Name: El Dorado Motel Salinas
Address: 1351 N Main, Salinas, Salinas, Salinas, CA 93906, United States of America
Rating: 6

Smoke-free property

Heating

All Spaces Non-Smoking (public and private)

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Non-smoking rooms

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At the mini-hotel

Northridge Mall

Natividad Hospital

Monterey Regional Airport

Watsonville Municipal Airport

El Dorado Motel Salinas

I stayed four days at the El Dorado Motel.  It was clean and very basic.  Great location.  Walking distance to restaurants for breakfast.  Polite front desk staff.  Great value!  I would recommend if you don't want amenities. .

This is an older property but it has been very well maintained. Has new large screen TV. Very nice room. Very clean. Convenient location on Main Street. No coffee provided either in the room nor in the office.

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Clean and Basic

Very friendly owner,

I wanted to go biking in Monterey, so I wanted to stay in a budget motel.  I couldn't find an affordable Super 8-like motel in the greater region and I ended up choosing the El Dorado Motel.  I paid a reasonable rate ($75 for a Saturday night ) and did not come in with high expectations.

Pluses:

* The people whom I talked to on the phone and in person were courteous and kind.  Good customer service is important to me, so this was a positive!  Without any prompting, I was upgraded to a king sized bed at no cost.  This was a nice gesture, given that I arrived after normal service hours after a long drive from Fullerton.  From limited interaction, I perceive current management as being well-meaning and good-hearted.

* Although the building and interior walls of the room were dated, ownership has upgraded at least some of the furniture.  The wooden TV cabinet was actually quite nice.

* The shower worked well (until the handle came off--minor quibble; easy to fix).

* The room and towels were nicely scented (subjective of course).

* The pillow was decent (for me).

* There was wireless service, but it seemed spotty.

Minuses:

The aspect ratio of the TV was distorted.

No hair dryer was placed in the room.

The bathroom and shower was small (but it did not bother me).

The shampoo, particularly the soap, were low-end, as to be expected.

The blanket on the bed is thin.

Despite the minor problems, I got what I needed out of this stay: an affordable, clean enough room, close to necessities and food within a reasonable driving distance to Monterey.  Given the overall experience and cost (value always factors into my rating), I rate this a 3.5 out of 5.  I assume that the owner and manager will consider feedback and continue to improve this motel.

I am submitting this review on Trip Advisor because there are few reviews, and many are dated.  Check out Booking.com for more current reviews (indicating a higher average rating).

Good value for budget travelers with reasonable expectations

First of all these poor people try hard to keep this place decient but people come here and distroy there rooms I like the mom shes nice and the daughter talks to the people who stay here as far as the people here sure they stare but only cuss there curios about you im tired of people thinking prostutes live here I stay here and the people have always been nice to me even though im a little shy nobodys ever ever been rude and so what if they sit out side they live here so I saw dont be put off come stay here

renovated rooms

i stayed at this place for a week i got head lice from one of the rooms i found a dirty needle in my blanket there was no hot water and the people were crack heads there were so many coacheroaches i was scared too sit the owners were big scary somoans who sat out side all day and gossiped i was only there a week and i hearda rumor that i was a prositute horrable place

El Dorado Motel Salinas

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