Name: Motel 6 Santa Maria, CA - South
Address: Santa Maria, United State, 93454, US

8/10

Excellent

23 Jul 2026

Luc

The thing I was most happy about was that there was two packets of shampoo....I had forgot to bring mine as I know that most Motel 6's don't provide it... to have it there was a godsend! Thank you!

10/10

Exceptional

21 Jul 2026

Amy

Highly recommend very clean friendly and quiet

10/10

Exceptional

21 Jul 2026

Amy

Very clean friendly and quiet highly recommend

10/10

Exceptional

21 Jul 2026

Amy

Clean and quiet very nice highly recommend

6/10

Pleasant

20 Jul 2026

Francisco

For the price you can expect more

Partner

2/10

Poor

20 Jul 2026

Margarito

No me quisieron dar un cuarto de invalidos y me dieron un cuarto de smoking

Partner

8/10

Excellent

19 Jul 2026

Osvaldo

You need clean more and check what need every room

Friends

10/10

Exceptional

13 Jul 2026

Amy

Highly recommend.. very nice clean and quiet..

10/10

Exceptional

13 Jul 2026

Amy

Quiet and clean.. compared to the north end motel six.. I give it five stars highly recommend

10/10

Exceptional

11 Jul 2026

Amy

I love it here very quiet and clean. No riffraff. Much better than north end

10/10

Exceptional

11 Jul 2026

Amy

Quiet and clean.. very recommended. Much better than north end motel six

10/10

Exceptional

11 Jul 2026

Amy

Very quiet and clean.. my first choice over north end motel six.

10/10

Exceptional

11 Jul 2026

amy

Very clean quite and friendly highly recommended

2/10

Poor

08 Jul 2026

Priscilla

The motel 6 manager/property owner was harassing came to the rooms to see who and who was staying in our room. Rooms smelled bad of cigarettes and water damage like mildew. The room had roaches. The refrigerator, telephone, television did not work. The refrigerator had mold on the door. The toilet and shower were both backed up and flooded the room at midnight. And the property manager/owner had no plan other than offering to cancel our reservation and send us on our way. And once we got home I noticed my daughter was attacked by bed bugs all over her back, ribs, and legs. Horrible experience at this Motel 6. 😠 😡 😤

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

23 Jun 2026

Amy

Very friendly clean and quiet highly recommend over north end motel six. I love it here..

8/10

Excellent

21 Jun 2026

Jeff

no frills- clean room, easy parking, quiet place to sleep, great staff.

Self

2/10

Poor

21 Jun 2026

Leonard

Rude Manager, gave me a hard time on resetting the room keys. Too noisy neighbor all night, couldn't any sleep.

Family

10/10

Exceptional

21 Jun 2026

Amy

Very clean friendly and quiet.. highly recommend.. much safer than north end motel six.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

21 Jun 2026

Amy

Very highly recommend over north end motel six.. very clean friendly and quiet..

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

19 Jun 2026

Amy

Very clean and quiet.. well worth the stay.. highly recommend over north end motel six..

10/10

Exceptional

17 Jun 2026

Amy

Very exceptional service.. Very clean and quiet.much better than north end motel six.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

16 Jun 2026

Glen

Room was very clean but had minimal furniture. No place to lay out clothes. For a stop by stay it is an excellent choice having very good price and very clean room. Staff was also friendly and There was a Dennys and Jack in the Box within a 3 minute walk.

Self

4/10

Poor

16 Jun 2026

Richard

Very basic accommodation. No closet in room. Bedding and furniture were cheap and dingy. Pool was not usable (contamination issue). No coffee in room. Thin and scratchy towels.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

15 Jun 2026

Barbara

The newly remodelled rooms looked great and were very clean and the bed was comfortable. The staff were attentive and helpful. It was quiet. Whenever I am in Santa Maria, I plan to stay there.

