From the welcome kit for my dog to the extra touches through out our stay, this hotel exceeded what you would expect for the price. The staff enjoyed their role of hosting their guests.
The breakfast indluded a variety of ripe fruits not easily found in winter, the room had locally roasted coffee and even a roll of paper towels among other quality touches.
The property layout was like small cottages and located within walking distance to downtown, even for my Mom using a walker.
I would not bother to look for another place to stay in GV.

First, the good (and it's mostly all good).

My second-floor room (chosen because previous reviewers had cautioned about noise from upstairs guests) was large and beautifully appointed. The temperpedic bed was very comfortable (thank you, Courtyard Suites ... a bad mattress will absolutely ruin any stay anywhere). I had a standard room, so was told I was not permitted to use the covered parking, which is reserved for tenants of suites ... but it was not raining or anything, so this was not annoying. Parking spaces were always available during my stay, though navigating the large fountain in the middle of the back parking lot to actually access the "standard" spaces closest to my room was sometimes a bit tricky. Really not sure why that fountain is there, or at least, there where it is. Check-in was lovely ... friendly, efficient, pleasant.

The location of the hotel is quite nice ... very close to downtown, but without all the parking and "area noise" issues that sort of location can sometimes bring. I've read wonderful things about evening food, but did not have a chance to try this, as I was in town for a specific purpose, and was kept busy from very early until very late at night.

The "bad" for me was that my room was cold and could not, using only the room's heater, actually be warmed to the point that I did not wake up repeatedly the first night shivering uncontrollably. I stayed in early December, and temperatures outside were quite chilly. I had been concerned about temperature, as some previous reviewers had complained about being cold, so I asked when I checked in if I'd be able to control the heat in my room, and was assured that I would, from the dedicated thermostat.

I think there are a few reasons for the problem. First, the wood shutters over the window and patio door provide very little insulation. Another issue is that the heating unit, located right under the window, has louvers designed to push heat vertically straight up rather than out into the room. Standing over the heater while it was running, I could feel a pleasant (but not powerful) warmth on my skin. Taking literally one step away from the heater, even while it was running, I could feel an unpleasant draft. Also, the heater is clearly not designed to "push" hot (or, in this case, warm) air at all forcefully, so it was not surprising that it was able to make little or no headway into warming the room.

As designed (and located), any heat the heater was providing was pushed directly up into the room's high ceiling space. I tried (briefly) running the ceiling fan over the bed, but while this may have redirected slightly warmer air down toward me, I couldn't feel it over the intolerably cool breeze that was being generated by the spinning fan blades and making me colder, so I turned the fan off.

Also contributing to the problem was that the thermostat is either not calibrated correctly or simply isn't working correctly. The thermostat was located on a wall, and I turned the "desired temp" up as high as it would go (80). Throughout the night, the thermostat continually insisted that the room had reached 80 degrees, and would SHUT THE HEATER OFF. There is no way any part of that room was 80 degrees, which would have been miserably, uncomfortably warm ... my educated guess would be somewhere in the range of MAYBE 65 - 67 degrees, max.

I did not complain to the staff about the temperature problem, largely because I could see no way for them to fix it, short of giving me extra blankets ... and I had already spent one very uncomfortable night trying to sleep beneath heavy piles of stuff and wrapped up in too many clothes. I wore multiple pairs of socks (including on my hands), a sweater, sweatpants, and with literally everything in my own bag and the room that could be pressed into service (including the heavy [not thick] bedspread and both supplied guest robes) spread out over me for insulation. All that weight pressing down on me made me very uncomfortable.

Note, too, that the bathroom is as far from the heater as it is possible to get, so this room is particularly cold in the middle of the night.

The next day, I borrowed a space heater from a local friend, hauled it up to my room that night, plugged it in. Half an hour later, the room was very comfortable, and I slept without a problem.

My room did not have a fireplace. I do not know if rooms with fireplaces are warmer.

I live close enough to Grass Valley that when I come up to see friends, I'll be driving from home. Based on this stay, I would choose Courtyard Suites again in a shot, because so much about it is so good -- but I'll know next time to bring my own trusty Vornado space heater from home. If you are planning a car trip to the area in the winter months, I suggest you do the same ... if you don't need it, no problem; if you do, you'll be very glad you brought it.

Very clean, quiet, our room was very comfortable. I love the fireplace, the tempurpedic mattress, the decor was charming. Staff was friendly and helpful. Attention to detail makes this a very comfortable place to stay, I will definitely be back.

Letter to owner:I stayed at your motel from November 22
until November 25. We stayed in room 5010. Upon arrival from Oregon at
6:30 in the evening we unloaded our belongings into the room only to
find that we could hear the people next door conversations explicitly
and they were not even talking loudly. We contacted the front desk and
to give them credit they offered to move us but we were so tired we
declined. The people quieted down at nine . The next day we did hear the
conversations during the day and as my husband has pain problems he was
in the room constantly. That night was fine. Thanksgiving night was a
total nightmare. The woman next door was snoring until one o'clock in
the morning and it sounded like she was in our room so we got absolutely
no sleep until one. At seven, the day of our departure, they turned the
TV on. It was a challenge to get in the car and drive all the way home
to Oregon with so few hours sleep.

We have stayed in your facility in the past and loved it. I hope you
address the problem of insulation between these two particular rooms. I
also do not think it is too much to ask to have our last evening's stay
refunded.

She offered to upgrade us next visit but no refund. Take your chances but we would not stay here again. $159 to get no sleep is too steep!!