Vista Inn Motel

United States , San Diego - CA
VISTA , W Vista Way 745
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100 reviews shown

2/10

Poor

09 Mar 2026

Crystal

NOT a SAFE place. Police was on the property. Drug activity. Someone tried to get inside my car while I was inside the car with my kids. There was squatter. Someone broke window and there was broken class everywhere. All of these things were all associated with different people. Gang activity and drug users. Did not feel safe sleeping there

Family_with_children

4/10

Poor

08 Mar 2026

Elizabeth

The beds were hard. The shower didn’t stop dripping. The towel rack broke off. The freeway was noisy. Staff was nice is the only positive

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

01 Mar 2026

Hector

Good room, good service, everything clean and tidy, the bathroom very clean and excellent hot water

Family_with_children

2/10

Poor

27 Feb 2026

Yvonne

DO NOT BOOK! This hotel is worse than a prison cell. It's criminal for the price they charged! There were stains on the walls, the tub had mysterious black speckles, the shower curtains has what looks like old blood stains on it. the toilet paper rolls was not hanged and sits on top on a nasty toilet with the paper itself stained with different colors dots on the side. Looks like someone was using it to clean their needles! The walls has black tapes all over and even the doors has scuffed marks with black tapes all over too. I got in at 2am and I could not stay and left immediately. Slept and brush my teeth next to my car. It was supposed to be a decent 1 night stop before we get to our actual vacation destination. It was a horror nightmare for me. You can't pay me to stay here!

Partner

2/10

Poor

21 Feb 2026

Ana

Dirty rooms

2/10

Poor

15 Feb 2026

James

when i arrived they gave my reservation away! so i had to find somewhere else in that moment.

Leisure Family_with_children

2/10

Poor

15 Feb 2026

Joe

Booked room. Called the motel right after to confirm I was in their system, the guy said yes and repeated my name. The next day at check in time he stated I wasn't in the system and that if I wanted to stay they would have to charge me double the price I originally selected. Guys are con artist, praying on people that don't deserve to be treated that way.
Their was a very elderly couple that had traveled from riverside and had the same problem I did. It was very sad to see them not be able to get the room they booked because they couldn't afford the last second price raise

When I arrived there was also a long line everyone had the same issue and they did not honor their prices on Expedia. About 7 people left very angry because they raised the prices on the day of check in. 3 people decided to sleep in the lobby with all their belongings

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

14 Feb 2026

Gerardo

Good looking room

2/10

Poor

04 Feb 2026

Michael

Staff wasn’t that cool

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

16 Jan 2026

Samantha

Nice staff

10/10

Exceptional

15 Jan 2026

Samantha

clean room\

10/10

Exceptional

11 Jan 2026

Prashna

Everything is good.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

28 Dec 2025

Tyler

Great

2/10

Poor

26 Dec 2025

Sergio

Checked in , tv and cable didn’t work and I had to plug everything in. Shower did not have any handle and was completely unable to work. smoke detector, door peephole, any and every device for safety features or etc were covered in tape and toilet tissue roll covers and no one bothered to uncover them when cleaning if even cleaned. Large fresh stain on top blanket and top sheet right under it which wasn’t changed yuck. Huge gap in door letting in draft from cold night time air. And no one at front desk to help by the time I was able to go address concerns so had to just deal with it. Mind you I have a 1 year old…. Completely unacceptable

Business_and_leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

11 Dec 2025

Charee

The front desk staff is very nice

2/10

Poor

03 Dec 2025

Vincent

someone was in our room (twickers) doing drugs and drinking, sleeping, parting in our room?

6/10

Pleasant

02 Dec 2025

Dennis

Could have been cleaned better and window had no lock

Leisure Self

2/10

Poor

01 Dec 2025

Deb

Didnt stay. Got my $ back. FLOP HOUSE style. Did NOT FEEL SAFE!

Self

2/10

Poor

25 Nov 2025

Catherine E.

