Sands Motel - Motel in Sacramento - 2160 Auburn Blvd, USA

Owners were very kind and helpful. Glad we ended up here.

Don't let this place fool you. They have great customer service. They showed us the room before we agreed to it, which was amazing. Clean, comfortable and safe. We travel a lot for business and usually stay at big name hotels, but this little diamond in the rough was an amazing stay.

The room was clean, also the gentlemen at the front desk was very nice and was fast and efficient.

Had an unpleasant experience. I am a young black man and as soon as I walked up to the front desk to rent a room, there was an old Indian lady basically "shooing" me away with her hands, telling me to leave. She was very old and clearly didn't speak English, so I ignored her and waited for the manager to arrive. When the manager finally did arrive, he was very rude and act like he didn't wanna rent a room out to me, but he did anyway. The first thing he said to me was "don't smoke weed in my room" , which I took as a racial thing, as if all black men smoke weed. I needed the room so I decided to stay...bad decision. The rooms are very old and dingy looking. Lots of spiders, weird looking bugs and different critters I kilt throughout the one night I was there. The bed sheets looked fairly clean....until I peeled them back...and what I saw was disgusting...blood stains on the sheets....I immediately called the front desk and asked for a transfer but all they did was change the sheets. As if that wasn't bad enough, The neighboring tenants were arguing all throughout the night, threatening to kill one another and nothing was done by the manager who stood outside watching them smoking a cigarette before going back inside. I would NOT recommend this place to anyone who expects even decent customer service. I would not recommend this place to a person who enjoys cleanliness. I would not recommend this place to anyone who hates bugs. And lastly, I would not recommend this place to anyone who doesn't like being assumed to do drugs, based off the color of their skin.

For such an old Motel, the Sands Motel has style. It has history. And, it has longevity. Plus, it hasn't been torn down, like all the motels near it have been. It will be a sad day.

$120 per night is a little steep but it's very chill here people know each other and it keeps people honest.

I remember living there as a kid because moms and pops couldn't afford anything better and not their fault, but it gives me the creeps.

Although the room appear to be tidy, there was a cockroach on at least one piece of furniture the door to the entry of the motel room I had yet to be repainted after there was graffiti tag over the front of it and I was not asked if I would like a smoking or non-smoking room and so is placed into a smoking room. I am a smoker. Staff was very courteous and polite, and respected the 11 o'clock check out, without attempting to Swindle he's out of me by saying check out was actually at 10 and I need to pay additionally for my time overstayed. This Has happened at a previous Motel. Cleanliness, along with a sense of safety is of the utmost in this sort of situation. I did not feel either strongly.