Americas Best Value Inn Merced

Room was clean and comfortable, good hot water shower, 2 beds for $ 33 (winter sale). Microwave, fridge, TV manufactured 2003. Sketchy location, train horns, boarded up restaurant on property– can’t do anything about that – right off Highway 99 which is important to most travelers. Breakfast was same all 3 mornings: Apples, English muffins, toast, Belgian waffle maker, cornflakes, cherrios, milk and tampico orange drink. Nutritious and filling. Staff friendly and accommodating. Building needs renovating but then rates would need to be raised. I would stay here again – of course there are nicer, pricier options.

this place looks decent wish San José had a place like this one.affordable.$ 26 a day!!! in San José $ 80 a day crazy. if it was $ 26 like Merced I would rent it. motel 6 on the Alameda in San José charges 250 a night for 2 beds they have a camera over the door. so you have to Id the guest no over night.crazy.

Oh My Goodness. Worst crack house hotel! Best value?! No way! The owners/​managers/​employees could care less about anything!!! Bed bugs. Blood everywhere. Unfinished rooms. Cockroaches. It was horrible. Please do not stay here.

I would rate this place a zero if it was an option. Worst experience of my life. Got there and place looked shady. Homeless hanging out in the back parking lot. Though I would give it a shot because we were out of town and needed a place to stay for the night. Room was bland, bed hard as a rock, 1 shower towel, 2 was clothes, 2 hand towels. Floor had a stain that looked like blood. Tried to cancel my room but they refused a refund or transfer to another location. We were stuck. On our way to retrieve our things from the car, a man was shooting up heroin on the stairway. As we stare in disbelief, house keeping (3 women) look over at him and then continue on their way. Finally make it to our room and a drunk is throwing his beer can over the balcony across from us. Scared my 3 sons. They were afraid to leave the room. We did not use the pool, although it looked clean, but didn’t know what would show up. In our room, the guest booklet had a written message for females wanting to pay for sexual favors. I brought the handbook to the front desk and they removed the page. I told them of our experience so far and they just said «sorry.»
As we went to check out the next day, the front desk sent housekeeping to our room to see if we stole anything (As if I would want anything from the room). Housekeeping proceeds to tell them I stole a towel. I offered them to check my belongings and my car but they refused and charged me $ 20. To add insult, the housekeeping and front desk continued to speak in Spanish in front of me. Little did they know I can interpret Spanish. Housekeeping insisted that they put 2 large towels in my room, even had it written down that they were there but they did not put 2 large towels in my room. We didn’t even use the shower, we wanted to get the hell out of there. I was so offended that the Housekeeper intentionally lied and continued to only speak in Spanish because she thought I couldn’t understand her. She was basically calling me and my family thieves. Seriously, this place is a dump and why the hell would I want one of their towels.
I will never recommend this place to anyone but hookers and dope dealers because obviously the front desk and staff find that kind of activity acceptable.

After posting this update, the manager emailed me, stating his apologies, and offered a free night, which we declined. When we declined, he/​she stated we would get a refund for the bad experience. It is now about 8 months later, no refund. I have stayed at this chain in other locations, and thought they were a good chain, however, this location has made me rethink the chain and who they allow to run them. I will gladly pay more just to get mediocre service, which this place did NOT provide If I could give 0/​stars, I would.

This place was disgusting!
The photos were very deceiving from where we booked! Which was
, they also charged us 57.99 to cancel the reservation.
We arrived and the hotel looked broken down and there was even a whole in one of the walls of the building. We tried to give the room a chance and as soon as we walked in a horrible smell came rushing at us. DO NOT BOOK HERE.

DONT STAY HERE. No stars if possible. Place needs to shut down. Walked in and checked under fridge and found 2 cockroaches. That was it from there and left. Returned to receptionist to tell her of the problem and her reaction was one of ‘we get that alot’. Sketchy neighborhood as well.

Maybe it’s cause I knew what I was walking into or maybe it’s cause I’ve stayed in some really jenky hotels, but the place isn’t that bad. I mean, it’s a Saturday night and we paid $ 43 for the room. It’s spacious and clean. Nothing in particular is skeevy or anything… maybe the washcloth/​towels. Which, by the way, the towels are super tiny.
We had to turn on the air as soon as we walked in, and it takes awhile to cool the room. Felt like 100 degrees when we got here — of course, it was that temp outside today… was much cooler out than in when we arrived at 11pm.
Lots of amenities in the room — fridge, microwave, iron & ironing board. Cable and free wifi, but it’s spotty. The room is large, bathroom is totally separated by a wall with a mirror and sink outside where the shower and toilet are. The water in the shower fluctuated a bit, but the was simple enough to fix. Do yourself a favor, and bring a bag of ice if you’re a fiend like me. They are few and far between.
Pool is open 10am — 10pm, but we were told we could go in later or earlier as long as we were quiet. The pool was clean and huge! Deep as nine feet.
Continental breakfast 5am — 9am. Check out at 11.

If I could do less I would. $ 96 and I REFUSE to stay here, money wasted!!! The lady even looked shocked when I said I wanted my deposit back. This place looks disgusting, I looked inside one of the rooms and it has a bed and that’s it. What kind of place is this?

Worst place I every stayed. The shower did even work. It’s either scorching hot or freezing water and is only a sprinkle. I know it’s cheap but this place is horrible.

