Super 8 by Wyndham El Cajon CA

United States , San Diego - CA
EL CAJON, 471 North Magnolia Ave
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100 reviews shown

10/10

Exceptional

25 Mar 2026

Jennifer

Great hotel, the breakfast could've been better, but the rooms where clean and the staff was helpful.

2/10

Poor

20 Mar 2026

Anaam

I didn’t go I canceled

8/10

Excellent

14 Mar 2026

Adar

Facilities are adequate. Did not use internet

Self

8/10

Excellent

10 Mar 2026

Donald

Don't be fooled by the aged sign on the pole, the rooms have been renovated, with good workmanship. A bonus is the tiny Thai restaurant just 2 blocks south on Magnolia Blvd. Access to I-8 and 67 is flawless. Excellent value.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

09 Mar 2026

Felicitas

Area is a little rough, pretty old building. Outside is not to appealing but the rooms inside are pretty decent.

Family_with_children

4/10

Poor

03 Mar 2026

Marisa

Don’t stay on the weekends or ask for a room
That’s away from the stairs. People coming and going all hours of the night made for a terrible nights sleep when we had to be on the road very early. Would not recommended staying on the weekends if you need your sleep

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

02 Mar 2026

Britney

Room had roaches.. didn’t make my stay feel comfortable after..

2/10

Poor

27 Feb 2026

Adrian

No down comforter, very noisy bathroom fan, a lot of foot traffic, and suspicious activities in the room next door. Also, room sevice tried coming in the room after we specifically asked them not to stating they needed to check the condition of the room.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

24 Feb 2026

Susan

Good room, great price, the breakfast could be better.

Friends_and_family Family

2/10

Poor

20 Feb 2026

Cora

That’s all I have to say is the person at the front desk was nice but boogers on the bed roaches in a room

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

16 Feb 2026

LaBridgette

The room has bugs, so we have to go to another room.

4/10

Poor

15 Feb 2026

Luis

Lots of niose and not safe.

6/10

Pleasant

12 Feb 2026

Thomas

My socks got so dirty from floors.

2/10

Poor

28 Jan 2026

Michael

Very noisy, no blow dryer, a lot of homeless people wandering around and the room darkening shade was broken and didn’t work.

Friends_and_family Friends

6/10

Pleasant

27 Jan 2026

Adrian

Staff at check in was not courteous. There were two gentlemen behind the counter talking to each other and didn't acknowledge my husband when he walked in. When my husband told them he was there to check in he was told they were busy and to come back in 10 minutes.
The floor in the room was not clean. My husband forgot to bring slippers and his socks were filthy from walking around in the room while getting ready.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

24 Jan 2026

JAMIE

They front desk staff at check in and in the morning were so pleasant and helpful. It was seamless.

Self

2/10

Poor

19 Jan 2026

JoLynn

Will not book again.

6/10

Pleasant

01 Jan 2026

TED

The room was nice, carpet a little soiled. The remote was found under the mattress cover as I guess the person cleaning the room forgot it was there. The television didn't work on cable so couldn't watch television. I told the front desk person in the morning about the television, and he acted like it really didn't care. Not much of a breakfast but due to the price of the hotel, I didn't expect much. I probably wouldn't stay there again.

8/10

Excellent

31 Dec 2025

Victor

Breakfast very simple or basic Coffee, cereal,juice, svenhard’s breakfast claw packages and oranges

8/10

Excellent

22 Dec 2025

Andrius

10/10

Exceptional

16 Dec 2025

Sheila

I will stay here again. The room was really nice and clean. The staff was kind. The breakfast was bear bones. But it's to be exp cyed for the price.

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

10 Dec 2025

Malissa

Staff were very courteous, room was clean, however the carpet looked very very stained and dirty. Would have liked more breakfast options as well. Otherwise very quiet and conveniently located.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

10 Dec 2025

Caroline

vwey spacious and clean, great beds!

2/10

Poor

09 Dec 2025

Summer

Hotel Management canceled our stay halfway through after having an a medical emergency that required an ambulance to take me out for surgery. When I was released two days later from the hospital my family still correctly state at the hotel they moved us to the handicap room and then complained of plumbing issues that we did not have issues with only to find out it was next to the resident employee on the property.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

08 Dec 2025

CARLOS

6/10

Pleasant

07 Dec 2025

Deladrian

Room is okay and bed is comfortable. Shower barely works. No pressure and no hot water.

