Ramada Carlsbad

Not at all happy.
Booked 2 suites.
First all, I requested adjacent rooms. Nope
Not even on the same floor.
$ 25 deposit which wasn’t stated when booking the rooms.
Wifi is not working.
The rooms look nothing like the the ones pictured.
Needless to say, I will not be staying here again.
Follow up:
So when I woke up to take a shower, I found mold on the shower curtain.
I talked to the people at the desk. They gave me a 20% discount on that room and a 10% discount on the other room.

If I could make this less than 1 star I would. This place is disgusting. It smells like someone smoked cigarettes in every room and it was never cleaned well enough to get rid of the smell.
On top of that, the wifi didn’t work and someone wasn’t going to come out until the following week. Seems like hotels should have better IT service than that.
I highly recommend you do NOT come here. It’s so gross.

Not a bad hotel. They allowed me to check in early. Booked through Hotwire got a good deal for 4 nights. They don’t have wifi in the rooms currently but that’s ok for us.

WARNING FOR HTPS COURSE!!! if youre staying here for the htps course do not commit to more then one day. They do not have wifi, weve been here a month and they keep saying they are working on it. The rooms get cleaned on a random schedule and most of the time they just take your towels and dont replace them. They also will flip flop the rates on you, there arent many other options but the la quinta at least is consistent and has a decent breakfast next door, ramada has a a laughable breakfast.

Worst hotel I’ve ever stayed at. First, even though it advertised WiFi, it doesn’t work. The jacuzzi doesn’t work, the TV in our first room didn’t work. Then to top everything off we found a use ENEMA in our ice bucket. They moved us to a new room that was even dirtier then the first. Then then took a whole 20 dollars off my bill after my kids had to see all that nasty stuff in the first room. Do Not Stay Here, it’s dirty.

Unbelievable. And not in a good way at all! The price was outrageous for off season. The pool, the fountain, and the jacuzzi had not been cleaned in what looked like months. The front desk clerk that checked us in had kept my wife’s ID! No ine called us about it, we had to go back to get it. The breakfast attendant, who could barely speak English, was rude and nearly attacked us for taking our beverages out of the breakfast area. When we ran out of milk for our infant son, niether the breakfast attendant nor the front desk would give us a few ounces of milk, even when I offered to oay for it! The manager seems as though she just doesnt want a job. Its obvious she does not have the motivation to run this Ramada at the level it should be running in. I was once a manager of a hotel and I would have fired myself if mine had been even half as bad as this experience was for us. If I could give it a negative star rating of at least –10! I hope the owners see this review and make sure they act quickly or they will lose their business.

The worst!, The pits. Plus, corporate customer relations did not help in any meaningful way.
Went to the room and there was a cockroach that was climbing on the refrigerator.
The bathroom had a large bug –maybe a daddy long legs — on the shower
When we closed the toilet seat there was a baby spider
There was no heat in the bedroom — it has a portable device that is only an AC
Stay here at your own risk.

This place should be rated 3 below a rock. Roaches — dirty carpets, ice machine broken, they neglected to mention that they didn’t get the adapter’s needed to receive t.v. service (which had been advertised for month’s).
I booked through a 3^rd party (ie;
) nothing ever mentioned about deposit upon check-​in I’m asked for my credit card. I ask about t.v. am told they just found out that they needed boxes from their provider and they would be in on Monday (2 days away) never happened nor did it happen Tuesday, Wednesday by my check out on Friday still waiting.
As I am leaving the room a housekeeper asks if I am checking out I say yes proceed to load my car return to do one last check and she is taking pictures of the sheets (my husband dribbled coffee on his side) I asked if there was a problem but she didn’t respond.
Later that day I’m checking my bank statement and the Ramada has taken $ 165.00 from my account??? I call and am informed it was due to a pet that I didn’t have and the sheets were stained??? Last I checked the linens can be laundered and that is just normal wear. My protest were not acknowledged asked for a supervisor to call me never received a call.
Very shady its a shame the Ramada use to be one of the better hotels now not only has the building become infested but the customer service sucks.

