Desert Grove Motel, Yuma

50 year old with a moderate budget, traveling for leisure The Desert Grove Inn & Suites is a unique holiday resort. Very clean and very courteous staff. The place was very quiet even though it was justs blocks away from the city activities. WE enjoyed our two weeks of stay with the full kitchens and all amenities. We even could barbecue outside our room patios with barbecue sets provided by the Hotel at no cost. The citrus orchard was fun with free fruit to pick. The large pool was just wonderful. We would strongly recommend this property for long enjoyable winter stays.

EXCELLENT PLACE FOR THE RATE. It made our vacation very easy and economical. We did not have to eat out all the meals. The pool is heated and always clean. The ever green grass in the desert is a treat. We always come back to the same place year after year not only for the friendly staff but to have peacefull vacation.

There are some last posts that are in the very positive direction. Almost to the point of being posted by someone directly linked to this establishment. It is a very nice place to stay. The staff are great and motel part is nice. Stay away from the old and I mean old trailers. In dire need of upgrading. If you do stay there have a look around. We are in Texas for three months for the same price we payed for one month in Yuma. If your a golfer and shopper Rio Grande Valley is a meca. Of course so is Florida. Your choice.

Like the people who are here long term. Best place in Yuma for long term living, even tho a little pricey. Service is good and all try to please. Love the pool when it is warm enough to swim. Fresh fruit a plus.

There isn't enough room to tell all the good things about this place. Quiet, clean, near everything. The staff is super. A big kitchen and everything we needed was right there. One of the biggest pools we've seen. Their rates are affordable! We'll always stay with them when we're in Yuma.

Always enjoyed the warmth of all the staff at desert grove. They make us feel at home. We came there four years ago as guest and now we go there as friends. They have made so many upgrades after the new management took over. Every year we have new surprises and we look forward to it like little kids to visit again. Thankyou

WE WERE NOT SURE OF THE PLACE BUT ONCE WE GOT THERE WE WERE GREETED BY VERY FRIENDLY STAFF. OUR ROOM WAS EQUIPPED WITH KITCHEN AND NEW FURNITURES. OUR PATIO FACED A LOVELY HEATED SWIMMING POOL WHICH WE ENJOYED THE MOST. THEY HAVE ACTIVITIES DURING MONTH OF JAN AND FEB LIKE GOLF TOURNMENT,POT LUCKS,VALENTINE PARTY ETC.UNFORTUNATELY WE MISSED THAT BUT NONETHELESS WE ENJOYED OUR STAY AT DESERT GROVE. DEFINETELY A PLACE TO BE. HOME AWAY FROM HOME.

I totally agree with the person who wrote on Mar 4/07. We did not even unpack our bags, because our unit was so dirty and shabby. I don't think all the cleaning in the world could make this unit look attractive. The furniture looked like it had been pulled from the dump and the kitchen was grundgy and not well stocked. The bed was very small and the couch was too horrible to even think of sleeping on it. The TV was a tiny unit set on a little table. The green rug on the front steps was tattered and worn. However, the front staff did seem to be very friendly, as well as some of the guests that we had encountered while signing in. I can only assume that the motel rooms might be in better shape than the park models. Very, very disappointing and frustrating because they kept our $100.00 deposit. They are charging way too much money for what you get. What happened from 2006 to 2007? However, we were very fortunate, after spending four hours of searching, to find a lovely park unit in a residential area near the mountains - beautiful little home to spend several weeks in - there is a silver lining in every situation. This unit costs us less than what Desert Grove would have cost.

We wish we had read the most recent reviews before leaving on our trip!! We had read some wonderful reviews of this place LAST year so decided to do something "different" from the traditional motel thing. We should have checked back before leaving home! When we arrived at 4 PM after a 5+ hour drive from the other end of Arizona, we were assigned trailer #208 but when we went there we could see through the glass sliding door that there was a pile of dirty towels on the floor in front of the door. We opened the slightly open and unlocked glass door and called in just in case someone was still there. We entered and found the place an absolute PIG STY! It had not been cleaned. There was food and garbage all over the counters, table top, and even the floor. The garbage containers were full, the sink was full of dirty dishes, the beds unmade, the fridge full of food, etc. We called the front office and they apologized profusely that the room had been missed in error. This place suffers from lack of general cleaning and maintenance. First night there I bought a big can of Lysol spray and sprayed everything! Curtains were tattered. The furnishings looked 10X worse than stuff you find in the Salvation Army stores - no offense to them! The carpets looked like they hadn't been cleaned in months - maybe longer. The sliding glass patio door would hardly slide due to all the dirt and stuff in the track, ditto with the screen. And if you closed the sliding screen door first, you couldn't close and lock the glass door. The vertical blinds that were supposed to cover the sliding entry door had so many slats missing there was really not much point to closing them at all. At night cold air literally came through the wall above the bed where I slept. This was a 2 bedroom unit, which we had thought was to be a two BED unit. Each bed in the 2 tiny bedrooms was a double, so hubby and I slept in separate rooms....no way we could share one double bed and get any sleep. Beds were terrible....old, springy and hard. The fridge motor ran most of the time - loudly - and when it finally shut off, usually in the middle of the night, it rattled the walls. The place was just plain NOISY on many levels!! Airplanes (it's near the airport), military helicopters (it's near the Marine Station), trucks, motorcycles...all the sounds seemed to be magnified in this little metal box we were trying to make into our home. The hot water heater made such noise every time we used any hot water. It crackled and popped and sounded so awful. The front steps into the unit were creaky and the green carpeting was FILTHY and old. It certainly gave us a clue as to what to expect inside. Two pluses: the place was very close to the venue where the car show was being held, and there were lots of fresh grapefruit to pick from the trees. We're wondering if this place changed ownership since the really positive reviews of 2006. We never checked out the pool/spa or any of the other "ammenities" the place might have had. There seemed to be some very nice-looking mobile units on the property that seemed to be occupied long term, so we're wondering if the one we stayed in was pawned off on the unsuspecting overnighters. We would have tried to move to another motel/hotel, but there were several big events going on in town and rooms were not available. But we will certainly NEVER come back to this place!

Motel rooms are adequate. Trailers are old and in need of a major cleanup/upgrade. You will be disappointed for the money you are paying. The weather is great,the staff are super.