Sands Motel
Sands Motel descritpion
This Riverside, California motel is located one mile from Castle Amusement Park and features an outdoor pool. Rooms at Sands Motel offer expanded cable TV with HBO and free Wi-Fi.
Guest rooms are furnished with microwaves and refrigerators.
Guests at Sands Motel are offered room service and a 24-hour front desk. The motel serves breakfast.
Sands Motel is less than one mile from Galleria at Tyler. It is 2 miles from La Sierra University and 3 miles from California Citrus State Historic Park.
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Facilities of Sands Motel
Outdoors ：Outdoor Pool (seasonal) | Sun Deck
Pets ：Pets are not allowed.
Internet ：Free!WiFi is available in all areas and is free of charge.
Parking ：Free!Free public parking is available on site (reservation is not needed).
Services ：Room Service | Vending Machine (drinks) | 24-Hour Front Desk | Fax/Photocopying
General ：Non-smoking Rooms | Family Rooms | Heating | Air Conditioning
Reviews for Sands Motel
Review 1：The room was dirty. The carpet was dirty/ old Police came the first night/ people upstairs were arguing- police came and broke the door down. Sleazy
Review 2：Free wifi
Review 3：I had booked a room with two King beds for about $74. I called about two hours before my check in to let them know I would be a little late and the person I talked to said it was okay. When we got there the man working at the office told us our reservation had been canceled because the card that was used was declined. This was upsetting because when I reserved it the website said we were going to pay there at the hotel with cash or how ever we wanted and the employee failed to let us know on the phone we had no room because they had canceled it when we called. The employee said there was nothing he could do but give us a room with one bed for about $100 and that was because we pushed him to call the manager.
Review 4：The room it self was good.
Review 5：I didn't like how we had to be out the next morning AT 11. I would have liked to sleep in a bit and then taken my time to clean up and leave, where as we were kinda rushed out.
Review 6：I liked how we got upgraded to a king bed for free with out asking just because it was available
Review 7：Rooms are run down, bathroom door was falling apart. Mold on the bathroom walls, comforter and top blanket were stained, didn't look like they had been washed in months.
Review 8：Convenient to where I was conducting a meeting.
Review 9：Horrible staff. We have a child with a mental disability and it took us a little longer to get him going, so we went past checkout by half an hour and they were actually trying to it seemed thug us out of the hotel. Our one year old was walking around the morning of check out and when we got him in his car seat we saw his feet and they were just black as could be. I asked my wife why his feet were so black she said the hotel room floor. Do not stay here.
Review 10：It was close to where we needed
Review 11：Horrible staff, dirty bed, dirty shower, not enough towels, wifi sucked, no good channels on TV, ac wasn't working properly, didn't get what I paid for
Review 12：Nothing.
Review 13：The room was very dirty, tear on the sheet, the mattress felt like it had a hole in the center. Poorly stocked on towels, and toilet paper.
Review 14：The price was the best part however I don't think I'll be staying there again. It was near things I needed to go too. Room was decently sized, fridge, microwave, TV, and free wifi.
Review 15：The staff was extremely rude. They literally where on our backs of when we were gonna check out.
Review 16：I liked how big the room was. The cable was excellent. It had over 100 channels!
Review 17：The room i booked wasn't available so i got onebed instead of two.. them the room i got had an old school t.v. so it got super hot..and finally when i turned on the outdated a/c unit it didn't blow cold air i was drenched in sweat my whole stay...
Review 18：I liked the staff and freedom to have visitors
Review 19：The area is okay but didn't like the way where we are close to so much activity and not enough peace
Review 20：They had cleanliness in the rooms, bathrooms, great rooms set, nice temperature gauges, and roomer bathrooms than most motels that we have ever been to.
Review 21：not hot water in the bathroom sink bed hard as a rock. very noises place to stay. Key card stop working twice within a 5 day stay. bathroom toilet would not flush The tv channel line up card was off, way off. The MW, would not rotate food just sat there.
Review 22：the fridge work.
Review 23：The fridge did not get very cold. I may had to change settings but I don't know.
Review 24：Polite employes Not noisy for part of town Good location diner across from hotel. Bed comfortable Restroom very clean Microwave a plus!
Review 25：You changed for ice, the office stuck of curry. The people who own the hotel live there and you smell their food when you come into the office. The cable is loosey, half the channels were Spanish. HBO had cartoons and sorry movies. Upgrade and offer your customers much more choices. That carpet was so dirty.
