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Good-Nite Inn
Category: Event Planning & Services Hotels Hotels & Travel Hotels Hotels [Edit]
12835 Encinitas AveSylmar, CA 91342
Neighborhood: Sylmar
(818) 362-8899
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- Accepts Credit Cards:
- Yes
- Wi-Fi:
- Paid
15 reviews for Good-Nite Inn
15 reviews in English
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Review from misti h.
Las Vegas, NV
8/24/2011 1 Check-in Here
Well our room was great. we paid 57 a night and it was clean, water worked and of course there was freeway noise we were.....wait for it......wait for it......NEXT TO A FREEWAY!!!! Anyhow I have worked in hospitality for years and like a previous lady said we pulled the comforters off right off. But the room wasn't that small. I don't know what people are complaining about you don't need a 2000 square foot room to sleep in. There are 4 of us and a baby and it worked fine for us!
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Review from Bernie D.
CANYON CNTRY, CA
2/8/2012
I was not notified but was charged a "no cancellation/no show fee" equal to the FULL price of the hotel. didnt get a chance to stay the night there, wasnt given an opportunity to reschedule nothing. just a "thanks for not showing up, here is your bill anyways" and a "hope to see you soon"
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Review from Cindy T.
1/3/2011
Unlike the other reviews, I had a pretty good experience here at the Good - Nite Inn! I mean, for the price, it's a 'you pay what you get' type of deal.
Pros:
They let us check in 3 hours earlier than intended since we arrived early.
We were able to open our hotel door just fine.
Rooms were clean.
TV worked fine.
No suspicious holes on the carpet, bathrooms, walls, etc.
The service was great!
Cons:
NO BLOWDRYER!!! This is a no no for females with long hair.
The AC/Heater was a little off. I turned the knob to maximum heat and it was cold. I then tried it 10 minutes later and it worked just fine.
It's next to a freeway, but who cares if you just come back exhausted and knock out once you hit the bed.
Pillows were flat as paper.
Overall, the hotel wasn't bad at all for their price. I mean, it's an inn, what do you expect?! All I'm saying is that I'm just glad there aren't any uninvited insects roaming around the room. Other than that, this hotel does its job. -
Review from Dan C.
Phoenix, AZ
11/16/2010
Pillows like rocks. No hair dryer in the room. Paper thin walls, it's right off the freeway.
We stayed 2 nights (I was on a job and didn't choose the hotel), so we get back and our door will not open, the electronic lock does not recognize the card, so my friend goes and gets 2 new cards... they don't work either... so we call again and they send security up, turns out it was the battery in the electronic lock, but of course housekeeping could not get in either to clean the room or bring fresh towels. Do you think housekeeping could have mentioned to the manager "We can't get into room 228" to do our job, can you check this out please?"
Also there was a loose connection on the cable into the television, some of the channels were pretty snowy, and you had to hold the cable at the correct angle to get a clear picture... just what you want to do after a long day of working (that's sarcasm). -
Review from Stephi S.
4/29/2010
Keep in mind, the average daily rate for the area is about $65 per night. This place is running at $45 per night.
Savings? - Yes.
Do you get what you pay for? - Yes.
It's all about expectations. You can't expect well maintained buildings, lavish lobbys, fine linen, modern furniture, well kept fixtures or extra amenities. Here you keep the doors locked and be happy that you found shelter for the night. We were on a tight budget, and this was a fit for our situation. Plus it is in a convenient location, close to main attractions and great restaurants.
As other Yelpers mentioned, we also had to "air out" the room, although they said they gave us a nonsmoking room, the smell was old smoke and musty..
I also experienced the shower not having hot water. I was very concerned about that, but after we played around with the fixture we found out that cold = hot! Tah DAH! we have warmer water.
At one point I spilled a little lotion on the carpet, I went to blot it up with a napkin and after blotting it out I looked at the napkin and found it was black with grime. Wearing my shoes from this point on...
There is a Spa, but looking at the condition of the water, it was not something we wanted to risk.