Self

2/10

Poor

14 Jun 2026

Linda

This place was the worst. I have stayed at so many places and this was horrible . I can’t believe no one has ever complained. This pictures on the website are not even that same place .

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

14 Jun 2026

E Patrick

An old motel pretty worn on the outside, but very nice staff and the room was immaculate. TV could had a better remote but overall for the price and being a motel six very clean and a good nights rest.

Self

8/10

Excellent

06 Jun 2026

Yvonne

The bedding the blankets was not clean the room was clean

Friends_and_family Family

2/10

Poor

03 Jun 2026

Carlos

A lot of parking, rooms definitely need a major deep clean. The top blankets had stains on them, glad I always bring my own.

Friends

10/10

Exceptional

08 May 2026

Erick

Great management team!

Self

4/10

Poor

26 Apr 2026

Selene

Nasty motel 6 there of lots of roaches and dirty

Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

19 Apr 2026

Philip

Clean grounds and well managed

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

17 Apr 2026

Sean

Another great stay at the best motel 6 in SM. I love that the owner and his staff are always helpful and attentive. 24/7
Very secure location, great parking right next to room. Spacious room with fridge/Microwave, great shower. It's walkable to food and right next to highway.
Didnt use the pool but it looks sparkling clean.
This is my favorite motel 6 out of MANY I've stayed in with my pet.
Look forward to my next Santa Maria assignment.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

07 Apr 2026

Sean

Excellent Motel 6! I've been to many in my travels and this is my favorite.
The staff is awesome. Very friendly and helpful. Room was comfortable with a spacious split bathroom, comfortable bed and hot shower, with a roomy tub (unlike the other motel 6 in town).
Pets are welcome.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

06 Apr 2026

Sean

I love the how pleasant and helpful the staff is. I have stayed here a few times on business with a pet and I always feel right at home. Comfortable room, hot shower, what more can I ask?
This is one of my all time favorite motel 6.

10/10

Exceptional

02 Apr 2026

Sean

Great staff. They are really good people. Great parking. Clean room forca good price. And of course, my cat was able to stay. She loved it too!

10/10

Exceptional

31 Mar 2026

Sean

Excellent Motel 6! I was traveling for work with my cat, and my RV/van ended up being damaged by the mechanic, so I had to book a pretty long stay. And, of course, options are limited.
But, even without a pet, I would choose this place! Everythibg was clean and confortable. The parking was right outside the room.
The owner is a great guy who is very attentive and welcoming.
I even had a work package delivered with no problem. And the price was right!

Definitely recommend.

2/10

Poor

17 Mar 2026

Jesse

Owner walks around bugging. Rooms are dirty, floors sticky, saw a roach, not a good spot for price

Business_and_leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

08 Mar 2026

Brian M

I will tell you what I do a lot of traveling and I’ve lodged quite a few of the Motel 6 throughout the United States! But in all honesty, nothing comes close to Jim and his Motel 6 south in Santa Maria on Main St., California. He went above and beyond to make sure that I was comfortable. I had to switch rooms due to a little bit of noise from the next-door neighbor, but it was taken care of swiftly. Everything was just spot on and he’s like this all the time. He’s just a good man and he runs a super structured business and he’s good to everybody every walk of life and him and his wife have great sense of humor. They have very funny personable people they make you wanna come back and that’s exactly what I will do over and over thank you Jim for making my sometimes complicated life a lot simpler respectfully Brian M Majors

Self

8/10

Excellent

15 Feb 2026

Philip

Clean room

Partner

2/10

Poor

08 Feb 2026

Shannon

I was unable to stay at Motel 6 South did not get a notice or any kind of heads up until I was checking in that there was no water on that side of the building I was going to be staying in!

