Vagabond Inn Costa Mesa

horrible horrible horrible. stay away. racist indian clerk. made reservation online and came to check into my room and the clerk told me that he couldn’t let me stay because i looked suspicious. (wearing board shorts and and tank top in california ready to go to the beach) completely stole my money and refused service. still haven’t refunded my money. 0 starssss

this is by far the worse service I have ever experienced. they did not want to rent a room for my BF and I because he «looked» suspicious. My BF is African American so apparently you can’t be African American because you’re suspicious looking. Can’t rate them on the room cause we didn’t even get a chance to look at it.

This place is horrible and so is the manager. With all the recent bad reviews of his attitude and this place, we all should file a complaint against him. He talks to people like they’re a nobody. But who is he exactly? A nobody! DO NOT STAY HERE EVER!!!

I came in with high hopes, to find the blankets have burn marks, there are cigarettes on the ground, the heater does not work, no phone or iron in the room. Talked to front desk about the heater, she sent maintenance by, 45 min later he walks in turns the lever up and down then says let me check the main heater for everyone. 10 min later he comes back and says sorry the lever on main heater is not working il tell someone tomorrow. So no heat for anyone in the motel??? WOW. Tried to get wifi, signal was so slow nothing loaded. It is literally in the In-​n-​out parking lot so easy dinner or lunch. But i wont be back.

It seems a little silly to write review of a budget chain hotel; kind of like reviewing a McDonald’s. But this place was so very bad, I feel compelled to warn travelers to Orange County. Do NOT stay here!
When we made our reservation, we requested a ground floor ADA room with a refrigerator and a king bed. «No problem!» says the agent. We made it clear that we had a pet. Upon check-​in, we were informed that, no, there are no king rooms available for guests with pets (even though there’s a $ 10 per night pet charge), and they checked us into a non-​ADA room with a queen bed and no fridge (we need the fridge for my husband’s medications). The room smelled of pee and pot, the carpet and drapes were stained and moth eaten, and the tv was a dinosaur from the seventies; something you might find at a garage sale. So we changed rooms. To a double-​double at $ 10 more per night.
This room did have a flat screen tv. And a fridge and a microwave. There was only one electrical outlet to service both, so you could either cool your food or heat it, but not at the same time! And the microwave, another garage sale find, I’m sure, wasn’t powerful enough to melt an ice cube.
There was only one working ice machine on property, but lucky us! There was a prostitute apparently living in the stairwell across from our room who was happy to go get ice for us for five bucks! There is no in-​house security on property, so she was allowed, I guess, to reside there with
impunity…
About the only good thing I can say about this property is that there’s an In-​and-​Out in the parking lot. If they’d had beds, I would’ve rather stayed there, as it was clean, and smelled a lot better. Although the ice-​retrieving prostitute would have been missed.

The location is great because food is walking distance and anything else is a short drive away. I paid $ 72 for one night which is fairly priced. The rooms inside are out dated including the old box TV. The bed is not the best buy not the worst. i had a smoking room #155 and the WiFi signal was poor and would cut out. Overall I would recommend if you plan a couple night stay and on a budget.

My wife stayed at his hotel on over the weekend and accidentally left a swimming suit in her room hanging on the shower rod.
When I called the next day to retrieve it, the hotel claimed that there was nothing in the room.
The manager, Kaubi, was very insulting on the phone claiming we left a cheap suit and should make such a big deal about it, when it was actually a very expensive suit.
I get that it was our fault that it was left, but it should have not just disappeared. Someone in their housekeeping department stole it or threw it away and the manager could care less!
The way the manager handled this was extremely unprofessional and should be fired. No customer should be treated this way and nothing should just disappear from a room.
Anyone staying at this hotel, should take caution and know that you are not a priority and if you accidentally leave anything in the room, they will take as theirs or throw it away.

This is a good family hotel. The place is always clean and the staff is very attentive to any request I’ve ever had. The price is very reasonable and for the most part I’ve had positive run ins with other family oriented people staying at the hotel. Of course theres the occasional random dumb azz but compared to the motel 6 across the street (zero stars if I could and more expensive) this place seems like the four seasons. BY FAR THE BEST BUY IN COSTA MESA. Nice light free breakfast and the wifi is free and it works well. The manager has been extremely helpful the few times I talked to him and the maids were really nice. I think some of these other reviewers are just complaining to complain. Ive stayed here quite a few times over the last 3yrs and had nothing but a positive experience. I will definitely be back again with my family.

This hotel is absolutely ridiculous there is throw up on the floors the walls have blood on them the paint the wallpaper has been ripped off the walls the carpet is absolutely nasty the management is the worst part of it all I experienced the worst customer z ever they were rude as well as disrespectful I Would absolutely never recommend this hotel to my worst enemy please run fast and do not waste your precious time and hard earned dollars was such a pathetic establishment which does not care about there customers needs or concerns.

Only come here if you wish to die. This place is super unsafe. I can hear people scream for help left and right. The person next door to me was beating up some girl and throwing her against the wall. She was literally screaming for help and crying. I think the guy must have raped her or something. There was blood stains on the blankets, floors, and walls in the room I was staying. Cockroaches and ants are everywhere. This place smells like cigarettes and weed. Hookers are everywhere at night. I wish I read the Unilocal reviews before I came here. If one person or a few people write bad reviews, I would just brush it off. However, notice there are several bad reviews. Avoid at all cost!!! The manger would not refund me my money so rude. I just took the loss and found another place to stay at on the second night. I don’t care about the money anymore at this point, but I care for my life!!! STAY AWAY!!!

