Rodeway Inn Hanford

Loved it. Friendly staff and clean rooms. Upstairs has a two bed option and downs has one. Definitely booking in January again as we are back in the area for business. Very close to old downtown which is a bonus.

Overall 5/5 Wifi 5/5 Downtown Hanford is safe and pleasant. This is one of the best Rodeways I've stayed at. Room and motel were clean and in good repair. (The motel was recently renovated.). The room was spacious; somewhat sparse but had everything you need. Check-in was smooth and easy, check-in man was friendly and helpful. Hot water was nice and hot. Artwork on the walls. Wifi was good. Location good. Cons: parking seemed a little tight. No towel rack by the sink for hand towels ( apparently a trend in many recently renovated motels.) No grab bar in the bathtub. Architectural note: the motel, while plain, is fascinating. It is two-story, long and narrow to fit onto the building lot. The rooms have exterior doors, in the mom-and-pop motel style. Probably dating to the 1970s, it was built when the surrounding parking lots had standing buildings. As such, for privacy and maybe security reasons, the building has plain, windowless outdoor walls, with an inner "courtyard" that runs the length of the building, somewhat like a low castle, with an opening at each end. This courtyard includes the parking area, so the entire experience is self-contained. There are similarities to a Frank Lloyd Wright structure. The motel feels low to the ground, and the sense of scale initially feels compressed, like a 7/8 model, until you get in the rooms, which are nornal sized. It's great that the owners are maintaining and upgrading the building. The building is almost interesting enough to qualify for a national historic registry. Downtown Hanford is clean, safe, pleasant and thriving. Like the motel, it has been revitalized.

Music started playing around 10:15pm, it sounded like the room above us, but unsure. When I called the front desk no one answered, I called a second time and when answered I was promptly asked "Can you here the music?", I replied: "Yes", Office lady replied: "ok thanks", and hung up the phone. Through the night the music went up and down but continued, stomping, doors slamming, cursing, cars starting and leaving was regular. Around 7:05 am the music stopped, I quickly gathered my belongings and to leave, the parking lot was almost vacant at this time from fellow patrons that chose fleeing into the night rather than brave the ghetto waist land we had stumbled upon.