4/10

Poor

31 Jan 2026

Leitu

You get what you pay for

10/10

Exceptional

14 Jan 2026

JUAN

CLEAN ROOM AND STAFF IS GREAT. NO PROBLEMS

Friends_and_family Friends

4/10

Poor

05 Jan 2026

Blanca

The room was clean, bathroom old and black mold. Towels very old and with stains.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

11 Nov 2025

jesse

Vkean amd quiet

Business_and_leisure

10/10

Exceptional

11 Nov 2025

Jesse

Very quiet

Business_and_leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

09 Nov 2025

RitaMarie

Great staff and no issues at all.

Leisure Family

2/10

Poor

20 Oct 2025

Mario

Needle caps in restroom

6/10

Pleasant

14 Oct 2025

Kevan

The light in the bathroom did not work. The hot and cold in the shower was reversed. The screen to the balcony was off the track and stuck in the closed position, so I could not access the balcony. There was a sign in the lobby saying the we were not allowed to use the pool.

2/10

Poor

10 Oct 2025

Phillip

AC was weak. First room they gave hab unmade beds and linens on the floor. The second room had no towels. Bed was lumpy.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

05 Oct 2025

Jason

Room was nice and the owner and staff were helpful and kind.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

29 Sep 2025

Monalisa

Felt safe. Staff nice, had to clean the shower.

10/10

Exceptional

14 Sep 2025

Alicia

Shops near by

Leisure Partner

2/10

Poor

14 Sep 2025

Brianna

The property did not match the photos, and I did not feel safe during my stay. Overall, it was a disappointing experience. The front desk assured me I would receive a reimbursement, but I am still waiting for it to be processed. I would recommend booking with caution.

Leisure Pet

8/10

Excellent

13 Sep 2025

Hector

Service A+

Family

10/10

Exceptional

11 Sep 2025

Annie

Great

2/10

Poor

04 Sep 2025

Arnulfo

Rude front desk manager horrible service dirty rooms

Leisure Family

2/10

Poor

04 Sep 2025

Quoc

They cancelled our reservation without notice stating that we didn't make the 10pm reservation time. There is nothing stating that on the terms. They stated they called us but they did not. left us stranded at 1am. Avoid this place like the plague!

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

02 Sep 2025

James

Very tired and rooms were spartan and our room reeked of disinfectant.
A man lingering outside one of the rooms appeared homeless. We were very reluctant to stay at the hotel even after paying a $192 nonrefundable for the room.

2/10

Poor

26 Aug 2025

Araceli

Dirty and old

Leisure

2/10

Poor

17 Aug 2025

Jacquelyn

Definitely should be a $50 stay. Beds were like cotts, just a scratchy little blanket that was as thin as a sheet. The shower towels were as big as hand towels realistically needed two to three after your shower. Just trash.

2/10

Poor

12 Aug 2025

Victor

The property needs painting exterior and interior, appliances in room are old towels Are old and small, it smell bad, and a couple of bums were hanging around the property

Business_and_leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

11 Aug 2025

Janet

Was thrilled they let us check in early on a Saturday. Property was clean and quiet. Dennys next door for a quick meal Room was clean - but patio door lock was broken so they screwed the door so it would not open more then 2 inches. The AC was a bit loud but did not keep us awake. Tv remote needed new batteries or to be replaced - it was sluggish in responding.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

03 Aug 2025

Anabella

Todo muy bien! Si tuviera un mini desayuno sería excelente. Un lugar muy recomendable!!!

10/10

Exceptional

02 Aug 2025

Toshiyuki

Affordable but comfortable!

Leisure Partner

2/10

Poor

02 Aug 2025

diana

this seemed like a homeless hotel contracted by the city..please remove from you hotel list..people got their room robbed..very smelly room..like pest spray or disinfectant..really bad odor..scary place to stay especially a woman on her own...

