Motel 6 East

Had a nice week here, very pleasant stay. Room was updated & modern styling, nicely painted & wood panel flooring. Room had new flat panel tv & like 40 channels including 2 channels of HBO. Room service was excellent every day, very thorough & clean. Price was very reasonable, no complaints there. Had microwave/​fridge combo but no coffee maker in room; ok since plenty of places nearby to get stuff within walking distance.

I’ve been traveling a lot recently & only just discovered Motel 6’s. Since the vast majority have been updated in what they call modern style, they’re not bad & are now my go-​to hotel.
Pros:
* By far, the staff. I’ve been to 6 – 8 M6’s now in different states & the front desk staff are professional, friendly, informed, accommodating & go out of their way to assist guests. Housekeeping staff is outstanding, too. I’ve had repeat visits to some M6’s & staff always remembers me & greets me excitedly, which is lovely.
But, this hotel on Paseo Del Norte is by far, the best location for professional & friendly customer service. I’ve had the pleasure of interacting with Paula (the best customer service I’ve had in years), Tevin, Lilly, Joy & Jackie… all great at dealing with people. None get flustered, even if dealing with long lines, guest issues & even minor complaints. They won’t rush any guests & take their time helping them find the best price options & discounts. I’m very impressed with them all.
The housekeeping staff is wonderful, too & unfortunately, I don’t know any of their names, as my interaction with them was far less, but I found each one of them to be extremely friendly & accommodating. I’ve even asked for extra towels & without complaint, the woman who I believe is head staff had to go a distance to retrieve them, which took 7-​min, all with a smile. In fact, one thing I noticed is housekeeping staff always says, ‘thank you’ as a closing, which is very polite. Don’t forget to tip them.
Everyone here does a great job with an even better attitude & I hope the manager/​company recognizes & rewards them accordingly & also appreciates the wonderful staff she’s assembled… you want to hang onto them, for sure.
* Location. 1-​mi from the ocean & plenty of attractions; a few take out places (Subway, Carl’s Jr, a taco place & Tip Top Meats, which offers sandwiches & hot meals) are across the street. The Subway is open 24-​hrs & TT begins breakfast at 6am (eat in or take out). Around the corner on Palomar is a Starbucks & a small strip mall. Ralph’s is 3-​mi away; Von’s 6-​mi; if wanting more organic, Sprouts & Trader Joe’s are in Oceanside about 9-​mi away.
* Cost. Well, ya can’t beat $ 53/​nt. It can jump $ 15 – 20 on weekends, as do all hotels & sometimes books solid, but if you extend your stay or book early, it’s often cheaper. This is the cheapest M6 of the 4 in Carlsbad & OSide. AARP & military allow a 10% discount & with the former, you also get free basic WiFi ($ 2.99 or $ 4.99 for supposedly higher speed — the latter you’d need to pay) & noon checkout extended to 2pm, if desired.
* Parking spaces are different sizes, depending upon location around the property, but most of them are roomy enough, save for the ones in the far back part of the bldg… they’re a very tight fit.
* No carpeting on floors. Having allergies & asthma, this is wonderful for me. Also, some rooms allow pets, so the faux wood floors allow for a cleaner surface after Fido has left the premises.
Cons:
* Non-​gated property, so homeless wander around at night to sift through the trash bins. It was bothersome during 1 visit as a trash container was outside my window & 1 man visited daily at 3am. And, I’ve been late night car packing a couple times & seeing someone suddenly appear out of the dark startled me. Since it’s a large open property, I don’t see how it can be dealt with unless they hire a night security guard. I’m a girl, so now ask for a room in the front, closer to the office… WiFi signal is better there, too.
* Often, owners don’t p/​u after their dogs. In some spots (grass perimeter, breezeways) the smell of urine is noticeable (it might be human, btw, given the partying youngsters here on most weekends). I’d suggest that the front desk either politely remind owners to p/​u after pooches or hand them a few plastic bags (I can’t recall if dispensers were available) for their convenience, just to prompt them to do so.
* Sometimes wires are crossed & a room is skipped over & left unclean & a guest has been assigned the room. I really don’t think it’s anything other than oversight as housekeeping staff all work hard. I’ve seen it twice w/​others & it happened to me, so I had to return to the office for another room. It was handled fine w/​no question, but unfortunate that I’d completely unpacked my car before I entered the room, which smelled like a sour mop, so I had to pack up, then unpack again, which was a nuisance.
* No fridges or microwaves in most rooms… it’s $ 10 more if a room has a mini-​fridge. Great for short term, but imho, not worth it for a long term stay.
* Some of the a/​c filters should be cleaned… some give off a moldy smell from inside the room.
Overall, a good experience & if in the area, I’d certainly stay again.

