Americas Best Value Inn

This is a very dated hotel. I was stuck in Livermore for a night due to car problems, and needed to find somewhere to stay. Online, this hotel was listed as $ 90. They charged me $ 100. The floor and top bed blanket had stains in them. The tv did not work, and they advertised as having free HBO. Would not recommend this hotel to anyone. Not worth the $ 100.

Very run down! I stay in about 50 hotels in an average year, I knew i was risking it on a 2 and a half star hotel but thought I would give it a try because of its location in downtown Livermore. The blankets, carpets and chairs were covered in dirty stains. The bathroom had a significant amount of mold and the shower floor was painted with pink paint to hide whatever is beneath it. The outer building is just as bad with rotting wood on the awning over the office. There also was no ice machine.

DO NOT STAY HERE! The worst hotel I’ve ever stayed at. The bed was dirty. I asked for clean pillow cases. Room smelled like bleach. There was a bug crawling on my bed. I left the hotel. I’ve stayed in many hotels for work and pleasure; I chose this one because it was close to downtown area. Never again. Do not stay here. I came home and took a shower right away. Awful.

It’s an old, run-​down and dingy motel… but for the price, I certainly wasn’t expecting any more than what we got.
Super small room but the bed was comfy, there was full cable tv, a microwave and a fridge. Just fine for a drunken overnight stay.
Also happy to report… NO bedbugs!

Was attending a wedding in livermore and decided to book a room instead of driving back home (about an hour away). My wife and I were thoroughly disappointed and disgusted upon arrival. The walls were stained/​dirty, had areas that needed to be repaired and damaged areas that were just painted over. The bathroom was literally from the 70s. We decided to just not drink at the reception and drive home rather than stay there. Booked this room through Orbits and the pictures posted on their web sight was not a good representation on the actual conditions of the rooms (at least the one we got)
DIIIIIIIISGUSTING!

This place is an old hotel, its very basic. But, the service was great and the beds were really comfortable. The guy who checked us at 2am was super sweet. He gave us late checkout time and provided breakfast. If you are in a budget and in the area. this is a good place to stay.

Its amazing how much this place has changed since my last visit.
The room is very spacious and the bed is very comfy, however…
The phone in my room doesn’t work, at all. I went to the front desk to ask about it and the gentleman told me he knows its broken…
and that’s it. No offer to have it fixed, no apologies, just recognition of the problem.
They have FOUR different wifi networks, only one of them letting you stay on for about ten minutes before kicking you off. The other three didn’t work at all. My final thought on the subject: thank god for the Starbucks across the street.
The cherry on top has to be the headboard that isn’t even attached to the bed. Just wobbling around with any minuscule movement. Simply beautiful.
I’m hoping this was just a fluke, because if they keep this up say bye bye.

I have to say when I first pulled up I wasn’t impressed once I was here I found there was a mini fridge, microwave, and a decent size coffee maker, also a nice LG flatscreen TV with a DVD player, I was taken back not that bad, Bob at the front desk let me check in early so I could get off to work in Santa Clara witch was nice of him.

Well, the sheets are very clean and the tub. There was ashes on bathroom floor. The owners are very dear. All in all I slept well.

DON’T STAY HERE!!! Just got home from staying here last night. I’m a long time Livermore resident and needed to stay somewhere while work was being done on my home here. All I can say is the city of Livermore should shut this dump down. Every complaint by previous Unilocalers is true. The bathroom was disgusting, mold and mildew everywhere. They had tried to paint over the tile, which if you’ve ever tried it, doesn’t work. The walls are poorly patched and you can see the previous color showing through. Carpet and curtains were stained. The refrigerator was so loud it kept me from sleeping. The air conditioner didn’t have an auto shutoff and so you are either freezing and can’t sleep because of the noise, or you’re roasting and still can’t get any sleep. The sheets were so coarse and rough I didn’t want to sleep on them, but the blanket was worse and there was no way I was going to touch the bedspread. All in all, I spent a horrible night here and will NEVER GO BACK.