Umm, oh yea thin walls.... that's all I have to say about that... :)
Of these circumstances, the one that was most difficult, the pillows. They were lumpy, deformed and uneven as if they had been used in some crazy pillow fight years ago. Very uncomfortable to sleep on.
RULE OF THUMB: You want budget you are going to get budget. Just bring your own pillows, reconsider the idea of using the spa, bring ear plugs if you are sensitive to noise, don't walk barefoot, and never use the comforter.
I know a lot about the hospitality industry.. trust me.. it's the first thing I removed when we got there. Not that it looked bad, but I know these comforters hardly ever get washed, especially at a Budget Hotel...and many people do a lot of things on them... -
Review from Melinda C.
Fairfield, CA
3/28/2011
I really should have yelp'ed this place first before we stayed.
We had reservations to stay at a really nice casino resort in Reno for our anniversary, but ended up getting snowed out so we decided to head south to nicer weather and frantically searched for a hotel that was close to Universal Studios. We came across Good Nite and figured it was a decent enough price so we weren't expecting the Hilton or anything like that. I was expecting, however, a clean and quiet room. I didn't get either.
This hotel is right off of the 5. Ok I've stayed at hotels right off of busy freeways before but at least I never heard the traffic at those. This hotel was so noisy! The walls are super super thin so we could hear people walking up and down the hallways at all hours of the night, talking, dragging luggage behind them, etc.
We walked in and there is stuff all over the carpet. Haven't the maids heard of a vacuum? The room was a little musty, but it didn't stink of smoke or mold or anything like that. There was a beat up chair in the corner, no table. The bed was hard as a rock. The pillows - HA! What a joke! My boyfriend ended up wadding his sweatshirt up under his to give some thickness.
This hotel DOES have wireless internet, but you have to PAY for it! It's not really expensive, but I wasn't about to pay for internet when I was given a room with dirty floors.
No hairdryer, no fridge, no coffee machine.
I had no problem with the shower the first morning we were there, but the 2nd morning I had NO hot water at all. It was ice cold even after letting it run for several minutes. So I got to spend all day at Disneyland feeling dirty, joy!
The elevator smelled like pee. Don't touch the sides or the handles...yuck.
Next time I'll spend a few extra bucks and stay at a Super 8 or something. -
Review from Anastasia F.
San Diego, CA
9/20/2011
This was the cheapest hotel by Magic Mountain. The stay was ok. The bathtub and sink appeared dirty, and even though it was the cheapest I still feel like we overpaid. The breakfast was non-existent (muffins, OJ, coffee - except that they were out of muffins). The staff was very friendly though and unless one of the nicer/closer hotels has a deal I would probably end up staying there again.
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Review from Michele S.
Tehachapi, CA
12/30/2010
I'm tired, so just some quick facts. Rude front desk staff. In room: No coffee maker, no fridge, no hair dryer, no toilet paper, non-working telephone, no hand towels, pancake for a pillow, and a lumpy bed.
OK, as I'm writing this the story gets better! My guy goes down to the lobby to retrieve T.P. and coffee. He's told that the cleaning crew has to bring us the T.P. Front desk has no supplies for such instances (clearly). He grabs coffee but there's no cream or sugar. We end up having to track down a cleaning cart but guess what? They don't have any T.P. either! We were given a box of tissue though!
We never turned on the TV, so no clue if that works. We paid $65 for the night, it should have been $19.99. I'm sorry I didn't check the Yelp community before checking in. -
Review from Jenny M.