Checked in, front guest was friendly. Drove to the back of the building where I parked in front of a room that had clearly been drove through, glass broken, hardly boarded up. Glass and garbage were all over the parking lot! 85% the woman hanging against the fence near the staircase to my room were prostitutes! There was even a dead cockroach right where I parked!!! I became uncomfortable immediately but figured I could go to my room and look the door.
I opened the door to my room and immediately knew there was no possible way I was staying, it seriously smelt like roadkill that someone tried to cover with the stench of weed. There was mold ever where. Stuff smeared on the walls. To top that off a few doors down, a couple came fumbling out there door clearly intoxicated screaming at each other, the guy carrying a bike out of the room and pushing her against the railing with it.
It was not a safe place AT ALL.
Next time I’ll do a better job researching before booking!

DO NOT STAY HERE! My husband booked a room for work. He ended up getting bitten over 80 times from bed bugs. Had to go to urgent care. He complained to management only for them to act as if they knew. I thing about it. At the VERY least management should have looked into it — investigated the situation and made some kind of attempt of concern over the health of the customers. No effort. No compensation. Considering on filing a suit. The get a negative 5 stars.

Spent the last couple days and a night here. On a week long business trip but couldn’t sleep… Why, you may ask? Because the cockroaches were seaming about the bed and the water wouldn’t run out of the faucets… Breakfast is more like a lite snack and not even enough room to relax. The rooms smell of mold, mildew, cigarettes smoke and most of all DEATH! Do your research!

Toilet broke, room next to us have police tape around it and looks like a car ran into it. We really should’ve checked reviews. Wouldn’t move my aunt from her room that smelled like something died in there… they gave her air fresheners… looking for another hotel at the moment.
There’s blood on my pillow!!! The fawkkkk

It worst than 1 star. Make mistake reading most of the reviews. I do not know why other peolple even give this Inn a 2 stars. Booked for 2 nights, get htere very late (1am) door was lock, clerk not even bother to open the door have to do transaction through small window. Inn has iron fence around property but the only problem is all of the gates has no lock and wide open. Room is terrible, stains are everywhere even on the ceiling. TV has 2 channels (one is Mexican channel). Room phone does not work. Bathtub has stain all around inside and very slow drainning (after shower I have to rewash my feet). Breakfast is include toasts, coffee and cereal. If you want waffe, you have to make it yourself. When told the desk clerk phone does not work, she just shrug. Next day ask for extra towels, clerk said does not have them since housekeeping already left. I would not recomment this place to anybody even to the one I hate.

Other than the 3 cockroaches I killed during my 2-​night stay, I have no complaints.
This is a cheap roadside motel, so you can’t really have high expectations. However, I would expect that there wouldn’t be roaches running around the bathroom. It wasn’t a big deal to me, but if such things bother you, then be warned.

I’m giving it 4 stars for what it is — NOT a 4 star hotel! But it was clean, had a zillion channels on the TV, and an in-​room microwave and fridge, all for $ 45. The a/​c unit’s fan took care of any traffic noise. Seriously, I remember trying to find rooms at around that price in high school on college hunting trips and that was in 1994! Great value.

Chose the place because it was inexpensive (and gives discounts on multiple-​night stays!) but was pleasantly surprised by the cleanliness and service. Marina was a treasure, and it’s difficult to put a price on only having a 3-​minute span between driving up to the place and swiping my keycard in the door. Prompt check-​in and check-​out, scrupulously clean room and pool, and although the railroad tracks are close, I didn’t notice much noise.
It’s an older building, so I guess it’s not snazzy, but I was mostly interested in rest and having a clean place with good air conditioning, it it more than fit the bill.
Overall, worth your time, and they have clearly put in a lot of work and expanded their staff since the earlier reviews.

In an older, less attractive area of Merced (that’s not saying much, Merced’s no Shangri La!)
Both the rooms and the building could use a facelift but for the money, much better than I expected. Room and carpet very clean, firm comfortable bed.
If you are looking for a decent place to sleep… This fits the bill and you will see this is a great value!
Understand that «you get what you pay for», and be gracious for a great rate clean linens and and a caring staff.
The staff will take better care of you if you don’t turn your nose up at their property. They take pride in this place and will correct a problem if there is one.
I would stay here again. This time is on a necessities stop but I would come back.
Way above what you paid for in many ways… Don’t be so bitter Unilocalers!

I thought to myself when I chucked over the $ 40 for my one night stay last night if I don’t get bed bug bites (reading the other reviews) then the money is worth it.
AND…
No bed bug bites… All in all it is a crappy hotel, but for the price you have a bed and a shower and a breakfast (barely).
Do not have high expectations and you will be alright.
There is mold on the corners
You can hear the freeway and loud neighbors very easily
It definitely has a grungy feel to it.

En un mot: Délabré ! Seule la partie piscine est entretenue et correcte, pour le reste nous sommes tombés dans une chambre avec une mauvaise odeur (fumeur), avec plein de tâches noires sur la moquette et les murs, on n’ose même pas se laver dans la salle de bain, la (seule) lumière de la pièce clignotait, le wi-​fi qui né marche pas, pour couronner le tout on entend la circulation comme si nous étions dehors. Je déconseille fortement cet hôtel