Howard Johnson

NOTE: this hotel is no longer called Howard Johnson. It is now rebranded as «V Hotel».
I normally stay in boutique hotels. But when United Airlines cancels your 9pm flight and rebooks you for one at 6am, it’s best to just find a cheap place to crash by the airport. For the price, I can’t imagine it getting much better than V Hotel.
Front staffer Chris was helpful, friendly, and resourceful. He courteously problem-​solved for myself and several others swiftly and happily. Chris could easily be employed at a 5 star hotel!
The room was very clean, updated and there plenty of towels.
(The bathtub didn’t drain but if I’d bothered to call it in, I’m sure Chris would have taken care of it in a jiffy!)

What a bunch of friendly staff! The room we are staying in is newly renovated, clean washroom and comfy beds! It sure beats the dump down the street by far. Wifi works great and we have a huge TV. Love it here.

The parking lot is rather small for SUVs, but the late night manager did what he could to accomodate our vehicle since it was full. The rooms are nice with a great size T.V., fridge and microwave. The beds were really comfy and cozy. The bathrooms are small, but they have soap and shampoo dispensers in the shower that helps with those that can’t travel with toiletries. Breakfast is from 0630 to 0930.

I booked for 3 days. The following morning, there was no hot water. After waiting hours, I canceled my reservation and booked a hotel across a block away. It was cheaper and a whole star higher. They offered me a «discount» but my original rate was inflated (from $ 101 to $ 127) so I ended up with a $ 1 discount for the inconvenience. I was not given any updates as to when I could expect hot water, but as soon as I checked out, they quickly called to ask that I leave within 30 minutes. The room was stinky and it should have been smoke free.

Somebody else made my travel reservations this trip so this is where I ended up. I stayed a night, left my car for three days, and then stayed overnight again upon my return. There were two clerks the first time and two different clerks the next. They were all very nice and friendly, no problems. The bed was extremely comfortable, way more than I expected. (The three days in Chicago at the Sheraton were not as comfortable.) The place outside is worn looking and sometimes downright dirty. That is my only complaint. It made me wonder if I was safe, also as it as not close to anything you can walk to (except a couple of other second-​rate hotels).
All in all, I would prefer Best Western or Holiday Inn, but in a pinch it was fine.

The staff was extremely friendly. The room was immaculate. We had 2 very comfortable queen sized beds. Huge flat screen TV, coffee maker, microwave, refrigerator. Everything is updated and new, plenty of closet space and sizeable bathroom.
I stayed here with my 2 children for 2nights during a Frisco trip and was very pleased. I would definitely book with HoJo again!

This HoJo does its trick. We had an early morning 7-​hour layover at SFO and took this as if it were a hotel by the hour. Take that 65 $ hotel room and sleep 5 hours, that comes to just over 13 bucks per hour slept, which isn’t bad!
The rooms are cheesy as one would expect in a motel, but frankly the bed was clean, new and solid, and they are in the process of rennovating all the rooms with brand new bathrooms! Ours in fact still lacked a door and a mirror but was spotless, with a great hot shower that made a huge difference for the next long haul flight.

Ok place to spend night. not to expensive on top you get microwave and fridge as extra bonus. staff was friendly and helpful. Recommend if you want to save extra cash

We were going to a trade show just needed a place to sleep. We had 3 adults and 2 children. Room was clean not a lot of space, but with 5 of us what do you expect. The beds were so hard you thought you were sleeping on the floor. We did not have any problem getting extra towels. Their Deluxe breakfast consisted of 3 different kinds of muffins, hard boiled eggs, cold cereal (3 kinds) white & wheat bread, mini bagels, orange & apple juice, plus coffee, and a gallon jug of milk in a ice bucket to keep it cold. Very small lobby with 2 small round tables that only 2 people could sit at. You had to get your breakfast & go back to your room to eat it. I got a cup of coffee when I left and didn’t try it before I left. Well the filter must of fell over because I got a cup of coffee that was mostly grounds.

I really don’t like to give bad reviews, but I just had to for this hotel. We stayed at this hotel for 2 nights back in March. The first night was ok, nothing great, but that’s what we get for booking a hotel at the last minute during the GDC (game developers conference) weekend. Well, after the second night we wake up early to get the day started… I get in the shower and there is no hot water at all! We call the front desk and they tell us that they are aware of the problem and are «working on it right now». So we decide to wait about an hour… nothing. We wait for another hour… nothing. We were becoming worried because it was getting close to check out time and we definitely wanted to take a shower, that’s the whole point of staying at a hotel, right? To have a place to sleep and shower. We call the front desk again and the same person tells us that «someone is on their way to fix it.» REALLY?! So they lied to us when we called 3 hours earlier to ask. Well, check out time comes and nothing gets fixed, we had to take showers in freezing cold water!!! When we check out and my husband complains and ask if there’s anything they can do… they give us a $ 7 discount! Wow! Really?! All I know is that we are never staying here again and I would not recommend it to anyone. Yes, I understand things happen, BUT they didn’t have to lie to us and could have given us a bigger discount for the inconvenience.

