Columbia Inn Motel - Columbia, California

Bradlee F.

Please disregard the other reviews that give this location more than a one-star review. Here are a few of the things we encountered during our three-night stay: (1) The room had a strong, foul, musty smell that can only be described as a combination of human body odor, dirty socks and boiled cabbage; (2) the room was filthy. The wall behind the bathroom door was covered in yellow streaks as if someone had urinated on the wall and it ran down onto the floor, and the carpet was covered in hair and lint and dust; (3) the shower did not work correctly and it was very difficult to obtain any hot water, plus the shower drain and the bathroom sink drain were both clogged, permitting very little outflow of water; (4) there was no maid service at all during our entire stay and I had to go to the front desk to request some clean towels at the end of day two; and (5) there was an abandoned car in the parking lot with two flat tires, and which was stuffed with garbage and other trash. These are just the highlights, plus we paid $120 per night for the privilege of enjoying all these amenities. I understand Columbia, California has no other places to stay, and that the Columbia Inn has a monopoly on the market, which is staggering to me because it’s a nice little town, and it seems that the City Council or the Chamber of Commerce would wish to do something about the deplorable motel situation.

Kathy

We called the day four we arrived to see if they had any rooms available and their pricing. He told us $69, and they had plenty of rooms we did not need to make a reservation. When we got there there were no other hotels in town open. It was a one and only Hotel. He ended up charging us $109. The rooms were discussingly dirty. Looks like blood on the bathroom door. As you can see from my pictures. Grateful to rest for a few hours and then get out of town.

Heather S.

The rooms are very nice and clean. The manager, Dani, is absolutely wonderful and treats everyone that stays like family. There is one person that works there named Andy and he is very nosy and seems to act like he deserves to know everyone’s business. My son and I are long term tenants and ever since we arrived in June, he has constantly harassed my son to the point that now my son has started to ignore him. If Andy wasn’t working, I would definitely be giving the motel 5 stars.

jacky D.

My family has been staying at this place since August 2023. Dany has been amazing. She will listen to you if have concerns. She will make you feel comfortable at all times. On the other hand, the guy in the office Andy has been rude,nosy,creepy and very unprofessional. He walk around outside where guest can see him with only a towel on him nothing. Once he knocks on my door asking for rent and forced himself inside which I found very offensive he just thinks he can just do that to anyone. He gives that the creepy feeling everytime I have to deal with him. Andy should be talked too because he has to changed his attitude. Overall, dealing with Dany has been great. Hopefully the owners see this because Dany like I said been always there for everybody

Sam J.

This past weekend our friends and family booked 9 rooms for our wedding. I also reserved a suite with 2 rooms for my DJ and his mother. For starters reserved rooms were erased from the books and manager Dani had to come to the rescue on Friday. This first night, televisions did not work in 2 rooms. The next morning I showed up to pay for the suite I reserved. Surprise IT, amongst several other reservations had been erased. The guy at the counter played the I don't understand English card so I asked for Dani. He walked away yelling for Dani who was across the way putting out fires from the night before. She was dealing with a service tech and another gentleman when this counter guy started yelling at her and even physically pushed her. He told her to deal with me. I was soon informed the reservation I made a month in advance and confirmed the day before had been given away. Dani said someone erased the book. The counter guy, whom I assume is one of the owners had a oh well attitude and offered to put a roll away in a basic room. Not satisfactory, after a not so nice conversation I was given 2 rooms for the price of 1. To add insult to injury he attempted to over the charge me $20. To summarize the inadequate performance of this establishment: 9 rooms of which 2 more had to be compensated bringing the total to 11. 5 rooms had NO television. 2 rooms had NO HEAT. I will submit one positive note, Dani did make an effort to overcome the overwhelming chaos. She passed me a handwritten note apologizing for the mishap and said she was resigning the next day. I HOPE she did. This place makes our community LOOK BAD!!!

Hailey P.

I wanted to come on here and personally thank danni and say she is the most helpful loving worker here and does her best to make us feel at home while there she really has a hand with making us all feel like family and that’s so wonderful ! God bless danni I would love to see her manger ! She is always ontop of everything . I always see danni runing around getting things done and I feel as tho that the other worker I think named “Andy” is no help at all to her, he stresses the poor thing out, she dose so much ! And we and all the guests here appreciates her and all that she does ! (I’ve seen danni move the furniture out from a room all by herself and I watched Andy sit outside on this rock the whole time . I just felt so bad for her ! She getting older and I know she’s got to be in pain . God bless her and I hope something is done about this !

Will

The building is not new, as a matter of fact it is an older building. But it was clean and smelled fresh when we stayed. We dealt directly with the owners who were very personable and nice.

We originally asked for 3 rooms to accommodate the family members we were going to have staying in Columbia, but 3 weeks before the trip, 3 members cancelled. So we had to take our reservations down to 2 rooms. No problem at all as we were able to provide plenty of notice.

As for the facility, it was quite nice. Very convenient to Columbia State Mining Park and all of the shops and restaurants there. Parking was no hassle and included with the room. The bedding was clean, the beds were comfortable, and as we had called ahead by a couple of hours, the in-room refrigerator was plugged in and cold. The AC was on and the room was comfortable.

Would we recommend Columbia Inn Motel? Yep! Would we stay here again? Absolutely.

Toni R.

The owners of the building were so nice and giving! They greeted us when we arrived and we're very friendly and helpful. The rooms were very clean and well kept. The Columbia Inn is surrounded by beautiful forest and fresh air it was really nice and I plan on going there again real soon!