The room had no trash can.
The faucet in the tub broke off the wall and I could not use the shower or tub.
The motel attendant told me my credit card had already been charged and he could not credit me or compensate for the poor room conditions.
I would not ever stay at Vista Inn

2/10

Poor

04 Nov 2025

Cassandra

Save yourself the time effort and money. What a truly disgusting hovel this place is. We booked two rooms and after an entire day of travel we arrived at 10pm to check in. 1st room stank of cigarettes so she got moved, her next room had not 1 but 2 broken tvs, dirty bedding, NO shower curtain or towels and to top it off NO light bulb in the bathroom. 2nd room was flooded by a broken fridge, had no microwave, no pole in the closet to hang things on, no lightbulbs in the lamps. Pubic hair all in the very dirty unchanged sheets and 2 towels. We had housekeeping come and change the bedding and give us a new fridge and more towels. The place was filthy, falling apart and quite frankly the health inspector needs to condemn the dump.

Business_and_leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

02 Nov 2025

Melodi

The bed had spots on it

Business

6/10

Pleasant

02 Nov 2025

Charee

Dirty

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

30 Oct 2025

Candi

Nice place friendly staff

Business_and_leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

28 Oct 2025

Jason

Room was clean.Staff was great no problems

10/10

Exceptional

28 Oct 2025

Candi

AC worked perfectly

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

28 Oct 2025

Candi

Easy entry, friendly staff, calm atmosphere

Leisure Self

8/10

Excellent

26 Oct 2025

Mary

Great staff, very friendly. Nice clean room with ample parking

Self

10/10

Exceptional

26 Oct 2025

Candi

Comfortable beds friendly staff

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

23 Oct 2025

Estela

Yes

Partner

2/10

Poor

08 Oct 2025

Edmanuel

Horrible customer service. Roaches all over and too cheap to fix anything. At this price everything should look emaculant, on the contrary. Don't waste your time at this dump, anywhere else would be much better

Leisure Partner

2/10

Poor

07 Oct 2025

Christina

Let me count the ways of disappointment: TV was not working so we had to switch room. The new room smelled of musty: curtains, couch and bedding. Shower-curtain had mole. No towels hand towels provided. Some random many walking the halls tried to follow me into my room. I didn't feel safe. Staff did have housekeeping clean room but forgot towels and new shower-curtain. Room still smelled. Because room curtains smelled musty. Staff said to ask if needed to leave the room to call them for escort. Staff were nice.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

02 Oct 2025

Tyler

Great thanks for the great service and hospitality

10/10

Exceptional

01 Oct 2025

Tyler

Great definitely will stay again

10/10

Exceptional

26 Sep 2025

Tyler

Fabulos

10/10

Exceptional

26 Sep 2025

Tyler

Yes

10/10

Exceptional

26 Sep 2025

Tyler

Great

10/10

Exceptional

25 Sep 2025

jonathan

Good

Leisure

4/10

Poor

18 Sep 2025

Edward

The TV would only allow 1 station, notified staff but gave an fix so;ution which I tried and it still did not work. No trash can in the room. Toilet kept running. I had to move the valve float to shut off the continuous running of water.

Leisure Self

4/10

Poor

14 Sep 2025

Shara

This is place what you call a stab and jab. Burn holes in the blankets, no trash cans in the room, 13 inch TV and no hot water for the shower. Small location, if you need a quick pit stop just to stab and jab this is the only thing it’s good for.

Business_and_leisure Family

4/10

Poor

02 Sep 2025

Arturo

Upon arriving the hotel, staff charged my credit card incorrectly, causing me to call and get my credit card unblocked. The remote control in the bedroom and TV did not work. There was standing water in our room that we had a cleanup. The sheets on the bed were missing. There were questionable people hanging out in the parking lot, felt unsafe. Would not recommend this location for future stay

Leisure Family_with_children

2/10

Poor

31 Aug 2025

Katie

When we check

2/10

Poor

27 Aug 2025

Margarita

HORRIBLE

Do not stay here. The rooms are not as advertised. They are dirty, old and no safety lock. I checked out immediately and had to find somewhere else to stay. Not to mention when I went back down to request a refund I was told no. This place is a scam.

