Calipatria Inn and Suites - Calipatria, California

Ariel Dawn

I’m not one to usually leave a review, but this is definitely the WORST motel I have ever stayed in. It was dirty and smelled bad. The door that adjoins the room next door was UNLOCKED and as a woman staying alone, there was a man staying next door for a while. I had to put stuff against it to make sure he couldn’t get in. The manager walked into the room multiple times before I could answer the door. There was HUMAN FECES on the front door and on the spinning chair. The lady was very sweet, but I’ve heard some real bad things about the male manager. Drive a few more miles to the Niland Inn. The manager there is lovely and the rooms are clean.

Nic O

DO NOT STAY HERE. I will start by saying that I travel a lot for work and have seen my fair share of nasty hotel rooms both nationally and abroad. This place has taken my #1 spot for the most nastiest, disgusting and unsafe room I have ever seen. My entire group refused to spend the night here. There was blood and other bodily fluid stains everywhere. Mold in the bathroom. Bugs in the bed and all over the room. The owners clearly run this business based off their no refund policy. They do not have a cleaning staff. The old couple who runs the place do everything, therefore, nothing is cleaned. There were also homeless people staying a steel shipping containers on the premises. To the owners, where is your pride and dignity? How do you sleep at night knowing that you do not do the bare minimum for your your OWN business. I recommend traveling a few miles south to Brawley. The Brawley Inn and Best Western are excellent and fairly priced.

Rowan G

Called about a room and was told to come by, there is availability. Office door didn't open properly, should have been our first clue. Got a room with 2 beds and before unloading everything I went to make sure it was suitable. There was dried blood on the sheets of one bed. Ugh. So I got out my UV light to see if it was worth just sleeping on the bed but in a sleeping bag. The UV light revealed all layers, cover to mattress, was stained extensively with signs of bed bug activity (none actually seen since it was daytime.) Went to office and spoke with a woman, and she said we could have one of the suites for the same price. I asked if I could inspect it first, she said yes. Went to inspect the the man came with and literally flipped out that I was using the UV light. Yelling at me that he obeys gov't standards and I had no right to do that. We said we wanted a refund (paid in cash) and he refused to return $30 of our money and said it was for labor in remaking the beds. Ugh. Offered to remake the beds and he said no, he wanted that cash. Fine. We left. On a side note, there is a feedlot in the area and you can't get away from the smell.

cecilia mojardin

Ewww. I just couldn't believe it when I walked around the room. The room hadn't been cleaned like ever. Spiders, roaches and all sorts of critters inside the room. The tub looked like it hadn'tbeen cleaned in years. It looked like a room from the movie Saw! Questionable stains on the wall, desk, counters, sheets and the phone! It sounds like I'm exaggerated but really people don't stay there. Spend the extra bucks and go to brawley if you can. Like this place cannot be legal. I don't understand how the owner is ok with how their rooms look. Disgusting.

Aaron Ford

We came from a different hotel that was worse and more expensive so I almost feel bad rating it a 1. the office door doesnt really open. Honestly if the room was clean it wouldn't be too bad. It's like they didn't even try. Just rolled the same blankets back. Everything was dusty. fridge smelled horrendous and had stains all over in it. there was a soda that exploded on the wall (which I thought was blood at first). I really couldnt understand why they wouldn't just clean the rooms. Found out the property is for sale. That explains why the owners could care less if people return or not. you can see the world's tallest flagpole from the hotel so I guess that's a view.

Nicholas Strang

Checked in. Hair in the bathroom. Sink was dirty. Pillows were flat as pancakes. Neighbor was screaming obscenities all night. The bed sloped to the right. Almost rolled out twice. Was going to stay a couple weeks. Thought I could rough it. I thought wrong. Third night I rotated the king mattress to sleep on the high side near the open area of the room. Felt something hit my feet during the move. Yep. It’s a crack pipe. I go back to bed and wake up next morning early for work. I throw the pipe away in the outside garbage. I call mid day to explain why I’m moving hotels. The owner starts bitching at me that he’s trying to run a business and that he will have to charge me an extra night and an additional fee. Insinuating the whole time I’m lying about the crack pipe because he didn’t “find it when he dumped the garbage”. I finally shared a picture I had taken of it and he just walked away. Like every other review you see here, don’t come here.

Hesham Morsy

I am sorry to leave such a bad review. But this is the nastiest room I have ever stayed in. And to top it off I paid $90 for it. Next time I am better off sleeping in my car. As we walked in we noticed a really bad smell like someone has been smoking in there for 30 years, even though it's a non smoking room. Next we find a dead roach welcoming us in the bathroom. Beds and covers covered up in yellow stains. I went into the room at 10:30 pm and was planning on waking up early like around 2 am to go hunting, so I said it's only a few hours. But ended up not able to get any sleep because of the smell, it was that bad!!!

Mindah B

Like several people noted in other reviews, my wife (Mindah) and I stayed at Calipatria Inn without first reading reviews. I do not like to give bad reviews and really need to be compelled to do so.

Well, I am compelled now. I have travelled and stayed in many places as varied as South Sudan, Nepal, Tunisia, and Peru. Even in remote places in simple motels or inns, I've noted when an earnest effort has been made to keep a place clean.

This place was not clean. We checked into a room upstairs. The carpet was stained, did not look as though it had been vacuumed in a very long time. The mirror had a patina of dust. The couch in the room had stains. I made the mistake of opening the mini fridge which had dried brown stains in it. I went to ask the manager to come look at the fridge. He said it was dirty because I'd requested an upstairs room, that if I'd asked for a room downstairs, I'd find those cleaner. He said the difference in cleanliness was due to being unable to find sufficient staff to clean rooms. So we moved downstairs.

Maybe he meant the basement because the room to which we moved was also unclean. To the manager's credit, he went, got a rag and wiped down the inside of the minifridge in the downstairs room to which we moved. I wish I'd thought to check the freezer before we left. I opened it and quickly shut it so that the mold in the freezer could not invade the room. Not that it mattered, as this room was also grimy. People, I am not easily disgusted but this room had smears and stains in various places.

I went to get ice from an ice machine outside. I approached it. It was covered in dust and honestly, if HAD been working, probably would not have been safe to take ice from. The manager said the ice machine wasn't working right now. To me, it looked like it had not worked for several years. Approximately 5 minutes later, the manager knocked on the door with a full ice cube tray which we appreciated. Unfortunately, the ice bucket was smeared with fingerprints. Kind of disgusting.

Admittedly, the sheets appeared clean but we avoided looking at the underlying mattress given the state of the rest of the room.

I give the manager (owner?) three stars for his attempt at service. He moved us promptly (although to an equally dirty room), brought us ice, and even showed up at our door in the morning with a coffee pot full of coffee. Sadly, none of this makes up for a night spent feeling uncomfortable and disgusted in our unclean room. We also were bemused by the manager's initial suggestion that the initial dirtiness of the room was our fault for choosing an upstairs room, as though it was obvious that if we'd wanted a cleaner room, we should have chosen one downstairs, WHICH WAS STILL UNCLEAN.

What I don't understand is why the owner hasn't made adjustments and tried to address the problems that are noted in so many reviews below, especially the complaints about cleanliness. For what he is charging, this place should be much cleaner and in a better state of repair.