Budget friendly, but extremely low quality. The management was very pleasant, but the actual experience was below 1 star. Sorry. I'll try to sum this up without sounding too derogatory. There was an odor that hit me in the face upon entry. It only intensified and got worse as I made my way into the bathroom, which reeked of cigarette smoke. The hardwood floor was filthy, so I wasn't comfortable walking around in socks or bare feet. There were no coffee makers inside of the rooms, and the one that was located in the office was broken. There's no lighting above the desk. The top rocker switch located at the vanity was broken. The only redeeming quality is the staff, as they were pleasant and replaced the towels and changed out the garbage bags when I was gone for the day. Obviously, the cleaning crew could use some help. The location is convenient to nice restaurants, shopping and parks/ hiking and walking trails. There's also a gym located right next door. read more

Stay at this motel while the prices are still low. They could easily charge more. From the tall, heavy-duty glass doors, to the beautifully backlit mirrors, this motel is adding upgrades that make for a cozy and modern stay. You cannot beat the price. I am a local who stayed here for use of the shower, as our well water is acting up. It was exactly what I needed. A warm room with clean water. If you need a place to stay while you're out and about and visiting Auburn, I highly recommend this motel. All that's needed is a trip to a local coffee shop, which is right up the road being that the motel is in a PRIME location. 5 stars for location, affordability, and modern touches. read more

The room is infested with bed bugs. I reached out to management multiple times and they ignored my request. They would not give me a refund. No one should be paying $100 a night to wake up with bites all over your body. Very disgusting and disappointing. read more

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Check in guy was very friendly. Room looks exactly how it does in the pictures. Very clean and no odors or cigarette smell. Happy with my visit & will be booking in the future when I'm in Auburn again. read more

Ok first of all like I said in my last review this was the first time we have been to Auburn so didn't know where to stay or eat!! So like you should be doing I got on yelp to check out the area!! lol!! So I found this place that had decent reviews and they have to say it was clean not pricey for one night and nice people that own it!!! Only issues was it was a little loud outside with the street traffic ! But ok and we would stay here again!! Great close to freeway !! If your passing through this is a nice place to rest your head!! Check it out !! read more

Most amazing people, hospitality is amazing, customer service is great! The sweetest women who plants the flowers thank you for beautifying our neighborhood. It looks bright and beautiful I believe her name is Mrs. Bonnie. Beautiful rooms as well. read more

Great location to split the drive from SLC to SJC. Walking distance to BBQ and Pizza joints. Staff check in were super friendly, will stay again for the location and value. read more

Elmwood Motel - 7 foot glass barn shower doors at a 2 star motel - Hotels Near Me - Auburn, California

The management was friendly, rooms clean and really good water here! The room has a fridge and microwave and the rooms were decently priced. The only negative is it's on a busy street so you can here cars. read more

We stayed here this weekend for the canyons endurance races and it was the perfect choice. It is so close to the start and finish area. The room was clean and comfortable. They even made us snack bags with an encouraging note! I would definitely stay here again! read more

Elmwood Motel - Hotels Near Me - Auburn, California

Very easy to book a room, good price$, clean rooms, clean bathrooms, pet friendly, comes w/ microwave, mini fridge & working A/C, small but enough room to get around comfortably, bed was a bit springy & uncomfortable but the showers are very nice & for being right off of the freeway it's really not too loud, best "motel" I've stayed at. Non-smoking Room smelled good too. read more

Elmwood Motel - Pet friendly - Hotels Near Me - Auburn, California

We tried staying here and had to leave. I know they are under new management and are looking to remodel. But until they remodel the INSIDE of the rooms, DO NOT stay here. Pros: front desk is kind and friendly. Car ports for cars. Nice TV in the room. Clean toilet. Cons: Rooms are dirty. Cigarette burnt mattresses. Stains on mattresses. Sticky bathroom floors. Sticky damp carpets. Paint covering holes. Stains on chairs and furniture. You can hear ALL road noise. Bathrooms are filthy, grime in shower. Electrical sockets are half on. Walls are dirty and thin (you can hear everything). We got a full refund on all $118. I DO NOT recommend staying here till they remodel the inside of the rooms. read more