Fist room SMELLED like smoke. Furniture is OLD and banged up. Shower NOT hot. Bed had a sheet and blanket, if u could call it that. Don’t stay here. Better off paying another 20 to stay at Marriott

Run away as far as you can go from here, it took us 3 rooms to finally get it right. The first room had a big roach, the second room was not clean, and the third room did not have an AC so they had to come in and install one. The only reason why we even though of staying here was they have a kitchenette, but i don’t care for it anymore due to the old appliance and roach problem. I don’t feel safe at night as well. Also the La Quinta Wifi works better over here their own Wifi.
The Elevator is soon to expire as well 10/​31/​2015.

Where to start… The hotel is old and run down. One of our outlets had a broken piece of metal sticking out of it. Another was not safe to use. The walls next to the bed were dirty with feet prints. Inside the microwave was dirty. The filter on the coffe machine was dirty the curtains were ripped. The AC in the second bedroom was a portable one and had broken vents. The port for it had gaps to the outside wall. Lampshades were nasty. This was the worst Ramada I have ever stayed in. There were spiders in the room. The bath was peeling. Told front desk about it. We were offered 20% off our stay. The plugs were a fire hazard. My families safety is only worth 30 dollars!!! Called corporate we will see how the Wyndham chain responds. Oh and while at the front desk the was another person there complaining about her room as well.
*The only reason I changed from 1 star to two is because corporate refunded us for the hotel room. They addressed the issue pretty quickly.

Cockroaches!!! Omg we checked into one room and saw a cockroach in the kitchen. The fridge was warm and unplugged. The air conditioner exhaust pipe was disconnected.
So I called front desk. The guy never answers. I walk down to front desk. The guy is sitting right there. So obviously he was ignoring my calls.
He finally agreed to give us another room, without any word of apology. After checking in to the second room, about 20 minutes later we see a COCKROACH!!!
OMG this is worse than motel 6. At least I’ve never seen COCKROACHES there, nor any other hotel/​motel ever.
If you like living with COCKROACHES then stay here. Else RUN AWAY!!!

This place is disgusting. The room smelled like smoke and mold. I have never stayed at a worse hotel and I stayed at hotel in Lancaster on the way to Bishop that looked like the Bates Motel. I’m from this area and only stayed so we could go to Legoland two days in a row but next time I will just stay at home and make the drive.

The only thing nice about this place is the front desk staff who helped me. It looks like a low –budget motel 6 although I paid a whopping $ 182.00 for one night. There were two blood stains on the sheets when I lifted a pillow and the brown sheet was had what looked like brown stains!!! Eew. The screw in the tub was loose so we couldn’t turn off the tap for 15mins. Maintenance came by to fix this one. The iron was so rusty and old looking that one lime green shirt got stained on our way to Legoland. The ironing board cover was stained very badly. The counch-​bed was torn and it was sewn with a thick off-​white thread!!! The key did not work after the first try and we had to go to the lobby and get a new one.
Breakfast time around 9AM was so crowded and the place was fithy with flies because they had one person restocking food while no one cleaned up! They have a kitchen in the rooms so my neighbor decided to fry some f&#^^E! bacon and all we spelled in our bedroon was bacon grease, ugh!!!
The wi-​fi they said was free, never worked. My son was so disappointed he could not play his games!
There were so many people living there like a motel. It’s worth adding a few $$ to go to the marriot or courtyard although it would be over $ 200.00.
I will definitely not stay here again and will not recommend it if you are looking for a decent hotel.

DONT WASTE YOUR MONEY !!! We checked in and checked out within an hour … It was horrible !!! Actual that’s an understatement … I booked this hotel as a nice little getaway, looking at the pictures online it looked nice clean well kept … WELL DONT LET THAT FOOL YOU !!!
We had 2 rooms booked we checked in after 3 pm and went to our rooms well when we got to them the second room was wide open dirty as heck hadn’t been cleaned, was in the middle of being cleaned no housekeeper in sight !! We unloaded ALL of our into the other room so we could get our day started still no housekeeping … Finally I call the front desk she says oh sorry that room wasn’t ready yet she will be right there, 20 min later… In the meantime, the other room is DISGUSTING but we are simple people and thought it’s fine we won’t be in the room much, we go to get ice, NOPE that’s broken, SPA broken, POOL is GROSS … The smell in the rooms blah !!!
Needless to say I marched to the front desk and said we need to check out … NOW !!!

