Bay area residents consider the airport/coliseum neighborhood dangerous, but we didn't have any problems (though we took their advice not to go out at night). We used BART every day and the hotel's van service was really excellent -- the most we had to wait was about 5 minutes each time. The onsite coin laundry was very convenient. Room and free continental breakfast were OK for a no-frills hotel. We've stayed at other hotels in this same neighborhood and paid a lot more, so this was a good value for the fairly low price we paid this time.

I was planning on staying in San Francisco with my wife and ended up in Oakland area. I went to several hotels and end up staying in La Quinta Inn. I was surprised by the awsome service I recieved from the hotel staff. I went to the receptionist to ask if there is any shopping center around this area and came to find out that hotel has a free shuttle service to the close shopping area. I was again surprised to see the General Manager drove us to the Wal-Mart. Nice breakfast in the morning and once again see the General Manager serving coffee and asking for guests feedback. Over all I am very pleased with the service I recieved at La Quinta Inn.

I would like to give a big thumbs up to the Manager at the La Quinta in Oakland, Ca. I stayed there one week ago for a business seminar I was attending. I was pleasantly suprised by the nice furnishings and clean hotel when I arrived. The desk girl was so nice and very helpful. My room was clean and everything looked new. It is rare these days to stay at a hotel and have nothing go wrong and have all of your needs fulfilled. Way to go La Quinta!!!

I made my reservation for 1 night back in April. In July, I changed that to two nights, Check in the 7th and check out the 9th. On the website it states that it won't show the changes online, but that is was confirmed by the hotel. 3 days before I arrived, I received an email stating my arrival for one night. I called the hotel and spoke with the manager and she stated that her computer has me for 2 nights and that the email was machine generated. I confirmed this again that day before I left without telling the lady at the counter. I just asked how many nights it had me for and she stated 2.
I arrived there and they had me for only one night and they tried to "jack" up the price from $79 to $159 per night. Every other hotel was booked due to a Monday night football game in town, and I was traveling by myself, a female, to Oakland. I didn't get another hotel until after midnight, and for over $300. La Quinta did nothing to help. All they said was "Sorry, we can't help you".
Horrible. I just wrote to the company and I will come back and let you know if they help me out and reimburse me for my troubles.