Americas Best Value Inn

Staying here was enjoyable from the start. Price seems a little high, but this is good for Mountain View. The room was very clean with a comfy bed.
Checking in and out was very quick and easy. The guy behind the front desk is very friendly and inviting. Made the whole experience pleasant. Stayed here one night and came back tonight. I am and would stay here again.

This hotel is perfect for its price. The room was relatively clean, bathroom and sink were updated. Shower stayed hot, TV had a lot of channel options. Bed was pretty comfortable and we didn’t hear any noise from other guests. Check in and check out went smooth and we had parking the two times we drove in. I give it 5 stars because the price per qualify was better than expected. This is based on a one night stay.

Best Value? I don’t think so! I stayed in this horrible cracker box recently, and everything was wrong with it. EVERYTHING. Walls like paper — you can hear someone talking in the next room even with normal voices, A/​C only works on 62 degrees, so either you freeze, or you go without A/​C. Refrigerator freezes the food. All of it. Phone doesn’t work. Static. I reported it, but they did not fix it. Major El Camino traffic noise. Remote doesn’t work for TV (TV guide doesn’t come up). But it still cost $ 200 for the night. Everyplace else was sold out, so this was the last room available near Castro Street. They will never see me again.

I’ve never stayed in a five star hotel… But this is the best of the best for $ 80. Maybe-​marble bathrooms! Cable TV! So clean that I’m even laying on the room’s couch writing this review!

On 6÷3÷15, I booked a hotel room for 7÷1÷15 to 7÷5÷15, with Americas Best Value Inn (ABVI) Phone: 650−961−6720 1012 W El Camino Real Mountain View CA 94 040. The daily room rate advertised was $ 109 per night. When I received my reservation I noticed that the total was $ 677.60, which is $ 177 more over at $ 109 plus $ 16 tax per night total $ 125×4 nightsfor a total of $ 500. When I brought this to the attention of the check in clerk at the hotel, he stated to me that the orignal price for the room per night was $ 199. Keep in mind that this is not a 5 star, 4 star or even barely a 3 star hotel. I showed the clerk ABVI’s website advertising $ 139 per night on 7÷2÷15. The clerk then showed me the crossed out $ 199 per night price next to the «special rate» and stated «this is what we charge.» The clerk refused to adjust my bill to reflect the original rate of $ 109 per night and stated that I could complain to whomever I wanted because he could not change the rate because of his boss.

Good enough value for a mid-​range motel. Clean, comfortable and staff is great. Just understand, ALL the prices for hotels in this area are seriously jacked. You are going to bleed from your wallet no matter what, especially during the week. This is one of the more reasonable motels and we looked at many that were more expensive and worse off.
Skip breakfast if you care about food in the morning. Grab something at Nob-​Hill Market instead.

We couldn’t get a room because they overbooked, but the night staff lied and told us «there was no record of your reservation», even when we showed the confirmation email. The day staff corrected this and said they simply overbooked. I asked for some compensation for our trouble, and they said they wouldn’t charge us for the night we didn’t stay; basically no compensation.
Room was clean inside, but I expected better customer service in this situation. Overbooking is standard practice, but so is compensating individuals that are inconvenienced.

This is a review update.
I stayed here for my second time on 08/​07/​2014 and wow — they have upgraded since I last visited! I can only speak for Room 225 — I don’t know if they have upgraded the whole place. Brand new carpet, paint, nice and comfortable mattress topper (don’t know if it’s an entirely new mattress), strong wifi, new bathroom. For $ 129 on El Camino Real it honestly doesn’t get much better in the budget category.
If you’ve never stayed in this area, be prepared. The $ 79.00 roadside motel you’re accustomed to anywhere else goes for $ 125+ around here. With Stanford University, Google and who knows what other organizations nearby, what would you expect?
I don’t think they serve breakfast and yes — they seem to have done away with the plastic-​wrapped sticky buns and throat burning nuke OJ in the fridge, which is for the better. There’s a Taco Bell directly next door for if you get in late and have the munchies.
Really a decent joint. I recommend.
PS: bring ear plugs — you’re right on El Camino.

I lived here for ten days, and I was pleased. The room was reasonably clean (there was some stains on the carpet but that’s all) and the people were friendly and helpful. The maid service was great, our room looked super neat every time she’d been there. Great location as well, close to downtown and you’ve got a couple of great places to eat nearby. Only downside was the breakfast, which wasn’t very good, bland coffee and cold pastries still packed in plastic, but since the room has a good sized fridge you can just buy cereal or bread or whatever you’d like and prepare for yourself. No big problems, and overall a good stay. The Wi-​Fi is pretty weak, tho.

Clean, comfortable and feels almost like an apartment rather than a motel– the room I stayed in featured beautiful furniture, king size bed, new marble-​esque floor tile in the bathroom, nice marble like sink countertop, and features that even most expensive hotels don’t have– actual hot shower water, a working fan in the bathroom AND a window in there as well. Nice! The breakfast consisted of cereal, fresh cold milk, fruit selection, juice and danish as well as coffee. My only real complaint about this place aside from it being so comfortable that it becomes difficult to get motivated in the mourning, is that the wifi signal was weak and slow, plus the heating unit is a bit loud.

The hotel is small and nice looking.
The customer service is great and friendly.
But the only reason I am giving them ⁴⁄₅ is because the TV doesn’t seem to work. I know it’s not me because they gave us directions to follow on with setting the TV up and it was fairly easy.
Overall great place, we will be back when we visit again!

The place for the money was outstanding in terms of cleanliness & comfort. The owner and staff were focused on running the place well to assure customers would want to come back which I will!

