Stayed here 8-10 nights per month for about a 2 year period. Really like that the rooms have a full sized fridge, stove, micro, pots and pans, dishes and utencils, toaster, coffee maker ...etc. Like my own little apartment. Costco, REI, Starbucks, Pizza, and Taco Del Mar next door. Arden Mall 10 min. away. Comp. breakfast with cereals, yogurt, breads, eggs, waffles, fresh fruits, cereal bars etc. was a plus. Staff are extra helpful. BBQ area next to the pool was great during the summer. Gets pretty busy during the State Fair, but the view of the fireworks from the parking lot is awesome. Loved staying here, but my company switched hotels on us.

We happened to be staying at this hotel during the California State Fair (Fairgrounds right next door) and the parking was always a challenge in the evening because of the Fair-goers. The lot is not that big and it's definitely competitive.

The rooms are basic although the studio king room was a bit small. The wing chair was right up next to the bed and there is an odd configuration for the bathroom. The door swings open into the side of the bed. The refrigerator was full size and the kitchenette was well equipped. Due to a mix up, I did spend one night in a studio with 2 queen beds and it was much bigger and there was room to move around. I would recommend in general you request a room on the street side (not parking lot side) of the hotel. We had a number of rooms for our party and the street side rooms were bigger all around.

The hotel did offer a nice continental breakfast spread and if you were early enough (and the carnies weren't there) you could enjoy hard boiled eggs and fresh fruit along with the usual breads, cereal, and yogurt.

I used the washer and dryer and it was fine although one person in our party had her clothes come out with all kinds of stains from the machine. The hotel sent the stuff out for cleaning and everything came out, but be warned - especially if you don't have time to wait and see if they can have them cleaned for you. The pool is awkwardly located in the front parking lot and is very small so if there are a lot of kids or if you want quiet, it's hard to come by. In general the staff was really kind and attempted to be helpful. There was one gentleman at the front desk who didn't seem to know what he was doing, but we usually just waited until someone else came on shift to ask for assistance.

The only real down side to the hotel is we did have some things stolen while we were there by other guests. I think it's partly the transient element of the people who come during the fair. It was partly our fault (we flipped the prop on the door to step out for a minute and came back in less than 5 minutes, but someone came along and took our things).

Another person in our group mentioned having the door propped on the metal lock while waiting for someone else to stop by and some strangers started to come into the room - no knocking - and when they saw someone inside said, "sorry" and quickly walked away.

If you need a hotel with easy freeway access, this is pretty conveniently located, just don't stay here during the California State Fair.

staff was extremly kind and helpful. Rooms were clean and nice. location was right next to cal expo, easy to get to everything.

I've stayed at Tribute Rd Courtyard by Marriott many times because it is close the Business 80 and Starbucks. I decided to try Towneplace Suites next to the Courtyard's because it has kitenette in the rooms. However I regretted the decision for the following reasons:
1. The parking spaces are so small so many people ended up taking up two spaces. I had to park at the Courtyard and walk over.
2. The front desk was unmanned for almost 10 minutes with a note stating sorry for the inconvenience, really!?