Days Inn Windmill
Buellton, CA 93427 (805) 688-8448
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10 Reviews for Days Inn Windmill
For a Days Inn, this place is great. I stay no where else when I find myself on a wine bender. It's always the cheapest and it's got a pool/spa and probably the best bar around. Some talk about a place called Maverick's but I've never thought it could possibly be worth the $40 roundtrip cab fare. And to top it off it has the requisite windmill. What more do you want??
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OK here is the long and short of it.....It was a pretty big room, one of the cleaner cheap hotels I have stayed in, the bathroom was clean, the beds were uncomfortable, they had the thinnest walls of anywhere I have ever been. You can hear EVERYthing, everytime someone passes by your room, jumps into the pool and anyone in the nearby rooms. It smelled like bleach (not the worst thing a hotel room can smell like....but still...) It was very cold in the room, and the Cable TV sucked, about 10 channels. Also not in a good location- surrounded by a highway, gas stations, and a couple restaurants. IF you are coming to party, or wine it up with friends, definitly crash here, its not bad on the budget- BUT if you are on a romantic or family vacation, fork out the extra dough and stay in solvang somewhere! Youll have a much better time among all the winebars, restaurants, shops, and bakeries, youll be safer, and the ambience will be 100% better!
really hate "sideway's" winos.
we should have pushed thru and finished the drive to LA. Days Inn...better than motel 6?
now I know why I don't stay in cheapo motels. the last room. next to the fickin bar. I've only been here 15 mins and have heard journey, def leppard, and now I hear HELLS BELLS BELLS!
I would say fuck it and check out but I've been up since 6 AM. pop an ambien and cross my fingers. Thank god last call is at 2 am.
1 star because of location.
1 star bcause am tired and just don't care.
minus 1 star because of all the sideways winos got all the good rooms.
minus 1 star because they should never make a room next to the bar.
minus 1 star because I'm cranky.
good night?!!!
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Great hotel for the price!
For $60/night we got a HUGE room and a large bathroom (the bed was small, though - it was a double bad, but I was already aware of that when I made the reservation). The coffee-maker in the room can be useful (as well as the hair dryer was for my wife).
It was really clean (the room, not the pool...) and quiet. The location is also very good, close to many restaurants and with easy access to Hwy 101.
Stayed here Sunday night over Labor Day weekend. I got a pretty decent rate considering it was a holiday weekend. The location is right very convenient (literally right off the 101) and only a few miles from Solvang and within a 15-20 drive from tons of wineries and restaurants.
The rooms are large and spacious. The A/C worked well. The bathrooms were spotless and well stocked with towels, shampoo, lotion, and a hair dryer. Good reception on the tv. The pool is medium sized and relatively clean. The soundproofing is pretty good as the motel was fully booked, but I couldn't hear any noise from my neighbors. The beds were comfy and I loved the pillows. The sheets and bedding seemed new and were very clean. Continental breakfast is included: bagels, muffins, danishes, hot and cold cereal, bananas, apples, nectarines, coffee/tea/milk/juice.
The Clubhouse Bar is a good place to get a drinks. It's also got pool tables ($6/hr), darts, and arcade games. Well drinks were $4, top shelf $6.50. During happy hour, they have $2 beers.
This was also the motel that Jack and Miles stayed at in the movie Sideways and is a two minute drive from Hitching Post II Restaurant.
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Have to laugh at the comments here. We got booked (like others) on a weekend when we were booking at hotel late.
It is in a great location (prefer the Best Western across the street), freeway close, and a basic and clean MOTEL room.
I recommend the California Suite. It's on an upper level, in the corner. However, it does not come with a balcony, which many rooms do. Our room was nice. Definitely 300% better than our friends which got the regular, non-suite room.
The convenient location is great. A decent deal with no minimum stay required during peak seasons, like other hotels in the area do. -- stars based on category, not food
LOCATION
The inn is located right next to the highway with plenty of gas stations, eateries, and an Albertsons within walking distance. It's also near the infamous Hitching Post II if you plan on chowing there and only 3 miles from Solvang. We stayed Sat and Sun night and our total bill came out to around $170. It really is one of the cheaper hotels/motels in the Solvang/Buellton area.
The downside to its location, however, is that the place reminds you of the movie, Psycho. The reviewer A L W commented that it's a few steps above the Bates Motel, but I think contrary. I didn't feel comfortable every minute I stayed there mainly because we got a room at the very end that faced the freeway. Why was that bad? Keep reading...
Sat night was fine, mainly b/c most of the rooms were occupied. However, the inn was practically 99% vacant on Sun night; no people, no parked cars, just the howling of the wind as it blew across the massive forest-like trees surrounding the inn. Someone, or something, woke me up in the middle of the night with its footsteps pacing back and forth in the hallway on the 2nd floor (creepy! and did I mention the place was 99% vacant!?). It also didn't help that they had a sign on the inside of our door that read something like this:
"For your safety, we suggest you to take these precautionary measures :
1. Make sure you dead bolt AND chain your door
2. If someone knocks on your door, use the peephole and ask who it is
3. If that person is questionable, call the front desk
4. All Days Inn employees wear uniforms or name tags, so don't open the door to a stranger, dumba$$
5. Report any suspicious activity or things lurking in dark shadows
6. Call 911 if you believe your life is in danger"
That about sums it up. If you're female and traveling by yourself, stay far far away from this place. That or just go with a large group of friends or stay during busy nights/months; when there's people!
SERVICE
- Nice enough; if you need more mini-shampoo, they'll give it to you
ACCOMMODATIONS
- Clean bathroom
- Really, really tiny televsion set
- Some HBO channels, but no SCIFI channel sadly
- OK beds
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I'm corny and I'm cheap when it comes to hotels so it made sense when, wishing to retrace the steps of the Sideways characters, I decided to stay at the Windmill. Granted, it's not a five diamond hotel, but it's not horrible either. The rooms are clean, the maid service does a good job, and the location is very convenient.
We stayed here because it was cheap and we were making a last minute wine tasting trip to the area and everything in Solvang was booked. This is definitely a motel, only a few steps above the Bates Motel. We had to get our room swtiched because half of the lights didn't work. The staff was very helpful and accomodating with our request.
You really can't beat the price for the location. A short drive from Solvang and several wineries.
In the world of Inns and motels this place is exceptional, but when I return for another trip I will be sure to stay in Solvang.
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