Leisure Self

2/10

Poor

01 Aug 2025

Nina

Staff was Rude

Check-in was easy. The girl was friendly in the beginning, got all checked in, got my key, went to go open my room and nothing. Tried it several times, panel did not even light up. So I went back up to the front, waited my turn in line, let her know it did not work. She told me if it’s close to my phone it would demagnetize, so I made sure to keep it separate from my phone. Went back to my room and tried to swipe again for the second time. Nothing, light on the key panel did not light up. Went back up, waited in line again, got up to the front and now it was a gentleman who was helping me. Told him it was the third time I’d been up. My key wasn’t working, my kids are standing in front of the door waiting, I’m frustrated. At this point, it had been like 45 minutes dealing with this. He told me it would work this time, walked back to my room, swiped the key card several times, phone nowhere near the key and still NOTHING. At this point, I walked back up straight to the window, slammed my key down and told him it did not work again. (I did apologize to everyone that was in line for my rudeness) so the girl that was first helping me came out of the office, she grabbed the key to my room, walked out with me, opened the door WITH THE KEY, and told me, you just have to push harder. I was livid but I kept my composure, got my kids in the room and in bed. Rooms were hot, air conditioning didn’t really work. The bathroom had some mold on the bathroom ceiling. Towels are kid size.

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

29 Jul 2025

Tiffany

Older motel, pool was busy but did have a roach stare at me from under the mini fridge.

Leisure Partner

2/10

Poor

29 Jul 2025

Kimberly

Never again

We were on a road trip, called earlier in the day to inform them we would be arriving late. Told no problem. We get in at 1230, and not only was our room given away, but the room we were offered (2 singles in place of 1 queen) was over double in price. I found a much better hotel elsewhere for slightly more than my original cost. Its what I get for going cheap on motel 6.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

27 Jul 2025

Veerendra

The bathrooms are not neat, no sufficient towels or no staff available to ask for additional towels

6/10

Pleasant

18 Jul 2025

Patrick

The room was overpriced

Business Self

2/10

Poor

13 Jul 2025

Sarah

The least pet friendly

Self

6/10

Pleasant

09 Jul 2025

Adrian

Ghetto

4/10

Poor

07 Jul 2025

Christopher

Hotel is in terrible shape.

2/10

Poor

06 Jul 2025

Glorianna

\"Bare bones\", almost no furniture, SMELLED terrible, extremely dim lighting. Room was just awful, spouse called it a \"H*ll hole\". Cancelled room and went looking for someplace else to stay. Manager was very nice but very hard to understand his speech. Didn't look around this peoperty enough to rate anything else on this survey.

Leisure

8/10

Excellent

05 Jul 2025

Victoria

it was very quiet, no complaints

4/10

Poor

30 Jun 2025

Patti

Smelled a bit, needs updating. Ok for the price. Convenient location.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

30 Jun 2025

Verified traveler

Good ppl but need some finishing touches

Check in was fast and easy good customer service.
But with room I feel like they could have added more appliance for example a soap bar holder at least or for my shampoo . I’ve been to other motel 6 and they are usually very good at updating their appliances.
Pool is open from 8am to 8pm
But no body seems to not really get in
I suppose is due to no shade or any comfortable chairs around .
Denny is right next door so that’s a plus ! Literally walking distance .
Tv looks updated but no good channels
Probably using antenna .

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

26 Jun 2025

ebony

Never again

Owner manager was very mean uptight .no accommodations

6/10

Pleasant

25 Jun 2025

Andres

Good hotel. Staff can be better.

Leisure Partner

2/10

Poor

22 Jun 2025

ALFREDO

I would not recommend this property because it smell must, damp and sunday night when we came back, it smell like sewer. We check on sunday. We could stay any longer. On monday i got call from the property manager, or owner saying he was going to refundme for one night. So fur i have not heard any thing.

Leisure Family

2/10

Poor

17 Jun 2025

Cynthia

This place has BEDBUGS!!! DO NOT STAY HERE!!!!

