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Reviews of Holiday Motel Oakdale

2.5 out of 5
Holiday Motel Oakdale
950 E F St, Oakdale, CA

Reviews

7.0

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 44 out of 168 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 55 out of 168 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 21 out of 168 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 21 out of 168 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 27 out of 168 reviews" "

7.0/10

Cleanliness

7.8/10

Staff & service

6.4/10

Amenities

6.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Kathy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

2/10 Terrible

Nicole

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Awful
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Manager on Apr 11, 2024
Hello Nicole, I do understand how frustrating the situation regarding your reservation can be. However, considering the entirety of the situation, we do believe our decision to be fair. A refund was not issued because of several factors . The reservation made was one with a non refundable policy attached and was the refund was not requested until after the check out date . Therefore the reserved room was held for the entire night, and we were unable to rent that room out to another guest . If a request for refund would have been requested at any time prior to check in, we would have been able to process a refund.

10/10 Excellent

Victoria

Travelled with pets
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very clean and quiet place to stay. Also it is convenient. Everything I needed was close by and in walking distance. The manager is very sweet, helpful and polite. I watched her speak to many customers and she really went above and beyond to help them with what they needed. I will absolutely be staying here again!
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Manager on Apr 11, 2024
Thank you for your feedback!

2/10 Terrible

Jose, Menlo Park

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Room was dirty, with a bad smell, bathroom had insects in the tub, we booked two night but only stayed one and moved to a different place.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Manager on Apr 11, 2024
Hello Jose, I want to first apologize for your experience here. If brought to our attention we would have immediately addressed the situation

8/10 Good

Nicole

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from manager on Apr 4, 2024
Thanks!

4/10 Poor

Christopher

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Property very run down. Dirty sheets and towels. Tv has old satellite system with only 4 channels. Fixtures in the room old. They required a $60 CASH deposit upon checking in. Heavy weed smell when walking around outside. On the plus side there’s an old dog walking around the property, which was cute
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from manager on Apr 4, 2024
I apologize for the condition of your room. Any dissatisfaction brought to our attention would have been addressed immediately. The room condition described is not acceptable, we would have upgraded your room free of charge. I also apologize for other guests smoking in non designated smoking areas. The designated smoking area is at the very front of the hotel near the grass. If the front desk attendant is not watching the cameras at the time of a guest smoking elsewhere, and if another guest does not alert them then there is little we can do to resolve the issue.However, we do not have satellite, we have Comcast cable T.V. and it comes with a surplus amount of channels. A great feature the cable box offers is the ability to mirror your phone, as well as use Netflix and several other popular apps. We appreciate you for taking the time to leave anhonest feedback. Have a great day !

6/10 Okay

Joanne

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from manager on Apr 4, 2024
Thank you

2/10 Terrible

Emmanuel

Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024
Response from manger on Apr 4, 2024
Oops, must have been an accident! I see your other rating of 5 out of 5 minutes after submitting this one. Thank you for correcting it , we do appreciate it!

10/10 Excellent

Emmanuel

Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Manager on Apr 4, 2024
Hello Emmanuel! Glad to have you for the duration of your stay! Thank you for your review.

4/10 Poor

Ana

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Did not like
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

James

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I had an all-around wonderful experience.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from Manager on Nov 20, 2023
Thank you James, glad to hear that !

6/10 Okay

JUAN

smoke
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023
Response from Manager on Nov 19, 2023
Hello Juan.I apologize but we do not have any smoking rooms.

2/10 Terrible

Brenda

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023
Response from manager on Nov 11, 2023
thanks!

8/10 Good

ALISON

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2023
Response from Manager on Nov 11, 2023
Thank you Alison for your rating.

10/10 Excellent

Keanu

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Everything was nice and people were great and kind
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Manager on Oct 24, 2023
Thank you for your kind review!

8/10 Good

Gil

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Manager on Oct 24, 2023
Thanks!

