Columbia Gem Motel

Please stop read this before thinking staying in historical calumbia ca. Seats next sonora ca. Start with owner wonderful lady. Very helpful and just good person. Front desk great service. And maid service outstanding. Don keeps cabin's clean most of all feeling like home. Maintenance on top of it. So of ur looking for place up Sonora area to take time check this out. Cabin's are wondering. Me and my family love this place. Only hotel will stay at. It's like family here. Only better. Joshua Cruz bay area

Amazing cabins and great location to several popular places. Owner Candida Cappadocia is in the process of remodeling all of the cabins and rooms...they look amazing and you can not beat the hospitality and the prices.

Rene is the best! Very friendly and accommodating.The motel is a bunch of cabins. Some solo units; others contain 2 units with one set having a connecting door between 2 units. They also have a 2 room cabin as well. Though the fixtures and some furnishings are outdated, everything works properly with no problems; and this place is very clean, hotel quality. My friend and I had no problems settling into this place. Love to stay here again the next time I'm in the area, and there's still a lot to explore...

I hate bucking the trend here. On the plus side: I must say that the cabins are super cute, and very clean! The A/C works great. It's conveniently located to Columbia and Sonora. Rene is super cool. Unfortunately, there was a significant problem which was impossible to overlook and difficult to handle. The only cabin that could accommodate us and the kids was cabin number one. It is about ten yards off the road. Both beds were rock hard. It was super loud each time a car drove by. My wife summed it up like this. "It felt like we were sleeping on a rock in the middle of the street." If only the beds were more comfortable we could have dealt with the road noise. The two together added up to two nights of crappy sleep and aching backs. I didn't have the heart to give a two star review. Sorry Rene, I really, really wanted to love this place.

This is not really a motel but a bunch of cabins. We stayed in cabin #1 which has 2 rooms , a bathroom, a porch, & a private yard. The downfall of #1 is it's closest to the road but it didn't bother me. The owner is very nice & helpful. He set us up with a unique dinner at the plant nursery nearby that was great! The beds are comfy (I'm used to a tempurpedic) & there's a fridge microwave & coffee maker. I'd recommend bringing your own coffee & filters (we bought some in town). All in all the place was very clean & affordable.PS no wifi but good ATT service

Very very cozy and rustic. The cottage was a little small but very clean and homey. The a/c worked well! It was 100 degrees 4th of July weekend abd it cooled us down.Rene the host is super friendly and helpful.

My parents and I were passing through and had nowhere to stay for the night. We passed this place to give it a try. The front door was locked so we rang the bell. A gentleman opened a side window and asked what we wanted, we told him we needed one night. He unlocked the door and welcomed us in. You can see that he had turned the entryway to his personal home into a front reception counter. His cat greeted us and his little dog yapped as we checked in. I love animals, but for those who don't like pet odor (or is allergic) would have a problem inside here.We were given the last room, lucky us. We had a good time chatting it up with the owner. He gave us some advice on where to eat dinner and what not. He just had one request, if we had a steak to please bring his dog the done. Well we gladly did that, that was one happy dog.The rooms are individual little cabins surrounding the property. There is a nice little porch with metal chairs to sit on. The inside included two beds (in separate rooms) and a Jack and Jill bathroom. The beds were large and very comfortable. The bathroom included towels and some toiletries. In the living room (which is also the front bedroom) was a TV, fridge, microwave, and a coffee maker. The AC unit worked very well. There is plenty of room to park your vehicle right next to the cabin.This place felt like a home away from home, I wish we could've stayed another night or two. The owner was very nice and the place was very cozy and clean.

Charged my card 6 1/2 months later after our stay. I was sure it had already come out of our account but if not, a phone call would have been nice letting us know they were going to charge it... almost flagged as fraud due to not recognizing it. Poor organization it seems.

We had the double. It's two small rooms filled to capacity with mismatched furniture. The relatively busy road was a mere five feet from the cabin and gave its noise to us generously. Some reviews claim that our specific cabin was romantic. My wife and I, staring at the microwave and mini-fridge a few feet from the foot of the bed disagree. I do appreciate the signs of renovations though. It was clear that the owner does care for the property and takes his business seriously. Further, I can calibrate. In a rustic cabin I don't expect perfection. So why the two stars? The high price paid ($170) did not match the value received. Indeed, we later discovered that we could have stayed in old-town Campbell, right off the main street in a rustic hotel for less per night.Shop around.

My husband and I stumbled into this place after 10pm on a Friday night without a reservation. Rene, the innkeeper, was friendly and welcoming, gave us a great cabin at a great rate and made us feel like long-awaited family, not complete strangers who'd turned up on his porch without a reservation late at night. Our cabin was clean, cute, well appointed, and comfortable. Everything you need for a weekend away or a longer stay - we had a microwave, a fridge, and a coffee maker. The bed was comfortable enough that we slept in until 10am - unheard of! I highly recommend a stay at the Columbia Gem Inn if you are in the area - you won't be disappointed. Rene is so friendly and welcoming you will want to come back again soon!