We are a family of 5 and ended up in Oxnard as it was too late to carry on to Santa Barbara. The Hampton Inn was full and this hotel had vacancies and was reasonable ($103!). We had a spacious room with a kitchen, 2 queens and a comfortable pull out sofa, therefore the room could have easily accomodated 6. The room was clean. Breakfast was a nice surprise, one of the nicest breakfast rooms we ate in on a 3 week vacation, with a very good hot breakfast. On the whole, this hotel was the best value on our trip.
Ate at Angelo's which is a very nice family- run Italian restaurant, complete with grandmother who started the restaurant and her friendly grandaughters who serve the food.

We asked for a quiet room and it was. But that was the only thing good about it. It was on the ground floor, and the dead bolt lock didn't work (it didn't line up with the hole in the door, something that must have been noticed before.) Also, the outlet in the bathroom didn't work, so the hairdryer didn't work and there was no place to plug in a shaver. The room was minimally clean, with big spots on the rug. To top it off, I got about 12 bed bug bites!! I had an allergic reaction and by the next day had such large blisters on my left cheek that I had to check in with an urgent care clinic in Murrietta, CA. We also stayed in the Comfort Inn and Suites there, and it was a 5-star experience. The Oxnard Comfort Inn gives the chain a bad name!

My partner and I stayed here from August 28-30. It is well located for Ventura and Santa Barbara County coastal sightseeing (e.g. an easy drive from Santa Monica/Malibu, Santa Barbara and pretty orange grove towns, e.g. Fillmore and Piru), it was easy to find and parking was plentiful. The room was also spacious and relatively well equipped, and despite being on a main road, was quiet enough for uninterrupted sleep.

However, there were some serious cleanliness issues with the room: the comforters on both beds were stained, as were some of the towels, and we found stray hairs on the lavatory seat and in the bathtub. The bath plug would not seal properly: when we called reception, the security guy who came couldn't fix it, but assured us that it would be fixed while we were away the following day. It wasn't. Furthermore, the shower curtain is poorly designed and makes the bathroom floor prone to flooding after a shower. There is no extract fan in the bathroom, and so the whole suite gets very hot and sticky.

Internet access is wired only, and the ethernet cable is nowhere near the desk, meaning that you have to perch your laptop on a ledge and stand to use it. It is also excruciatingly slow - it took over a minute just to load the login screen for my webmail service, and about the same time for each and every message. The TV was an old CRT set with a yellowish hue to the picture, which indicates that the tube is on its last legs. However, the biggest problem with the room is the ceiling fan - it wobbled and vibrated alarmingly and I'm sure it would have fallen off the ceiling if we'd left it running.

The hotel provides a buffet breakfast of bacon/eggs/cheese, but there is nothing there a vegan can eat (apart from black coffee or tea). The swimming pool looked OK, though we didn't use it.

The pictures and amenities from the website are roughly accurate. The room I was in had a broken lampshade, no big deal, but I was told I was getting a room with two queen beds and instead it had two doubles. The bathroom does not have a vent, so it steams up when one uses the shower; however there is no sign of mold in the room.

Breakfast is filling, if not inspired. Eggs, sausage (bacon one day), apple or orange juice, various breads, and waffles you make yourself. Manager's Reception in the evening is bland, as though trying to not offend any palate it offends all.

All in all a pretty good value for a city that thinks it's more important than it really is...except for one thing: the free high-speed "internet". The only place where there is wifi is the lobby (where I wrote the revue) and ethernet in the rooms. Which was fast the two days it worked. Now that it is the third day when it hasn't the response is "yeah, we know". So really, don't advertise an amenity you don't intend to offer consistently. Conversely the laundry is reasonable at a dollar for a wash or dry, with a decent pool and hot tub. It is conveniently located within walking distance of two grocery stores.