San Marcos Inn

United States , San Marcos - TX
San Marcos, 1507 N. Interstate 35 Frontage Road
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75 reviews shown

8/10

Excellent

11 Apr 2026

Bartolo

Easy parking ,quite clean .

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

09 Dec 2025

Maryann

Nice

Business

10/10

Exceptional

05 Dec 2025

Maryann

It was just amazing

Partner

2/10

Poor

19 Oct 2025

Zachary

Spiders in toilet , tub , scorpions in bed

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

14 Oct 2025

Raymond

SMINNII

Stay was doable. The room was not so clean. Carpet had not been vacuumed. Room was extremely hot. It took most of the night to cool the room.

Self

8/10

Excellent

26 Sep 2025

Raymond

SMINN

Last minute trip to San Marcos for the TXST Football game. Limited hotel opportunity for the weekend. Stayed at the San Marcos Inn and was surprised. Room was clean, comfortable and had easy access to the game. Outside appearance not too exciting.

Self

8/10

Excellent

16 Sep 2025

Debra

Clean and friendly

Clean and friendly - price was no frills but very reasonable. I really appreciated the larger fridge and separate freezer space.

Friends_and_family Family

4/10

Poor

01 Aug 2025

Robert

Only accessible outlet was at the sink. No place to charge a phone or run a laptop.

2/10

Poor

27 Jul 2025

Milton

Cockroaches at the check-in window and moldy odor in the bedroom. After using the bathroom, I decided to take my family to another hotel down the road. My son laughed and said Dad that’s the most expensive bathroom break you’ve ever taken..

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

25 Jul 2025

Patricia

Very clean

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

25 Dec 2024

Peter

Nice

Leisure

6/10

Pleasant

14 Dec 2024

Jessica

It was older and the carpet need to be replace bleach stains, and the mattress was rock harded.

Business Self

2/10

Poor

20 Oct 2024

Bill

Wanted morel money
Complained about our parking

One next to us over the line so we were also

Went to game came back at 11 all full
Another stayee he said they told him on interstate grass across the access the road
Went inroom bug race began
We left
Place is old and need of total tear down
Even check in buzzer broken you beat on glass to check in
It’s a glorious dump !!!!
Ps vacancy sign still up

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

20 Oct 2024

Trish

Check in was a breeze. Lady at the front office was very friendly. Room was decent. The air conditioning unit was loud but it was too hot not to keep it on. Other than that, there were no issues. It was nice

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

01 Sep 2024

Clark

I never could get the door to lock , so, I didn't feel safe all night. The bed was rock hard .Standing outside in the heat to check in is harsh to expect of the clientele .I feel the rate was too high. I'm considering some other place to stay for my next trip to San Marcos

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

18 Aug 2024

Vanessa

Nos gustó la habitación, baño limpio, la única recomendación es cambiar TV, del resto excelente, nos quedó cerca de mucho lugares que visitamos.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

29 Jun 2024

Albert

I was the only person staying there for a whole week

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

20 May 2024

Clark

Hard to get to but worth the effort after checking in and getting a good lay of the land.

Leisure Self

2/10

Poor

22 Oct 2023

Jonathan

Unfriendly manager. Old and rundown property.

Leisure Friends

4/10

Poor

17 Oct 2023

Arlene

this unit was overall dated and it surely smelled like it. the area was so bad, there was no soap provided and the towels and bedding were so old and musty. Apart from this the staff was unnecessarily rude on the phone. And the check in lady insisted on charging us more for our room because my father was helping us bring in luggage and that counted as an extra charge because it was more than two people in the room

Leisure Family

2/10

Poor

08 Sep 2023

Janielee

Nasty

Business_and_leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

30 May 2022

Verified traveler

The room was dirty and paint and sheetrock was coming down in the bathroom plus they need to spray for roaches

Self

2/10

Poor

15 May 2022

Jose

not clean smells so old..TV doesnt even work and ice machine had no ice they took advantage of weekend graduations to charge more this room was horrible..no climate control!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Leisure Family

2/10

Poor

10 Sep 2021

Sandeep

Unable to connect to wifi from second building. TV doesn’t work. Stained towels and sheets. Worst of all, there is no exhaust in restrooms.