Review 26：The furniture is filthy. Gross filthy. The air conditioner worked in terms of making the room cold, but it only worked on high and it was very loud. When you turn it on for first time, it punches out some kind of dust that made me have a coughing attack. Really gross.
Review 27：Unfortunately we were VERY unlucky with our neighbor and didn't manage to get any sleep.
Review 28：Front desk were very helpful. Little Diner next door made some quality food.
Review 29：Everything about this stay from the indifference of the clerk to the overall room....then being informed by Booking.com that we did not stay there
Review 30：Not only did the clerk not pull my reservation...now im being told the $56.00 that I spent on the upstairs room #220 with the hard towels and stained chairs as well as the ac that did not work well was not fulfilled. Both myself and my fiancee can attest to the hotel and botb say with confidence we did stay there and could not wait to leave. The bed had plastic wrapping on the matress which made it very hot and the markings on the ac were not legible so it was difficult for us to get it to blow cold...if at all.
Review 31：Thier was one thing that I kinda didn't like but really not that big of a deal. The bathroom was a bit too smal like the toilet was too close to the wall... The other thing that I didn't like was that the door would look like if it was open but it really wasn't...
Review 32：I like it that it was really affordable and Was a bit nicer then what I expted..
Review 33：My room was smoking hot (above 100*F) when I checked in at 7pm. The wall air-conditioning unit didn't cool the room to a comfortable level until 6am the next morning. Carpeting, furniture, and entire room dated, and in need of upgrading/new bedding/furniture.
Review 34：Good location near the mall, with plenty of places to eat. Parking lot security lighting was excellent. Great refrigerator and icebox. Wi-Fi was slow, and the signal weak.
Review 35：The bed had bugs I got bitten while I sleep i would never stay in one of your rooms and I will tell my fam and friends as well as social media
Review 36：I loved my stay
Review 37：I didn't like that the attendant was rude, no customer service at all.
Review 38：cockroaches everywhere in the 2 bedrooms that we booked. very bad smell.
Review 39：nothing
Review 40：Their is nothing to say about any thing bad about this place. .it's all good. .
Review 41：I enjoyed my time there. .
Review 42：We can't think of anything bad.
Review 43：We save the time to get to our school..
Review 44：Everything
Review 45：Nothing.this place was disgusting
Review 46：Gnats in sink and recepticle in bathroom didn't work.
Review 47：Comfortable bed, location
Review 48：the macowave don't work and the telephone
Review 49：I like the tv the bed the
Review 50：the places is great
Review 51：The wifi was a little slow
Review 52：I liked that i got a downstairs room it was very accomodating and my kids where comfortable
Review 53：Cafe in same parking lot with great food
Review 54：None...had a good stay
Review 55：Yuck
Review 56：old nasty pillow stained blanket hair on towel ripped comforter
Review 57：price
Review 58：Children running and screaming outside our room until the early morning hours. The facility was filthy, and the room uncomfortable.
Review 59：Nothing
Review 60：Everything was good, we had a goodnight sleep!
Review 61：Poor internet connections. Only cleaned room when asked. Bed bugs in room!
Review 62：Proximity to shopping, freeway and ristorants
Review 63：Expensive for this kind of motel
Review 64：Clean and near the border of Tijuana
Review 65：The WiFi is terrible and always shuts off
Review 66：The softness.of the bed...And room.service is good
Review 67：free wi fi
Review 68：Very rude
Review 69：Manager was knocking on doors 30min before checkout
Review 70：owners, rude and disconcerned, had problems and could not use phone. On business travel phones are important
Review 71：The door was broken, had to ram it in. The walls were paper thin you could hear everything. You get what you pay for.
Review 72：the price that's it.
Review 73：I didn't like that when I went n didn't indicate I had a reservation, the staff member automatically have me the most expensive room n charged my card before I noticed. Customers should always be given the option first.
Review 74：I think the rounds are very nice for the price on the double bed rooms.
Review 75：The whole experience ...rooms were filthy; toilet leaked and bathroom smelled like stagnant water; shower pressure was poor and bed felt like I was sleeping on a woodpile
Review 76：I didn't like the bed bug bites in the morning that lasted about a week! Soda machine took my money..with no reimbursement. Room wasn't clean.a/c wasn't working.staff was rude.was a language barrier. Honestly should receive my money back.I will not be staying there ever again.very displeased.
Review 77：Location was close to everything.