DO NOT RENT HERE! Worst place to stay ever! Some girl next door was crying & screaming for help and the guy was hitting her against the wall. Sounds like she got rape. I wanted to move out the next day because it was too scary to stay there but they refused to refund my money and denied whatever that happen last night. The attendant said those people were just drunk. Anyways, please stay away. You will be regretted to book your night here although the price is very cheap.

So I have to agree as I write this with the other reviewers at 330 in the morning after being woke up by someone running by screaming help, help, and I’m not sure what was going on outside the room at 330 on a Wednesday night. (I could guess, but I won’t.) I do give a second star as the manager was alone trying to deal with everything at the front desk. He did promptly without complaints get me a second room as the first one smelled of smoke. The second one did not smell as bad but there was a big stain on the carpet I won’t speculate. They are upgrading I would suggest new mattresses as I felt like I was sleeping on the ground. They need more help obviously and more security.

First — if you try to find the manager you will not find him.
Second — the first room smelled like smoke and i had to change to another one.
Third — maids fold towels and toilet paper very carefully… That’s cute!
Forth — cops are always around on the parking lot. That’s good… Or not.
I will never come again here. Looks and feels creepy.
All the four days i stayed here the card to open the room’s door didn’t worked. So annoying!

Two stars for the manager seeing my review and coming to my room to check if things are ok. Very considerate of him

This place is freakin awesome bugs and insect everywhere. Btw there AC is like a heater.

First of all the maids in the morning are extremely loud and don’t care about anything. Second, I’m pretty sure someone was murdered in my room. Blood spatter on the walls and on the top of the blanket. Really sketchy people roaming around the rooms all night. I will never stay here again. And the staff just seems like they’re just trying to get through the day.

Some jerk off butt munch who was roaming around the parking lot this morning told me I looked suspicious because I was parked at the curb. He threatened to call the police on me. For parking. Temporarily. On the street.
What a tool.

The only way I will ever stay here again is if I lose all hope with life and start a prostitution ring or illegal drug business. The room next to me does both… meth and hookers. But he seems to make good money, he drives a BMW! I think I’m in the wrong business.
Cops drive through the parking lot all day and night… maybe it’s because they know the stoners who stay here walk to In-​n-​Out and it’s easy to catch them. But that makes me feel a little better… I just hope the cops don’t knock my door down thinking I’m the pimp next door!
Two stars if they get rid of the cockroaches.

OMG. This first this I noticed was the large stain on the floor that looked like someone had slit their wrist or killed someone recently!
The bed was dirty and had stains on the sheets and pillow cases.
Bottome line is ive stayed in every type of hotel and this was by far one of the scariest ones ive encountered. DO NOT STAY HERE

To call this Place a flea bag is an insult to fleas and bags everywhere
Judging by the caution tape and the blood stains we might as well have been staying at the Bates Motel… Actually it might have been cleaner.
We checked into two pre-​paid rooms booked through Orbitz, at check-​in I was immediately charged an additional $ 20 room key deposit and a $ 30 room «upgrade» because even though I had paid for a room with two queen beds they tried giving me a room with only one.
If I wanted two I had to pay more. Nice…
Upon entering the first room (which was unlocked and standing wide open) the smell of mold and cigarettes permeated everything within its confines (even though this was a non-​smoking room). There were crumbs, stains and hair on the sheets and a wad of pubic hair and some unidentifiable (possibly vomit) stains on the bathroom floor. I walked down the hall to the «upgraded» room and while it smelled better there were two bright red blood stains on the floor in the bathroom.
I went back to the office to complain and while waiting for the front desk clerk I was propositioned by what I can only guess was one of the «room by the hour» customers.
Ugh… Although, I should have asked to see his room, it might have been cleaner
The front desk extortionist actually had the nerve to roll his eyes at me when I said I needed housekeeping to come up to our rooms and finish cleaning them. Ten minutes later I’m confronted by this angry lady demanding to see what was dirty. She then spent the next five minutes arguing with me that the room had been cleaned and refusing to re-​clean it. After repeatedly pointing out the sheet stains, puke and hair she stomped out of the room, grabbed a bottom sheet off of the housekeeping cart, ripped the bed apart and put ONE clean sheet onto ONE of the beds. Then she told me to leave the door open because of the smell.
Ummm… So you’re acknowledging that the room smells horrible but you want me to leave the door open with all my stuff in it. Seriously?
I asked her to go clean the blood up off the floor in the Hepatitis C Suite and instead she turned around and walked away, never bothering to even go look at the other room. So we threw a towel over the stains and made sure to wear shoes at all times.
Since these were pre-​paid rooms we really had no choice but to stay there. Luckily I had brought along blankets in the car which we used to sleep on.
The next day after we returned from an outing the beds were made but the pubic hair and vomit was still on the bathroom floor in the first room and nobody ever cleaned the blood up off the floor in the other room.
They picked the towel up but left the blood…

Can you give a hotel a negative star count? If yes then this place gets a minus 10.