Muir Lodge Motel

It's one of the worst places I've stayed in a long time, and I've been to about 15 Hotels-Motels-and inns with in the last month.... When we first arrived at the Muir Lodge Motel, we were greeted by a young lady at the front desk, followed by what looked to be her mother and father. They didn't say hello they just walked through what I assumed was their lobby. Whitch was fair because they had some kiddios with them. (Note:so I'm sure this motel is family owned and operated). The girl in the front was friendly but unfortunately informed me that we weren't allowed to use a verchual card for "TAP PAY" ,and if we didn't have a physical card they would have to charge me 100$ extra and I wouldn't be giving it back for the deposit. I thought that was expensive and unfair!! Luckly i had one, but what if i was down on my luck and lost my card that day, what then? If you think about it most people do have cards now and days and if you come upon someone who doesn't the majority of the time it's due to being stolen or lost. so that person not only has to pay for all new cards but now there hotel is charging them extra 100$ without giving it back as usual... To me, this just shows how much they care for the customer. So the first room we were given smelled like someone smoked 3 packs of cigarettes in the room before she gave it to us, which I did not appreciate because she didn't even ask us if we wanted a smoking or non smoking Room!!... We then requested another room. This room was just as bad!!! The smell was DISCUSTING!! I filled the tub with water to stop the RAW SEWAGE SMELL from coming out of the TUB!!! Unfortunately, when it was full, it may have looked like clean water, but it smelled RAW SEWAGE AND IT MADE US SICK!! There was also tagging in the bathroom!! I COULD TELL THEY DID NOT CAER IF IT WAS CLEAN OR NOT DUD TO THE SMELL OF URINE COMING FROM THE CORNER OF THE ROOM, RIGHT NEXT TO WHERE YOU LAY YOUR HEAD DOWN TO SLEEP NEXT TO THE BED!! NOT AT THE FOOT OF THE BED NEXT TO YOUR HEAD!!!! ALSO THE FACT THAT THERE WAS 2 PIECES OF TISSUE IN THE TISSUE BOX NO TOLIT PAPER AND THERE WAS A NOTE PAD 1 PIECES OF PAPER!! IM NOT EVEN EXAGGERATING!! at that point, why even put the note pad in there? in the morning, I informed the young lady of everything that had gone on. She was apologetic, but not too much so, instead of taking responsibility for the lack of cleaning due to the maids or lack thereof, meaning the cleaners were the family, not actual maids.... She continued to say "I need to find out who stayed in that room last and call those customers", as if it was the customer's fault that their room was disgusting and wasn't even properly filled with toiletries. Thats on the customer. In my opinion its on the motel and Maids or the family they had acting as maids. Not the last customer that stayed there....I found that comment to be somewhat offensive because im sure she told the next customers the same thing, That it was my fault that the room smelled like pee in the corner,and poo in the tub.... The one good thing is we didn't have to sleep with our heads next to the smell of piss because there was two beds....5 STAR FOR WINNING ONE OF THE MOST DISCUSTING PLACES IVE STAYED IN MY LIFE!!!!

Good and the bad? Okay here goes:The Good- I rented a room in this motel for FOUR nights, so we had a decent amount of time in which to form our opinion. Check-in was relatively painless. We got our keys and went in our room. The room seems pretty clean, no major issues there. A couple observations were that the bathroom sink, as modern as it appears, is very loud when you run the water. I mean really loud. And you can hear when the next room runs their water too. The other thing is, it the John Muir Motel, so you kind of expect the theme of the rooms to be consistent with the name of the place; maybe traditional or somewhat rustic. But that's not the case. The decor is definitely modern. Not bad, just not matching the flavor of the area. Grey and purple walls. No pictures on the walls. Chrome and minimalist decor. Again, not horrible, just not what you'd expect.Our first three nights were pleasant. It was Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. There didn't seem to be too many other guests so things were fairly quiet. There was a guest who talked loudly and made noise at 5am, but at least it was over quickly.Okay, now The Bad:But now tonight is Sunday night, our last night. And boy were we in for a shock. We don't know who all was out there, but it's now almost midnight, and there have been several guys right outside our room, sitting around cooking on a grill, making lots of noise and smoking so close to our room that the smoke was coming in. Unbelievable how rude you have to be to pull that kind of behavior. So now I'm still trying to calm down from it so I can get to sleep. This type of thing should not be allowed to go on here or at any motel. It's too bad this last night's experience had somewhat marred our stay.

I did a mini staycation. The staff was amazing. Super friendly, easy checkin and housecleaning was nice. Room was clean and updated. Was able to park in front of the room. Comfortable beds and the area was quiet at night to sleep A short distance to the freeway, with places to visit including the John Muir house, shopping, a movie theater all within a 5 minute car ride.

