North Bay Inn Santa Rosa

Just finished a holiday weekend stay. Very affordable and the rooms were clean and updated. In a great location for dining and sites. Staff was great. Very accomodating.

Our title says what's most important to us. If you want a fancy room, go elsewhere, but we like spending our travel money on other things. Also, convenient location. No breakfast, but there are plenty of great places to get breakfast in Santa Rosa. We've stay here numerous times, it's very reliable.

Labor Day pricing in force. We were under the gun, so that's why we ended up staying here otherwise we definitely would have gone elsewhere. It was late in the day and we had to find somewhere to go. The prices on various websites said this was around $119, but when we checked in they told us it was now $150! We were too tired to look elsewhere, and I know we wouldn't have stayed if we weren't so exhausted, but we definitely hesitated, and if the room hadn't looked clean, we would have left. I did see a cigarette burn hole on the bed cover, though. There was no hair dryer, but everything else worked, the fridge, the microwave, tv remote. And there was a nice light around the large mirror instead of above the mirror. There's no breakfast, but an empty, cloudy coffee pot in the lobby. There was street noise and loud, thumping music at night. On the plus side, this hotel had the nicest, fluffiest toilet paper. Still not worth $150 a night. We made up for the high cost by getting food at a nearby Whole Foods store instead of eating out at a restaurant that night. So restaurants in the area can thank North Bay Inn for their lack of business. Later on in our trip we stayed at the Marriott Courtyard San Francisco, which was the same price, but 100 times better. I get the fact that businesses can charge whatever the market will bear and on holiday weekends the later in the day it gets, the more they can charge. Just be aware of that when scouting hotels in this area. We were warned they were pricey here, but this was outrageous.