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Reviews of Desert Inn Motel

2 out of 5
Desert Inn Motel
1100 East Main Street, Barstow, CA

Reviews

4.2
Rating 10 - Excellent. 47 out of 583 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 47 out of 583 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 88 out of 583 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 87 out of 583 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 314 out of 583 reviews" "

4.0/10

Cleanliness

5.0/10

Staff & service

2.8/10

Amenities

3.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

4.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Tim

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

4/10 Poor

Farqad, Fort irwin

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
They need work more on their prop No wifi Selling light cover was broken, over the sink Fairly clean.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

2/10 Terrible

Abel

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Room was dirty. Writing on the walls. No hot water and filthy carpets.

2/10 Terrible

Abel

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I would not stay here again.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

2/10 Terrible

Donald

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We booked the hotel thinking it looked good on the outside. When we got there to check in, there were strangers to us walking around the outside of the facility or sitting on the stairs etc. The strangers looked dangerous to us and made us uncomfortable so we decided not to stay and went across the street to the Budget Inn.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

2/10 Terrible

Aisha

Travelled with family and small children
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I was scared checking into the room. Room had no hot water and toilet was clogged. Smelled bad. Red bodily stains on the walls. Not maintained.

2/10 Terrible

Aisha

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Waited 1 hour to get checked in. Rooms are disgusting. Dirty and yellow linen and towels. Door does not secure. Extremely dirty everywhere. Smells like drugs. Mice found inside the room. In the morning my car window was broken into. Very unsafe.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

2/10 Terrible

Amber

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

2/10 Terrible

Amber

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children, Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Ghetto
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

2/10 Terrible

Amber

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Toilets plug up No hot water
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

2/10 Terrible

Anthony

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I never even got to stay i reserved the room but nobody was at the front desk to check me in had to go somewhere else
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

2/10 Terrible

Andrew

Travelled with family and small children
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Cigarette burn on the bedding, dirty sheets, lots of shouting outside.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

2/10 Terrible

Rosa

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

2/10 Terrible

Jordan

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The most scary and dangerous hotel. This is not somewhere you want to stay.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

6/10 Okay

Alisha

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ashraf

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent stay at the desert inn.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

2/10 Terrible

Ray

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nothing was to like about this place
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

2/10 Terrible

Michael

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Poor
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

2/10 Terrible

Justine

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I will never stay here again. This place was filthy!!!! The TV didn't work. Half of the outlets and lights worked. There were gang bangers and drug dealers everywhere.I had to leave early because I just couldn't take it. I would have gladly kept my money and slept in my car if I would have known that's where I was going to stay.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ashraf

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good place to stay on the way to Vegas.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

2/10 Terrible

Semi

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
DO NOT GO PLEASE!!
My stay was awful, terrible and I did not stay the two days booked. I had to get out of there because of the trash and contamination. Everything broken, missing or didn't work. Couldn't hear the T.V over the air conditioner. The place is ALL wrong. Needs to be torn down. I'll never go here again. PLEASE DON'T STAY AT THIS MOTEL!!!!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

2/10 Terrible

Lonnell

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Barbara

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
I’ve stayed in numerous run down hotels in my life but, they were at least CLEAN. This place is filthy!!!!!! The room reeked!! The carpet was stained with what I don’t want to know!! It’s probably the reason the room reeks so badly. There was no towels, no soap or shampoo and no tv remote!!! The local dregs of society were yelling at each other until after midnight! If you’re looking for a quiet, clean and peaceful sleep/stay, this isn’t it!!!!! If you’re on an extremely tight budget then this place might do. Make sure to wear socks AND slippers!!!!!!!!!!!!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

2/10 Terrible

Craig

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
A lot of transient activity. Appears some live there. Actually we left and went to another motel. This place is unsafe.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Johnnie

Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

Johnnie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Clean rooms
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

4/10 Poor

Michalina

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023

4/10 Poor

Glen

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Plastic covered mattress. Fridge full of other people’s stuff. Rowdy guests.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

