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Downtown Berkeley Inn
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Neighborhood: Downtown Berkeley
2001 Bancroft Way
(between Milvia St & Shattuck Ave)
Berkeley, CA 94704
(510) 843-4043
2001 Bancroft Way
(between Milvia St & Shattuck Ave)
Berkeley, CA 94704
(510) 843-4043
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5 reviews for Downtown Berkeley Inn
Sooooo can you tell the name of a hotel in the bay area with 42'' flat screens in every room, queen size beds, and free parking????
Ya I didn't used to be able to either, until my bf and I stumbled upon this new fabulous find in Berkeley! The best part??? No, not the TV although that is pretty sweet!! LOCATION. This is basically right at Shattuck and Bancroft in Downtown Berkeley and you really cannot get much better than that, unless you spend three times as much at the Bancroft Hotel or Hotel Durant. The rooms have a funny warm, sauna like feeling when you first walk in, but you can just open the window for a bit and make everything normal again (you won't want to leave the window open for that long since it is across the street from Berkeley High and those kids are loud!!! ha)
But those things aside, the bed is comfortable, the shower is good (the hot water could last a little longer), the TV is nice and with cable, and you get parking included with your room fee of just around $100 a night!! That is AMAZING for the bay area and I will definitely be staying here the next time I need a hotel room in Berkeley. Location and Price...Done and Done.
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Hotels in Berkeley are:
a. nice but way too expensive
b. ok but way too expensive
c. shady as hell - dirty, old and cheap
Downtown Berkeley Inn is affordable, modest, clean and new. I stayed for 2 nights for $200. The room and bathroom were nice and clean. The bed was new and comfy. The TV was flat screen with limited DirectTV. The location is great. Right near Shattuck. Short walk to campus. The staff were friendly. I'd definitely reccomend to anyone. I just hope it doesn't eventually fall into the awful Berkeley hotel traps.
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The location was prime, right off Shattuck in the heart of everything. We stayed here for my husband's b-day to party at the Down Low, a reggae club on sunday nights which was right on the corner from the hotel.
We were able to park for free at the hotel and did not need the car until it was time to leave. The room was nice, large comfy bed with flat screen TV. I agree with other reviews that a mini fridge would add a lot to the room.
This review would have been 4 stars but I also agree that noise was a problem. If you are interested in sleeping in, DO NOT STAY HERE!. It was not even street noise, it was the un-supervised children running back and forth from 7am. Their footstep echoed like an earthquake in the room. We got the added bonus of a trash pick up bright and early which again sounded like an avalanche.
So yes, the location was prime, the room was nice, parking was convenient, just don't plan on sleeping in and you will love this place. Oh ya, and $100 for the night was extremely reasonable for the area.
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Location, location, location... and a 42" HD plasma TV in every room!
Seriously, I happened across this hotel when desperately searching for a room in the Bay Area the same weekend as the Gift Show, North Beach Jazz Fest, and the SF Marathon. The prices were in line with what one would expect in the Bay Area ($119 King), so I booked it.
The hotel is right off Shattuck, only a couple of blocks away from the BART station, which was perfect. I felt completely safe walking back from the station at midnight on Saturday.
There is very limited parking for guests, so be prepared to park on the street or a couple of blocks away at a public lot.
The hotel itself appears to have recently received a major face-lift. New carpet, bed (w/ a Tempur-pedic-like mattress), modern furnishings, air conditioning, fresh paint and the aforementioned HDTV were a welcomed site. The bathroom was also sparkling new.
My only complaints? No in-room refrigerator and poor weatherstripping on the door. When the door was closed at night, you could see a thin beam of light all the way around it. You could hear traffic, but the corner it's located on isn't too busy, so the noise is more than bearable.
The staff was extremely friendly and accommodating. If I'm looking to stay in the Bay Area again, this place would be at the top of my list.
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This was a pretty good hotel, the rooms were really new, the beds were very comfortable, the bathroom was clean, everything was up-to-date with a flat screen TV. However, there is no breakfast included, which was no big deal. The main problem was that the hotel seems really popular with people working in Berkeley so you hear everyone getting up at 7am, having their shower etc, waking you up. Which wouldn't be too bad, except you also get woken up by people coming in late. The room really had promise, but if you go, take earplugs.
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