First when we got there we are thinking that it looked ghetto. We made reservations so we went inside to get our room key. The receptionist was nice. I thought "Okay maybe it wont be that bad." WRONG!! When we got to our room the cleaning ladies were cleaning it and you could see the bottom of the bed was torn to shreds so we left and came back. We had a hard time opening the door with our card keys. It took several times to get the door open (god forbid if you were in a hurry) and when we finally got in the carpet by the door was all ripped and strings were all over the floor. The neighbor had people in and out all night and the walls were paper thin so we heard lots of noise from them and the freeway. You could also hear the cleaning ladies coming back and forth all morning with theyre cleaning carts. The coffee pot was filthy and didnt work. The room had stains everywhere. The Bed was the worst bed I have ever slept on. IF YOU HAVE A BAD BACK DONT SLEEP ON THE BED. I dont have a bad back but when I woke up I thought I wouldnt be able to get out of bed and bacause of the horrible pain I could barely move. Room looked and smelled horrible. Room had dirt and grime all along the edges of the walls. The walls were dirty( Big dark spots everywhere) and looked like they desperately needed to be wiped down. Heater was so loud you couldn't hear the T.V. and was full of dirt and dust. Part of the heater was broken revealling a large hole. If you needed to use the toilet you might as well sit on the floor. The toilet was very low and had very cheep toliet seats. Shower was the worst. The shower was warm, then Boiling hot, and freezing cold water. At 7:00AM someone came to our room to pound on the door waking us up. The breakfast was really bad. There was stale cereal all over the floor. Milk spilt everywhere. The donuts were small hard rocks. The juice was watered down and nasty. Everything about this Motel is truely awful. The room was also very noisy becuase its located right by the freeway.

This place smelt bad...like a urine smell when we entered. It only got worse from there. One of the beds was wet from who knows what. Maintenance was sub par and my family and I were very disappointed with this place. In general, Howard Johnsons are decent places to stay but we are foreever turned off by this and will not stay at any Howard Johnson again.

It was cheap, and I guess you get what you pay for!! Spend a little more and get a safer and cleaner place for your self and your family

My husband booked this due to price and location. It does not look nor represent a Howard Johnson Express that we are all so familiar with. This looks more like a bad dream. When
we walked into the room and turned on the lights I looked to see if anything was crawling along the walls or ceiling. (there was not)
At the front desk they changed $2.00 and said if we did not use the safe we could get it back in the morning. In the morning the staff said they do the charge not for the safe but to make sure if the place is damaged they have a card on file.
I would suggest NOT STAYING HERE....... for any amount of $$$$

Arrived after booking 4 nights on hojo.com always thought they were a reputable hotel chain. The check in was fairly quick but they deducted 4 nights from my CC before we saw the room.
We we got to the room (#133) the front door was damaged, but this hardly prepared us for the horror when we opened it. The chairs were stained and bug infested, one light fitting was loose with bare live wires, the fridge was unclean, the A/C box would slice off your fingers if they got close. The enamel on the wash basin was worn away and harboring all sorts of bugs, I have never seen a toilet seat so worn. The shower surround was filthy, so was the coffee jug. The bed felt like a bison had been sleeping in it and I am sure it was flea ridden.
On reporting these points to the reception, I could tell that they were quite used to this and plainly did not care. They offered a move to room 234 (the walkway on this floor is seriously dangerous and will probably fall down in the next 6 months), but said that I would find fault with that also. So regrettably we decided to stay over and leave in the morning. Following morning we discovered a blood stain on the carpet and that the bath/shower had no running water (probably just as well).
Before we left we took photos and videos so will probably upload a video nasty to youtube soon.
Left as soon as we could the following morning. Have emailed a report to hojo but judging by earlier comments I am not expecting much. Will try to get a refund from by CC company.
Would I recommend this place? I'd rather gnaw off my foot than stay here again!!!