10/10

Exceptional

06 Dec 2025

Raul

Had no time for breakfast. Walking distance to Rubios Mexican food and located within five minutes of location I was attending.

10/10

Exceptional

04 Dec 2025

Michael

Rooms are always clean and the staff very freindly

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

30 Nov 2025

Ashleigh

Comfortable beds, nice and clean room with upgraded features. Water pressure sucks and refrigerator doesn’t work very well. Otherwise, we had a good stay.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

30 Nov 2025

maria

The rooms very clean and nice, it was quiet and safe. But breakfast not good. Very limited, frozen waffles, toast and cereal . No syrup for waffles. Other than that rooms i liked and i would go back

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

29 Nov 2025

Linda

Courteous and helpful staff. Clean and quiet room.

Leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

28 Nov 2025

Phil

We've stayed here before & it was good this stay was very noisy and alot of traffic in front of our room , no coffee pot in room and coffee in lobby was awful.

Leisure Pet

10/10

Exceptional

28 Nov 2025

Cesar

Good

2/10

Poor

26 Nov 2025

david

No water pressure. Shower head was very old and disgusting. Told front desk I did not want service. Employee could not have cared less what I was saying. Sure enough came into my room while I was gone. Door would not open all the way-broke. Don’t book, this place is a dump.

Self

6/10

Pleasant

22 Nov 2025

Alejandro

It’s $70 a night don’t expect much

Business Self

6/10

Pleasant

15 Nov 2025

Alicia

“You get what you pay for” is definitely how’d I’d rate this hotel. I usually check the sheets before getting into our beds, but we were so tired we just kind of fell into bed. In the morning, I noticed blood on the sheets of the bed near the top, so it was next to my child’s face. She had no blood on her which tells me the sheets were bloody. I will never not check the sheets again.
Also, breakfast, if you can even call it that, was disappointing. There was bread, frozen waffles, juice, and some prepackaged cinnamon rolls.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

14 Nov 2025

Ninous

Very good

8/10

Excellent

10 Nov 2025

DeeAnna

The room was very clean and didn't feel old like the rest of the hotel like the lobby and the elevators. The price was very affordable. The breakfast was slices of bread or frozen eggos that you could toast, or cold cereal. It was kind of pathetic. But we only stayed one night so for the money and the clean room, I think I would stay here again if I was in the area again.

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

08 Nov 2025

Angella

Place was clean and felt safe

8/10

Excellent

07 Nov 2025

Joyce

Room was clean. Breakfast was great. Staff was so nice.

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

06 Nov 2025

Talia

Room didn’t feel clean

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

04 Nov 2025

Britney

Outstanding staff!

Leisure Partner

4/10

Poor

04 Nov 2025

Tyrone

Spiders and Bugs inside of Bathroom

Self

10/10

Exceptional

03 Nov 2025

Edwin

Good Stay and good staff.

10/10

Exceptional

31 Oct 2025

John

Clean room, comfortable bed, staff were great. It was so good we extended our stay for an extra night. The location is very convenient for downtown El Cajon. Would definitely stay here again.

Leisure Partner

8/10

Excellent

25 Oct 2025

Alice

The rooms were cleaned very nicely each day.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

17 Oct 2025

Frank

The hotel was fine but the neighborhood is terrible. I pulled in late and found a person parked in the lot trying to get my attention by saying violent murmurs. So strange how you can find drunk people walking around on the street in front at any hour. The majority of non chain restaurants are cash only. All pointing to a different town for me on my next trip.

Business Self

6/10

Pleasant

12 Oct 2025

Alejandro

Over all it was good.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

05 Oct 2025

Charlotte

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

27 Sep 2025

Victor

The room stunk bad. B.O., cigarettes, musty.
The couch was totally gross.
We had to eat outside. Bed was comfortable enough, but we wouldn’t stay there again.
Even toilet seat was very loose and swung just by lifting the lid.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

26 Sep 2025

Ashwin

Breakfast was average, cereal, toast, juice/coffee.
Room was clean and comfortable.
Elevator was functional. Parking lot was average, didn't feel very safe. Homeless people and Shuttered Businesses around the Hotel.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

22 Sep 2025

Omar

Thank you

8/10

Excellent

07 Sep 2025

Armando

Check out on Saturday 7:30am

10/10

Exceptional

04 Sep 2025

Veronica

Nice and safe

4/10

Poor

02 Sep 2025

Alberto

Room space is ok, but the mattress is so old and hard.

