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Motel 6 Eureka – reviews, photos

1934 Broadway, Eureka, CA 95501
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Motel 6 Eureka
Ranked #15 of 16 hotels in Eureka
2.5 of 5 stars 38 Reviews
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Portland, OR
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3 reviews 3 reviews
Reviews in 3 cities Reviews in 3 cities
1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
“Total rip off - do not stay here”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 7 January 2011
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Sign said $50. But if you have a spouse, it is $20 extra. Wi-Fi? Another three bucks (this is the ONLY hotel I have stayed at on my cross-country road trip that charged for a spouse or for wi-fi). They required both my driver's license as well as my wife's, and they photocopied both (in this age of identity theft, this is troubling - what happens to those photocopies?)

The room has no "amenities" except four plastic drink cups. No coffee maker, no hair dryer, no fridge, no microwave, no soap, no shampoo.

The heater is an old-fashioned radiator which hardly warmed the room after several hours - we went to bed cold. There is NO AIR CONDITIONER (not a problem for us in January, but a fair warning to other potential guests staying in the summertime).

The room was clean, but had an foul odor. The bedspread had multiple cigarette burns, though this was a non-smoking room.

This was the MOST EXPENSIVE room we stayed in during our cross-country road trip (more expensive than Days Inn in New Orleans, and Super-8 in Childress TX, and EconoLodge in Fresno CA) and it is the WORST room we stayed in. You pay more here, but you get much less.

Total price for one night (with two people, with the extra wi-fi charge) was $64.61, for a smelly nothing-of-a-room. Total rip-off. Do not stay here.

  • Stayed January 2011, travelled as a couple
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 4 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 2 of 5 stars Service
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Caruthers, California
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1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
“don't stay there!”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 27 December 2010
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i agree with everything that was said, there were read stains on the floor that i'm pretty sure were not wine, the room was smelling like smoke and the febreze didn't take the smell out, there were a lot of weird people walking around at any hours, cops everyday, i wish i had read those reviews before we went, that was the worst motel 6 i ever stayed at and we felt very unsafe , actually the whole street felt very unsafe

  • Stayed December 2010, travelled as a couple
    • 2 of 5 stars Value
    • 1 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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1 of 5 stars Reviewed 12 December 2010

My niece and I stopped for over night and got there about 2. They wanted our drivers license, both of us and didnt think they should do that. Our room smelled so bad and and found out the sheets on both beds were stained and had crusty things on them. I will never stay here again, and anyone eles should think of different motel if you are thinking of staying here. The price you pay should of gave you coffee in ur room and it was such a bad expearence I think even the coffee wouldnt of helped.

  • Stayed December 2010, travelled with friends
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 2 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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“Stinky room”
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 4 December 2010

The staff was great, but they said our room was non-smoking. It reeked and had cigarette burns all over the sink. Otherwise, it was ok. Except for the weird 30 something guy loitering. As we exited our car, he was leaning against the wall. He said "I want a cup of soup" to us. We said sorry can't help you. We were worried about our car, so decided to go back out and give him a couple bucks to get him to leave but he had already moved on. We decided to eat dinner at the restaurant next door. The server was good and friendly but the food is pretty bad. I had a slight case of heartburn after that and we just went to bed. Then came the unmistakable odor of armpit. Then it would go away. Then you wake up a few hours later and smell it again. It wasn't mine or my boyfriend's either. I think the odor was in the blanket or bedspread.
I would advise people to cut corners on something else and spring for an extra $10 to stay somewhere else while in Eureka.

Stayed November 2010, travelled as a couple
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“NOT worth it !”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 25 October 2010

I previously stayed here for a couple of nights in 2004 and it was OK by Motel 6 standards, BUT....
While on a camping trip down the coast, I had car trouble and checked in while repairs were being completed.
I noticed several young scruffy men hanging around two adjacent rooms,with the the doors open & drinking in the parking lot . They "eyed me" as I unpacked and took stuff to the room around back during a couple of trips.
During the night, I heard people partying in the back outside until well after 2, called the desk and was informed that they usually had Security that handled that sort of thing but he was off that night.
The next morning, I heard a pig squealing and looked down from the balcony and saw someone "walking" one on the grass.
THEN, as I was walking through the breezeway to the front and the parking lot, I found a young woman changing clothes behind the ice machine.
I later found that the Car Dealer had to order parts from Portland, requiring me to stay another night in Eureka so i checked out and went down the street to a more expensive motel.
Later, when I was looking for my GPS ( that I had taken down and put under the passenger seat). I discovered that it was gone...I suspect that the hard drinking transients sharing the rooms had watched me do so and grabbed it while I was going around back on one of my trips..
fortuneatly, I had carried my camera & laptop in on the first trip.

  • Stayed September 2010, travelled solo
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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1934 Broadway, Eureka, CA 95501
Price range (per night):* INR2,779 - 3,668

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