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They weren't very accommodating, no late check out. The doors aren't secure, theft would be very easy- and the shower floor was dirty. The beds were comfortable and the sheets were cleaned, would stay here as a last resort. read more

Elmwood Motel - Shower floor. - Hotels Near Me - Auburn, California

Room was clean and bed very comfortable. Easy, free parking, good climate control in room and very friendly management. Great location and great value for the price, would definitely stay there again. read more

Great service, rooms were clean. Beds were comfy. AC worked excellent. Allowed to check in early. Decent prices. Close to many shops, restaurants. AAA+++ read more

Have stayed here 3 times in last 2 years. Last night was outstanding. They are almost done with remodel and my room was. No complaints. read more

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This was the most dirtiest Motel I've ever rented they kick me out in 3 hours and did not refund my hundred dollar payment for the room only my deposit read more

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Great place there remolding it now and the rooms are very nice and the internet is great and beds are very comfy and good water pressure and clean :) .. The front desk people are really awesome deffiently christy she was very nice and helpful thank you :) read more

I was so happy with the service I received. The room was very clean and well stocked. The young lady helping us was attentive and polite for the duration of our stay. We will definitely be returning here. read more

THE PICTURES ON HERE ARE OLD!!! The motel has been renovated after a new owner purchased and upgraded. The new owner upgraded the management as well. Kristy is the new manager and her customer service skills are absolutely amazing. Kristy welcomed us with a warmth I have only felt staying at family or friends. Kristy went above and beyond to make our stay wonderful. I will not stay in any other motel after this great experience. Kristy deserves a raise as she plays many roles at this motel and not only keeps it running smoothly; but she also keeps the rooms immaculately clean and customers satisfied. read more

This place is near gas stations and near highway so that's why I gave it an extra star, but I really disliked the fact that they don't tell you the following until you get to the motel , they ask for a card to put on hold and they ask for a 40$ deposit for key that HAS to be cash,what if I didn't have cash!? There heaters and ac did not work. They only provide a tiny shampoo no conditioner and the walls are very thin so I could not sleep all night the neighbors were very loud read more

So the best part of this motel is the price. Everything else is terrible! You go to check in, into a outdated sketchy looking front desk. The front desk people where not friendly! It was weird, it takes an unusually long time to check in as I'm sure their systems are out dated. The pictures are doctored big time! I expected so much more from the pictures online. Talk about putting lipstick on a pig! After the weird check in experience. We walk up to our room open the door and it was like a sauna in there. Someone maid or otherwise had the heater on full blast! The rooms are extremely basic! The bed moved when u sat down there was blood spots on the wall by our bed that I washed off before my boyfriend who was already disappointed saw it. I was disgusted but we already prepaid and we're an hour away from home so we made due! The room looked like it was attempted to be upgraded, u can tell it was poorly done. No in room coffee machine and the walls are very thin u could hear everything everyone was doing! The ac did not work! The shower was wet when we got there and the towels smelt like they were left from the last person, there was even a hair on the hand towel! Luckily we went out for the night and just came back to sleep and woke up and went home before checkout! The one chair in the room was stain all over! I took pictures to post in this review! Even though it was cheap you definitely get what you pay for! Yikes! read more

Elmwood Motel - Random table no chairs lol - Hotels Near Me - Auburn, California

Elmwood motel offers exceptional service, the place is immaculately clean, and it has a great location with close proximity to places to eat and shop. I'm beyond please with how they fixed booking problem also, I booked through a third party and the manager fixed whatever hiccup there was and got me right into my room. Thank you for the hospitality Elmwood. read more

Do not stay here. I can tell you 3 reasons why the rooms that are non smoke smell like smoke. Also the beds have bed bugs I recommend checking your mattress yourself before sleeping here and to top it off the motel is just horrible lots of crazy people staying here. Not family friendly or a place I'd stay to begin with. Place is just "remodeled" to cover up how crappy it is. I wouldn't even stay here if I had to chose this or motel 6. Do yourself a favor stay somewhere else won't regret it if anything youll be thanking me. read more