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

16 Jun 2025

Carlos

Location was good

10/10

Exceptional

13 Jun 2025

hector

Management on property good service

Business Family_with_children

2/10

Poor

10 Jun 2025

Vanessa

Room was dirt

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

10 Jun 2025

Manuel

The front desk staff was very friendly and helpful. The room itself was basic nothing fancy but served it's purpose.

Leisure Self

2/10

Poor

09 Jun 2025

Jasmine

Booked this motel with our softball team for a weekend tournament in Santa Maria based on the pictures. It didn’t look too bad.

It’s always a hit or miss when booking a motel 6 and this was 100% a miss for us.

Majority of us booked 2 full bed rooms.
The rooms were dirty (I.e. pillows/sheets were stained/gross, floors had debris or crumbs) and it was overall very outdated/cheap looking.

The A/C unit didn’t work in our room and the bathroom wasn’t very clean.

The door frames in most of the rooms looked like they were kicked in at one point and got a quick repair, since the caulking was falling off the door every time they were used.

Overall I would not return and would not recommend.

Leisure Family_with_children

4/10

Poor

08 Jun 2025

Elissa

No regular towels in the room very noisy at 4 am in the morning and hotel need alot of maintenance

Friends_and_family Family

2/10

Poor

08 Jun 2025

Yanet

It was not what we expected!! The pictures were so beautiful and when we arrived it was totally the opposite of what is posted. The beds are so small. The place is rundown. It was dirty. Totally not what we were expecting.

Friends_and_family Family

4/10

Poor

04 Jun 2025

david

Did not have the room we booked available, offered us another room and when I asked for a discount she said, “well you’re already getting a really good deal,” so I guess, go Expedia?

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

02 Jun 2025

Keum

reasonable price for the room, convenient location, easy parking

Some parts were broken in a facet.

2/10

Poor

02 Jun 2025

Stephanie

I'm not usually too picky about stays but this one was truly bait and switch. The reception in the pictures isn't even close. That must have been taken 20 years ago. The dirt on the windows was there for a very long time. The room was so uninviting. Thank goodness I only stayed one night. Checked out early, couldn't stand one more minute of my time there. The walls and floors are so thin, I could hear the people upstairs from me walking. Just pay a little more and get something safer and cleaner.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

01 Jun 2025

Fabian

Affordable and great.

Front staff was very friendly and helpful. I would like to see the basketball court cleaned up and fixed up, I know we would have enjoyed playing on the court. Other than that the stay was great for the price 🙂

Friends_and_family Family

4/10

Poor

01 Jun 2025

marta

The linen looks very old end duty. But the mos horrible is many kockroaches any where when the lights are off.

Partner

2/10

Poor

31 May 2025

Lindsie

My son has a service dog. One of the staff made it clear that the property owners do not like dogs. They are tolerated when and they attempt to avoid booking rooms with them.

Leisure

2/10

Poor

30 May 2025

William

Worst hotel stay of my life.

Self

2/10

Poor

26 May 2025

Raymond

I have never stayed in a room as bad as this one there was roaches at night so we kept the lights on in the bathroom and the floor was dirty I walked from the shower to the room to put on my socks and my feet were black also the water would not drain after taking a shower. My wife and I will never stay at another motel 6 also the tv was so small you couldn’t even hear the sound right as it echoed because it was mounted to the wall on a old table top with the center cut out

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

26 May 2025

Richard

Excellent stay!

Amazing stay! Stayed here with young children and felt very safe here. There was no noise from others. The staff was very friendly. We stayed two nights and they did a great job housekeeping our room. Air worked great, room was very clean, tv worked just fine. We will try to stay here again. Ice maker worked just fine, lots of parking, and check in was very fast. Walkable distance to Denny’s and the grocery store. Refrigerator and microwave worked fine. Shower pressure and temperature were great.

Friends_and_family Family

4/10

Poor

08 May 2025

Lindsie

Owners are not service dog or disability friendly.

10/10

Exceptional

04 May 2025

hannah

Check in was super fast and easy. The employee was super helpful

2/10