Shady Motel

Keith Fitz-Gerald

What a hidden gem! Family run with great pride and it shows. Room was spotless, comfortable and the staff super welcoming. I will make it a point to stay again on another road trip! Thank you!😀

Brent Stoll

This is a well built hotels that the owner has take pride in maintaining. The workmanship was on point. It however is very basic no frills. The only negative thing I can say about my room was there are not enough outlets available or easy to get to for charging of small electronics. The staff/owner was very friendly and was a wealth of knowledge on the area. The location was great and I enjoyed being right across from the train tracks. We were able to walk to 2 places for good food. If I stay again in Caliente this is where it will be.

Stephen Nettles

Not a bad place to stay at, the rooms are decent sized with two tables, a decent size bathroom, min fridge and microwave. The rooms were pretty clean, although there is some pet hair here and there which didn’t bother me but may be an issue if you’re allergic. The cleaning staff were nice and the front desk was always happy to help if I had questions. Keep in mind yes this is right across from the train tracks, so you will hear the trains blaring horns multiple times a day/night, but all 3 hotels in Caliente are located right next to train tracks so it’s all the same. The window and curtain help cut down the noise, and they have free ear plugs at the front desk. The hotel is in what I think the best location of all 3. It’s a 5 min walk from the “downtown” grocery store, hardware store and side trac. It’s also only 5 minutes from the family dollar, usps, knotty pine, and (my favourite) J&J. One thing I think could be improved that may affect travelers the most is the internet. I included the speed test in my pictures, but it’s extremely slow and drops a lot especially when more people are connecting. On good days I could barely stream Netflix but on bad days I couldn’t even stream pandora. I understand internet options are probably none out here so I can’t fault them for that, but there is only 1 ASUS router at the front desk so the signal doesn’t reach very far. I’m front of the main desk and the rooms facing the desk the internet is doable, but the signal just doesn’t carry through to the back-side rooms of the hotel. I would recommend adding some Wi-Fi repeaters (One feature of ASUS is you could purchase cheap additional ASUS routers and set them to repeat mode and then set them around the hotel to extend the Wi-Fi signal at a very low cost). If you are booking a room here, I would see if you can get one closest to the check-in desk for best Wi-Fi signal. Other than these few things the hotel is fine, staff is great, and the location is very central within the town!

Sandy Shen

Motel is conveniently located close to Kershaw-Ryan state park and Cathedral Gorge state park. **Super** nice and helpful staff. It snowed the night before, front desk swept the snow from our car, checked weather report for us and gave us lots of tips. We had to cancel another stay due to winter storm warning and he was so understanding. We also enjoyed Knotty Pine restaurant recommended by front desk which is almost next door.