Self

8/10

Excellent

25 Aug 2025

Tara

We had a decent experience. They staff was very nice and accommodating.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

21 Aug 2025

Geneva

Everything in the hotel was a little bit dirty, it looked like the toilet needed cleaning, the shower had a leak, sink didn't drain completely, there were not enough towels provided, sheets had stains, but were recently cleaned, the bed didn't have a fitted sheet only the top sheet on top of the comforter and there was no trash can provided in the room which was wildly inconvenient as they provide soap and shampoo packets that need to be thrown out after opened. The mini fridge was very powerful, my drinks stayed nice and cold, it did freeze my fruit, but I just needed to put them on a lower shelf. Wifi was strong and consistent, no random outages. Lots of parking available. Close to Vista town square, full of nice hospitable people and great restaurants. This place was definitely affordable, but cost more than what was provided.

Leisure Partner

2/10

Poor

11 Aug 2025

Alizae

When I arrived to check in, no one was at the front desk and I had to wait for them to get off lunch, at midnight. They gave us a room that reeked of cigarettes. Asked for a new one, they moved us. The next morning my friend showered and they bath tub leaked all over the floor and then the office guy came up telling us to pack our stuff they’re moving us rooms, because the water is leaking into their office. I said okay well where are we moving to? They said they’ll let us know in two hours. I had to go shower at the EOS gym. We didn’t get our new room in two hours. We left for the morning to the farmers market came back 3ish hours later and had to ask them about the new room. They give me a new one, I go and check it for the smell. Again reeks of cigarettes. My friend is pregnant and her baby is under 1 years old. We don’t want to smell disgusting. I went and told them again it smells like cigarettes. The guy went with me to get a new room and he opened one, smelled waaay worse and much stronger cigarette smells. Horrible. I said no not this one. They open the other one, 4 rooms later we finally have our room on day 2 of being here. Shower curtains are fabric so they get the floors wet. It should be plastic. Hate it. Extremely humid in all the rooms. TVs don’t work or missing remotes. Two shower towels. One wash rag. One drying towel. Not nearly enough. They leave a half empty toilet paper on the roll and then have a new one for you. Don’t stay here no matter how cheap.

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

06 Aug 2025

Edmanuel

Clean and respectful staff

Leisure Partner

2/10

Poor

05 Aug 2025

richard

Worst place ever

This is the worst place I have ever stayed. Picture a hotel where crack heads hangout. It look nice on the website. We tried to check in at 3 but the room wasn’t ready. In fact it wasn’t ready until 8pm. What ever they used to clean the room burned our eyes. I was going to say screw it and go to another hotel but nothing was available. I can’t believe you guys would have something like this on your website.

Friends_and_family Family

4/10

Poor

04 Aug 2025

Jose

They booked my room,instead of 2 queen beds had to full size bedsbeds,noisy and dirty

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

03 Aug 2025

Ronald

No fridge, no coffee, no microwave, no garbage can etc

2/10

Poor

23 Jul 2025

Alyssa

Horrible room and property. Shower only stays super hot. Room not cleaned. Sheets dirty.
People having sex and fights in the parking lot. Unsafe at night.

Leisure Self

2/10

Poor

19 Jul 2025

Angelina M

The room smell like cigarettes the toilet was loose. You couldn’t even sit on it. There was no remote control it. The mirrors weren’t even clean right the curtains were hanging. Didn’t stay more than an hour and I left. I went to a better location and comfortable I do not recommend this location unless you are a drug user drug seller or hooker because that’s what the hotels about.

Business_and_leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

12 Jul 2025

Deon

Enjoyed my stay

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

12 Jul 2025

Lazaro

Everything is good too me

Leisure Family

2/10

Poor

08 Jul 2025

Rosalinda

The place is very run down. They need new bedding. There was holes and stains on my bedsheets.

Business_and_leisure Family

4/10

Poor

04 Jul 2025

Carlos

In a pinch.

There was a drifter harassing people in the parking lot. Then he kept following people back and forth. Running around the place. Unsettling. He saw me and got spooked cuz I saw a girl he was trying to get in her car. So I went to pretend I was her boyfriend. He left her alone.
Room was decent. Bathroom was dirty. Mainly the sink and under toilet lid. Ladies have pepper spray or don’t go alone.

