Everyone needs a place to lay their weary head. For travellers visiting Santa Clara, Driftwood Santa Clara is an excellent choice for rest and rejuvenation. Well-known for its budget friendly environment and proximity to great restaurants and attractions, Driftwood Santa Clara makes it easy to enjoy the best of Santa Clara.
Guest rooms offer air conditioning, and Driftwood Santa Clara makes getting online easy as free wifi is available.
In addition, guests can enjoy free breakfast during their visit. As an added convenience, there is free parking available to guests.
While staying at Driftwood Santa Clara, visitors can check out K1 Speed Santa Clara (1.5 mi) and Santa Clara Chamber of Commerce (1.8 mi), some of Santa Clara's top attractions.
While in Santa Clara be sure to experience local burritos favourites at Pedro's Restaurant & Cantina, La Paloma Mexican Restaurant, or El Amigo Burrito.
If you are interested in exploring Santa Clara, check out one of the history museums, such as Harris-Lass Historic Museum and De Saisset Museum.
Whether you’re travelling for business, pleasure or both, Driftwood Santa Clara is sure to make your visit to Santa Clara one worth remembering.
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HOTEL STYLE
Budget
Languages Spoken
English, Hindi
Location
3477 El Camino Real, Santa Clara, CA 95051-2860
Driftwood Santa Clara
44 reviews
Getting there
Car recommended
Places to stay are graded on a 0-100 scale. The higher the grade, the easier it is for travellers to find restaurants and things to do within walking distance.
Positives? The hotel room was relatively updated, clean sheets, firm, good sleeping mattress and pillows. Free wifi. Didn't feel like a 'dump'. I actually slept fairly well.
Negatives? Manager was not very friendly, and I felt rushed when I wanted to inspect a room before renting. Never smiled or said as much as thank you.
Anyone who stays here should be aware that there are several "ladies of the night" who work out of this hotel. Fairly descreet, but not nearly descreet enough for me to not notice.
Free breakfast foods was sort of a joke, since the orange juice was more like orange water. Tossed it out. Pathetic.
I'll give this place two stars because I slept better than expected, and I generally felt safe. They could have gotten three stars simply by offering a real glass of juice in the morning and a smile and thank you somewhere in the process.
Overall, I'd seek something a bit more comfortable and friendly next time.
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Date of stay: September 2007
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Trip type: Travelled solo
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We happened on this Econo Lodge while driving around the Santa Clara area looking for a last second place to stay the night. After an exhaustive search for a hotel that was both affordable AND appeared as though it had been updated since the 70's, we finally settled on this place. The staff was never rude, though they weren't exactly the most welcoming or competent either. Our party got two different rooms. One was non-smoking but smelled of thick smoke, had crud in the shower, and looked rather run-down and in need of a revamp. The other room had been recently painted/"remodeled" but appeared to only feature surface changes and still felt dirty and had a strange odor. The hotel was undergoing a major repaint on the outside during our stay as well. There were NO towels whatsoever in the room; after asking for the towels in the morning we weren't brought enough for everyone in the room and we were given NO washcloths. I wouldn't recommend women going it alone in the parking lot at night -- the general neighborhood looked scary. There wasn't sufficient security either... no deadbolt lock on our door. It was noisy and it was impossible to shake the feeling of unease. The included breakfast in the morning was meager -- bagels, juice, and some cereal crammed into the tiny main office. The rate was cheap though, $85-90 a night. No thanks.
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Date of stay: June 2007
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Trip type: Travelled with family
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We picked this hotel because of location. Bad move, rooms had roaches and smelled musty. But worse than that they were pimps and prostitutes in every other room of the backside facing the road. I would never stay there again.Beware !