Leisure Friends

2/10

Poor

06 Sep 2021

Frank

No polite language to describe this experience

I challenge San Marcos Inn to display any signage or driveway that proves their location at the address they claim. I drove past half a dozen times before giving up and returning to Austin. The ONLY driveway close to the location was at 1505 N 135. A home and commercial remodeling service. I walked North and South from their parking lot and saw NOTHING resembling an Inn, hotel or motel.

Self

2/10

Poor

21 Feb 2021

Michelle

DO NOT STAY AT HERE!!!

During the recent and terrible Texas winter storm, I was already without power and water in Austin for 3 days. With what little phone power I had left, I saw this hotel open online so I booked their “last” room blindly hoping they had power and were open.
Unfortunately, we arrived and the hotel says “NO VACANCY.” Cindy at the front desk said the hotel and surrounding area did not have power and they weren’t taking anyone because they had no way of checking me in without power. She stated to my family and myself that once they got power and their phone’s working that we would be issued a refund but I’d have to get it through hotels.com. So I drove back through the storm to Austin because we couldn’t find anywhere else to stay. Later that night, Hotels.com couldn’t get in contact with the hotel and said they couldn’t give me a refund until they confirmed it with them. Once hotels.com was finally able to contact the hotel, days later, the hotel is now saying the power returned 20 min later and I could’ve come back to stay. AND they don’t issue refunds! ...I NEVER even told them my name when I arrived. How do they know what time I arrived and if the power returned when they said it did? Secondly, they still didn’t have a working phone for the remainder of the night so I had no way of knowing the power returned!
I would listen to all of the horrible reviews of this place. These people are terrible and are stealing money from innocent families!!

Friends_and_family Family

2/10

Poor

17 Feb 2021

Verified traveler

Expedia took my money and San Marcos Inn had no rooms available, no electricity or water. I want a FULL REFUND.

8/10

Excellent

13 Feb 2021

Verified traveler

San Marcos I love you!

Great place with friendly staff was a really nice stay

Business

8/10

Excellent

05 Dec 2019

Don

not bad for the money

not bad at all for the price , when u walk in the lobby its smells bad of curie and other foods .. smells bad but other wise its a good place

Business

2/10

Poor

21 Sep 2019

Verified traveler

The bed sheet were dirty and the rooms smelled foul.

Leisure Friends

6/10

Pleasant

22 Jul 2019

Verified traveler

Review

Tv was turning off and on all throughout the stay.

Family

6/10

Pleasant

08 Jul 2019

Verified traveler

There was no continental breakfast. Very disapointed

Friends_and_family Family

2/10

Poor

06 Jul 2019

random711

I wouldn't call it a stay. I would call it bad busines. So the day I wanted to stay, i booked a room a bit late like maybe 6pm. I get there around 7. Also to mention as for handicap parking, it isnt that good. If you are on a wheelchair and aren't careful, you can roll all the way back. So anyways, I booked a handicap room. I get there so I can check in. The lady then tells me that there aren't any handicap rooms. I would be fine with any downstairs at this point at least. She then says the rooms are too small. I wasn't mad and said that I would have to get my money back through expedia. No hard feelings or anything. It was all understandable. I'll be honest. I wasnt too familiar with the app. I didnt know you were able to cancel from the app. I called expedia the next morning as soon as i could to see about a refund. Expedia called the motel to ask about the situation. The manager said that the refund was declined because I had the room reserved and that no one else was able to rent it out. I understand that but can't they be understanding on my part? It isnt like reserved it, didn't show up and expected a refund. The way I see it is that I lost about 100 dollars this time but they lost much more for when I'm in the area. I won't be wanting to stay there at all anymore.

Friends_and_family Friends

2/10

Poor

18 May 2019

Huey

They just want to make money any way ,they don't care about you.

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

28 Apr 2019

Ami

Ok stay with discount rate. Would not pay full pri

Location was convienient. Lighting was good in parking lot and was not trashy or scary. Room needs to refreshed, minor repairs and carpet cleaned and updated.

8/10

Excellent

22 Apr 2019

Verified traveler

Overall property, staff, location were awesome. ONLY complaint was the small towels looked stained/dirty.