Self

10/10

Exceptional

30 Jun 2025

Lazaro

Everything is good thank you

10/10

Exceptional

28 Jun 2025

Amairani

Good vibes

8/10

Excellent

23 Jun 2025

Amairani

Can’t complain

8/10

Excellent

23 Jun 2025

Ronnie

8/10

Excellent

23 Jun 2025

Ronnie

Awesome customer service

10/10

Exceptional

23 Jun 2025

Amairani

Manager is cooperative and very helpful

6/10

Pleasant

16 Jun 2025

Ronnie

Bedding caused me a skin rash and had me itching a lot.

Pet

10/10

Exceptional

13 Jun 2025

Lazaro

Everything is good to me so far so is. good to be here

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

11 Jun 2025

Lazaro

Everything

Leisure Self

2/10

Poor

10 Jun 2025

Steven

No trash bin in room. No smoke detectors. Bathroom door lock was broken. Fridge was leaking. No microwave. Place is a dump. One of the worst places I’ve ever stayed. Walls were damaged and very poorly repaired. No room cleaning services so we didn’t get fresh towels or sheets. I would highly recommend not staying here.

Leisure Friends

4/10

Poor

10 Jun 2025

Alexander

Old, not cleaned well, only one towel and no hand towel. Painted walls and property is poorly done…you name it it was bad

Leisure Self

2/10

Poor

08 Jun 2025

Xeng

Very dirty

10/10

Exceptional

07 Jun 2025

Lazaro

Management

Business_and_leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

03 Jun 2025

Ronnie

Staff is very polite and friendly

8/10

Excellent

02 Jun 2025

Amairani

Lisant was amazing

8/10

Excellent

02 Jun 2025

Ronnie

Management was polite

10/10

Exceptional

02 Jun 2025

Ronnie

Lisant is the best

Partner

2/10

Poor

27 May 2025

Ravi

Extremely

2/10

Poor

26 May 2025

Aaryn

the room was terrible. i’m not one to nit pick hotel rooms often. but this one was definitely terrible. please save your money and get a different hotel !! the window was broken and didn’t even seem like they tried to fix it. the smoke detector was ripped out of the ceiling and so were the two light fixtures. so we had 3 HOLES in the ceiling. the shower head was broken and the water sprayed literally all over the bathroom. the tub had a crack in it so it was flooding the bathroom. there was paint all over the tv and the mini fridge. paint was in the holes to the outlets so we couldn’t use them. the bedding they had on the bed also had holes and rips in them all over. there was a huge spider problem in the room. the ac was blowing out a nasty smell, as if there was a dead animal inside of it. the peep hole in the door wasn’t in there, it was literally a big hole drilled through the door, someone could easily just look in at you. the door didn’t shut completely so any slight breeze, or when you shut the bathroom door, the front door opened, even when it was locked it still opened quite a bit. the employees were very rude and disrespectful. if i could rate this 0 stars i would.

Leisure Partner

2/10

Poor

20 May 2025

karen

you really do get what you pay for. stated beds to be queen when they are full beds, room was dirty and old. location was sketchy and so was service.

Leisure Family

2/10

Poor

03 May 2025

Bennie

Dirty, lock your doors

4/10

Poor

13 Apr 2025

RYAN

The front desk people are super nice, but the room was gross and there are alot of shady characters on the property. When i was walking to my room there was a guy smoking fentynol on tin foil when i turned the corner, the only thing good about this hotel is the location, Ive stayed here alot in the past because of close proximity to my family members but im not doing it again, this is what you would expect if the room was like $50 but for more then double, im good.

2/10

Poor

11 Apr 2025

Ali

Filthy, disgusting room, I needed a room just to sleep couple hours before I head to work as I live couple hours away and didn’t want to drive at midnight, the room was absolutely filthy, and at 2:50am a homeless person was knocking on my door, and I couldn’t sleep anyway since the place was just loud and full of homeless people.

