Super 8 Salinas

Great location close the to freeway for traveling, Nicest budget motel I’ve ever seen! The room interior was completely redone, with a nice modern/​minimalistic style.
All hard floors, no more nasty hotel carpet. Bed was comfortable. Complimentary breakfast was far better than you get elsewhere. Would definitely stay here again.
*Cons: Bed was kind of cold, ended up getting an extra blanket from the front desk.
*The restaurant/​bar adjacent was playing loud music until fairly late but I turned the fan on and fell asleep anyway.

My husband and I do a lot of weekend trips and we always stay in budget motels, so I’m very aware of the «budget» motel experience. This place is one of the best I’ve ever stayed at in this price range. I mean, if I’m being honest, it’s better than other hotels I’ve stayed in that cost way more.
Our room was spotless and came with a refrigerator, microwave and free Wi-​fi. The room was very modern and stylishly decorated. I was really shocked at how nice it looked when we walked in. I will definitely be staying here again. I wish all motels in this price range were like this place!

Wow, this place far exceeded our expectations. The checkin clerk was courteous, and helped us find a spot to park where our bicycles would be safe. The beds are new, the whole place has been remodeled, including microwaves and fridges, and no rough edges are showing.

Pretty good hotel, it’s clean, nice, price is good 2, Back to 101n is convenient

Excellent for a sub $ 100 hotel. Super clean remodeled rooms. Very nice front desk and kid friendly.

Ok this is basically two different reviews. One of the hotel itself/​rooms etc, and another of the service we received. The rooms were just ok, weak showers, a bit of a dank smell in the rooms, décor was pretty nice, overall just OK. What made our stay here worth remembering was the service we received from Brian the manager. My family and I, including hungry little ones arrived at the breakfast room to eat around 920am. Everything was put away and the manager explained that breakfast had ended at 9am. I was sick to my stomach. Yes technically it was my fault for not knowing, but at the same time the check in person never said a word about the breakfast ending that early (9am seems really early to me I mean we are on vacation can’t we sleep IN?). In any case I was visibly pissed and told my kids, let’s go back to the room. I think most managers would have said oh well too bad so sad, but Brian said,“wait let me get the stuff back out so you guys can have your breakfast. He took the time to get everything back out even the stuff for the waffles. Then he told us about good times to stay at the hotel price wise and local things to do etc. With the lame cust service that I experience almost on a daily basis, this was such a pleasant surprise, so I had to give this review to say thank you to brian for going above and beyond and making our stay nice. thxx

Good for the area. Clean, good A/​C, not too noisy for being next to the 101. I wasn’t impressed that my keycard was disabled at 8 AM. Went to the lobby for breakfast and couldn’t get back in the room with a handful of food and hot coffee. Checkout is «before 11» but 8 AM is way before. Unrelated to the hotel, the area is pretty low rent. Don’t expect a decent restaurant nearby, don’t go jogging in the early morning. But there’s an In-​n-​Out within walking distance.

I’ve come to expect a certain «lack of quality» from low-​budget motels over my years of business traveling. Anytime my company books a Super 8, Motel 6, Best Western or the like I dread my stay. And for good reason. The mattresses tend to be less comfortable, the breakfasts aren’t good, the towels are thin (and often stained), the rooms are dark, the shower head sucks, the people next door are too loud… I can go on and on.
However, my recent experience at Super 8 in Salinas TAKES THE CAKE.
I went to bed late. It was dark and I was exhausted after a long day of work. When I woke up in the morning I saw a huge brown stain on the sheets near where my head had been all night. I don’t know if the stain was blood, chocolate, dirt or God forbid… the result of someone’s fecal fetish. It looked like sh*t to me though. (The picture is above. What does it look like to you?)
Anyway, I complained to management and they apologized. They sent housekeeping to my room to clean it right away, but the damage had been done. And that was that.
They probably should have comped my room but my company paid for the stay so that would be of no consolation to me. I mean, what could they really do?! Offer me a free night’s stay?! No thanks.

