very tasty food and many choices of items. Room was clean and comfortable. Security was on site all the time so we felt safe.

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Location

Convenient for Discovery Park, Old Sacramento, and freeway access, but many guests felt the area and property surroundings were unsafe due to loitering and homelessness; some noted freeway noise.

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Laurene

7 Aug 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The hotel did not feel safe in lot of homeless people in front of the building, trash and garbage all through the back parking lots wouldn’t recommend it to anyone

2

Kaelynne

12 Apr 2025

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Stayed 1 night

My sister and I had a reservation, but when I pulled up to the property I drove off and found somewhere else to stay. The area felt very unsafe for two young women.

2

Shawn

3 Aug 2024

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Stayed 1 night

This property is in a very scary part of town. Absolutely, don't stay here!

8

Antje

20 Mar 2025

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Stayed 1 night

The hotel is in walking distance to Old Sacramento. We stayed on the third floor and had a nice river view. The price was great and the breakfast was simple but good. Unfortunately the Wifi did not work at all for me, not even in the lobby.

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LISSETH

3 Apr 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

This hotel seems to be in the hood but not terrible. There were a couple of homeless guy by the entrance but they didn't bother anyone. The area altogether seems pretty safe. I traveled solo and walked from the hotel to old Sacramento with no issues

8

Tim

8 Jul 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Great River access for a dog.

10

Maria

3 Oct 2025

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Stayed 7 nights

Close to Sacramento River, easy access to Freeways, walking across bridge at Discovery Park Clean rooms, staff is great.

8

Jordan

23 Sept 2024

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Stayed 1 night

It’s a good price for the area, but not a very nice area.

8

James

12 Oct 2024

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Stayed 2 nights

Location was everything....very close to discovery park and it's a nice walk along the river to old town Sacramento.

8

Danielle

17 Jan 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Easy access from I-5 & great location minutes from lots of restaurants:)

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Dining

Breakfast is included and typically offers basics like waffles, cereal, and baked goods, but quality and replenishment vary; items sometimes run out or are removed early. Security may monitor the breakfast area.

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stephani

18 Apr 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Everything was great. I loved my stay. Except when the lady on staff unplugged the breakfast at 9:40am. I did not get to eat. She did not care. I mentioned it only because my Blood sugar was very low and i needed just something. Any other time i wouldn't care. Everyone else was great.

10

Chundrea

16 Jun 2025

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Stayed 1 night

We enjoyed a nice quiet stay and we enjoyed the complimentary breakfast!

6

Mark

6 Jan 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

There’s a security issue with the homeless population. During breakfast security is posted at the entrance of the lobby near the office which hosts the continental breakfast who essentially IDs you as an occupant. There was apparently a vagrant person that snuck through and started making breakfast. The housekeeper alerted security, security asked the person’s name and room number and when the guy couldn’t comply, a verbal and physical conflict escalated.

6

Patrick

9 Aug 2024

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Stayed 1 night

The staff at the front desk are nice.But breakfast are sucks.Breakfast time till 9am but when we artived at 8：20am.There are nothing left only toast.The dinning room is full of guests who are also waiting for the staff to refill the eggs and the batter for the waffle but the lady just kept playing her phone and do nothing.She only brought some eggs and refill the batter after 5 guests complain.She is not busy but just lazy!!!

6

Patrick

8 Jul 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Our stay at this hotel was fine -- not horrible, but not good either. They had a problem with our two-room reservation, so our kids weren't able to be in a room right next to us. The rooms were small and dark, nothing like the pictures online, though clean enough. Our neighbor had barking dogs and the smell of smoke in the elevator was so strong we could literally barely breathe. The best thing about the free breakfast was that it was free -- otherwise it was pretty "meh."

8

Allen

11 Jul 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

I would of give it a 5 star. If they had a waffle machine for breakfast.

10

April

30 Aug 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

The hotel is convenient, price affordable, breakfast in the morning

4

Kylee

8 Dec 2024

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Stayed 1 night

It was dirty and sketchy, in a bad area. The first room we walked into smelled strongly of cigarette smoke, so we requested another room and the staff was very nice and helpful, but when we got to the second room and spent more time looking around, it was visibly dirty. We had a hard time sleeping and it was overall uncomfortable. Breakfast was surprisingly good though, with a good selection of food.

8

Cesar

18 Jul 2025

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Stayed 1 night

Security was good with many cameras. A bit of trash on the road. Breakfast was warm but was average. No waffles. Good juice.

10

Daniel

22 Aug 2025

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Stayed 2 nights

Friendly staff and service. Very nice breakfast area with very tasty food and many choices of items. Room was clean and comfortable. Security was on site all the time so we felt safe.

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Month	Average price
January	US$57
February	US$60
March	US$69
April	US$67
May	US$69
June	US$69
July	US$74
August	US$68
September	US$68
October	US$122
November	US$59
December	US$57

Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
		1	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16 $70	17 $70	18 $92	19 $94
20 $72	21 $75	22 $75	23 $77	24 $77	25 $92	26 $92
27 $73	28 $77	29 $77	30 $145

Su	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa
				1 $578	2 $579	3 $579
4 $324	5 $74	6 $82	7 $83	8 $83	9 $94	10 $104
11 $90	12 $79	13 $84	14 $80	15 $99	16 $106	17 $110
18 $87	19 $77	20 $82	21 $76	22 $74	23 $87	24 $87
25 $79	26 $75	27 $77	28 $78	29 $74	30 $87	31 $86

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