Cool for the over night rest between jobs worth it $ 59 not the spot if your expecting the marriot or hilton thats for sure but for a good rest and shower perfecto! Clean & staff is friendly! Close to costco places to eat and convenience stores all in walking distance!

I would like to thank the staff for their help and being so accommodating, especially Paula … Being someone that travels a lot I can definitely appreciate good customer service

Not so pleasant of a stay!
Non-​smoking rooms? Here, they all smell of stale cigarette smoke. The walkways are filthy, soiled linen carts are left out overnight, air conditioning barely works.
We booked 2 rooms for our stay, called the hotel to verify room type and locations. Arrived to end up being informed our phone call was useless… so we ended up sleeping in this…

Cool spot. Stayed here on our two day Legoland adventure. Nice strip mall across the street also. Can’t complain. Nice spot to stay.

All around a bad motel. The smell of oven cleaner and baby wipes is so strong that I have a terrible headache. Homeless people walking and sitting around the place. The room is FILTHY! Thank god that we are just sleeping here for the night. Motel 6 has always been a solid afforable motel for me but not this one. I would cough up the extra 40 $ and stay elsewhere next time.
Pros: it’s close to the outlets and legoland and the woman at the front desk is very nice.

You get what you pay for. Can’t go wrong with this motel. Staying from 2÷27−3÷2÷15. Room was nice and clean, they have a flat screen TV, real close to legoland, and restaurants. Was looking forward to dipping into the pool but, couldn’t due to the rain. Ice machine was broken. Housekeeping was attentive. I’d stay here again.

This is a very nice Motel 6. It’s close to freeways and food, groceries, etc. The staff is friendly, the rooms are clean.

This is ALMOST exactly what I expected. For $ 66 each night, we have two beds to sleep in and are close enough to LegoLand without spending $ 300 a night, I can justify that $ 15 parking and afford another day for us at another California park.
I frequent Motel 6 hotels and the like. After all, we are only sleeping and showering here. Let’s spend the extra $ 100 on something we’ll truly remember!
The girl at the front desk was very nice to me and my kids. They cleaned a room on the bottom floor because she knew it would be easier for us.
Things to know about this hotel;
1. There is no shampoo, conditioner, lotion, iron, or fridge! I expect hotels to have these, so spent $ 40 at the RIde Aid on these items (minus the fridge)
2. You can not walk to Lego land, but the beach a little further south from carlsbad south campground was free to park at and beautiful for watching the sunset.
3. The kids have been pretty loud and obnoxious, no complaints!

Stayed 3 nights while going to LEGOLAND. Very convenient to LEGOLAND and the beach.

Worst hotel I’ve ever stayed in! Rooms looked old, smelled moldy, roaches under the bed and the front desk and give a shit! I should of just spent an extra $ 20 for a better hotel.

One star is a stretch. For $ 90 bucks you think the place would at least smell clean. Even like cleaning supplies. But no. This place is someplace between an armpit and an ashtray. Seriously, there’s an ashtray in the room, a non-​smoking room! And the ashtray itself has a no smoking sticker on it. Go figure! Is that some kind of bizarre psychological torture aimed at smokers? Surprised there’s not a needle with a little sticker on the side that reads «no shooting up». Anyway, I digress. Fake hard wood floors give the illusion of cleanliness but it’s still gross. At bare minimum it’s better than sleeping in my van. But $ 90? Really? Maybe $ 40. Think I’ll stay in Tijuana next time.

Let’s get one thing straight– if it’s a non smoking room, there sure as hell shouldn’t be an ashtray in it.
This was the smelliest, stickiest, most uncomfortable night I’ve ever had in a motel. The room reeked of cigarette smoke and the bathroom stank of urine. The lack of air circulation made the room feel like the inside of a shoe (if the shoe had been putting out cigarette butts for the last twenty years).
Yuck. Stay away. I want my money back.

Close to the highway and our room was clean. No smoke smells or anything like that. it is not the W people, it is Motel 6. You get what you pay for. Simple as that.
I did notice that they had a lot of handicap rooms.