San Mateo, CA
11/12/2007
This motel has got to be the worst one I've been to in my life. I knew it was going to be an interesting experience when we checked in and the was a crazy prostitute getting out of the car next to us, and a cat with no ears running around the parking lot. My boyfriend and I checked in around 12:30 AM and the guy who checked us in was very short and curt. When we got to our room (which was right by the stairs, by the way) we opened the door and this weird smell invaded our senses. It smelled like bad old people home. Of course I had to go pee after our six-hour drive, so I walked to the bathroom and found that it smelled like carrots. It was really weird. The beds were on their last legs and when my boyfriend laid on his side the whole bed dipped down. Oh, by the way, we made reservations for one queen bed and they gave us two full and said no more were available. Hmmm, that's why we made reservations! I kept waking up during the night to people yelling and walking up and down the stairs. The next night, same thing. At one point, my boyfriend and I were leaving and a crazy lady stepped out of a room that was just trashed and full of stuff. We had to follow her babbling ass and she smelled like weed. When we got back, we were trying to get into our room and we heard a "hey!". Apparently a security guard had been following us and when he realized we had a room he was like, "oh". Yeah, how about lets be concerned about the girl downstairs smoking weed in one of your rooms, instead of someone you think might be a prostitute getting into their room. The next day, one of the maids knocked on the door at 9, and I told her to come back later. We came back at 3, and the room still wasn't done. All of a sudden, the door just opens and it's the maid. No knocking, no nothing. As we left, we told her that we were leaving and she can come clean now. Well, we got back around 12 am, and it still wasn't done. We had to order some more toilet paper, since no one had replaced it. That night there were people screaming and laughing in the parking lot, and I'm sure the security was doing it too. They did it until 2 in the morning.
Dude this hotel was so bad. My boyfriend checked under the bed for dead bodies on our last day. The sink and shower was cracked all to hell, and the remote in our room didn't work. The showerhead was mounted at my chest height and I'm 5'4". Nasty, nasty. The parking spots all suck and are very narrow and small. Stay away! Get a better place for a few more dollars! It will be worth it to you, I promise! -
Review from Saundra G.
Bakersfield, CA
9/20/2010 1 Check-in Here
Had to change rooms. No tv in first room. Phone and shower not working in 2nd. The repairman was there in 5 minutes and fixed problems. No refrigerator in any room Ice machine only on 1st floor. I'm on the second which is difficult because I need to keep insulin cold
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Review from Payal D.
1/3/2008
i really wanna give this a minus 1...people please DO NOT GO TO THIS MOTEL EVEN IF YOUR LIFE DEPENDS ON IT...I WISH I'D READ THE REVIEWS PRIOR TO LEAVING
we've stayed at the good nite inn in redwood city plenty of times and since it is a franchise expected the same but wow what a sham!!! I'll highlight the "high points" of the facility:
-parking lot ridden with potsmokers/dealers/prostitutes
-shady staff and equally shady security guy
-bed sheets with nasty stains
-bathroom with cracks, plaster that was also cracked, no hot water
-HORRIBLE STENCH OF BO MIXED WITH SMOKE IN A SO CALLED NON-SMOKING ROOM
-and to top it all off..the beautiful sounds of I-5N and 101...bravo!!!!
its horrible..we were scared to death!! had we not booked around new year's eve and not run into issues with not finding any other place, we had no choice but to come here to sleep at night...if you can call this getting sleep...shady crowd roaming the walkways it felt like we were about to get murdered any minute
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Review from Dave M.
Ashburn, VA
1/3/2007
Cheap for the LA area but after sleeping here one night, I would say it's overpriced. Small room, disgusting sink and bathroom, no continental breakfast...this place was pretty horrible. The car alarm going off all night didn't help, either.
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Review from Arturo A.
San Jose, CA
8/7/2007
-$90 for a tiny room: check.
-Carpet that would burn through your skin if walked on with bare feet:
check.
-Freeway noise to lull you to sleep: check.
-Noise from every other room surrounding you: check.
-Showerhead located at chest height (I'm 6' tall): check.
-No hot water coming out from said showerhead: check.
-Constant and imminent threat of bodily harm: check.
-Euphoria from waking up alive and with all appendages my still
attached: check -
Review from a a.
San Jose, CA
2/25/2008
I agree, this is not the best place to stay. However...always remember the saying "you get what you pay for". $50 bucks a nite...$65 max...and you can't expect much more than what the others here are complaining about. Duh. Next time, go Marriott or something.
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Review from Steve R.
Medford, OR
3/11/2009
Wasn't happy. Toilet was clogged. Continental breakfast -- hardly. Spa needed shocked/cleaned for sure. Internet worked though. Shower had no hot water, about 2 min worth...
