Rodeway Inn

There own words from the WiFi sign in screen are an accurate summary.
"Forget about fancy. When all you need is a solid deal on a simple stay, our Rodeway Inn® hotel in Alameda near the USS Hornet and Jack London Square is just what you're looking for. Conveniently located off Webster Street, this Alameda hotel gives you easy access to other local sites, activities and attractions, such as the Oakland Museum of California, College of Alameda--which is within walking distance--Oakland Coliseum and the Oakland International Airport." Clean, very reasonably priced. The WiFi is good, the rooms have a small refrigerator and a microwave andvthere is a variety of places to eat within walking distance. Getting the window of my rental car broken last night was a downside, but that might have happened elsewhere in Oakland or even in Rossville or Sacramento, though I did not notice it until I was filling the gas tank this morning.

3 stars because it is a Rodeway with bare floors, but in comparsion to other hotels at the price point it is a lot closer to 5.

Decide to give this a try since a few of my friends lived here many years ago, but man this was a bad decision.

People were loud at midnight and smoking weed... They were speaking spanish - middle/old age couple.

Indian lady rep was mad rude. The room was broken last week and you still haven't gotten it fixed... Got mad when we asked for another room because they gave us a really ugly one after we can't get in our room, as the door was broken.

A lot of people keep banging your door at 11 am after the check out time but we checked in soo late due to their fault of broken door and switching rooms...

Bed sheets seem kind of dirty

Never coming back unless free...

There needs to be a zero rating. The woman at the front desk was rude when I checked in only speaking to take my credit card. The carpet needs work and there was a terrible smell in the lobby as well.

The room was older, but cute. I liked the older furniture. The room had this funky smell but I'm sure it was just the spray. When I tried to open the window it would not open. I finally got it open and told them not to send maintenance. Then I left to find food.

When I get back to my room and sit on the bed this foul stench of cigarettes comes wafting up. I got up and sat down again, more smoke smell. I called the front desk to ask for another room and was told there were no more available rooms. After asking him what I was supposed to do since I wasnt going to sleep on this bed, he sends up his cleaning lady. Shes no lady. She comes up with two cans of spray to spray the bed. Shes actually going to spray the sheets! I refuse and tell her she needs to spray the mattress and change everything on the bed. She still wants to spray. I tell her to sit on the bed and she will smell it. She just looks at me. Why wont she sit on the bed? It hasn't been used, it should be clean, she still refuses.

She says I can stay or I can leave, they are completely booked for the night. Really? The place is completely void of cars. She says to me "reservations sweetheart" and walks away. I push the door shut and it slammed shut. Now shes hollering about how I need to leave for slamming the door. Shes going to call the police. Next the guy at the front desk calls and tells me I need to leave, he going to call the police. I tell him to go ahead and call. Of course, they never arrived.

I go to get my FULL refund and the guy just wants to argue. Literally, he just keeps talking. I finally tell him that if he shuts up then we have nothing else to say. He threatens to call the police again. I tell him to go ahead...I'll wait. He does nothing.

Bottom line, this NON-SMOKING motel is a smoke filled circus. The bed smelled like smoke. There were people walking in front of my room smoking. The cigarette cistern was two doors down from my room. Even though ALL the rooms have a no smoking placard on the doors. Its definately a smoker's paradise.

If I could give it zero I would. Very dirty, unkept, smelled like cigarettes even though it was non smoking. Carpet was dirty and stained and coming off the edges that joined it to the linoleum in the kitchen. Bathtub was gross luckily we always use sandals in hotels to shower and walk around. Found a used rag on top of the showers curtain rod which was disgusting. Kitchen area looked ok but we didn't dare use anything.
Felt very unsafe in the area, had neighboring people with doors open drinking and smoking.
Do not recommend staying here. Spend an extra 15-20 a night and go somewhere else.

The Non-Smoking room smelled like smoke.

Shouldve looked at yelp before i booked. It was gross and the sheets smelled like someones B.O and there were hair on the pillows. I felt itchy staying there. Glad I was only there for a few hours. Never again!!!

The lobby had a weird funky smell when you walked in, the bed is horrible, woke up to use the restroom room to find two roaches, one in bathroom and one in the area where the sink is. Do not recommend staying here.

What do you expect from a cheap hotel? I guess if I expected more then I'd pay more somewhere else. Dirty floors, suspect stains all over the place, weird odor, and gross bed covering. It kind of had a Breaking Bad vibe going on.

Tips on what to bring it your staying here, slippers, disinfectant wipes, toilet paper, extra layer of clothing if you intend on sleeping on their sheets, and maybe some gloves.

Overall it wasn't a bad experience but it's just not very clean.

This place deserves no rating at all. I have gone there a few times after work because I didn't feel like the drive home to Fairfeild and each time the towels were nasty and dirty. The bedding was dirty and stinky, the used to be yellow bed skirt was black, the floors were not mopped and had spills from previous guests. They look like they had started a makeover and stopped. Not to mention the the type of guest they have.
This place looks like a rooming house for meth heads. They should shut down and remodel. Pissed customer!!!!
If you chose to stay there bring some Lysol and cleaner and your own towels.

We made very last minute plans to visit San Francisco and were not willing to pay last minute prices for San Francisco hotels so we started casting a wider net. The price was right at this hotel so we booked without reading the reviews.

And I'm so glad we did.

We were prepared for gross smells and scary clientele and just muscling through a couple unpleasant nights. But when we arrived the room we were given had been recently remodeled, it smelled great, that thing almost qualified as beautiful. The carpet had been ripped out and replaced by spotless, fake wood flooring. The bathroom was nicer than mine at home. The bed was comfortable. I was amazed.

The outside and the check-in area don't look like much but room #121 is awesome.

Because your office/front desk is "Under Construction" you aren't serving continental breakfast? Yeah right. And if that really is the case, offer a discount on the price of the rooms because you aren't providing breakfast and you're supposed to be.

Tips -
Book on hotels.com to get the best prices on rooms.
Parking is included but make sure you are only parking in the Rodeway Inn parking spots.