2/10 Terrible

Callie

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
Response from Manager on Nov 11, 2023
Hello Callie! We appreciate every honest review but we were shocked to see this one. Cancelation was requested shortly after check in, after the room had been occupied.It was a non refundable reservatoin at this point, and the room had to be completely sanitized before being rented to another guest. However considering the reason for the request was beyond anyones comtrol, we did give a full refund.Shortly after we realized that all of our towes were taken from the room upon departure.

4/10 Poor

Maria

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023
Response from General Manager on Oct 6, 2023
Hello Maria. we would really appreciate a little more detail on what we could improve on in order to improve your next stay with us !

8/10 Good

Bill

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Helpful front desk.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023
Response from General Manger on Oct 6, 2023
Thank you Bill for your honest review !

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Check before you check in
Advertising photos very misleading. I had a late check in and didn't bother to ask to see the room before checking in. The inside the room everything smelt like cigarette smoke and the smell was stuck on my clothes the next day. Because the carpet was dark I didn't notice the dirty socks and underwear someone left on the floor under the AC unit until about midnight. By this time I already had a beer and didn't want to be on the road with alcohol on my breath so I planned to talk to the front desk in the morning. I had not pulled back the shower curtain until I got up in the morning and noticed there was some kinda goop on the floor of the shower. I am guessing it was some kind of silicone patch to cover up a large crack or hole. This was no small patch and was about the size of an envelope for a letter. Needless to say we didn't feel comfortable to shower there. After talking to the front desk about checking out and just paying for the one night instead of the 5 nights planned they refused but did offer a $10 credit. I planned to stay 5 nights but checked out just after 1 night. Hotel dot com staff was of not help either. So I paid for 5 nights, almost $600 but only stayed 1 night. IMO it is fraud to show pictures and to be given something that is in much worse condition. If you are afraid of dogs there was a pit bull that was wondering freely on the property, my guess a pet of management staff. The closer we looked at everything the worse things got. See photos.
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2023
Response from General Manager on Oct 6, 2023
Hello Maximino, I want to give you a sincere apology for the condition of your room. What you described is completely unacceptable. Although I do believe a refund would have been appropriate, considering everything you just detailed, the hotel does a have a strict refund policy and therefore was unable to give you one. I do, however, remember giving you the option to move to an upgraded room that was in satisfactory condition but it was declined. Some of our rooms are upgraded, while others are not yet. All of which are posted online to accurately represent the hotel. A wondering dog was not reported to the front desk, and so was not handled accordingly.

10/10 Excellent

KEARAHA DESHANEY

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Very quiet and chill no loudnedsss
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023
Response from Manager on Sep 7, 2023
Hello Kearaha, we enjoyed having you as a guest. Thank you for taking the time to leave a review!

10/10 Excellent

mario

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
early check in option was great! staff was nice .
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from Managher on Sep 7, 2023
Thank you Mario for your review. We appreciate it!

8/10 Good

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Need a little cleaning around the dumpster 😁
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023
Response from General Manger on Oct 6, 2023
We took care of that right away. Glad to have you staying with us again!

4/10 Poor

Denise

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Old, no one behind the desk, no remote control for T.V . and when I called, I got no answer. only had to double beds instead of queen size.. Very disappointing. No breakast in the a.m. I would certainly never stay here again.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023
Response from General Manager on Aug 9, 2023
Hello Denise, I apologize for your experience here at the Holiday Motel. I personally remember checking you in Saturday night, you had requested a queen size bed but we were unable to accommodate you because your reservation was for a room with two double beds. Being completely booked, it was too short of notice to switch your room. If I am not present at front desk there is a doorbell that, when pushed, will alert me of a guest needing assistance. We must have just missed paths.Lastly, I apologize for the inconvenience but we have not served breakfast since covid and it is posted prior to booking with us. Again, I apologize for your stay with us being anything less than satisfactory.

4/10 Poor

Peter

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
Response from Manger on Jul 11, 2023
Hello Peter, I apologize for your stay here being anything less than satisfactory. We would really appreciate, in your opinion, what we can do better/change in order to improve future stays. Thank you for your time.