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

22 Oct 2018

Gamaliel

Carpet had holes. I looked under bed to make sure I didn’t leave anything and looks like it’s never been cleaned down there.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

08 Oct 2018

Carla

It works

I came in late at night but the staff is very friendly. The pillows are too hard for my liking but probably OK for most people. There’s nothing really special about these rooms, but I had everything I needed.

2/10

Poor

23 Jul 2018

Bob

Had arrived at the hotel and noticed right off the bat something was off. Was advertised to have a pool and there wasn’t. The rooms looked to be from the 80s. There was stains on the floor and bedding, to the point I had to go buy sheets. The A/C in the room barely worked had to go buy 2 fans and run them on high. When the lady was confronted about any problems she just blew it off. The second room I had booked was also a none smoking room and as soon as you walked in it hit you like a train. I booked online and reserved to pay when arrived well that was one price what I was actually charged was about $50 more, to add to the price when she was confronted about the smoking room she moved my friends from a single queen room to a double room which was cheaper and would not refund me for it when asked all she said was I have your credit card information just don’t leave me a bad review. I’m sorry but if you have to tell your guest not to leave you a bad review then you should maybe try a little harder at running your business. Overall not happy with the stay but was still a good weekend.

10/10

Exceptional

13 Jul 2018

Verified traveler

Nice flew in late the rushed to check me in so I could get some rest they even picked me up from the airport

4/10

Poor

12 Jun 2018

Verified traveler

The room smelled bad! The beds were really soft. The room was not clean. The manager wouldn't give a refund. Quite arrogant! I'd have to be really desperate to stay there. Didn't stay there!

8/10

Excellent

26 Apr 2018

Geraldine

Quick overnight rest stop.

It was a slightly older hotel/motel with fair prices for an overnight stay....service was good.

Partner

2/10

Poor

11 Mar 2018

Irritated

DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY

The first room they put me in was filthy. The TV didn't work. I went back to the front desk & told them, The lady that checked me in came to check on it. After she messed with a while, I asked for another room. She ignored me and continued to mess with the TY. It was obvious that she didn't know what she was doing. I gave her a few more seconds, then demanded another room!!

She went down the hall and opened another filthy, nasty room for me. She said she would be right back with another key. It took her a while, but she eventually brought me one. I got settled in, then tried to connect to the WiFi. I couldn't find anything with any decent signal. I tried to call back to the desk, BUT THIS TIME, THE IN-ROOM PHONE WOULDN'T WORK!!

I went back to the front desk and told her my room phone didn't work, and asked about the WiFi. She told me what the WiFi ID was--open connection, no password protection. I pulled it up on my phone while I was still at the check-in desk. It was there, but the WEAKEST possible signal. When I got back to my room, it was still the weakest signal, but that didn't last. About half of the time I was there, I had the weakest signal, the rest of the time, I had NO SIGNAL AT ALL!!

There was a refrigerator in the room. I put a couple of sodas in it. A few hours later, they were both FROZEN SOLID!!

THIS WAS THE VERY FIRST TIME--AND THE VERY LAST TIME--I WILL STAY AT THIS HOTEL CHAIN!!!!!

2/10

Poor

11 Mar 2018

Verified traveler

Expensive when booking hotel, bad customer service, not safe to stay.
They don’t provide shampoo, conditioner, or body wash, tooth paste, etc
They don’t provide WiFi code either even though it is free WiFi

8/10

Excellent

09 Aug 2017

Marla

Weekend stay

Check in staff was nice, room was quiet considering its on the highway. The room however was not very clean and had a funky musty smell. There was no coffee as advertised. It served its purpose and I would stay again.

Partner

2/10

Poor

21 May 2017

kevin

Roaches

Roaches all over the place and when asked about getting our money back the answer \"there isnt a thing we can do\" it was awful and we ended up getting paying for another hotel down there road . Would like a refund.

8/10

Excellent

07 Nov 2016

Susan

Convenient highway access

Bed was great. Manager was very friendly. Served the purpose for a quick overnight stay while on the road.

6/10

Pleasant

05 Oct 2016

Eugene

Convenient but pricey and not all that

Hotel was very old, small, and pricey despite all this. Most wall plugs did not work for charging phones.

Family

2/10

Poor

18 Aug 2016

mario

Disgusting

Terrible stay, dirty , terrible location, uncomfortable, dirty laundry, old mattresses, stained linen.