6/10

Pleasant

31 Aug 2025

Leonard

Earlier in the day I called and requested a room close to the elevator and was told it would not be a problem. My wife and I are handicapped and struggle with long walks.
The person who checked us in did not care about my request and gave us a room furthest from the elevator.

Leisure Partner

2/10

Poor

31 Aug 2025

Arun

Bathroom is very dirty. No cleaning done before leaving to next person. P**p was everywhere inside the toilet bowl.... Terrible experience and I won't recommend for any families

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

29 Aug 2025

Arturo

Nothing to complain about

10/10

Exceptional

21 Aug 2025

Frankie

The best

6/10

Pleasant

19 Aug 2025

Vilma

(-) Some electrical outlets were loose. Room was not ready after I checked in. Floor still wet. Stairwell had slight smell of urine.
(-) No restaurants or drive -thru places open near hotel area after 10pm.

(+) Manager and housekeeper (very friendly) were very helpful.

(+)Availability of parking spaces visible from my room.

(- and +) Somewhat seedy location but there were a lot of cameras viewable from check-in office. Also saw two security folks doing patrols of hotel area.

Leisure Self

4/10

Poor

16 Aug 2025

Amr

Unsafe area with plenty of homeless around the place. Some strange guests were also at the hotel

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

11 Aug 2025

Robert

Every time we stay here its always great friendlyist staff you'll ever meet.and its quiet there if your looking for a good place to stay super 8 is the best

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

06 Aug 2025

Robert

Its been the quietest place ive stayed at and the staff is super friendly.

Friends_and_family Family

4/10

Poor

05 Aug 2025

Robynn

Not friendly or welcoming. Soda machine not working. People smoking outside the rooms. Limited parking spaces. Room was ok, linen was thin (threadbare). Only one chair in the room for two people to sit and eat.

Leisure Family_with_children

6/10

Pleasant

03 Aug 2025

Yvonne

The motel is okay but it smells like cigarettes. Will not stay again.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

29 Jul 2025

Jaime

yes

4/10

Poor

28 Jul 2025

Karyna

it wa ok just to sleep ... there was no additonal lock

2/10

Poor

26 Jul 2025

Nashaat

Breakfast is very poor and at 8 AM it was almost empty
Staff was not helpful
Room was not convenient

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

24 Jul 2025

Frankie

Great place

Leisure Self

4/10

Poor

22 Jul 2025

Tessa

I didn't know that there wasn't a swimming pool. I thought my daughter would have been able to go swimming. The breakfast did not have many options and no protein. Like eggs or bacon. They had Eggo waffles, toast and the coffee to was cheap. My fridge did not work

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

19 Jul 2025

Shannon

Great like always

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

15 Jul 2025

Debbie

Convenient, one night stay.

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

14 Jul 2025

Andrea

Noisy but comfortable

Upon arrival saw kids playing outside of room. Lots of street noise. Limited breakfast packaged goods. The coffee was decent. I was afraid I’d have trouble sleeping because of the outside noise but the room air conditioner was so loud I couldn’t hear anything else. I slept soundly. Bed was comfortable and clean but the bed linens had holes in them.

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

12 Jul 2025

Verified traveler

Rooms were clean. We were asked to stay in 1 bed instead of two bed. We were ok with that due to a pullout couch. However there wasn't enough towels for 3 people. Asked 3 times in two days before we finally got an extra towel. The outside was not very clean. There was food in the stairs that someone spilled the entire 3 days we were there.

6/10

Pleasant

10 Jul 2025

Jim

There was a homeless person living in a junk car in front of my room in the parking lot. The mgr said they would move it but didn't. Eyesore and a little scary. I did not feel safe.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

09 Jul 2025

Jeffrey

Room and bedding were neat and clean, the bed was very comfortable to sleep in.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

08 Jul 2025

Jesse

All good. Very nice for the price

Leisure

2/10

Poor

08 Jul 2025

Chad

Terrible. I don’t know what’s going on here but the staff that was there on our 3rd night wouldn’t give us towels after a long day at SeaWorld. The man the day prior gave us towel on problem with no questions asked. He said towels on that 3rd night were $20. I don’t know if he was trying to pocket the money? The next morning at checkout, we followed up and the employee said they did not charge for towels. The room also smelled horribly of cigarette smoke and there are lots of shady looking people around. Don’t stay here for a family trip. It’s ridiculous and they lie. Expedia tried to help but the hotel didn’t care to resolve the complaint.