Well… This place is a DUMP.
Here are pictures incase all of the one star ratings don’t convince you.
Complete with:
–broken smoke alarms (death trap)
–towels with holes in them
–fridge with rust and mold
–broken window screens
–broken internet
–green pool
–breakfast for those looking to gain weight or have massive heart failure
…and that’s just a few items that add to the ambiance of this DUMP.
If you paid more than 12 dollars per night, you got hosed on your rate.

From the outside, it looks nice but once you open the door it all changes. The room smelled sour and damp. Stand alone ac in bedroom was also dehumidifier but carpet still felt damp. Bathroom with peeling tub and grubby. Rusty microwave. WIfi totally sucks. Screen to window bowed (jimmied). The beautiful pool in website is totally green. I’m not using the hot tub. The decorative water feature is also completely green. The front desk is mildly sympathetic. I booked 2 nights but I want to go home… now.

This place is not that bad but I can say it can be frustrating if you keep asking and they never deliver the basic things that were needed.
Pros
Walking distance to south Carlsbad beach.
Close to Legoland
Has a small kitchen with fridge/​stove.
Sofa — pulls out and can sleep 2
Waking distance to supermarket. Ralph’s/rite aide
Complimentary breakfast to 10am.
Free wifi– but it disconnects constantly
Cons
Customer service is horrible
Asked for towels and didn’t get
Twos rooms we stayed at didn’t have shower curtains. We told them and they said they’ll see.
Had a hard time getting new towels.

This is an affordable hotel close to LegoLand that should appeal to young budget conscious families.
Breakfast: It’s plentiful and kept up very well considering the volume of people going through it on a summer morning. Lots of little hands everywhere so maple syrup residue can be plentiful. We enjoyed watching, with wonder, children pile enough bacon on a plate to make a whole pig. It’s elementary school gone wild, don’t be surprised.
Hot Water: Over three days we had some, sort of, for a short period in the afternoons but lukewarm, or less should be expected. I think the heaters just can’t keep up with the demand. We’ve been here during the off season and never experienced this problem before.
Internet: We had a couple hours of it on the first night but for the remaining time had to use our 4G connections. As with the hot water, I suspect it’s too much demand and not enough bandwidth. For me this is a deal breaker, you HAVE to have Internet access that works.
So the bottom line is, if you need a place to stay near LegoLand, price is important and hot water and Internet access are way down on your priorities, this hotel is a true bargain. But, if you can afford a bit of an upgrade, look around a little more.
(I should also mention the housekeeping staff seemed very pleasant and hard working, always with a smile)

DO NOT STAY HERE!!!
Our family was in Carlsbad for Lego land and figured we would give this motel a try. We booked through
and after reading the reviews there I decided to give it a chance. We figured we aren’t fussy people and we aren’t easily upset by things that other people get upset about, so why not. I came on Unilocal and read people’s horror stories and hoped they weren’t rue because we had already paid for the motel.
We arrived to a smelly, run down, and nasty looking room! We even went to Walmart to buy scented candles and room spray to rid the room of the horrible musty smell. The smell never went away. The bathroom was dirty and the carpets look as if they have NEVER been cleaned. The ‘run down’ appearance comes from the cracking chipping paint and rust in the bathroom and the water coming out of the faucets smelled like sewer water! We had our kids brush their teeth with bottled water.
On the second day housekeeping didn’t bring new clean towels. The breakfast was fake eggs, greasy bacon, waffles, old cheap muffins, and juice out of a machine. After a long third day we arrived back to our room at midnight and the housekeeping never came to clean up and give us new towels! We went to the front desk and they apologized and shrugged about the lack of housekeeping and then said they ran out of towels — huh??? We were through so we immediately got on the line with
and demanded our money back for the remaining three days so we could get the hell out of Dodge!
We were approved by the hotel for a cancel. We went to check out early the next morning and we were told that they don’t have the necessary paperwork from
. They seemed like they were doing their best to point the blame elsewhere. They told us we could leave, but I didn’t trust them not to charge me for something. I sat there and called
and had them on the line while dealing with front desk! Hotels sent the cancellation 5 times via fax and the hotel clerk kept saying they weren’t receiving it! The whole experience was so unreal. If you have a choice do not stay here! Run far far away from this motel.