Business Self

2/10

Poor

17 Mar 2025

Ana

Hairs in the bed linens!
Dirty and stained towels

Business_and_leisure

6/10

Pleasant

08 Mar 2025

Robert

Fit for Donald Trump

Check in sucked. Claimed they did not have my reservations even after I showed them the printed out confirmation. Since they have no inside check in, done through a window, I had to wait outside in drizzling rain for the slowest check in imaginable. Slow-Slow-Slow!!! I put my luggage on a desk in the room. Desk fell apart, because it was never properly secured. Brought the front desk clerk back to my room to show him. We had to jerry rig a fix. He did not pass on the information to the next clerk. So I had to take that clerk back to room and show him. I will say the clerks were pleasant enough, but seemed young and inexperienced. Also forget the wifi. Worked on my phone, but to slow to stream anything on iPad.

4/10

Poor

06 Mar 2025

Todd

It was extremely dirty, moldy and I felt gross even walking in the room. I’m a avid traveler and have been to many countries and this by far is one of the worst places I’ve been to.

2/10

Poor

24 Feb 2025

Reina

I do not recommend this places is duty and unsafe.

2/10

Poor

22 Feb 2025

Verified traveler

Room terrible

Old beat up room. No mirror, hair in bed sheets, on pillow, broken furniture, pieces of trash and smelled like mold. Hated it but didnt want to go through the hassel of rebooking.

Business

2/10

Poor

22 Feb 2025

Angela

Room was missing refrigerator microwave toilet paper roll holder light bulbs in the lamps no remote for the tv no cable hooked up to TV no like it mattered bcuz the TV didn't work either... Lots of construction noise in the other rooms and the air conditioner had like only 1 setting

Leisure Self

2/10

Poor

19 Feb 2025

ROBERTO

Nothing

10/10

Exceptional

10 Feb 2025

Susana

nobody to check me in. when I arrive at 6pm

4/10

Poor

25 Jan 2025

Laura

Just Ok

The photos are deceiving …At first look it looks good but its under repairs .Advertisement decieving

Business Self

6/10

Pleasant

20 Jan 2025

Gerardo

Some rooms are well.taken care of, but most of the rooms are in terrible conditions, if you are lucky and give a good impression, you might get one of the better rooms.
The guys at front desk are polite.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

01 Jan 2025

Ardath

We loved our week stay at Vista Inn, clean rooms & comfortable bed, clean bathroom. Refrigerator, microwave & a couch. Location was great. Good night manager, very accommodating and friendly. I would suggest a change of towels every other day if not done daily..parking was great.
Would definitely return for the holidays.

Leisure Partner

2/10

Poor

31 Dec 2024

Stephanie

The staff was very kind and understanding but this is not a safe place to stay. I work with the underhoused population and understand that everyone deserves a place to sleep, but this is facility is not safe for families.

Leisure Family_with_children

6/10

Pleasant

29 Dec 2024

Judy

No trash bins inside the room.

Leisure Partner

2/10

Poor

23 Dec 2024

Brian

Bed was filthy and had burn holes and stains. Bathroom was clean.

Leisure

2/10

Poor

15 Dec 2024

Maureen

dont stay

horrible looking motel! filthy halls n grounds were awful.

Partner

2/10

Poor

07 Dec 2024

Art

Bums in the parking lot people living in the cars
False advertisement on rooms and cleanliness
Had to go home didn’t even feel safe and didn’t stay at hotel.

Leisure Family

2/10

Poor

25 Nov 2024

Duste

This whole property is sketchy in a very run-down area.

6/10

Pleasant

18 Nov 2024

Thomas e

Nothing a lot of people lived there

Pet

2/10

Poor

14 Nov 2024

Wendy

Horrible stay

we got moved to three different rooms. there were bums hanging out all through the day/ night. the owners were very nice but sheets, blankets were filthy. underwear in the drawers. it wasn't clean at all. they need to fire those women doing the rooms.

Friends_and_family Family

2/10

Poor

20 Oct 2024

Michael

Roaches

Roaches

Partner

2/10

Poor

20 Oct 2024

Marina

Weekend getaway

It was bad. The room old not well taken care of, the bed when opening to the sheets there were hairs. The bathroom door was broken couldn’t close it. The towels one was a regular the other one was a kid size. There was so much noise, kids running on the hallways dogs barking . The sign at checkin said no animals yet there was a barking dog. The couch in the room looked so old and dirty.

Partner

2/10

Poor

17 Oct 2024

Brett

Looks VERY Deceiving!!!!