Alpine Motel Daly City Motel - Page 1

Stayed here during my bar exam at Cow Palace. The place is clean and quite (perfect since I had to study for the exam). I had forgotten my watch to keep track of the time during exam...the front desk staff lent me their watch. Will stay here again when I am in the area.

I thought I had booked a great place to stay for the night after reading mediocre reviews. Trust me, DON'T STAY HERE. IT almost ruined my trip and left me really mad. I had booked a room with two queen beds. I had booked this almost 3 weeks prior to my check in date only to find, upon checking in, that that room was unavailable. The Indian lady, owner most likely, simply told us that it was checked out. This left me bewildered as it was IMPORTANT that I have two beds. We had made the reservation and it made NO SENSE that our room was not available. Coming from 6 hours away, I knew nothing of the area to find a different room, and judging from the 'matter-of-fact' attitude of the Indian lady, she was definitely not going to refund us our money. So unhappily, we said that it's alright and asked if she was going to give us back the difference of staying in a ONE bed room instead of a TWO beds Room. Shockingly she said that it cost more for a ONE bed room anyway and she was giving us one of the BEST rooms already. FEELING EXTREMELY ANGRY by now, we grudgingly said fine and took our keys to our room. The room smelled slightly but was alright. I'm not a picky person and i'm definitely not anal. I mean it's a PLACE TO STAY. HOWEVER, there was no bottled soap or shampoo, just a huge plastic dispenser for everything. The ac was not cold and created a sickening humidity. ANother thing, if you're not used to living in a more crowded and sketchy area, this is not the PLACE FOR YOU. ALpine MOtel is nothing like downtown sf and there is nothing bustling around there. Everything seems dead and the people that are there are seedy and sketchy. I got scared driving through with my friends. Oh and if you get hungry, GOODLUCK finding a recognizable fast food joint from around. THERE ARENT ANY. Anyways my rant is not done yet! The next morning at 10am we were jolted awake by a "COURTESY CALL" that we had NOT asked for saying that it was a courtesy call and check out time is 11am. So I politely said thanks and me and my friends cleaned up the room and packed our stuff into the car. As we were packing our stuff into the car, another Indian lad (we're guessing her son; this seems to be a family operated motel) stared us down. Moments later the Indian lady appeared and asked us how many people we had in our room, and then started lecturing and badgering about how we were lying and that there were only supposed to be 2 people in the room. To this I was quite angry. She never once asked us HOW MANY people were in the room. SHE ASSUMED that there were 2. And then DUH, this is why we NEEDED TWO beds to begin with. But anyways, so my friend decided to diffuse the situation and said that oh he just came by to visit and help pack only to set the Indian lady off even more. She started saying how she's got cameras and she counted everyone that entered last night and etc etc etc. This tirade did not end as she went off about how young people shouldn't lie and that she's going to 'let it go'. I was so pissed, I just got into the car and waited for my other friend to check out. When they did, they told me later, that she said "i hope you guys didnt smoke or do drugs in there". REALLY?! There's got to be something wrong with accusing us of such deeds. First the motel lied about having availability then it yells, lectures, and accuses you. DOES THIS SOUND LIKE A PLACE WHERE YOU WANT TO STAY?! NO! DEFINITELY NOT!

I loved the wood look floors instead of the usual dirty carpet full of germs.

Breakfast was simple but adequate and very good.

Service was great. Friendly and helpful. I would recommend staying here anytime.