Review 78：Wish we had had a TV that that had color instead of being only in black and white. It was a nice flat screen and their were many good channels to watch. Just could not get the color to work.
Review 79：The location was great, right in the middle of the places we were going. the staff helped us the best they could (TV). I was very clean and we enjoyed the room.
Review 80：wi-fi would not stay connected. each day the cleaning service left different towels but forget one of the ones I was usually used and one day forgot to leave soap. Why they left the towels on the bed I am not sure. otherwise they cleaned okay.I asked for a downstairs room and they put me next to someone who screamed at someone all night long for 3 nights in a row. and their child screamed or yelled also for hours at a time usually beginning at 10:00 at night. the fan/lights for the bathrooms was so loud that you can hear from the next room at no matter what time of the day/night.
Review 81：it was close to my business meeting
Review 82：When we arrived the man in the reception give us a room that was already occupied. That was so embarrassing for my family and me and obviously the people in the room.
Review 83：I like that the hotel is close to stores and the mall.
Review 84：I hated the fact if u stayed more then one night they won't redo your room they just take ur trash out that's it. No bed making nothing.
Review 85：A lot cleaner then the simply home motel.
Review 86：Asked for non smoking room and it reeked of cigarette's and marijuana. Room was absolutely disgusting as well. Stains EVERYWHERE. I will never stay there again.
Review 87：Place was run down, actually people renting rooms that were loud and some looked rather shady, I asked for a non smoking room and initially walking into the room, I had a feeling it was a smoking room, I started looking around the room and found many burn holes, even took pictures, reported it to the management who insisted it was non smoking even though I could prove otherwise, of course no refunds so I just had to deal with it, I'll never stay there again nor would I recommend anyone else to stay there
Review 88：It was close to someplaces to eat
Review 89：The toilet didn't flush properly , the bed was extremely hard, and the outlets didn't work so we couldn't charge our phone, we had to use the plug behind the tv
Review 90：It wasn't expensive
Review 91：Fairly rundown. Hole, stain on carpet. Bathroom could use some clean caulking around tub and floor edges.
Review 92：Close to hospital and restaurants. Also easy access from freeway. It was quiet, clean and comfortable bed/ pillows.
Review 93：requested xtra pillows - did not receive room smelled of moldy dead air - no circulation (even with air on) water from shower came 1/4 out of head & 3/4 out of spicket sheets felt like sandpaper
Review 94：check in and check out were handles expeditiously
Review 95：fllor carpet horible or very dirty and smely , bed comforter.front enterance. shower towels had staine on them . my kids did not take shower becuse towels i did not sleep all night dirty carpet.
Review 96：room was clean
Review 97：I asked for smoking and got non-smoking and the other guest on the same floor were up all nite (loud)
Review 98：It wasn't a good enviroment for my out of state guest
Review 99：Cons: There were cigarette holes in our sheets and comforter, ourcleaning lady never came to make our bed, tidy up, or even take out thetrashes. When we were sleeping we got woke up at 2am by someone bangingon our door trying to get in.
Review 100：Pros:There was a fridge and a Microwave and it was located bymany shops.
Review 101：Bed was uncomfortable, Front desk not very pleasant at check in. Not a good experience.
Review 102：It had coffee
Review 103：Need to fix in bathroom and shower not enough also need remodel put be nice. And rug need new
Review 104：Dirty pool. Needed coins for ice.
Review 105：Location close to conference
Review 106：Pillows were low-end. Seems like they had been washed which caused them to be lumpy.
Review 107：Location to my needs.
Review 108：shower was poor water pressure
Review 109：smoking room
Review 110：The shower curtain was awful. Very dirty.
Review 111：Very close to Kaiser Hospital. Excellent.
Review 112：Nothing there were very rude !!!
Review 113：I didnt like any thing !!!
Review 114：At Checkout the manager standing at your door, as you exit
Review 115：The size of the room
Review 116：no chain lock on door, carpets very dirty, shower flow very low,office calling before exit time to remind you to leave
Review 117：location, price
Review 118：Staff didn't notify me that they charge a 0.50 cent fee when if used of debit card.
Review 119：Near shopping malls and restaurants.
Review 120：Loud neighbors
Review 121：Price and Wi-Fi and room choice
Review 122：the hotel. I got sick the next day
Review 123：location
Review 124：No laundry facility .
Review 125：close to the Mall,hospital and exit freeways.Sataff are friendly and accommodating,
The Fine Print
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