I've lived in the Sacramento area for 20 years now, and so I know the town pretty well. My visiting friend from NYC had an early flight, so we decided to see if we could get a reasonably priced hotel near the airport instead of getting up extra early at my house. We found this hotel on hotwire for about $55 with all taxes. I've passed this hotel lots of times, and it looks very nice from the outside. It *is* in the Northgate area, but the "not so nice" neighborhoods are at least a couple of miles away. It's also right next to the freeway, so you can get in and out in a hurry. (It only took us 10 minutes to get to the airport.)

The clerk was a little slow on the uptake, and a couple of the clientelle looked a little questionable, but overall, most of the people we saw looked fine. Also, there were some very nice cars in the parking lot. (The Sacramento Jazz Jubilee had ended earlier in the day, and the hotel was STILL busy.)

The room was a bit older than your average Best Western, but better than a Motel 6. It had a comfortable recliner, full size fridge, microwave, cabinets with cubs and glasses, etc... The TV reception was great, and the bed was VERY comfortable. The clerk asked us if we wanted a room on the freeway side or the backside of the property, and we chose the backside. We were on the first floor, and all the smoking rooms are on the 3rd floor, so there was so tobacco smell whatsoever. I never heard any noise during the night. No sirens, no problems whatsoever.

I normally don't stay in hotels in my hometown, :) but I can say that I was very satasfied with this property. It's a basic hotel, for a very reasonable price. The next time my friend is in town, we'd probably stay here again.