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Reviews of FairBridge Inn & Suites Merced/Gateway to Yosemite

2.5 out of 5
FairBridge Inn & Suites Merced/Gateway to Yosemite
1199 Motel Dr, Merced, CA

Reviews

8.0

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 180 out of 441 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 137 out of 441 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 60 out of 441 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 31 out of 441 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 33 out of 441 reviews" "

8.2/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

7.6/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in May 2024

6/10 Okay

Peter

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
It's "just okay." A bit overpriced and questionably comfortable. Basic motel off highway in a tired-looking town. Bed seems fine, but towels should have been downgraded to cleaning rags a few years ago. Trying not to complain, but pictures make the place look nicer than it is. I would not stay here again.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great Place. Beds comfy, very new and clean. THe only thing, loud visitors arguing outside woke me up. Happened twice. But that can happen anywhere. I will stay there again. great price
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Patricia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

6/10 Okay

Johnnie

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities
I don't like to leave reviews but the time I spent at the inn was less then considered alright. I'm not a fan of people knocking on the door early in the Morning as it is, but TRYING TO FORCE their way in While, my wife an I are sleeping and relaxing after a long day? I understand and respect the workers for just doing their job, but when a room is occupied and we're trying to sleep!, and someone is trying get in the room, its hard to relax, my poor wife was scared and concerned, and really wanted to pack up and go home early, and almost did a few times, we were very much uncomfortable throughout the 4 days. Overall I wasn't pleased with my stay due to this reason.
Stayed 5 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Pedro

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very comfortable and quiet for a single traveler.
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Amber

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great pricing..safe area.. nice little gateway
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Noemi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
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Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Antonino

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Doris

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
good stay
It was a good stay overall. I checked about 7pm. There were a little internal construction in the check in counters. I asked for a few more packets of creamer, as I know from previous stays that they give low number of packets. The man said he will bring it out, because it is not present due to the construction. Checked into my room. Every thing was clean. The remote control to the TV did not work, so I walked out to the office to ask them to change the battery. They did right away, and it worked. I again asked for a few packets of creamer for the coffee. Again, said they will bring it to me. I told them I wanted to rest soon, and would like more creamer for coffee in the am. I did not get them. Other than that it was a good but could have been a better stay. I have been coming here and there for business This family has been upgrading the motel rooms slowly.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Michelle, Merced

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff is always so nice
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Christine M

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Older hotel with recent remodeling done. Room was clean with new amenities. However had a very strong bleach/ chemical smell. Did not do well with my sinuses. Over all worked for a one night stay
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

4/10 Poor

Silvia

Travelled with family and small children
Disliked: Amenities
This was the worst hotel I have stayed in. I arrived in a rainstorm and our tv had to be reset, our toilet seat was about to come off and when I asked for extra blankets, I was told they didn’t have any and they advertise breakfast but provide none. I would not recommend this hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

6/10 Okay

edde

Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Needs some upgrades.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice little motel, clean and simple.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

2/10 Terrible

Maria

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The bed sheets and pillow covers had several stains it looked like if they hadn’t changed them since the last person had left, the toilet had a hair on it , overall the noise is what you expect from being next to a freeway. The cleaning definitely needs to be double checked.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Tri

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Room is nice and clean. Well kept inn, would recommend to friends and family.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Tri

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

2/10 Terrible

Josephine

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

10/10 Excellent

Robert

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

James

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good parking . Room clean and quiet
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2023

4/10 Poor

Keith

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We didn't even stay,walked in and walked out.It was clean,but just was not what the pictures showed,pics have to be years old.office was not clean,very old and just was not good. They gave me bs over my dog, he is a registered service dog.She asked what does he do ,I said you he is amedical service dog. I offered to show his paperwork, she said she didn't needthem, but still asked whT he does,I said if I tell you that then I'm telling ypu my disability and that is not your business.Anyways not a good place,maybe in a pinch,but would not pay more than 60 a night. Found the el capitan in down town merced,buitifull area safe,lots to do within walking distance, restaurants at the hotel,very pricey, but lots around the area to go to. Merced is a very nice place,very clean,safe,is on Forbes top citys to live in California. And it was only 20 bucks more than the fairbridge.Hope this is helpful.

10/10 Excellent

James

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Ralph

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

Alyssa

Disliked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

2/10 Terrible

Michael

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities

10/10 Excellent

VANESSA

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Quiet and uneventful
I checked in around 6pm. Gentleman at the front counter was very friendly and efficient. Got into my room to find a very clean and nicely upgraded room. Our stay was quiet and uneventful. Would recommend this motel.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

Caryn

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness
It was Motel 6 quality: mid quality
Room was for the most part, clean. The cleaning rag was left by the coffee machine (where it stayed), and there was no towel mat to step out on from the shower. The room was in better condition than my associates. Their door to the outside needs to be changed, the inserts were not coming out but loose enough we could see the outside from the inside. My bed did not have a fitted sheet which which I thought was standard issue. There were no visible bugs so I was grateful.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

James

Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2023

6/10 Okay

Eduardo

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Joseph G

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place to stay. 5 Stars
Very nice room and decent nice looking outside landscaping and the building is well maintained. Well lit at night. New blankets. Building outside again looks very nice. Water was soft and refreshing. Has a fridge and microwave! The front desk people are nice and friendly which is a very big must! Places that I have gone to in the past where they were not so nice made me look for all the imperfections and made me mad! This place just the opposite. Could use a tiny bit more moping in heavy traffic areas where people eat. Very easy fix. Just tell housekeeping. Overall this was a 5 star hotel. Would recommend. I am a hard evaluator so this hotel passed my inspection. Keep up the good work!
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Michelle, Merced

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Love staying here. Staff is very nice
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Rick

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent place to stay. Staff is friendly and are quick to assist you when needed. Highly recommend!
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

James

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2023

6/10 Okay

Edward, Riverside

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Krn

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is a very good place. I honestly thought it was going to be a little more ran down but it’s nice. First impression is very good. I can tell they really tried to improve the feel of it by remodeling, it feels clean and not too noisy even though it’s right next to the freeway. The only thing I didn’t like was the AC not working as good as we would have wanted, it did get hot during the night and made it difficult to sleep.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

James

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Marvene

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Ok
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

DORIS

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
nicely renovated room.
Stayed for 1 night, have a newly renovated room. Clean. Comfortable. The air conditioner is a bit noisy, but its an older system and it took a little bit to cool the place donw.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Van

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean and safe, parking right in front of your unit is super convenient. Room is small but its rate is fairly inexpensive so I didn't mind.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

4/10 Poor

davide

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
not to recommend. just few hours stay. air conditioning really noisy

10/10 Excellent

Hamonangan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Thomas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great value and comfort for the price! Very pleasant stay!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

James

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
we had a nice stay
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Michelle, Modesto

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Barbara

Travelled with family
Liked: Amenities
Convenient on/off highway. Close to multiple fast food and coffee stores.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jason, Westminster

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
They have everything from fridge, microwave, and amenities. But the bath curtains smell really bad and has some sort of yellow mold or fungus.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

4/10 Poor

Steven

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Rooms are kind of on the small side. I checked in around 7, and there was no one at the desk. Door was locked and had to ring a doorbell. It still took about five minutes for somebody to come to the front door.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Dedra

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

10/10 Excellent

James

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2023