The View Motel

This place is approximately named. The view from our room is great. It is nice waking up to the view of the red rocks.
The place is on the old side, but it is clean and the bed was comfortable. We slept well.
The room had a refrigerator and a microwave. There is no breakfast included and no coffee in the room. Coffee is in the office though.
The staff was very nice and helpful. It is probable that we will stay here again.

For the price, and considering the age of the place, it’s totally fine. Not the most comfortable bed I’ve ever slept in, but serviceable. It is typical of pretty much every other motel of its vintage and price range that I’ve been in. Go there with modest expectations of a small, clean motel room, and you’ll be satisfied. It does have a great view, and I imagine the pool and hot tub are nice to have available during warmer months. Quaint and charming; they still use a paper card registry and old fashioned carbonless credit card processing, and they offer free wifi, and coffee, tea and hot chocolate in the mornings. Nice people, and I’ll stay there again!

My friends and I booked one night at the View Motel as a stopover between the Grand Canyon and Jerome. It was an affordably priced motel with decent reviews so we thought we’d give it a shot. As the name suggests, the View Motel is perched up a steep hill that provides a sweeping view of the surrounding Verde Valley. The reception staff was very friendly and the cleanliness of the room was met with satisfaction from our party. However if you are used to staying at a typical chain motel, you will have to adjust your roominess expectations. This classic mid-​century motel comes with the typical small 1950’s room dimensions. With two beds and four people moving about in the room, you do feel a tad bit cramped. And as much as I dig retro buildings in general, some of the «vintage» charm of some of the room fixtures was quite annoying: the chain door lock came out from the wall; the shower faucet handle was loose and the toilet water pressure/​plumbing was very weak.
Not recommend for those planning spending a lot of time in your motel room but it is a decent place to just spend the night after a busy day of being outside: it’s clean and affordable with no frills.

We stayed here for a wine tasting night in historic downtown Cottonwood because it was inexpensive. We knew when we booked the only king available was a smoking room, so they expressed that they hoped the room wasn’t too smokey, it was, but i brought some nice smelling Lysol and sprayed it a few times throughout the stay and it was tolerable. The room was comfortable and quiet, but a little dated, there was a wet towel on the hook behind the door. The grounds were clean and tidy and there was coffee in the office for the morning. Our room was also adjacent to a nice, large deck overlooking the Verde Valley with a BBQ and ample seating.

First, the positive: The motel was clean and cheap. It was cheaper than most places in the Sedona area which was a plus.
The negative: My boyfriend and I stayed here in January in freezing temperatures. We were provided with only a cheap space heater for our freezing room and it took hours to even get up to 50 degrees! Needless to say, we weren’t very comfortable. Maybe it was a price to pay for a cheap room around the area, but we may have been better off camping! In addition the employees were as cold as the room. haha.
Think twice about the price of staying here!

I really want to give this place one star… But it does have a pretty awesome view.
If it were summer time, it would be perfect for you and your loved one to stay here and use their pool and jacuzzi. Good view that oversees part of the town.
It is also cheap, even cheaper with AAA membership.
One room with two beds with AAA at the end if November is about $ 67/​night.
The rooms are old. The TV is just tiny and ancient.
Towels are super thin and have light stains.
I unfolded the shower rug and a spider came out running.
The heater/​AC makes a weird woo-​woooo sound constantly.
Free wifi, but awesomely unstable. So are the lights. They flicker.
Some of the wall plugs are also very loose.
I really would not recommend this place.
But it does have coffee, hot chocolate and tea in the morning for breakfast.
And the rooms have a tiny fridge and microwave (helps when hunger strikes and you got leftovers)

I can’t believe you can rent an old fashioned smoking room anymore… The View Motel is tucked away up on a hill and has great views of the Northern Verde Valley.
These rooms are comfortably dated and they supply you with all the necessities for a good time with your special friend or friends. The walls seem pretty thick and don’t hear any complaints after moderately loud activity.

We had seen this hotel above the Super 8 where we stayed the last time we spent the night up in Cottonwood and were curious. We brought my fiancé’s parents up to the Verde Valley to show them an area of AZ we loved and stayed at the View for a very cheap price considering the expense at other hotels (like the Super 8, which was disgusting!). It is a well kept older building, had a nice looking small pool and spa, and we could tell they were in the process of remodeling the bathrooms at least in the rooms we had (new mirror, sink and toilet). The bed was a little hard and the walls were definitely thin, and we went to sleep and woke up to our neighbor to the back of us playing and singing some really good blues guitar (a nice alternative to other ways I have been woken up or tried to sleep through), but it was nothing that unpleasant. It was so nice to have chairs out in front of the room to sit in because we were able to go to the Arizona Stronghold wine tasting room in Old Town Cottonwood, buy two bottles of wine and some glasses, then pick up some snacks at the Safeway and have a fun night of sitting outside, drinking wine, playing Rummy thanks to a neighbor who gave us playing cards and having great conversation! The staff was nice and pleasant. I would say, for the $ 59 we payed to stay one night, it was an exceptional experience considering other hotels I’ve stayed at for that amount of money, and even some I’ve payed over $ 100 for! We definitely will be staying here again in the future!

Walls are thin and they don’t provide shampoo or conditioner! Bed was hard too. Guy at front desk was a smart alic!

We really loved this tucked away gem!
Up on the hill over town, with a great view of the surrounding countryside. The pool is a wonderful place to hang out in the afternoon — I’m writing my review from there now using my laptop and their FREE wifi connection!
There’s also a jacuzzi, a little kids playground, a propane BBQ & picnic area to use, and each room has a microwave & little fridge.
The price is a bargain compared to everything else we looked at.
These older 50’s hotels from the great American hey-​day of road-​trips can be very hit or miss — but this one is definitely a hit!
Yes, the rooms are small and older. There’s no granite countered sinks — so if that’s your idea of a great stay, then move along.
We liked this place so much we canceled our next night’s reservations in favor of staying here an extra night!
And, BONUS — this place is owned by the widow of Lucille Ball’s brother, Fred! Apparently she’s 91 and still sharp as a tack. Kind of brings a smile to your heart, doesn’t it?

My boyfriend, my parents, and I took a trip to Jerome, AZ and stayed in Cottonwood. Preferrably because every hotel in Jerome is said to be haunted. Well this one may have very well been haunted as well. I heard a lot of creaks and moans in the middle of the night. I’m sure my boyfriend watching paranormal something or other on TV all night didn’t help.
This is a very inexpensive little hotel. It’s nothing fancy, but it was cozy. It is up on a little mountain with a view. It had a fridge and cable TV so that’s a plus. Also had Wi-​Fi. It wasn’t the greatest place I stayed but because of the memories that we created here, I loved it.

Our family of four recently took a roadtrip across the southwest. We stayed at this motel to be near Sedona without paying Sedona’s high cost of accommodation. We loved this place! Cottonwood is a fairly non-​descript town, but you go up the driveway to this place and it’s like you are tucked away in a mini-​mountain retreat. The pool was great and has a lovely view. The rooms were bright and cheery, with a refrigerator and microwave that came in handy. Out of all the motels we stayed in, this was our favorite, and we stayed in a LOT of motels! Don’t expect hi-​tech however — when I made our reservation, the guy almost laughed at me when I asked for an email confirmation. You reservation number is your name!