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Date of stay: October 2016Trip type: Travelled with friends
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I don't expect 4 star service where ever I go but a certain standard of basic cleanliness is expected. I do write fair reviews based on both the facility and the service. This hotel was booked for me by an agent so I didn't think twice about staying here and had no preconceived notions. When I got there it was 11pm and it was raining. I thought I was in the wrong place but the GPS said this was it and it said Econolodge (Hahahhah). It was dark in the office so I thought it was closed...until I saw the hole in the wall check in window. There are lots of pictures to fully illustrate what you will experience. The lady (and i say this loosely) asked if i was paying cash or credit - classy. She then charged my credit card up front for 2 nights. I called her on this and she said I could get a refund for the next night if i wanted. I told her i was too tired to fight with her tonight and went to my room.
Apart from the full smelly garbage cans in the stairwell and the 7 times it took me before my the door opened, the hotel was overall....TERRIBLE. If i had a blacklight, the room would have lit up like the 4th of July. The floor wasn't clean, the phone was sticky, there were stains on a LEATHER CHAIR!!! and cigarette burns on the toilet. Used Soap and shampoo? WTF. The free wifi didn't work even though the hub was right outside the room.
Had to get an ironing board and iron from the front desk as these must be exclusive to royalty. Please see pics of the ironing board that looks like it doubles for a diaper changing station. I checked out 6 hours later.
The checkout process wasn't that smooth either. I had to deal with miss pleasant from the night before who refunded me the prepaid day. Turned in my passkey to the gentleman at the front desk but he didn't want to interrupt his candy crush session.
For 85 bucks a night, i'd get the same value sleeping in a dumpster.
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Date of stay: November 2013
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Trip type: Travelled on business
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I moved over to this hotel from the Motel 6 a couple of blocks away simply because the rooms were bigger and more comfortable. This Econo Lodge has been changed over to a Driftwood Inn so don't be confused when you pull up. The Indian family who runs this hotel are very clean, nice and considerate people who will take care of you if you simply ask. The place is seated right next to a Chase bank, one block away is a Chilis and laundromat (which is NEVER busy), across the street is a Walgreens and a great hot noodle restaurant, and next door on the other side is a Chinese Restaurant. The hotel is conveniently located one block from Lawrence Expressway, minutes north to Sunnyvale (and Levi Stadium), minutes south to Cupertino. All along El Camino Real are a host of Indian, fast food, bar-b-que, wings restaurants, banks, Starbucks, Target all within a short drive.
I've been staying at this hotel for a couple of months for work and I couldn't be happier. I get the best value for the price and I'm in the only room that has a proper shower, not a tub/shower combination. Too bad they don't have more rooms with proper showers otherwise I might get a different room with one king bed rather than two queens, but hey...not complaining. The extra bed comes in handy for a guy living out of a suitcase most of the time.
Anyone looking for concierge service should definitely look elsewhere. This is a moderate to inexpensive hotel that is run by a family who is on site 24/7. The "continental" breakfast is really a juice machine and some small wrapper pastries. It is definitely not a "spread." That being said, just on the other side of Lawrence Expressway and a short distance away is a Denny's if you have to have a proper breakfast. The hotel does what it is supposed to do - offer a reasonably-priced room in the middle of everything you could need. There is a menu for ordering food straight to your room, if so inclined, but I have never had the need to order yet. There's too much else around that I would get before ordering in.
All in all, this is a fairly inexpensive, clean and comfortable stay close to all conveniences. BTW...I am NOT getting any special perks for dropping this review. I am not getting compensated in any way nor am I affiliated with the facility itself. I own my own business and typically like to stay in places that offer that balance between price and comfort, with safety in mind. I would definitely recommend this to anyone looking for a place to stay short, medium or longer term. It's fairly quiet (even thought right on a main street) and I have nothing but good things to say about the managers of the property.
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Date of stay: January 2016
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Trip type: Travelled on business
Room Tip:Rooms on the second floor in the corner are the quietest.
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As you read this review, the owners of the Econo Lodge of Santa Clara are transforming their hotel. Visiting this hotel during this transformation stage left us coming away with real appreciation of the work being done. Within a few weeks, based on the rooms we saw, this motel will be as refurbished as the freshly painted exterior. New and modern-looking furniture is being installed and rooms are being painted. While we visited, the hotel was filled or nearly filled each night.