2/10 Terrible

Maya

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

joshua

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from Manger on Jul 7, 2023
Thanks joshua for taking your time to leave your feedback.

10/10 Excellent

Susanne

Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023
Response from Managment on Jun 23, 2023
Thanks Susanne!

10/10 Excellent

Elizabeth

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Nice Old School Motel
Nice Old School one story motel. Quiet and for the most part clean.,but over due for deep clean. AC was the Bomb. Turned it on and 20 sec. Later you had cold air on the other side of the room. Front Desk Staff friendly and welcoming.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from Managment on Jun 21, 2023
Thank you Elizabeth, for taking your time to leave a review!

2/10 Terrible

Thomas

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I was moved to four different rooms before there was on that was clean and had a toilet that wasn’t backed up. Then, even in a ‘clean’ room, I had flea bites all over the next day.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from manager on Jun 21, 2023
I apologize for the unpleasant experience you had. Our new house keepers and old have since been retrained to better ensure that this will not happen to another guest. I appreciate your feedback. Thank you

2/10 Terrible

Johnna

Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from Manger on Jul 2, 2023
Hello Johnna. We would really like to hear what we could improve on in order to make your experince better! hope you choose to stay with us again.

4/10 Poor

Georgeann

Travelled with group
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The price was good. The room smelled strongly of weed. There was no light by the bed. In the morning there was a dying cockroach on the carpet near the bathroom. I will not go back. Sorry.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from Manager on Jun 7, 2023
Hello George, I apologize for the unpleasant suprise you had before checking out. That is a situation that we try our best to avoid. I distinctly remember your reservation because my housekeeper brought the bug to my attention. I do believe it was a water bettle but none the less Orkin has come out and serviced the hotel. Again, I apologize for this incident.

6/10 Okay

Cierra

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Dirty
Stayed 3 nights in May 2023
Response from Manger on Jun 7, 2023
Hello Cierra, I do see that you stayed here with us for three nights and so with that being said I apologize that you endured this your entire stay. If it would have been brought to our attention that your room was anyrthing less then satisfactory, we would have gladly placed you in another. Be assured the issue has been addressed. Hope you choose to stay with us again in the future!

10/10 Excellent

Lakisha

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
The management here are the best and the rooms are always clean… very affordable
Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Response from General Manager on May 17, 2023
Thank you! Hope to see you again

10/10 Excellent

Lakisha

Stayed 2 nights in May 2023
Response from Merissa on May 13, 2023
We appriciate you taking the time to leave us reviews!

10/10 Excellent

John

Stayed 2 nights in May 2023
Response from Manager on Jun 7, 2023
Thank you for taking your time to leave a review!

8/10 Good

William

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
One and done
The hotel was clean and comfortable. The staff were friendly and accommodating. I enjoyed my brief stay.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Response from General Manager Merissa on May 9, 2023
Hello William, I am glad to hear you enjoyed your stay with us . Thank you for taking your time to leave a review !

10/10 Excellent

Brandy

Stayed 1 night in May 2023
Response from Manager on May 29, 2023
Thank you Brandy , for leaving a review. We appreciate it. Hope to have you stay here with us again.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
We were disappointed that a hotel charging a 4 star price had so little amenites. There was not even a closet to hang our dress clothes in. The room was very clean and housekeeping was courteous and helpful. It was advertised this hote had breakfast available, but they did not. When arriving in town the local city guide had this hotel listed at $99 per night. We will NEVER stay here again or use hotels.com in the future. We were charged $150 for this room and it wa only worth th $99 price quoted in the city information on where to stay.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023
Response from General Manager Merissa on Apr 16, 2023
Hello Harvey,It was a pleasure having you stay with us here at the Holiday Motel. We take great pride in providing guests with immaculate rooms and quality service! We are happy to hear that besides the closet issue, which we have now addressed, you were satisfied with your room as well as our staff. Upon looking at your reservation, I see that it was the second of two .The first had been canceled and was considerably cheaper . However when reserved for the second time, nightly prices had increased due to the higher demand for those dates (it was rodeo weekend ).Our pricing is comparable to similar properties in the area and we feel we provide good value given our central location. We regret that this was not your impression and offer our apologies.I also apologize for the misinformation given to you by a third party site, but breakfast has not been offered since the beginning of covid.Thank you for taking your time to write a review for the Holiday Motel!

