Place used to be great , especially the friendly and welcoming staff. It's just really awful now! Stay away!!!!

I stayed there for just one night on December 13 - 14, 2024. I paid $58 (depending on your rank). It was ok for me and not bad considering I would pay more in the San Francisco, Bay Area, California in the motels/hotels. Although it is old old-school-style building, it is a closed former US Air Force Base. I can't complain. It has a kitchen too. read more

Novato Temporary Quarters - Novato Temp Quarters taken December 13, 2024 - Guest Houses Near Me - Novato, California

Doesn't seem like much, but it's the best deal for the price and closest to San Francisco!!! Great help and easy processing in and out.

Don't listen to the haters. A clean room and a shower 25 minutes from downtown SF for $50? Hell yes. Need me to bag my trash and my towels when I leave? No problem. Stayed one night and didn't see or talk to a single staff member. No problem - I'm a big boy. Look, brats, if you want to be pampered go to the Intercontinental downtown and spend $400. If all you need is a place to sleep and shower, this place is just the ticket. I hope this place never closes. read more

Needs a serious refresh - last stayed here 22 years ago. Looks like same linens and furniture

For the price, not a bad place to stay in the North Bay area. You must be active military, reserves, or a retiree. read more

Novato Temporary Quarters - Coast Guard Temporary Housing - Guest Houses Near Me - Novato, California

We love this place! We like to come down from Nevada a few times a year when the weather is good and we love staying here. It is an older facility, yes, but it's well maintained and it's comparable to Navy Lodges we've stayed in at a couple of different locations. I challenge any of you nay-sayers to find a room this close to the city for 50 bux a night. Travis is nicer, but a bit more expensive, and you have to eat out because you don't get a kitchen. We've stayed in the TQ, and in one of the apartments and we've had a good experience every time. We intend to stay in the house at some point in the near future. We like Novato, we love spending time in Marin, and we love this facility. read more

Being the owner of a luxury B&B in Ohio, I was not sure what to expect since my standards are a bit high. I must say, I was very pleasantly surprised! It was very obvious there has been a lot of attention to detail to make sure your stay is comfortable and pleasant. Plenty of towels, personal care products and linens. I loved the fancy towel display in the bathroom. Room was fully equipped with a hair dryer, iron and ironing board. It was also nice there was a laundry area on site. I loved the idea of a full shared kitchen, although I did not use it, but it was nice to know for next time. Plenty of coffee and condiments provided. For the price, it was an excellent place to stay. The area was clean, safe and well lit. I will definitely being staying again! Thank you again for such a nice place to stay! read more

I consider Novato Temporary Quarters (for military beneficiaries) to be substandard lodging. I'd compare it to a 1970's Motel 6, run down looking with outside corridors that can be reached only by a flight of metal stairs (disabled veterans, you're out of luck). It almost seems as if they don't plan any repairs or improvements in this building and its rooms because the property is being sold or whatever. Guests are expected to clean up their rooms and take out the trash before checking out and are warned about extra fees if they don't! Helpfully, you can check out a vacuum for carpet cleaning if you wish (sarcastic). What? Is this boot camp? No staff is on duty during late afternoon or nighttime hours: you're given a phone number to call for emergencies. And there is no staff at all from 1500 Fridays until Monday sometime. So my TV didn't work (yes, it was plugged in and the remote would turn on the DVD player); I spent evenings just reading. No phone to call any front desk, no room clock, and two panes of uncovered frosted windows next to the window air conditioner that let too much light in if you're trying to sleep in. The rooms have a shared kitchen between each pair through which you can hear everything about your neighbors through the door. Of course, you have to wash all your dishes and clean up in there too to avoid the $25 fine. Keys are distributed and collected through a lock-box system with a weak passcode that's probably never been changed. The room insides were awkward with the closets behind the second bed and NO counterspace or shelves in the small bathroom. Where was I supposed to put my toiletries and stuff? Naturally, there is no hair dryer. Rooms do come with a small refrigerator and a low-wattage microwave. Basic furnishings, but simply no place to really put your stuff other than on the floor. However, I did give them the second star for having decent beds and bedding and extra towels. My second star also reflects their free Wi-Fi. Since they don't have daily housekeeping, you're going to be hanging up your towels to dry anyway. Those weekly guests can request towel replacements. Guests probably shouldn't plan to stay more than 1-2 nights due to the lack of amenities and no housekeeping. Security was poor since this is not a military base per se anymore. I had reserved and paid online, but there was no military ID check at all. The rooms don't have security inner door locks or chains and they were opened with a key that I suppose anyone could copy. But the reservations clerks were pleasant when I called, even after I had to change my dates twice. And this quasi-lodging building, even with their emailed directions, is VERY hard to find, even after I'd been there once and was driving back. Don't count on signage or any logic in how the roads are layed out. I finally ended up tossing their directions and just relying on my car's GPS, which really doesn't do military bases very well. I wish that I'd booked at a local budget motels instead and paid the extra $20. read more

Looks pretty sketchy from the outside, but I'd say the rooms were pretty clean with the exception of the bathroom floor, they hadn't swept or mopped it! Kinda grossed me out! They still have the nasty quilted bedspreads that obviously are not washed after every use like the duvets do. I brought my own blanket so it worked. Overall I'd say it was ok for the price! read more

This is a great place to stay. Can't find a better price anywhere. Older facility, but well maintained.

What a DUMP is all I can say, My wife and I were on a 16 day Fly/Drive California, Nevada vacation and I made the mistake of booking this place because it was close to San Francisco, but as soon as we drove threw the neighborHOOD that use to be part of the Coast Guard Station "Which is now turned into Public Housing" I knew we made a big mistake, but we deicide to check out the rooms anyway, first off the housing unit where the rooms are located look like they were built in the 1940's and haven't been touched or updated, and when we opened the door the smell of dampness and body Oder was overwhelming, the furniture was well used and the carpet was so old and worn there was no nap left, we took some pictures of all the dirt and stained bed spread and shut the door and returned to the front desk and asked for our deposit back and drove down to San Jose and stayed at the Navy Lodge. By the way before we arrived at Novato we stayed over at Travis Air Force Base whose lodging and rooms was on par with Marriott, and had we known what type of Dump Novato was we would have stayed there and commuted to SF. read more

We stayed in one of the 2-room "suites," which has its own kitchenette. Unlike the poster below, the suites do not share kitchen. For the price, it was very nice. I didn't see what the regular rooms looked like, but the whole building did have a barracks- feel. We are from the hustle and bustle of San Diego, though, so besides the room being acceptable, the location was really neat! As we were driving in, we saw a family of deer crossing the road. It was nice to be out in the woods so to speak, a nice change of pace from our day to day. This facility is certainly not the Ritz Carlton, but for us it was a perfect place to stay on vacation from the city. Our whole family fit in the suite. Hubby, I and our toddler in the Pack In Play in the room. Our 2 middle kids slept on the sofabed, and our teenager used the rollaway in the "dining area." This is in a sleepy little town, so if you need anything, get it before 7pm, as most of the nearby stuff closes at 7. read more