I stayed here a week ago with limited funds with my 3 friends. While booking I kept putting in 4 people but when I got there it was 2 people maximum he said and extra $ 20 for the people. I ended up spending over $ 120 for this place that gave me a SMOKEY room I didn’t want, cold showers the guy never told us til later that we had to turn on the sink to Hot water to take hot showers. Never was told when breakfast was and staff just seemed rude. But 2 stars is for location.

«Inexpensive Park, Sleep and Airport Package Minutes from SFO»
A recent early AM SFO flight required a park, sleep and fly hotel. We are glad we found this Inn.
From the moment Chris the super friendly helpful staff checked us in, and seeing the ample room, we knew we made a good choice.
Combine with comfortable beds, hot coffee at 4AM, shuttle on time, including fast pick up at airport, then Chris’s friendly help on return, this airport lodging is good.
And aprox. 15% –50% cheaper then other park, sleep and fly packages.

Had to check out early of this place. DID NOT feel safe. Noisy guests, guests knocking on my door at 1:00 and 2:00 a.m. My car alarm being set off. Reports of people sleeping in mar car! The young man at the desk was very very helpful though ;) and went to check on my car for me. But nevertheless I had to check out early!!!

Upon check in the bozo that works the front counter put me in a room with someone else’s baggage in it already.
That was just the beginning.
We had to leave around five o’clock am and my friend gets the front door guy to let him get an early breakfast after denying my GF 3 times. The door guy doesn’t realize we are together and when confronted he flips all gangster and wants to fight. I’m exited this guy wants to rumble at 5:15 am but he won’t come out side and just continues to talk shit from behind the desk.
O yeah, I asked him for his last name so I can file a complaint that’s when he started flipping out and challenging me to fight at 5:15 am. I never did get his last name.
I was going to file a complaint with Howard Johnson’s but then realize this guy has my address and credit card information. If he gets fired and finds himself a lot of free time on his hands he could show up at my front door all Asian gangsta’d out, frontin. Good thing I’ve got big dogs.
Is all this really worth a stay at Howard Johnson’s. ??
O yeah there’s some middle eastern cats selling stolen iPhones out of there too. Only reason I know this is the hotel front desk lady made me wait 15 minutes while she and he had bartered on a price for two phones.
This is you run of the mill every day Hojo’s

I love this hotel! I’ve stayed here twice now. Excellent Staff. Clean. HBO. Modern. Spacious. Free wifi and continental breakfast. Only complaint this last stay was a dark blue wash cloth on the top of my shower rod, which was kind of nasty, but I didn’t have to touch it or anything so it didn’t bother me. Will definitely be back!

Finally, a hotel shower with impeccable water pressure! The staff is really nice and attentive, as well as exceptionally thorough with the room service. The hotel itself is old, but you get what you pay for!

Staff Member ANDY was very rude! Did not want to hear what I have to say nor anything I have to request if he did not want to be at work then he should have not be there instead have someone else who is customer service friendly he made my experience unpleasant and will NEVER return if he works there!

It was cheap, but you get what you pay for. That seems to be the theme to the reviews for this hotel.
We stayed on the second floor, the room furthest from the stairs… with our 3 small children, that wasn’t exactly a bonus. We did have the end room upstairs tho, which gave us a lovely view of the canal and highway 101… which kept my wife awake most of the night with the endless traffic noise. Single pane windows didn’t help.
The room was big. We had 2 queens and it came with 3 large comfy chairs, a table, desk, fridge, separate closet area for your luggage.
Continental breakfast was a challenge. Scavenging for the food that the lone employee would put out between checking people out isn’t very fun.
Oh, and their ice machine was broken and they never mentioned it. So our milk and other food spoiled that day. Probably only $ 15 worth, but still, that’s a charge that isn’t tracked on the room fee. Kind of frustrating.
There is a Starbucks very close. Turn left out of the parking lot, go straight thru the light and pull into the gas station on the right. Because you know they’re going to have those crappy 6 oz coffee cups at the hotel continental breakfast.
And I almost forgot… the one employee was so busy checking people out and barely able to refill the continental breakfast that he wasn’t aware of or didn’t have time to go tell the guys throwing a football in the parking lot over everyones cars to knock it off. Yeah, some of the ball bounces were banging into peoples cars. I was parked away from that, but it would have pissed me off if I was parked there. Of course, driving out of the parking lot they couldn’t resist throwing over my car. These guys were in their late 20’s, they should have known better. I had better things to do, so I only gave them a disapproving look. Maybe they thought I was upset about the ice machine. Whatever, I was going to Starbucks and nothing was going to stop me.

Ask for another room if you get Room 110… you will get ZERO sleep. This room is right next to some sort of fan that makes loud noises ALL NIGHT LONG.
This place is in need of a major overhaul… the bathrooms are GROSS!

Ehhh. I am indifferent. It is a cheap motel, but you get what you pay for…
It wasn’t anything special, and the breakfast was lacking… if you call cereal breakfast. I definitely wouldn’t advertise it as one of the benefits of staying there.
The pillow gave me a tension headache, so I suggest bringing your own. Next time I will stay across the room and pay the extra $ 15/​night!