Reserved a non smoking room for 3 days and when I walked in the room, it smelled like someone had chain smoked in it for years. My boyfriend went downstairs and asked for a different room and instead they gave him a can of terrible smelling Lysol. After dousing the room in Lysol, I went to turn on the fan in the bathroom and noticed 2 long black hairs in the bathtub. Then, I pulled back the sheets and noticed another hair. Did they even bother to change the sheets or just make the bed and change the towels?!! Needless to say, I went downstairs and demanded a full refund. The receptionist handed me a well used notepad labeled «Refunds» and asked me to fill it out nonchalantly. It seemed like this situation happened regularly because it took less than 30 seconds for her to get me my receipt. Never again. Just don’t.

Very friendly and accommodating staff. I was here for a brief stay on a business trip. Wifi connection was strong, close to a starbucks, awesome deli across the street and the beach was just a short trip down the road. I will definitely stay here again.

Wish I could give this a ZERO STAR RATING. This was the worst experience I have ever had with a motel. DO NOT STAY HERE. The employee Jackie, was amazing, and very helpful! But the General Manager ROBERT MORAN was such an ASSHOLE. He was very rude, not helpful at all, and he acted like a 13 year old teenager girl. He does not have good customer service at all. Upon check in I was given a NON-​smoking room. Once me and my boyfriend entered the room it reeked of cigarette smoke.BADLY. The smell of smoke was soaked into the bed sheets. So nasty. Why would they advertise a non-​smoking room, then put an ash tray in the room? Thats just giving the key to unlock the door, and is also FALSE ADVERTISEMENT. Once we checked in we just dropped off our things, and left because we had somewhere we needed to be. When we came back, we decided that the smoke smell was way too bad and was affecting our allergies way too much. We weighed out our pros and cons of staying and leaving (as it is about an hour and a half/​two hour drive home), and decided we could not handle sleeping in that disgusting smoke filled room. I went down to the front desk and spoke to jackie, she was very attentive and was listening to me. Oh but then Roger steps in and made me furious! He was not listening to me as a customer, did not care that the non smoking room smelled like smoke, and even tried to accuse me of lying. HA! what a bad manager. A good manager would listen kindly and respectfully to their customers and work something out calmly. oh no. but not roger, i guess roger was never taught good customer service. He had the worst attitude i have ever come across from any manager! It was almost comical, but was very frustrating when i was trying to deal with the situation. He was so disrespectful. I have never been treated like that before from a «manager». I decided to leave the motel anyways without getting my money back. Their joke of manager was so stubborn, rude and money hungry that he could not give a customer back their 85 $. So i left the motel without staying the night, and decided to call corporate the next day to figure out something with actual professionals. The funniest part was when i left that night to return their key, and show the manager the pictures of the non smoking sign and the ash tray with ashes STILL in it. I asked him (the manager) his name and for a business card, and he just sat down, and pointed and said «over their» and i said. your not going to get up and give me one? and he said no «its over there» I laughed. «HA, your not going to tell me your name?» the stupid prick said, «no its on my card, over there» So jackie (the good employee) comes to the rescue and hands me his business card, as he just sits in his stupid chair like a lazy ass slob. He wouldnt even tell me his name or get up to directly hand me his business card! How unprofessional and rude. I gladly left that place, and arrive safe and sound in my smoke free home and after some allergy medication and a good nights sleep, everything is soothed. well. for the most part. I still did not get my money back, but i did call guest relations and they are sending my report to the area manager (which by the way, roger the general manager lied about that also, when i asked if there was anyone else above him i could talk to, because he was just making things worse, he told me no), so hopefully he will fix something and refund me, and hopefully if they are smart they will FIRE Roger, the general manager.
DO NOT STAY HERE AS LONG AS ROGER IS THE MANAGER. Super unhelpful, disrespectful, and rude. He has the worst attitude of any manager I have ever encountered, and he is a liar. This manager has the WORST customer service, and I hope someone is smart enough to fire him. Props to Jackie though, she should get a raise :)

Booked this hotel day of stay, super easy to book on hotel website on a 3 day weekend. The room looks super modern with hardwood floors, right down the street from Legoland and only 65 bucks. The people at the front desk are really nice! 3 stars because the room stunk of cigarettes, no coffee machine, no hair dryer. I would stay again but this time ask for non smoking room.

Stayed for two nights and enjoyed the hell out of it! Got really drunk made allot of noise and nobody bothered us… It’s 1min from the beach, allot of places to eat, and no hassles just check in check out! Rooms have been updated so it feels very modern and the staff supplied us with towels for the beach and showering!
Here’s the deal everyone, remember its a motel 6 ok so don’t be pissed if it’s not a Hilton but for the 60.00 a night I got more than I expected. Perfect for a guys trip to Cali. Another bonus was the room was big enough to fit 2 9ft surfboards and the staff had no problems with us keeping them in the room!