Stayed at the Woodlake twice in the last few months, getting a bargain online rate, while visiting family in the Sacramento area. In June, it was the Radisson. It's since gone back to the old Woodlake name. On check-in, I asked when the Radisson sold it and the clerk told me it had never been owned by Radisson --- "it was just a name, not an ownership."

OK. We'll see if the hotel is returned to the grand days of old, having been opened in the 60's, as a sprawling garden-style hotel with an old resort feel.

In both cases (June and last week), I had clean, well-decorated/appointed rooms with a sleep number bed (two doubles this last time). Fun to play with the controls, to see what my perfect sleep number was.

I had no problems or complaints about the room interiors themselves. They had desks, comfy office chairs, a flat screen TV in an armoire with drawers, coffee unit, pewter accessories (ice bucket, tray, lamps, etc.) large closet, iron/board, clean bath/shower, etc. Yes, the place is dated but both of my rooms were fine, especially for what I paid. The parking is free -- AND -- so is the wireless, which is high on my list of priorities.

The issues that were of concern to me is that both nights I was there, I was in an outlying building (300-series, not the further away 500 series) and --- coming back in the dark after dinner --- it was a bit scary.

The first room (June) was in the interior courtyard of the secondary building (not the main) where you have to leave your car way out in the parking lot and walk through dark corridors into the open area, where it's not well lit either. It's quite a walk in the dark. It also seemed like nobody was there but me.

Last week, I called ahead and requested to be closer to the lobby. That didn't happen but I got room 348 which was at least on the parking lot so I could park my car right at my door. Any single women traveling there should make note of this. This time, the scariest thing that happened was that there was a very large skunk sauntering through the parking lot, right opposite my car (under the bushes). Fortunately, he didn't seem too agitated. The hotel is in an unpopulated business/industrial area, so there are open areas around (as opposed to restaurants, shopping, etc).

As others have said, there is a train noise at night but because I can hear a train from my house in the SF Bay Area, I welcome that noise and it didn't seem loud or intrusive. Anyone who is noise-sensitive should be aware of that however.

Other than being out in no-man's land in a very spread out complex -- and the two closest vending machines being empty -- I had no problems and enjoyed my spacious, clean, comfortable room. I did not eat there nor was I attending a conference. Seemed like there might have been a large conference the next morning, as the parking lot was packed, compared to the empty lot the night before.

The central area is attractive with the lake and all, but it's hard to relate to that, being out aways. It would be nice if the hotel did some updating on the grounds (and maybe some of the other rooms?) and restored its potential. Also, why the vending machines would be empty is beyond me --- seems like lack of thorough maintenance?

It's a 2000.00 bed in a 20 dollar room. The sleep number bed is wonderful. However, the carpet was dirty, the room smelled like dirt...old and musty, and the bathroom had an old moldy tub. you could tell it was an old hotel that they did a few upgrades to and said "it's better than it was". I wanted to change my room ( I checked in at 2pm on a wednesday!!) and they told me all the rooms were already full and if I wanted to change my room I'd have to upgrade (more money). I should have done it...but I wasn't convinced it would be any better in another room. As it was I bought some air freshener and sprayed and sprayed so I could sleep. Other people at the convention I was at had the same complaint. It was inexpensive, but I'd rather pay a little more and have a nice room. We had breakfast and lunch at the convention (provided by the hotel) at the breakfast they gave us bread plates to use to gather our fruit and eggs. Yes!!! Bread plates. It was really ridiculous to think that fruit and eggs will fit on a bread plate. But by and large, the worst thing was the musty OLD MOTEL SMELL and dirty tub, and dirty lightswitches. Never again. I will stay somewhere else next time!

Good location (not great), big clean rooms, older hotel. I got it through a hotwire 3-star deal in the arden area. It was a little further away from the mall than I thought.

I called directly to the hotel early in the day, to ask for a quiet room. When I arrived I found they put me next to the ice machine. After noticing the location, I requested another room.

The new room might have been quiet. The heater fan made a lot of noise. I also told the front desk that there was an occassional beep, I thought it was the smoke alarm battery. I requested, the noises be fixed the next morning, but that repairs did not happen during my two night stay. Turning off the heater stopped the fan noise. But the beep remained.

Coming back at night, there seemed to barracades at the main roadway to the rooms. There was also a guard. My key would not open the health club. I am not sure if they are having security problems.