Where do I start?? With the owner of this establishment. Is this not land of building codes and safety inspectors?? How this hotel is permitted to house people is beyond me!! Some serious bribe money or special favors must have been exchanged. I have peeling paint the pedestal of bathroom sink is falling apart. There has been fresh drops of blood on ATLEAST one of the discolored towels everyday. The mini fridge is powered from this pipe sticking out of the middle of the floor, with one black and one white wire, that leads to an outlet that just hangs about. Never restocked with tp, and I just found out that noamimals are allowed. I have a service dog that weighs 20 lbs. but I'll keep her out of sight cause I couldn't bare that conversation! Oh I inquired about staying thru the weekend 2 more nights. GET THIS I WAS QUOTED $ 80.74 plus tax per night!!! Yes..... Re read it $ 80.74 plus tax per night ! I thought he was joking!! Pics to come! read more

As always, consider the one star reviews as entertainment only. We had two adults and a teen in a room with two queen beds. Newly remodeled, beds were comfy with TV, a fridge and a microwave. Room as it was set up was a little spartan but do you really need motel art on the walls? Location is great-minutes off of I-80, walking distance to downtown and a minimart and a breakfast restaurant right across the street. Also has shady, covered parking which is a plus in the foothills summer. Really this place is five stars for what it is! read more

Well where to begin...this place sucks. Its one of those buildings that NEEDS to be ripped down. Outdated and rotting are the words that best describe this poor excuse for lodgings. The only redeming atribute my room had was a tv that was ok and a microwave that worked and was clean. If you stay here bring booze and mind altering substances. You'll want to do anything you can to forget where you are. No wifi. (Not surprising) Furniture that looks like it came freom a demolished hilton. Carpet that looks like it was new in 1981. A desk staff that will quote you a low price over the phone and then try and tack an additional $20 on the room price when you show up. Other than decent appliances and $40 for a night ( if your willing to call the deskman a crook to his face) there is no redemming value here. read more

The worst motel I've ever stayed at, the windows have mildew, the beds have bedbugs the rooms have cocroaches the room I was in was a fire hazard. No fan or or window in the bathroom (which is illegal). The maid will steal your belongings, the manager or the owner will steal your credit card information and use it illegally (criminal investigation is pending). Don't ever stay at this place, the old owners were better at running this place. read more

I have lived in Auburn my whole life and I am very aware of the reputation of the Elmwood Motel. But having recently stayed there I must say that I was genuinely surprised of the new management. Whereas the old management was quite creepy and very sketchy at times the new management is very friendly great people to talk to. They're currently in the middle of remodeling but what they plan to do looks gorgeous if you have stayed there in the past and you didn't find it very appealing I would suggest giving it another try. And on a personal note the owners and the management have been very accommodating to my family we have been on hard times and they have looked out for us and helped when they had no reason to help us than other than just being good people. So right now it might not be the most beautifulest Motel Ever but if you like supporting good people who help other people this is probably where you should go. Plus on a side note, I go to lots of hotels who claimed to have high speed internet, usually I tested and it's about 9 megabytes per second. When I tested Elmwood motels he was 56 megabytes per second talk about high-speed internet What? read more

Elmwood Motel - Hotels Near Me - Auburn, California

The room was extremely clean and the beds were super comfortable! We had a great time in auburn and this hotel made it that much better because it was very close to downtown Auburn. The owner was very courteous and the hotel was quiet. Would definitely stay again. read more

minus....are you serious??? this place wants 400 plus a week...? and takes advantage of those without homes. filthy place this is!!! read more

We were quite pleased with our room. The location and price was just right for our 3-day stay for a conference in Auburn. The room was newly renovated and super clean. And the staff was very welcoming and accommodating. We would definitely stay here again. read more

2 grand per month for the cheapest single room, there are way better hotels in auburn for that price. Owner said I cannot rent a room because my dog even though has a service dog vest I couldn't promptly find service dog i.d. card so he said I was not welcome and would have to leave. This seems way overpriced. Owner doesn't seem hospitable. Dog not welcome. I would not recommend this motel. read more

