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1.0 of 5
802 E Pacific Coast Hwy, Long Beach, CA 90806
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Colonial Motel
Ranked #38 of 48 hotels in Long Beach
2.5 of 5 stars 22 Reviews
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Bay Area
1 review
3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
“Do not even attempt to stay here!!!!”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 29 June 2008
3
people found this review helpful

I stayed here for 3 days, 2 nights on a quick visit to Long Beach. I went to Cal State and wanted to go visit friends for a weekend trip and when I booked I didn't really pay too much attention to the location. When my friend picked me up and we started driving there I quickly realized I had made a mistake by not checking the address! It is in a bad part of Long Beach, by Poly High School. When checking in the "couple" in front of me were only paying for an hour, that was my 2nd sign that I did not look into this hotel too much before booking! The room was small, cigarettes burns on the comforter, no toiletries, half a role of toilet paper (the toilet also ran every couple minutes), stained towels (all mixed matched!), fridge wasn't cold and no trash can! I would not sleep on the sheets so I asked a friend to bring me some from his house, who knows when the were last washed :( I tried to only sleep and get ready there, as little time as possible was best!

The icing on the cake of this hotel was being woken up at 5:55am to a woman yelling at the front desk worker (yes I could hear it all the way on the 2nd floor!) to tell her where her cheating husband was! WOW!!

  • Liked — Nothing!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Disliked — Everything!!!!!!!!!!!
  • Stayed June 2008, travelled with friends
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 1 of 5 stars Location
    • 2 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 2 of 5 stars Service
    • 3 of 5 stars Business service (e.g., internet access)
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Bay Area
1 review
3 helpful votes 3 helpful votes
“Don't stay at Colonial Pool And Spa Motel, Long Beach, CA”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 6 September 2007
3
people found this review helpful

I Booked this hotel from Hotels.com. The name and features sound good and the web pictures are nice but in reality this is a hotel with rundown rooms in a medeocre part of town. I stayed 2007 Labor day weekend and had cancellation cost so unfortunately I stayed 2 days:

Here are some specific issues I encountered:
1) Room not made up (was out the whole day and came back to room at 10PM & room was not made up)
2) Severe Black Ant infestation
3) Broken Lamp Bulb (fluorescent bulb so toxic mercury vapor prossibly still in room)
4) Several broken fixtures and non functional wall plugs
5) Sections of bathroom floor visibly not cleaned in very long time

Talked to hotel manager upon checkout said he would fix everything but when I asked to be compensated primarily for issue 1) he gave me the following answers to my complaints:

Item 1) "You did not put the 'Make up room sign'"
Item 2) Bug spray is available at the lobby
Item 3) & 4) An electrician was available 24 hours a day

My advise is stay clear of booking rooms on the net at hotels that are not part of a hotel chain . You have few avenues of recourse when things go wrong.

  • Liked — Spartan but OK breakfast
  • Disliked — Dirty Room, Broken fixtures
  • Stayed September 2007, travelled with family
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 2 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
    • 3 of 5 stars Business service (e.g., internet access)
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“Hated it, Dangerous area!”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 11 May 2007
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First time in Long Beach, this Motel is located at an area that after 5 pm, is hard to walk with out encountering people drinking and just not safe.
The place needs a total renovation.

  • Liked — nothing
  • Disliked — everything
  • Stayed May 2007, travelled on business
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 1 of 5 stars Location
    • 2 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 2 of 5 stars Service
    • 2 of 5 stars Business service (e.g., internet access)
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1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
“Aparently renovated hellhole in worst part of long beach”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 14 March 2007
1
person found this review helpful

I used to live in Long Beach, and was homeless, living in motels for a few months back in 2003. Back then this was a very dirty disgusting place full of drug dealers and prostitutes. i wouldn't even stay there when I was homeless. I left after looking in the room. It is in one of the worst areas of Long Beach where there are prostitutes constanty parading up and down PCH.
They may have made the place look better since then, but the neighborhood is still the same. Just a warning....

  • Stayed March 2007, travelled with family
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
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2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
“Third world and third rate”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 26 December 2006
2
people found this review helpful

A sparse hotel on the edge of some of the seedier parts of Long Beach. The room was clean, but very small, the walls covered in mirrors to make the room feel larger than the double bed the four walls couple barely contain. Do yourself a favor - spend an extra few bucks and stay somewhere nicer.

  • Stayed July 2005, travelled on business
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 1 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
    • 1 of 5 stars Business service (e.g., internet access)
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Address: 802 E Pacific Coast Hwy, Long Beach, CA 90806

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