4/10 Poor

John

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The room did not look clean and the bed linen was stained. Not sure if it had been changed. A plastic sheet was fitted between the mattress and sheet which is always a bad sign. Also a strange smell in the room. The property appeared to have some long term residents and children living there. However they all appeared friendly and polite. After I checked in a gentleman followed me outside and warned me to be careful and not to open my bedroom door as people would probably be knocking on it during the night. Shortly after taking my luggage to my room from my car another gentleman came to my room and advised me to stay in my room and keep the door locked. I then heard two ladies outside having a serious argument which became quite disturbing. I then made the decision to leave the property as I did not feel comfortable in spending the night there. I checked on Expedia website and did notice the rating was 4 which is an indication all is not well here. I would not recommend this motel to normal travellers. I used Expedia to find another motel close by which turned out to be very good and met my expectations.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

6/10 Okay

Steven

Travelled with family
Disliked: Amenities
WiFi didn't work. Water leaking at base of fridge. No waste paper basket in room. Noisy late at night.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

2/10 Terrible

George

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Unbelievably BAD!!
Went to check in. Walked i in the office. No one there. Called twice on my mobil. Heard it ring and ring and ring. No answer, no answering machine. I walked the parking lot. No employee found. Left went elsewhere, now I want a refund and Hotels.com has been of no help. Very bad experiences with this hotel and website. My advice - stay away from both!
Office with no one there.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

2/10 Terrible

Michael

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It looked like they had a lot of people living there! Room and toilet were dirty and sticky! I would not recommend this place except to single men that just want a cheap place to stay! Did I say cockroaches? Expedia, you really wanted to delete this place! 0 out of 5 stars!
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

2/10 Terrible

Gary

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Was very dirty and room stunk with an odor. Main office was messy with trash around. I left and did not stay there. I did not ask for a refund because it was a nasty place. Definitely not worth the $54 dollars I lost paying for the room
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

2/10 Terrible

sam

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
It is a DUMP, filthy, unsafe at best Expedia should not have them as a choice Very disappointing
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

2/10 Terrible

Amberlyn

Travelled with family and small children
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Horrible
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

2/10 Terrible

Margaret

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Aaron

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

4/10 Poor

Gavin

Disliked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

2/10 Terrible

Noelle

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was dirty, unsanitary and when we tried to get a refund we were charged more than what we booked the room for.
Stayed 6 nights in Feb 2023

8/10 Good

Sean

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
It met all my needs. The only issue I had was that their printer was down and there was trouble pulling up my reservation. The reservation should have been accessed from a computer instead of having me get my laptop and connect to their wifi, etc.

8/10 Good

Billy

Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2023

2/10 Terrible

Thomas

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

8/10 Good

Randy

Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2023

2/10 Terrible

James

6/10 Okay

Anna

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
We found some sort of insects on the sheets but they were not bedbugs....

2/10 Terrible

Travis

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is the worst hotel I have ever seen. We had to stay somewhere else. Literally had duct tape on the floor where the wood is separating. This place is being overrun by homeless people. The stench of human waste in and around the buildings made me sick.

8/10 Good

jonathan

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place to stay, convenient, good price, safe
Family trip on the way to Vegas. Check in was very smooth. The lady that checked me in was very nice. I was offered upstairs or downstairs, and I chose downstairs so that we didn't have to lug our stuff up stairs. The unit was right in front of where our car was parked, so that was very helpful. Unit was clean. It's an older motel, so some of the features were a little dated, but everything was functional, which is what matters most. Bathtub and toilet were clean and worked well. Sheets were nice and white, and each bed came with fluffy pillows. The heater worked amazingly well. I had an issue with the TV (remote and box weren't syncing), so I called the front office, and they had a gentleman come over right away and fix it. Motel was right on the main drag of Barstow, but it wasn't loud at all. Plus, there's a Dennys on the same side of the street, only a 5 minute walk away, so that's very convenient. Internet was very fast and connected right away. I was able to watch You Tube videos with no issues. Microwave and large fridge worked well. Overall, we felt safe. Didn't hear a bunch of loud neighbors or see sketchy people. For the price, you really can't beat it. Would definitely stay here again. Out of 10 possible points, I'd give this place a 7.5. It'd get a higher score if it has a spa and also a continental breakfast (but then the price would be higher, so I guess you can't have everything in life). Overall, great stay.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022

2/10 Terrible

Gralind

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2022

2/10 Terrible

Angela

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Non andateci, un incubo
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

4/10 Poor

Johan

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Need to close that.