2/10 Terrible

robert

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
No bueno
Would not stay there again, rooms are smelly, towels are old, did not have extra pillows, shower water changes temperature randomly, tv remote not working, avoid if u can, if you going cheap motel 6 is a bit better (not a lot tho)
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023
Response from General Manager Merissa on Apr 12, 2023
Dear Robert, we appreciate you taking the time to write this review. We are very sorry to hear that your stay did not meet your expectations. Be assured this is not the experience we want our guests to have here at the Holiday Motel. We will be taking the necessarry steps to correct these isuues.

10/10 Excellent

jethro

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2023
Response from General Manager Merissa on Apr 12, 2023
Thank you Jethro very much for making time to give us feedback!

6/10 Okay

John

Travelled with family
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Missing the basics such as trash can, working phone and a TV remote. Had to use a portable heater as the wall heater was broken.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023
Response from general manager on Mar 12, 2023
Thank you John, for taking the time to share your feedback with us. We are very sorry to hear that you didn't have a great experience in our hotel – our mission is to provide excellent guest experiences. We have taken your feedback on board, and we will strive to make improvements accordingly. Kind regaurds,Merissa ReedManager

6/10 Okay

Nicole

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Such a bummer
Room was awful; paper thin walls, mold in bathroom, severe leak at sink, pet hair on carpet, door did not seal, room placement near dumpster and highway. Ice machine was not functional. Staff was nice and helpful
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023
Response from Merissa on Feb 23, 2023
We're sorry you were unhappy - we'll work hard to fix the issue you experienced. Thanks for letting us know.

8/10 Good

david

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2023
Response from Managment on Mar 7, 2023
We enjoyed having you as our guest !

10/10 Excellent

Trevor

Stayed 7 nights in Nov 2022

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
No soap, dirty towels randomly shoved in the fridge.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022
Response from general manager on Nov 26, 2022
I apologize for your experience here at the Holiday Motel. I want to assure you that the rowel you found was clean. It may seem random, but every now and again we have to defrost the freezer that has been frozen over. A towel is placed at the bottom of the fridge to absorb all the water . It should been taken out after the defrost was finished.Soap should have also been in your room prior to your arrival/ A quick phone call to the front desk, and we would have gladly taken care of both those issues. Again, I apologize for these inconveniences and hope you choose to stay with us again!

6/10 Okay

andrea

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The inside of the room was very dated. Everything looked like it was original from the 80s. Shower was in need of upgrading. Was overpriced for what you got.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022
Response from General Manager on Dec 2, 2022
Despite our bathrooms needing a possible update, sounds like you were pleased with the rest of your stay here at the Holiday Motel! We take pride in the cleanliness of our rooms, and with the customer service we provide to our guests. Considering the condition of our rooms, the amenities provided and also comparison to nearby hotels we believe we are priced accurately..Hope you choose to stay with us again!

2/10 Terrible

ADRIANA

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The motel is a small property but small should not be indicative of bad shape and disgusting. Room smelled like someone was smoking in there and towels in the bathroom were dirty
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

10/10 Excellent

Juan Becerra

Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It’s a nice spot
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022
Response from general manager on Dec 2, 2022
Thank you! Glad you emjoyed your stay.

8/10 Good

Ruth

Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Staff was friendly. Parking was kind of tight. Big cars, small parking spots. Room was clean, great air flow. Pool looked refreshing Just the pesky flies. I would stay again. Thank you Holiday Motel Oakdale CA
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2022
Response from general manager on Dec 2, 2022
Awesome, glad to hear you enjoyed your visit. Hope to have you stay again with us!