I booked this hotel online. As soon as we pulled up I regretted it. Shady people all over the property. The room was filthy, the box spring was almost completely brown. The bathroom.....yikes. The walls were paper thin, we had to sleep with the tv on so we couldn't hear every conversation. The review of the hotel said it was 3 stars......not a 3 star hotel. read more

NIGHTMARE FROM HELL!!!!!! [[GO ANYWHERE ELSE BUT HERE!! THE STREETS WOULD BE BETTER!]] This location does not even deserve ONE star... LOOOONG (night&) Story short: My family was in town for the funeral of a relative,we wanted something affordable, but descent because we had 4 rooms to purchase for the night, and my dad was paying for all the rooms. (Keep in mind this was back in 2010 before review websites became mainstream, so we were taking our chances) My husband and I had to change rooms multiple times because the plumbing was so jacked up. Upon arrival I could not wait to take a shower to refresh after a long drive. I was in the bathroom completely naked, ready to jump in, with all of my clean/dirty clothing, bathroom supplies throughout the TINY grose shower area when I realized the water was not draining. HOW INCONVENIENT. So I have to stop the water, throw some clothes on, and call the front desk. As if it were an inconvenience to HIM, he comes in as if we've 'put him out' ...he arrives with a PLUNGER at hand and starts PLUNGING away at the drain..."OK" that may be a quick plumbing fix and terribly DISGUSTING, however as he's doing this, I realize how DARK green (almost black) the tile shower room is, and how it would be impossible to see if it was actually clean for guests, so im thinking to myself...this shower is probably NEVER cleaned in between guests, because no one would even know....Being frustrated, I kindly demanded a new room after the PLUNGER experience as well as being sickened with the idea of that shower not having been treated with disinfectant for who knows long. So the next room we got transferred to - the bathroom is straight up TRASHY looking, TINY and OLD/Ratty/Rotted As FK, but I dont want to seem UPPIDY on everyone, so I just deal and get showered up...The TOWELS were so grose!!!....they were ROUGH just looking at them, and they'd scrape you when you dried off with them. I noticed that they were previous 'paint rags' from some hotel project that have been set there for our showering pleasure. WORRIED about bed bugs, I went and swiped fresh sheets (classy I know) from another local hotel chain at the front desk. I had to get out of that roach motel so my little brother and sister and I drove around town being goofy and having fun together. Later in the evening, some family (Auburn locals) that we had not seen in 15 years stopped by the ELMWOOD to see us (they must have thought we were DIRT POOR staying here, what a great first impression for those of us that had never met) So anyways about 7 people come upstairs to say hello, meanwhile we have about 7 people of our own upstairs. With all of the weight SCATTERED between about 10 rooms across (our rooms were a little spread) the BALCONY LOOKED and FELT LIKE IT WAS READY TO BREAK/CRASH DOWN!!! LITERALLY!!!! COME ON NOW!??!? Someone needs to send a building inspector out there because the maximum weight capacity should allow for people to stand on their balcony!!! It was so old and grimy...and creaky....finally the next morning, I was so glad to get the HELL OUT OF THERE....my towels in my 'new room' were SO DISGUSTINGLY..ROUGH....and most of all.....NOT...regular towel sizes...they were all the size would go onto the floor that you step on when getting out of the shower. So Im kindly telling the foreign guy...I need a towel as he's walking past me .... and he goes..."EYYYEE EM NOT GEEEVING YOU A TOWEL!! ONLEEEE WON ONLYYY!!!!! SCREAMING AT ME!!! LOL WTF!?!???!! OH MY GOD I JUST WANTED TO FREAKIN SHOWER AND GET THE HELL OUT OF THERE!!! LOL FED UP WITH HIS B/S I FREAKIN GRRRRRRABBED A TOWEL STRAIGHT OUT OF HIS FRRRRRRREAKIN HANDS....AND VERY QUICKLY WENT INTO MY ROOM - SLAMMED THE DOOR AND WENT TO SHOWER (This man was SO RUDE the entire time). HE THREATENED TO CALL THE COPS AND WHEN THE WORD COPS WAS MENTIONED....A PAROLEE CAME RUNNING OUTSIDE WITH HIS ANKLE MONITOR ON(!!) SAYING DON'T CALL THE COPS!!! Ok so long story short...dont stay here! This is PAROLEE slash HOUSE arrest kind of a location that is located within a beautiful community. I guess all and all it was worth it because its been years since we've stayed there, and we all still joke about it to this day....it'll be the joke of the lifetime....my dad always says...."ONE TOWELLLL ONLEEEEEE"!!!! LOL and makes fun.........RIDICULOUS..... OH yeah...actually we ended up staying one more night in Auburn at a best western across town. Im telling you. It was your average, 'normal/nice' B/Western....but after coming from the TRASHIEST PLACE AROUND...I felt like poor scum.....like..."oh my God......fresh?? SHeets???? CLEAN TOWELS??? THEIR SOFT??!?!!??!??! A BATHROOM WITH 2 ROLLS OF TOILET PAPER???? A CLEAN LOOKING SHOWER AND NOT A DRUG DEN FROM HELL?? I MUST BE SOME RICH B*TCH!!!!!!! haha ok so if you're reading this far, thanks, and KEEP LOOKING!!!! read more