I did not expect much but what a great surprise. Very clean (bathroom smelled like bleach; my favorite thing in a hotel bathroom!), refrigerator and microwave in the room, air conditioner was quiet, more than just a continental breakfast with cereal, yogurt, and waffles. Newly redecorated. Free wifi. Some noise because it’s next to the freeway, but we only heard it in the daytime. I would stay here again.

I looked long and hard for a reasonably priced hotel in Salinas and the surrounding area to visit family, and visit San Francisco. I found this Super 8 reasonably priced and within miles of my brother and his family that we were visiting. I checked the Unilocal reviews, as I always do when looking for a descent place to stay or place to eat. I have to agree with the majority of positive reviews given for this Super 8. It exceeded my expectations with it’s cleanliness and friendly staff. I was very pleased with the convenience of location to the 101 and multiple fast food within a stones throw. If you are considering booking this hotel I would defiantly recommend it. For what it’s worth my wife is pretty picky when it comes to places to stay with the family, and she was very pleased with this Super 8.

This was the nicest of this type of hotel we have ever seen. Everything was clean and neat. Bed was very big. Well-​themed room décor and furniture and their staff was very friendly! Only reason it didn’t get 5 stars was because we wished it was in the normal $ 40 – 50 range for the hotel of this class.

Our stay was on a west coast road trip and having never been to the area we had no idea what to expect. After reading the previous reviews, we were very pleasantly surprised by the location and the very professional, friendly, helpful manager on duty. He greeted us warmly, made sure we were accommodated, and answered questions we had.
We appreciated the warm, inviting super cute room. It seemed newly decorated and was very clean. I have stayed at far pricier chains and not had as clean a room. We loved the wall art. We only stayed overnight and took advantage of the opportunity to sleep in so we didn’t hit the breakfast or use any other amenities or visit any local establishments.
I would absolutely stay at this location again when I am driving through.

Look no further! Recently remodeled. Conveniently located by the fwy but still quiet enough to get a good night sleep. Continental breakfast is awesome! Best I’ve had at any hotel. Fresh waffles and coffee, fruit, milk, cereal and pastries. I stayed here with my wife and 3 kids, we got to bfast at 8:40 and noticed it was over at 9am the guy at the front desk didn’t rush us at all and even went to the back to get more waffle mix for us. We will definitely be back… ps… My 3yr old was fascinated with the room keys. He asked the guy at the front desk if he could keep one and the let him keep both. That just made my sons day and was the icing on the cake!

First, the room itself: remodeled, updated & extremely clean. The room is updated like no other chain motel to I’ve been to. The beds were clean, carpet new & clean. We were very happy. Small room with two double beds but cozy.
The price was not bad. Considering the fact that it was the 4^th of July weekend it wasn’t going to be cheap. The room was $ 70 one night and $ 90 for the 2^nd night. Total came close to $ 200.
There was a pool but too cold outside to use.
It’s relatively close to other hotels, restaurants are close by & we’re about 15 min from the Steinbeck museum.

Very clean — the room was like new. It was comfortable and quiet. The price was reasonable.
Our only complaint was breakfast. Everything was empty and the clerk was running back and forth, handling the desk and the food. It was too much for him to keep up with. It became a frustrating experience, eating in bits and pieces.

We stayed here for one night while on are way to san Francisco they charged us almost 3 times what they were supposed to charge they said they would fix the charges but they never did when I called again they said they only charged us the amount due and were rude about it I have to dispute it with my bank what a pain I would never stay here again pretty damn ghetto and the people that work there incompetent

Considering that it is a motel, it was a very pleasant experience! The room was really nice, clean, staff friendly and helpful, and convenient for our needs. We wanted to stay somewhere cheap, so did not expect much, but this place exceeded our expectations. Btw, not to be confused with another listing on Unilocal for a Super 8 on Fairview. That is not a Super 8 any longer and we wanted to stay with this chain as it has not let us down. Check it out when you want to stay in Salinas on the cheap, but still want to feel like a human being.

Fantastic spot. Everything I could ever ask for of a motel 8. The room was only $ 66 with my aaa discount when all of the other hotels literally next door and across the street were $ 159 and all booked up. Strongly recommend this place if you want a good cheap clean room.

I have say this place has great value. AAA discount, dog friendly and has continental breakfast talk about a deal. great value at this place.