The owners are very committed to establishing one of the very best and yet affordable hotels in the city.
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Date of stay: October 2015
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Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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Location is good but service is terrible. There was a guy at the front desk that was attending people like he didn't want to be there at all. The price is high for the service and room they offer. I really had a bad time there.
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Date of stay: July 2015
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Trip type: Travelled with family
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You get what you pay for. Unfortunately every other hotel in the Bay Area was completely booked. It was the only reason I stayed here last minute otherwise I would never step foot in a place I've never even heard of. Very noisy parking lot cars blasting music and driving in & out until 4 am. Weird people wandering around the property. Guests coming and going from their rooms ALL night long, slamming doors- very noisy place.
Filthy outdated rooms. One of the beds wasn't changed. It was so dirty full of hairs and sweat stains including the pillows that I had to sleep on the other bed which had a HORRIBLE mattress from 2004!! What kind of motel keeps a mattress in a room for 13 years!!? It was so soft and saggy it made my back stiff, not to mention the box spring was ripped and torn.
VERY NOISY air-conditioner. The vent was cracked and missing pieces of the cover. Candy wrappers were thrown inside. Graffiti on the side of it. Extremely old and outdated looked at least 20 years old. Curtains were old, dirty and wouldn't stay closed.
Shower head looked like it was from 1980. It was practically coming out of the wall. Anti-slip guard in the bathtub was completely worn out, cigarette stains all over the side of the tub. Toilet seat had cigarette stains too. The only reason I'm giving it 1 star is because the mini fridge had a freezer on top.
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Date of stay: September 2017Trip type: Travelled solo
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15 min from San Jose airport, this motel is quiet and the rooms are large. Bed is very comfy. Rooms a bit beat up but very functional. Checking in after 10 took quite a while as the clerk had to keep going back and forth to the computer. Wouldn't be very fun in the cold or rain. Don't expect anything but fast food after 10 pm, though. Jack in the Box's teriyaki bowl hits the spot and they're very close. Before that there's a ton of Korean BBQ joints I'd love to try. Very quiet for being on El Camino Real. No elevator - lugging suitcases upstairs can be annoying. Quieter than expected.
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Date of stay: January 2014
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Trip type: Travelled as a couple
Room Tip:You want to a room well back from the road and if you have much luggage pick a ground floor room.
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We stayed here in June 2007, and it was an absolutely horrible experience. First, we we first pulled in to the hotel, the parking lot was full of men working construction. The hotel was being worked on, painted, etc., so the rooms were full of shady looking men working on the hotel. It was obvious that these men and/or their families were living in the hotel. Any time you have families actually living in the hotel rooms, it is not a good sign. As a group of females, we felt very unsafe. The place was just creepy. I cannot stress this enough.
Also, the construction started right next to our door fairly early in the morning, so there is a fair amount of nosie.
One of our rooms had no dead bolt on the door. The soap came in a package that looked so old that I took it home as a souvenir as a joke. No way were we going to use it. Also, we weren't given any washcloths, which was rather strange.
The air conditioning was one of the old models that sits on the floor. There are giant curtains in front of the window, so the air just blows up inside them instead of going out into the room. Overall, this was just a really bad experience. If you are a single female, or even a group, I would NOT stay here. We felt so unsafe. Basically, the hotel is just filled with scary looking construction workers who stared at us any time we walked by. There has got to be something better in the area for the same price.
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Date of stay: June 2007
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Trip type: Travelled with family
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PRICE RANGE
₹10,562 - ₹10,562 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
ALSO KNOWN AS
econo lodge santa clara, econolodge santa clara, santa clara econo lodge
FORMERLY KNOWN AS
Econo Lodge Santa Clara
LOCATION
United StatesCaliforniaSanta Clara
NUMBER OF ROOMS
43
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