The family that operates this motel has put the mo' in motel. Bottled water and breakfast pastries in the room for no extra charge, complimentary ear plugs if you want solitude. I didn't find the place to be excessively noisy, but like all motels you're never far from the roadway, so if you're a restless sleeper then the ear plugs would be handy. The rooms have a huge closet, I mean you could fit a crib inside if traveling with a baby like your husband. I turned our closet into a man cave for the night!The rooms are nicely remodeled and they bathroom is very nice. Many hotels are doing away with those little bottles of shampoo and soap. There are nice big shampoo and soap dispensers in the shower. Rooms have a small fridge and microwave too and the obligatory Mr Coffee style drip machine.Oh yeah the toilet has that old fashioned paper wrapper that says it was sanitized for your protection. I took it home for the novelty.You'll enjoy staying here - we certainly did!

Other than the cockroaches, it was great!At first glance it's a quaint little mom & pop ran motor lodge. I cannot bring myself to give them a 1-star review, because I understand cockroaches exist and have a mind of their own. But my sister awoke with a roach in her hair on our last night at the motel. So this was a horrifying experience for her, and she can't even talk about it. I dealt with the pest, and we tried to get some sleep, which of course didn't happen.Cockroach aside-the place seemed clean and I didn't mind staying there. Don't know if I'd stay there again...

After the day from hell traveling, I was just wanting to get off the road and rest. Booked online while traveling there was easy enough, and my very late arrival (1 am) was not a problem either. As I rounded the corner the neon signage was a beacon of hope in the dead of night.This is a very cool old school motor inn with parking at the door. This vintage motel is clean and comfortable, my room was modern and updated (all plugs have USB ports) with all new fixtures in the bath area. Free wifi worked well.My room #2, was very nicely appointed, laminated flooring throughout, a very comfortable king bed, two sitting chairs and a small table seating area, a decent sized work desk and chair, along with the usual coffee maker, mini fridge, microwave and flat screen tv. Nice modern bathroom and shower, with plenty of hot water for my shower, cool raised bowl sinks and modern fixtures and good oversized towels (not the usual small thin ones) and nicer quality than most.Check out was a breeze and I was on my way again, feeling better than when I arrived. This is a neat little family owned and operated motel, and a very reasonable price for the area. The owners kind and friendly.4 Stars - a good value and choice for the area and I will return next time there, recommended.00488

** COCKROACH ALERT **The employees were nice, but this place was not clean. I had to wash the ice bucket, the shower curtain had black mold on it, and BONUS - I woke up to a cockroach in my bed/in my HAIR. When we told the employees about the roach, they basically said they didn't care and wouldn't do anything about it. This was the worst place I've ever stayed.

We have stayed here twice over the past few weeks while I was receiving treatment from a doctor in Martinez. The place is clean, rooms are nicely updated which include a refrigerator, microwave and coffee maker.The manager is very accommodating and friendly. I highly recommend this hidden gem in Martinez.

Oh WOW!!!! So I made a booking online. I thought the booking was for that very night, it turned out it was for the next night, as I'm told when I arrive by the "owner" and "supervisor" who refused to give me his name.When I said, okay, that's fine, will you please help me cancel it? His response was- literally- "I don't want to." No I'm not kidding he really said that, more then once. When I, in total shock, tried to explain that I need to speak to his manager, the phone rang. He put his hand up in a "talk to the hand" motion, and I STOOD THERE FOR UPWARDS OF FIVE MINUTES WHILE HE TALKED, AND CARRIED ON A CONVERSATION IN A TOTALLY FOREIGN LANGUAGE.I was absolutely shocked. As a matter of fact, five minutes is a very conservative amount of time. It was more like seven to eight minutes, possibly a tad longer, but let's call it five minutes just to be fair.So, while I was waiting, I figured out all on my own how to cancel my reservation. I would have had time to walk across the street, get a drink, and come back. When he finally got off the phone, I asked him to speak to a manager. He clearly, deceptively answered to me he is the owner and manager.When I asked for his first name, he literally, again said "I dont want to" (tell you). I was so absolutely shocked, confused, and put off by this mans behavior, I did something I thought I would never in my life do. I said, okay, so here's what's going to happen now. I'm going to take out my phone, and begin recording your treatment of me. If you would like to see the video- please search Martinez Lodge Alhambra on YouTube. It needs to be seen to believed.I usually stay at the Hilton, and let me tell you I am a proud Hilton Honors member. I regret ever attempting to go somewhere else. The way this man treated me was an absolute nightmare. Again, it needs to be seen to be believed. Please search Martinez Lodge Alhambra on Youtube to see for yourself, and, at all costs, do not come here.

Came about 1 months ago, lifted the sheets and saw a big period stain, asked to get another room but just gave new sheets. Decided to try it again one month later just to get disappointed again. Ants all over the tub, he did not want to give us another room, Ownr came in and sprayed ant killer. What made it worse he just left them dead their for us to clean??? Didn't give us a refund either, NEVER AGAIN , unprofessional