The rooms were clean. The location is convenient to everything in the area. Used them for a last minute trip to San Jose and most every other was booked. With advance planning, I’d be less likely to stay here again. Again, not dirty, not too noisy being on El Camino, but I’ve stayed in Hampton Inns across the country at a fraction of the price and those locations were considerably better than this hotel.

Stayed here for 2 nights. Really great place for the price – yeah, it’s not fancy, but it’s clean, the staff are pleasant, the rooms are big. The rating is four stars because it’s great for a cheap hotel; it’s not a Hilton and it wouldn’t be reasonable to expect it to be one. Has a fridge, microwave, free wi-​fi.
Nice flowers in the parking lot. No bike parking though; I ended up locking mine to the patio railing.

Great location.
Amazing staff.
Affordable rates.
Overall win.
My experience with this hotel actually led me to create a Unilocal account. I made a mistake when booking my reservation through Priceline, choosing a smoking, not non-​smoking, double oom for one. The minute I walked in, the front desk clerk checked with me on my reservation. Though unable to accommodate a room-​change from being completely booked, both the clerk and manager (owner?) helped me get in touch with Priceline and went OVER and BEYOND the call of duty to help me find a place to stay.
If the management and staff are any indication of the way the rest of the entire hotel experience is, definitely check this place out! If dissatisfied with the hotel, I am sure the team would be eager to please and help improve the experience.

Bare minimum shelter situation… This place cuts down on everything to cut back cost, certainly cheap, but not sure sure about the «best value».
The bed is comfortable enough, the sheets look clean but who knows. Some random stains on the carpet, keep your shoes on… couches are set out in the parking lot, real «white trash» looking (although the motel is ran by Indians). All these I can deal with, but 2 things really bothered me:
1. shampoo and shower gel are on wall mounted dispensers, no little bottles. Dispensers are a breading ground for bacteria and mold, I would never in a million years put that in my hair… fortunately I always bring my own toiletries when I travel.
2. towels are wafer thin, like almost see through, scratches your skin and does not soak up water… wtf? unfortunately no I did not think to bring my own towel…
For a motel, you are getting what you pay for, but I’ve definitely been to better motels. I need to be back in the same area for work next week, needless to say, I will not stay here again.

I got this hotel booked through
and got a $ 69 rate. I was worried what the condition would be but when I walked in I found that for the price I was pleasantly surprised. It’s very minimalist with only 4 hangers, no writing paper/​notepad, but it has the fridge, microwave, and I found my bed only had a sheet and bedspread… no blanket. I have to wait till the morning to see if my friend in another room has the same or if this was an oversight in my room. I posted pictures here as to show one funky thing I did find was that one of the lamp shades was so mangled and bent, anyone running the simplest hotel would have changed it out. I found it amusing. It is right next door to a Taco Bell and while I was working a project at the Shoreline Amphitheater, I think it might be one of the closest hotels to the amphitheater. Room 236.

This is a good place to stay if you aren’t looking to spend a lot of money and do not plan on being there for an extended time. I paid around $ 62 for the room for 1 night after taxes ((sale price)).
The room and surrounding area was clean, definitely no complaints there. It was well stocked with towels, soaps, and other items you usually see in a hotel. The room came with a fridge/​freezer, hair dryer, free Wi-​Fi, and limited Dish TV. It also had a «Grind & Brew» coffee machine which I didn’t get a chance to use :*(
The «staff» was pleasant, maybe a little too playful socially, but I’d rather someone be too playful then rude. LOL.
It’s location is decent. It was within reasonable driving distance from several fast food places and some nicer looking restaurants.
CONS:
* The Parking Lot — It’s HORRIBLY tiny. Unless you drive a Miata or something similar in size, you will spend at least 10 minutes trying to get out of your parking spot if the hotel is full. I stayed there on a Wednesday night, when I arrived around 8pm the parking lot was too bad, but when I left to grab a bit to eat around 11pm-​12am — it was horrible! It took me forever to get out of my parking space, it was like a 12 point turn! So my recommendation to you, BACK into the parking space with your nose pointing out — it will be sooo much easier on you!
* The Bed — The pillows were definitely broken in, which didn’t bother me — it’s great for those of us who sleep with pillows over our heads, but the bed was a tad bit too firm for MY taste. I woke up the following morning before my alarm went off due to some very mild back aches and pains.
* The TV channels are very limited. If you plan on spending a lot of time in the room, bring something else for entertainment like a lap top! ;)

Checked in last minute when our house was rendered uninhabitable by nasty paint fumes… got a $ 69 rate by just showing up, which was cheaper than the $ 82 rate showing online. A little nicer than a Motel 6, but I wouldn’t exactly recommend it to out of town guests.
Room was clean and had a big fridge and microwave, and a reasonably sized table w/​chairs as well as a small desk. Soap and shampoo in wall-​mounted dispensers. Bed was comfortable. Free wi-​fi was good; packaged donuts for breakfast were not. They must check Unilocal reviews, because we had enough towels and nothing was broken.
Ask for a room away from the street or the traffic would probably be really annoying.

I am going a half down really then 3. I So it’s «vacation» time. This year I had to make it a stay-​cation and with the World Cup starting at down. I stayed at this place so I could max sleep and walk to and from Castro St.
The place was clean. As it was s scorcher of a day, the AC was a welcome sight and it worked. I didn’t have any troubles just walking in and getting a room. The room was clean. I didn’t have the same issues as the other two reviewers, lucky me. The room came with an iron and board. So that as useful with me evening shirt. If you like real quiet, well a motel isn’t so good when people could hang out on walkway. I didn’t have that problem.
The location is pretty good. It’s a bit of a walk to Castro. There are a few restaurants across ECR and Taco Bell next door for late night eats. It’s close to Shoreline Amphitheater.
So for the purpose I needed. It was a decent choice. $ 75 weekend night was the price.