This Extended Stay America feels like it could be disassembled and taken away on flatbed trucks to be re-assembled somewhere else, and the whole process might take 45 minutes. It's the kind of structure that must house military personnel in the Green Zone.
I would love to have been in the conference room when the Extended Stay America folks were hashing out the details of their hotel concept: "We'll hire kids from the bottom of their architecture classes and put them to work. We'll have them build it EXACTLY to code and not a speck above. Lobby? Who needs it? Housekeeping? Forget it. Continental breakfast? Ha! Door on the closet? Try a curtain. That refrigerator is cheap, but awfully noisy. We'll take it! Hotel laundry? Put it behind the front desk and let the desk clerk wash sheets and towels. Bedding? Yeah, we got your bedding. Extended Stay is REALLY Spartan and dreary, and I stayed in the upgraded room. On the upside, it was reasonably clean and dirt cheap, even on a weekend when several large events had most Reno hotels full up. Why did they name it Extended Stay America? Because "Flop House" and "Motel 6" were already taken. I can't remember the last time I stayed anywhere -- even a mom 'n pop motel - where they didn't offer you a roll and a cup of coffee in the morning.

Almost all the reviews of this hotel are accurate.

We stayed for 3 nights and paid $81 per night. The room is small but pretty clean. The exceptions to that is some trash under the bed.

The rooms are LOUD. We could hear most things from the rooms around us but EVERY step from the room above. This is pretty common in cheaper hotels and even many expensive ones.

The TV is about 15". Its not real good.

Location is good, right off the highway, but without any noise.

Not sure what you will be doing in Reno, but its pretty much a dump. Its a little Vegas without all the good (well, decent) things Vegas has to offer. Spend some time and take a gorgeous drive over to Tahoe. You may not come back.

I had a lot family coming in from out of town and decided to reserve a block of rooms for everyone. I reserved and paid for 10 rooms. Here are some of the likes and dislikes from my family about their stay.

LIKES-Good location
Inexpensive

DISLIKES-EVERYONE complained of the beds being too hard. My father-in-law actually went and slept in his car! Upon checking out, several members mentioned this to the front desk and were told that they could have requested a mattress pad. This item was NOT offered upon check in.

The refrigerator in one of the rooms reeked of fish. When the front desk was notified, their response was that there were 2 other rooms available but since they were more expensive my guests would have to pay the difference or they could "Keep the refrigerator door closed".

The first two couples that arrived were told that there were no rooms available despite the fact that I had 10 rooms reserved and PAID FOR on my credit card 4 months in advance. When the room availability was questioned the lady at the front desk told my parties that "This is an Extended Stay and we currently have some guests who want to extend their stay so you may have to wait until tomorrow to check in". After explaining that the rooms were already paid for, my family was eventually able to get their rooms that day, 5 hours after they first tried to check in!

When making reservations I asked that all of the rooms have no smaller that queen sized beds since all of the parties were couples. I was assured that this would be "No problem". Upon checking in 3 of the 10 rooms had 2 double beds. This was the least of the problems but if this request was "no problem" then all of the rooms should have come as requested.


The rooms, besides the smelly one, were clean but very outdated. The staff was very indifferent to any questions or concerns that my family had. No apologies for the smelly room, uncomfortable beds or the confusion on their part about room availability.

We will definately NOT stay at this Extended Stay again.

If you are staying for couple of nights in reno....this is a convenient place to stay...about 6-8 miles from the casinos and downtown and about the same distance to the airport.

Pros:
1. Not expensive ( i paid $55/day for a weekend in april)
2. has a decent kitchen and utensils if you want to cook...has good mountain views(esp if its covered with snow)
3. quiet area...peaceful to sleep
Cons:
1. My room didnt have a TV remote and even when i called and got one...it was able to power on but not change channels
2. Parking spots are plenty but parking lots are full during weekends...so plan to come to sleep early ...else you have to park far away from your room.
3. The bed was a little hard( but this depends on the individual)