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

03 Jul 2025

Alberto

Wouldn’t stay here too long. A lot of homeless and unsafe area at night.

Business Partner

8/10

Excellent

21 Jun 2025

Valerie

It was due to a medical family emergency. I found the hotel clean and with a friendly staff and exceptional front desk service.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

18 Jun 2025

George

Very courteous at the front desk... Nice clean room. Comfortable bed. Nice and quiet.

Business_and_leisure

10/10

Exceptional

17 Jun 2025

michael

Always a good stay the staff is very freindly

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

17 Jun 2025

DANIEL

We have stayed here a few times. The location in convenient. It is no frills, basic hotel. It has a refrigerator and the beds were comfortable. It was quiet and plenty of parking. The staff was friendly and check in and out was fast. There was a continintal breakfast of waffles, fruit , and cerial. Nothing fancy. Overall, decent hotel for an overnight stay for the price. I would stay there again.

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

15 Jun 2025

Verified traveler

I pulled into the parking lot, saw people going through the garbage and getting in an elevator with it. Entire place was terrifying - I didn't even check in. I took the loss on the cost and drove home.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

15 Jun 2025

Denis

Nice staff and quiet

Business_and_leisure Self

2/10

Poor

14 Jun 2025

Chris

Tv doesn’t work; mold just painted over; shower spigot sprayed water everywhere; super noisy; breakfast was awful. The second room we got switched to wreaked of smoke and the AC didn’t work well, so we got moved back to the first room with the mold and shower/tv all messed up. Not a good stay at all

Family

8/10

Excellent

12 Jun 2025

Maria

It was clean, requested service for the fridge which didn't work, but in never got nobody to fix it

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

12 Jun 2025

andrew

Great

10/10

Exceptional

10 Jun 2025

Mia

Great stay

10/10

Exceptional

09 Jun 2025

Hazim

Good and great

10/10

Exceptional

07 Jun 2025

michael

Relaxing and mostly quiet

Friends_and_family Family

2/10

Poor

07 Jun 2025

David

The hotel was filthy, the room was filthy, the key did not work, people were smoking all around the property, two different kinds of chairs at the table in the room, ironing board was bent, and iron had burnt spots on it that I had to get rid of before I ironed my shirts. Check in was slow and took forever, and the little package pastries were half frozen for breakfast.
It’s clear that this franchisee does not care about the Wyndham property that they manage. Very disappointing experience.

Business Self

8/10

Excellent

06 Jun 2025

Cheryl

It’s ok for El Cajon. Coffee was very weak. I’ve only had the room I wanted once. Stayed there maybe 5 times.

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

31 May 2025

Marcos

Good service

8/10

Excellent

28 May 2025

Denis

Nice friendly staff, clean but no recommendations for eating in the area not just super 8 most if not all at least the places I have visited lately

Leisure Self

2/10

Poor

28 May 2025

perla

The hotel looks very ugly from the outside nothing like the pictures on the web. The furniture looks also differently from pictures on web. The room needs to be cleaned better. Breakfast is only bread and coffee. The area does not look safe for
Families.

Friends_and_family Family

2/10

Poor

25 May 2025

June

Do not waste your money

I had to wait a while to ck in because system was down. Carpet in room was filthy. Shower had no pressure and the pillows were lumpy. Bk of door was filthy. There was coffee in room, but no coffee maker nor iron and ironing board. Breakfast was horrible. Packaged tools, bread and pancakes. Two inks of cereal with warm milk. Not worth the 200+ charge for the night. AC didn’t throw out cold air.

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

19 May 2025

Richard

Front desk staff was very friendly and helpful. The room was clean and always restocked with clean linens and towels. Plenty of hot water for showers. The room was fairly priced for the area. The one negative is the carpets are heavily stained and need to be replaced.
Overall I would stay there again.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

19 May 2025

michael

Awesome

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

17 May 2025

David

Room clean, but noisy neighbors…furniture old and run down, couch dirty with stains…some staff friendly but some others very rude, bossy, and limited English, indue speaking….

Business_and_leisure Partner