Safari Inn, Chico

For the price you pay for, it's the cheapest one in the area especially if you're on a budget. The place was quaint and clean. The owners were nice and very accommodating. I can recommend this motel in chico to anyone.

i stay here because its the cheapest place in town, and whenever i come to chico, i always have to stay for at least a week (i'm a grad student at the university). true, it's not the waldorf-astoria, but i wouldn't classify this place as a "dump." it's $35 a night!!! what do you expect? egyptian cotton sheets, room service, and daily massages?! please. if that's what you want and can afford, go to the hotel diamond downtown. for $35 a night, i have a bed, fridge, TV with about 60 cable and local channels, a shower with hot water, an AC that works, a coffee maker, wi-fi access, and a small pool. that's more than enough for me. there's housekeeping service every day, and i think the room's lighting is fine. the people who run the place are nice and friendly, and whenever i need something, they don't hesitate to help me out. the place is in walking distance to a variety of fast food places, restaurants, and grocery stores (raley's, jack in the box, carl's jr., blockbuster video, osh's, java detour, dairy queen), and if you have a car, it feels like it's the centerpoint of the city. esplanade is between mangrove and nord avenue, and i can get to anywhere in town within minute, even the other side of chico, since 99 is about two blocks behind the motel. i always travel everywhere with my own blanket and pillow, so i can't comment on the bedding like i am forced to use it; however, i can tell you that i am a HUGE germaphobe, and i don't freak out about touching any of the surfaces and textiles in my room. i know for a fact that they clean the rooms every day, because i hear the vacuums going all the time. i'm actually staying at the motel now to do my thesis defense...got in on the 27th of march, and am leaving the 6th of april.

If you want a dirt cheap hotel this is it. I will say the sheets & towels were clean. There was trash under the bed, had not been vacumn along edges of carpet in ??? Ceiling had cob webs. Non smoking room smelled of smoke. In need of major repairs. They had taken a sink out of the room and left open pipes sticking out of the wall. Could see light from outside around the entire door. Drapes and bedspread in need of repair. There were no other rooms in Chico during our visit or I would have found another room after seeing this one.

The place was quiet and looked good from the outside. After check-in we found a bra in the closet area, candy wrapper and beer bottle caps on the floor and the coffee machine still had grounds in it from some previous guest. The tiolet ran constantly and wasn't fastened to the floor. The shower door wouldn't close properly, so the bathroom floor flooded. The top sheet on the bed had a one inch burn hole in it. I wouldn't stay here again if it was free.

the room was dirty. no tv with remote control. the room wasn't cleaned either. lots of dusts and stuff. left trash in clost. broken wires. sheets where super thin torned, stained smelled bad. old beds too!

I can't believe this place got even 1 star. One of the worst places I have ever stayed. Stayed here Nov. 05 Thanksgiving weekend. Room was dirty, lots of debris left on top of closet. Non-smoking room smelled like someone had smoked in there. Turned out bedspread reeked of cigarette smoke. Had not been washed. No TV remote control. Had to call and ask for one. Lots of trash on top of closet shelf, leftover paint, stuff off wall from repairs, broken wires. Room not vacumned well, lots of dust & stuff around the edges of room. Sheets were super thin, torn, stained and smelled of disinfectant. Did not want to walk barefoot across the floor and did not want to put any of my luggage on the floor. Manager at check-in was indifferent and not very friendly. If it hadn't been very late on Thanksgiving evening during a major rainstorm, we would have gone somewhere else even though we had paid for the room. Also I had confirmation for king-size bed but was given a queen sized cause supposedly there were no king-sized rooms left. Can't believe it is in the AAA guide at all.