Okay, I’m no princess but OMG! When booking this motel I was under the impression of it being a different motel and didn’t do further research. Which looking into it more probably wouldn’t of swayed my decision anyways because what does come up for it are the pictures from probably either when it first opened in 1980! or from another America’s Best Value Inn elsewhere. Wish I would have stuck around longer to take pics for my fellow Unilocalers but I hightailed it out of there as fast as I could. Driving up it’s VERY SMALL! Not well lit, definitely didn’t feel too comfortable getting out of the car and I’m used to walking around the loin in SF without worrying… Parking is limited, but found a tight spot, oh and I did find that in between checking in and walking to my room a few cars had left (probably because some services had been fulfilled if you know what I mean, yes, it’s that kind of a motel). First off I checked in late so they gave away the original room I reserved with a King size bed and gave me a room with 2 double beds (Um ya because my boyfriend and I didn’t want to sleep next to each other). The guy at the front desk was apologetic and nice but a little off in a way and a little too smiley (ladies you know what I mean by that)… The room after taxes was $ 66 and change and I paid with $ 80. When he was giving me my change which he clearly had in his hands but then decided to give me the room for flat rate of $ 65 then went back to get a $ 5 in exchange for the $ 1’s he was already holding… Not that I was complaining but, huh… Now I wasn’t expecting the Ritz– Carlton or anything nice, after-​all I booked this on a budget but WOW! I get to room 119 and it was neat (I say neat because I thinks it’s a little less than clean) but REEKED of fresh paint. Has a decent TV, comcast, decent fridge and microwave and coffee maker. Oh yeah, free continental breakfast? Cereal in gumball dispensers, seriously lol. Back to the room, very small and the bulky furniture was not helping. The bathroom was decent, sure it was um clean… But the over caulked floor tile? Painted shut window? and dingy off-​white hand towels that don’t match the crisp white bath towels? People clearly don’t actually use these rooms for staying in, they could probably make the same amount of money charging by the hour instead of by the night lol Anyhow, I proceeded to look at the beds and the sheets and that’s when I was over it. Ew, the blankets and sheets were so worn they made my moms sheets from the 80’s look new and the pillows were so tiny they make pillow pets bigger than them. I also just kept getting that creepy vibe like there were secret peep holes or cameras hidden somewhere. Needless to say I took a $ 15 deduct on a refund and left without looking back but I did notice the cars in the lot changed again… Oh ya the Sands Motel and Del Valle Lodge down the street had vacancies for $ 52 after taxes!!! WTFRACK?! Thanks orbitz and
for not showing me all my options!

Not dog friendly…

I have stayed here multiple times and I have never had any serious issues. The staff here are so friendly, and always available to answer any questions or address any needs. They usually will give you a late checkout with no hassle (or charge) if you just ask for it. The rooms are clean, but some of them could definitely use some upgrades, especially in the bathroom. The tile on the floor and in the showers are old, but never dirty and never gross. The sheets are always clean, and the beds are pretty comfortable. If you are looking for luxury and fancy-​ness, this probably isn’t going to be your best option… but if you are looking for an inexpensive, safe and clean place to sleep it is perfect. It is also right on 1^st street, so if you plan on enjoying the Livermore night life, it is in a great walkable location.
Tip: If you are planning a trip here, or to any America’s Best Value Inn… go online and join their value club. Its free, and you get a great discount every time you reserve a room. I think its 15% each time, which is a lot when the rooms are only $ 60 a night. I never got my actual card in the mail, but I have the number and I just go online to book the room. Great way to save money!

I was looking for a cheap place to stay while finishing my move. I reserved a nonsmoking room for 2 nights.
The room was small and furnished with a mixture of early Goodwill and weekend estate sale. The nonsmoking plaque on the door was apparently a decoration. The room reeked of smoke which was made worse by turning on the heater. Next to the bed was a family of cigarette butts on the floor. The bedding was ripped and stained. The reservations through
was nonrefundable so I stayed. The next morning I smashed a little bug on the sheet which left a blood spot on the sheet. Bedbugs? I don’t know but it was a bug in the bed. The next night when i walked into the room. The bed was made but the same rips and stains were on the bedding. Yep the same bug blood stain. The family of cigarette butts were still on the floor. At least the neighbors next door got all the loud arguing out of their systems the first night.
This is not the worst fleabag I’ve ever stayed in but it comes in a close 2^nd.

This place gets five stars from me. I was looking for cheap, safe, clean, and friendly, and it rated high in all of these qualities. Now, I’m not picky, but I was really pleasantly surprised by how comfy and welcoming this place was. If you have expensive taste, this isn’t your place — you might be offended by the old tile in the bathroom. But it’s just old, and it’s clean — it’s not going to hurt you. But if you like homey, this is just the ticket.

We drove up to this spot seeking a clean, well-​lighted place to store our few belongings and crash after helping a friend celebrate his 39^th birthday. Luckily there were vacancies, and luckily the rate was a cool $ 64 per night for the closest (that we could find) hotel/​motel near the downtown Livermore area.
The proprietor was friendly and helpful, and when we returned to our room after a raucous evening, we had no complaints about our weird antics (excited conversation about The Empire Strikes Back which was just beginning to play on one of the TV channels, several fielded phone calls from far-​flung friends, and slightly drunken antics by yours truly). We slept fitfully — having forgotten my earplugs I did find the walls to be a bit thin (and thus fretted about our 9:30-pm-noise-levels) but eventually found sleep again in the wee hours. Closing the bathroom door kept the crazy spring sun from encroaching upon our moment of repose.
The bathroom only features a stand-​up shower with a short shower-​head (GT is 6-​foot-​three) but I was happy with the room, the king-​sized bed, the large towels, and the quiet place to disappear for a while on a quick trip to Livermore.