Hotels near Challenger Park, Bakersfield

This hotel is quiet! Except in the daytime when the families are enjoying the awesome pool!!! (Not a complaint btw) there are two separate buildings of rooms separated by a bridge running over mill creek. The office lady we got today was AMAZING!!!

Hear is a copy of my email to the manager January 15, 2022 that has not been answered to date “With regards to our stay for one night on Friday, January 14, 2022. We have several concerns about your hotel. Upon check-in we saw on your doors that all patrons entering your establishment must wear masks in public areas. We immediately witnessed one couple who were returning to their room walk straight through the lobby to the elevator and up to and back from their third floor room maskless. Not one staff member asked or approached them to put on a mask. To continue on that I just went down at 830 to get a coffee and three young adults with one child exited the elevator with no masks in sight. It looked as if they had just checked in. This is the laxist hotel in the three we have stayed in on our trip. MASKS ARE MANDATORY IN PUBLIC PLACES your sign says. Secondly, we don’t understand why when occupancy rates are so low you put guests at the back of your property regardless of how the reservation is booked. We booked through Expedia (to redeem credit card points) but would gather if we booked through my IHG membership we would have received a better room facing the front of the property. At the very least a disclosure should be given that there will be train and loud horn blast noise during the night so guests can decide to change rooms then and there. A train went by at 1045 pm and again at 300 am. We may have heard it at the front but not to the same loudness as at the back. It was dreadful. Thirdly, at approximately 230am in the morning an obnoxious guest in a red pick-up truck started their vehicle and sat there for ten minutes blasting extremely loud music that woke us from our sleep. (This is the same vehicle that checked in around 600 pm and played the same loud music for all to hear while they unpacked and entered the building….)They then left and returned some 15 minutes later and the same thing….I called the front desk on both occasions to report but nobody picked up the call. Then at about 430 am the owners of the same vehicle kept unlocking and locking their vehicle with their fob for another annoying 10-15 minutes….This all occurred in YOUR parking lot. Where is your sense of responsibility you owe your guests? May I also suggest that your coffee station be made available 24/7 outside the breakfast area by the front desk. It wasn’t a COvID distancing friendly time. Too many people bunched around. For those who just want a coffee having to line up in the breakfast line and wait until the end to get coffee is wrong. This was the worst night’s sleep we have ever had in a hotel. We feel exhausted for our drive to Palm Springs and feel we wasted points on this uncomfortable experience. We await your reply. Room 330

I have stayed with ESA in several locations and enjoyed my stay. At this location, I felt that my privacy was violated and I was not treated respectfully as a customer. I was charged a $100 deposit at check in that was not returned to me and my bank debit card was not accepted for payment. I was asked to pay cash throughout my stay. The room had carpet and laminate flooring damage at check in. People entered my room while I was away and management reported to me that my room was not clean to their standards.I ended my stay early as I was uncomfortable extending my stay there. I left the room clean. I will not visit this location in the future and I would not recommend to other travelers.

First of all let me start with location - conveniently located on exit - Hwy 99. Food option - McDonald and Denny's located in same parking lot. Recently Renovated rooms with new furniture and New PTAC. The staff was great. Both time of Check in and check out Front desk were very friendly and helpful! They made a great impression!

It was comfortable stay, rooms were clean and tidy. And buffet breakfast was good. Staff was friendly and courteous. Location is close to highway and there are plenty of restaurants options near by area.

Absolutely the best hotel I’ve stayed at in many years. Great accommodations, great staff, great location, couldn’t be better. Considering the reason for visiting Bakersfield, the death of my older brother, the staff were very accommodating to me and another brother and his wife.

The environment is very good, the facilities are complete, it is recommended to recommend a big family or two families to travel

The breakfast was good, the facilities were relatively new, there were plenty of parking spaces at the door, there were several gas stations around, and there were few people in the neighborhood. It was a quiet little city with a good attitude at the front desk.

Place was very dirty., seems like it was never clean, Dirty stain sheets. Roaches in bathroom. Stains on wall. Room smell like smoke. No international breakfast, only coffee. Many homeless around. Would not recommend

We were pleasantly surprised by this property. We stayed for one night with our small dog and this hotel is very pet friendly and there are a variety of fast food restaurants and gas stations in the immediate area. The room was comfortable and clean, and featured both a microwave and mini fridge, which came in handy and the free breakfast featured a variety of both hot and cold options. The 24-hour coffee station was a nice feature too. The only real issue we encountered was that it was really easy to hear our neighbors when they're talking in their rooms and there is a lot of road noise because there are busy streets nearby. I would suggest you bring your noise cancelling headphones or make use of the heating/cooling system to help cover the noise if you're not a heavy sleeper. The beds are super comfy and if the noise doesn't bother you, you'll wake up refreshed. For such a pet friendly hotel at a budget price, I'm surprised at how clean the property is throughout. They've got a great team who seems to care about what they do. The bathroom lighting was great for those of us who wear makeup! If you're staying more than one night, you will need fresh towels every day because there isn't really any place to hang them in between use. But the fixtures are modern and clean and the water pressure was just fine. I would stay here again if I were driving through on a road trip and needed a spot to crash for a day or two.