Sunstar Inn Los Banos near I-5

My significant other and I were planning on using the Sun Star Inn as a pit stop on our two day drive between Portland and San Diego. We were not expecting anything fancy. Both of us are extensive travelers and used to the motel life. Nonetheless, the Sun Star Inn was an exceptional let down. The good/non-bad: -Neighborhood is fine, extensive parking, lobby was fine, person who was working behind the counter was fine. Everything you would expect to see at a place you're paying $55ish a night for. Right next door to a breakfast place. You couldn't hear road traffic once you were in the room. Right on the main thoroughfare out of Los Banos. The Bad: The room was filthy. I don't mean, slightly dirty because you're paying $55/night. I mean, filthy. The carpet, which was dark, was covered in gray dust all along the corners and the edges of the room. It was if it had never been vacuumed. My boyfriend started coughing and sneezing once we got in the room, so I lifted up the mattress by the wall and discovered a pile of dirt between the mattress and the box spring on one side. Wanting to explore the other side, I lifted up the mattress again and discovered, what we both believed, to be rodent sized droppings (along with more dirt and dust). Upon seeing this, we left. We we're so disgusted by the cleanliness of the room that we left, without even asking for a refund. We just wanted to get out of there as soon as we could.

The room was good. King bed, clean. Only the fridge wasn't working which was a bummer. Parking was possible right in front of the room as we had a ground floor room. The lady who worked at the reception was very friendly, asked about our trip and all. It was a pleasant stay.

The decor of the room is clearly quite outdated...1980's? The room had the appearance of being cleaned, but there were edges of dirt around the carpet and bathroom floors. They did not have hand towels. The air conditioner, though we are thankful it worked, was extremely loud and once it was on it did not shut off...so no matter what temperature you set, eventually it gets too cold, and then too warm...you have to be the thermostat. The lobby smelled like a lot of curry had been cooking, but the clerk was nice and when we had a problem with the television he did come right up to the room and fix it. It is okay - but I would not choose to stay there again on purpose.

Wasn't expecting much for $55 so I wasn't disappointed. TV was broken and loud AC.

One thing about this hotel. Owners Luv to walk into ur room at night in my case Cuz I wasn't there. Turn off ur ac an tv off open window. Basically going into my room with no permission

OK for the price, the room air conditioner was very loud when it was on.

It's fine for a place to stay one night on the road. We were able to check in late in the evening compared with most hotel's time cut-offs, and check out as early as we needed without getting extra charges. Not really a place you'd want to hang out for awhile, and the wifi didn't want to work too well on our devices, but it got the job done. The toilet liked to leak a little at the base onto the floor... but everything else seemed to be cleanish. But you get what you pay for

We had 3 rooms. Older, family run place. All rooms were spotlessly clean. The one nearest the road was noisy, so ask for one of the back ones. Several restaurants within 2 blocks so we didn't need to move the car. Flock of ducks next door were cute and not a problem.

This is actually not a bad hotel. Unfortunatley the owners are cheaping out on the exact items that they need to spend on. The building itslef is not bad and fairly quiet. The room has tile floors which is great (if they are clean, which they arent). The furniture is old and worn, which is livible, just not new. Not a big deal. The real problem is that the mattresses are absolutley disgusting! And the poor excuse for sheets are too small to cover the disgusting mattress. Heres a clue the the owners: Steam clean every floor in every room daily, buy ALL new mattresses and fitted, high end bedding. Your ratings will go up and you MAY even be able to charge a couple extra dollars.

The owners were wonderful and very helpful when I left my key in my room, twice. The rooms were much nicer than I expected, and we were able to fit 2 children's cots around the king-sized bed, and still move around.