Family

2/10

Poor

01 Aug 2016

Janis

It was somewhere to sleep.

There was a refrigerator in the room; however, it was not plugged in and there wasn't a plug for it. The television also didn't work. There wasn't cold water in the shower, only very hot. It is difficult to get back to the freeway.
Nonetheless, we went down to float the river and it worked for a place to sleep. The prices were more accommodating staying in San Marcos than in New Braunfels.

Family

4/10

Poor

24 Jul 2016

veronica

Close to outlets

It was very hot and the bed was hard. No good tv to watch.

2/10

Poor

18 Apr 2016

Brittany

So Nasty

Absolutely awful... Saw two roaches, bathroom fixtures broken, tv didn't work, stains on comforter, refrigerator didn't work.

8/10

Excellent

16 Mar 2016

Sergio

Don't judge a book by it's cover...

At first I didn't have the trust to stay in the hotel because of the rating (2 stars)... but once I got into the room it was impressive!!!... I actually felt like I was in a premium room... Really classy.... Just like in the movies... (Well... except for the tv which it's kind of.... Old!!... but I didn't stay to watch tv.... so didn't care!!)... I can assure you that if you need soap or shampoo the room will have enough!!!... It has those soap dispensers like the public restroom to be able to have enough to shower and wash your hands... Didn't need to open the bar soaps... And of course the furniture in the room it was really clean... Just like it was a family owned place.... I'll really would stay there again if it's necessary... thanks for the service!!!

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

19 Oct 2015

Verified traveler

bit difficult to get to due to major change in traffick flow at intersection directly in front of hotel, but overall ok , mostly decent cheap room

2/10

Poor

12 Oct 2015

Cordell

Definitely a single guys hotel.

I got in very late and the gentleman was behind a glass and he couldn't hear me and I couldn't understand him. He had trouble finding the reservation. After finding it he handed me the remote control and room key. The room was acceptable but it also looked like the type of place where you wouldn't get under the covers. The AC did not work and he would not answer the phone. In the morning he seemed to be upset that I did not get out of bed and walk downstairs and wake him up to fix the AC. I had to change rooms. The area was good highway access to Austin.

8/10

Excellent

07 Sep 2015

sarah

Decent Hotel

It was a decent hotel to stay in for the night. If a stay ever arises again, we will keep this place in mind. Nothing went wrong with our stay.

2/10

Poor

09 Aug 2015

Lupe

Needs urgent update

I was dissatisfied at the amount of things that didn't work. I wanted to have a pizza delivered and the phone wasn't working. Watching tv was impossible, the TV was very noisy and had bad reception. My husband and I had to share a bath towel. The phone didn't work so I could call for another and the office was closed at 8 a m. Paid an arm and a leg due to our stay being during tax free weekend. Never staying at this hotel again.

6/10

Pleasant

03 Aug 2015

Carlton

A Place to Sleep

Check in took longer than expected because they could not find the reservation. But the counter help was very friendly and accommodating. She kept looking until she located it. Hotel is very basic, but just needed a place to stay that wasn't outrageously priced.

Family

8/10

Excellent

27 Jul 2015

Mr Rios

Friendly staff, clean.

Will stay here again in future travel. Office staff are great.

2/10

Poor

30 Jun 2015

D Robertson

The room was outdated..the lights wouldn't work ..several plugs didnt work..the tv didn't have working buttons....there was a ashtray on the table and i asked for nonsmoking room. And the tv cabinet has several broken drawers. ..

2/10

Poor

29 Jun 2015

Verified traveler

Not worth it trust me wish I never stay here dangerous neighborhood dirty is the word for the hotel

6/10

Pleasant

01 Jun 2015

maria l.

Just one night.

Just slept there one night due to horrible flooding in the area. Room was clean and the staff was helpful.

Family

2/10

Poor

16 Dec 2014

Anna

Not a good stay

I reserved non smoking rooms. When we got checked in first the lady was trying to charge me more. Thankfully I had d email confirmations for all 3 rooms. Then opening the door the room smelt like smoke. Our daughter had an adjoining room. When we showered they had no hot water and vice versa. Toilet paper holder fell out of the wall when u needed paper. The bathroom light would make this awful buzzing noise when u turned it on. I was soon disappointed in the room. Wish I could of gotten our money back. We were all disappointed.

