Our stay was a mixture of very good service, and great disappointment. I'll start with the positives. By far the best thing about this Days Inn is the staff. They were very friendly and helpful, taking care of any need promptly and offering advice and directions to local attractions. Upon arrival, I mentioned I had children with me and they put us on the 3rd floor facing Disneyland so we could see the evening fireworks from our room.
This is a new Days Inn, approx 1 year old, so everything is fresh and new. The rooms are nice even if they are fairly basic. Each is equipped with a flat panel TV with cable, a mini fridge, mini microwave, coffee pot and a small table with 2 chairs. No DVD or other extras. Our mini fridge wasn't working so I informed the front desk. They promised to replace it within 15 minutes ... 15 minutes later they arrived with a new fridge, already cold and swapped the units. Also, our room was cleaned and new towels provided daily.
This is also the smallest Days Inn we've ever stay at, approx 40 rooms on 3 floors. It shares the property with an older motor inn "Harbor Inn" whose exterior has been remodeled to look like the newer Days Inn. Both are owned and operated by the same family.
Now for the disappointments. Being a small Days Inn, everything was small. The continental breakfast was a throwback to 10-15 years ago when hotels first started offering breakfast. Breakfast consisted of Cheerios, Frosted Flakes, individually packaged danishes, individually packaged oatmeal, mini muffins, apples, bananas, whole milk, orange juice, apple juice, regular and decaf coffee. The only protein was the whole milk. There wasn't a toaster or microwave available. The breakfast are shared the small lobby and had two tables for a total capacity of 8, with a TV. My son ate breakfast one morning standing at the counter. The rest of the time we took breakfast back to our room.
They advertise free WiFi. It's true, they do have a wireless gateway somewhere on the property. However, the signal in our room on the 3rd floor was so weak most of the time I couldn't connect. When I could connect it was so slow it was unusable, and then I'd loose the connection again. My daughter could get a usable signal on her iPod Touch if she went in the bathroom, nearest the office, or outside the room.
They do have a swimming pool, although it isn't easily found without asking directions. The pool is part of the older motor hotel which shares the property and is located in the back corner behind the old office.
The biggest disappointment however was the "fitness room". We specifically chose this Days Inn because they advertised a fitness room, and my wife was planning to run the Long Beach marathon that weekend. Now, I understand, one shouldn't expect a whole lot, much less a full gym in a budget motel. However, this was the poorest excuse for a fitness room we've encountered. It was a converted room, no surprise there, that had been divided into two spaces. The front half apparently was set up as a prayer room, empty floor space, and a foot bath. The back portion consisted of a mirrored wall, a small rack with 3 towels on it, and a single, new, treadmill facing into an empty corner. No TV and the treadmill didn't even face the mirror. I mentioned this to the staff and they said that they were ordering new equipment for the fitness room. I hope they are right, maybe it will be better in the future, but the room isn't that big, I can't imagine them putting more that two machines in there total.
In conclusion, we didn't have a bad stay, the staff was helpful and the property was new ... but given the breakfast, unusable wifi and disappointing fitness room, we'll opt to stay elsewhere next time we visit SoCal.
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