we needed two rooms, one for my father-in-law and one for my wife, my 4-year-old daughter and I. She was able to get us rooms next to each other. His was okay. Ours smelled, or more accurately reeked, of urine. They gave me a key for the new room. I opened the door and the safety latch was latched so I wasn't able to open it all the way. Seemed strange. Then I saw a tired looking man in his boxer shorts walking up to the door saying (in long hand) "wtf?" I'm glad the latch was latched. We should have asked for a refund and gone elsewhere at that point, but everyone was tired and ready for a good nights sleep. We got a room upstairs. I was woken up at 4:45am by a car spinning out. My wife and father in law had been woken up 15 minutes earlier by a fist fight. This was one of the two worse motel experiences I have had.

The gal who refunded my money deserved a star, I suppose. The room I got had a broken front door, evidence of a disaster; a party going on outside.
I decided to go elsewhere. While I stood in the lobby I watched a guy come up with no car, rent a room with cash, and take a key.
Another was told by the clerk "that room was tooken" and offered another. Perhaps it was just a large city, but it was enough for me...

We just blew into this motel unannounced at 2 am in the middle of a long drive. We only stayed for 5 hours and all we needed was a clean, quiet, safe, cheap place to stay and it fulfilled those minimum requirements. For the price it was not what I expected, but in a good way. There wasn't a musty smell or peeling wallpaper or a leaky faucet and it didn't feel gross walking across the carpet barefoot. There were 3 of us in a double room; it was small but not cramped, we didn't use the TV, didn't need ice or try all the lamps but while not new, it was clean and extremely quiet. No amenities here, bring your own everything except bar soap & towels. No trash at all in the parking lot and was it convenient to the highway. From reading prior reviews, I suspect either they've cleaned it up or it's chancy which room you get but I had no complaints. In other motels I've stayed we've spent a longer period of time there so have had more time to look around and find thing wrong but for a brief time to rest off the road it was perfectly fine.

Came to Santa Maria for a few day's for a business trip. Overall I saved myself ateast $100.00 Bucks comparison from other Hotels in the area. I was happy with my stay and served it's purpose and saved some Loot. Everyone was very nice and I was able to get some rest as well. SO I was Happy camper.