Family

2/10

Poor

01 Dec 2014

Verified traveler

Too Dangerous to check in

There were several gang members loitering in the parking lot. The hotel looked very run down and crime ridden. I turned around and stayed with family instead.

2/10

Poor

10 Oct 2014

Verified traveler

Stay away!

You couldnt pay me to stay there again, terrible Hotel.

Family

2/10

Poor

09 Aug 2014

Verified traveler

Atrocious.

Stay away from this place. If i could rate this place worse, i would. It is definitely not worth your money or your sanity. It is very out of date, EVERYTHING, is out of date. There are bugs, odd smells, non-functioning equipment, NO POOL. Basically, NO AMMENITIES. Do yourself a favor and stay somewhere else.

6/10

Pleasant

23 Jun 2014

Big Romeo

Not the greatest, but will do.

This hotel is only okay in my book. There are no special amenities on this property. The only thing on this property is an ice machine. I must say it was nice to see that they did have a microwave and refrigerator, but I did not use them. The positive things I must say is that the air-conditioning blows freezing cold, and the shower feels great. Disappointing is that I reserve one queen size bed, and when I arrive there it was not available. It was nice of the lady to give two queen size beds for the same price. But what about my reservation requests? But anyway all is well.

2/10

Poor

21 May 2014

Woken

Never again

This place was disgusting. I couldn't understand the front desk guy who gave us a filthy key and remote. There were stains of multiple sizes and colors on the floors and walls. Bugs crawling in the bathroom. I would expect this from motel 6 for 40 bucks but I paid 89$ that's ridiculous. This is the third time hotels.com has ended up not properly portraying a hotel and waaaayyyy overcharging. I have health problems and due to the nasty conditions had to check out a few hours after checking in. I give it a negative ten rating and I may be done with hotels.com as well

2/10

Poor

14 May 2014

John

Stay Away for this mess

Terrible...Service, attitude of staff, room, price all negative

6/10

Pleasant

12 May 2014

Verified traveler

Not Bad

We chose this hotel simply because we did not have to pay a deposit at the time of the reservation. The front desk lady was very nice, checking in and out was a breeze. The hotel is in a bit of an odd area, only accessible directly from the I-35 service road but it's not too big of an issue.

Our room was relatively clean (one minor nit-pick with the fridge), came stocked with towels and soap but no shampoo (no problem, we brought our own). The AC worked perfectly and kept our room nice and chilly. The cleaning staff was awesome. I had accidentally left two (expensive) items in my room and went back three hours after we checked out. The cleaning staff went above and beyond to help me find them.

This isn't the nicest hotel by any means but if all you're looking for is a bed to sleep in at night, this place will work for you.

4/10

Poor

05 May 2014

Verified traveler

close to our destination of Wimberley, Tx Market D

Glad we only had to stay one night. Hotel needs to fix toilet, get new mattress and maybe repaint the rooms to get the old smell out.

4/10

Poor

15 Apr 2014

Ladonna

Nice room

I was unexpected to see living room in my motel room as nice when we chat on the sofa before go bed. Bathroom condition is not wonderful.

Partner

2/10

Poor

01 Apr 2014

joe traveler

bad news old out dated furniture and bed terribe

rip off trucker dive priced same as new modern hotel

4/10

Poor

13 Mar 2014

Verified traveler

You get what you pay for

First off, it was kind of a pain to get into the hotel. Pretty crumby location. The hotel staff was very nice and the rooms were clean. The furniture looked pretty rough. Much like the kind you would find at a used furniture store. I couldn't seem to get the room at a comfortable temperature. Honestly I have paid less for better, but it must just be the area that drives the price up.

4/10

Poor

02 Dec 2013

Verified traveler

Don't waste your money

The place was hard to get to by car, was overpriced as everywhere else was also sold out for an event, floors dirty, bed rock hard, no shampoo, remote didn't work, furniture scratched to heck, lamps and clock unplugged, and place was noisy. On top of that, I had reserved a non smoking room but they said they had no record of non smoking from Expedia. So I was forced to pay extra for a non smoking room. The staff said this happens on Expedia all the time.