We got snowed on while camping at a music festival in Soda Springs and I had only packed a flannel shirt and sandals so we bailed out and came down the hill to Auburn and needed a place to stay. This place rented us a room for cheap and a bunch of other people from the festival we were at ended up at the same hotel that night so we just hung out on the balcony like degenerates and the owner was cool about it. The beds were fine and the rooms were fine. CHEAP MOTEL. read more

Nasty. My family and I turned around on 80 due to a snow storm and this was the only hotel that was not booked. No wonder. I have never been in a room so disgusting. They charged me $90.00 (!) We slept above the blankets, in our clothing. Seriously....we have never been in a hotel room that was so disgusting. read more

Very basic hotel, great manager who is obviously working to upgrade and improve image. First room we looked at smelled bad and had water damage and possibly mold issues. Second room was nicer with fresh paint, solid beds, and clean bathroom. The chairs were badly soiled. Overall decent low budget hotel. read more

Tweaker central. Mold on the walls. Half the blinds are broken off. The bed is stained. there's a guy next door beating up a girl. The balcony is leaning over like it's about to fall off. It smells like piss SOOO bad in here. How is this place still in business? Doesn't Placer county have a health dept? Oh and in the morning the owner was drying the "clean" sheets and towels on the dirty balcony where people were smoking. read more

The worst place I've ever been! Me and a couple of friends were heading to South Tahoe when we decided to stay the night in Auburn. We google'd Motels and then a wild Elmwood appears. The name sounds good, so we thought it would be a good idea to sleep there. When we got inside the room the nightmare began, what a stinky place, everything seemed so 70's, that room probably was kept closed for at least 6 months. I'd rather sleep on the streets than face that bed again, that pillow omg, take that away from me! One of the windows was stucked and wouldn't close, so we slept with a cold wind coming from outside, with NO BLANKETS available . The pillow case smelled like someone sweated all the night and they couldn't even bother to change it. In the middle of the night a 2 inches wide spider showed up, and scared the hell out of us, I'm not kidding, that being must hve been the only satisfied guest this motel ever had! The water that comes from the sink had a smooth white color, me and my friends didn't have the guts to face this chernobyl water, we used bottled water to brush our teeth. Of course we didn't take a shower. And the last but not the least, this place was so noisy that whenever a truck or any vehicle passed by, it sounded like it was inside our room. Well, we survived Elmhood, I think Central Africa is no big deal from now. I lived in Brazil for more than 20 years, and I swear for god, I never seen anything as bad as Elmwood motel, a haunted house would be more pleasant to stay than there. If you have to stop by Auburn, DON'T YOU EVER think about Elmwood read more

Sleeping in your car would be waaaay better! Dont know how that business continues in this beautiful area!