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See why so many travellers make Lincoln Motel their small hotel of choice when visiting Pasadena. Providing an ideal mix of value, comfort and convenience, it offers a budget friendly setting with an array of amenities designed for travellers like you.
Close to some of Pasadena's most popular landmarks, such as Millard House (2.0 km) and Lake Avenue (2.6 km), Lincoln Motel is a great destination for tourists.
Lincoln Motel is a budget friendly small hotel offering air conditioning and a refrigerator in the rooms, and it is easy to stay connected during your stay as free wifi is offered to guests.
The small hotel features 24 hour front desk and newspaper. For guests with a vehicle, free parking is available.
Travellers looking to enjoy some sukiyaki & shabu shabu can head to Osawa Pasadena or Tokyo Shabu Shabu. Otherwise, you may want to check out a seafood restaurant such as Roy's Restaurant, Matsuri, or Fish On Tap.
If you’re looking for things to do, you can check out Jackie Robinson's Boyhood Home (0.9 km), which is a popular attraction amongst tourists, and it is within walking distance.
At Lincoln Motel, your comfort and satisfaction come first, and they look forward to welcoming you to Pasadena.
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0 stars is my ACTUAL rating! In fact, if I could rate negative stars, I would.
I am extremely dissatisfied with this motel.
They did not honor my reservation and turned away my best friend's daughter and her husband even though I called Orbitz and they called the motel and the manager agreed to add them to the reservation.
In the end, my Christmas present to these young kids -- a room within walking distance to the Rose Bowl where our football team Michigan State University was playing Stanford (and won!) in the 100th Rose Bowl -- was not delivered. They ended up without a room in a very large metropolitan area, having to find other accommodations AFTER the game was over, and pay separately for parking to boot.
This is not acceptable, especially considering it was prepaid by me nearly a month earlier, and I took the extra care to make sure that the hotel had their names added to the record, so they could check in.
Now, after the fact, the motel claims they did check in and use the room. This is NOT TRUE. The motel management is trying to cover their behinds because they know they are in the wrong! And, they are trying to use the ID they required as their proof that the room was used.
SPREAD THE WORD! DO NOT BOOK WITH THIS PROPERTY EVER!
They will rip you off the first chance they get.
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Date of stay: January 2014
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Room Tip:Â Do not, I repeat, do not book this property. Ever!
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My roommate and I booked a room here for a night on our two-day trip home. We arrived at this nightmare of a motel at one in the morning after a long drive. We check in at the "lobby," a barred window, where we rang the bell and were "greeted" by a man in pajamas who wasn't to enthused to help us. Before getting our key, we noticed a sign reading "no drugs, no prostitution, no refunds..." The sign put me off since I'd never seen such a blunt disclaimer in the lobby of a motel/hotel, but was I in for a surprise!
Our room was painted 3 shade of blue, had mismatched furniture (including a green plastic lawn chair), and was complete with a MIRRORED headboard. As poor college students, we weren't expecting the stay at the Ritz for $63/night, but this room's condition was completely unacceptable! Let's start with the cleanliness, or lack there of... The bed didn't have a fitted sheet on top of the mattress, the carpets were filthy, the toilet had dried urine on the seat and didn't flush, there were no towels in the bathroom, and the room smelled very strange. It seemed to me that this room wasn't meant for long stays, or even a night's stay.
Considering we are young women who were traveling alone, we felt extremely uncomfortable and even vulnerable in the room and at the motel in general. We decided that we couldn't stay the night after about 45 minutes and rang for the manager to tell him we were checking out. We asked for a refund since we didn't stay, but as the sign so nicely pointed out, we didn't get one. Luckily, we found a Best Western that had one last room available at 2 in the morning.
Needless to say, this was the worst travel experience of my life. We booked the room online because the pictures didn't look so bad. Be warned! Don't make the same mistake.
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Date of stay: September 2013
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Trip type: Travelled with friends
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It was terrible, when I got there they charged me 25$ extra per person, (there were 3 of us) when I said no they refused to refund my initial investment. The phone is incoming only, and when I went to use their laundry the guy told me it would be 5$ per load after I had already started and even though there was no signage saying so. Then in the morning I called the desk to ask when check out was and the girl said 11. So we were packing up and at 1015 the hotel manager calls telling us to get out, I then explained that we were told 11:00 and then they said fine, later they threatened to Take an extra 50$ of the credit Card because we stayed late ( Left at 10:50 ) Worst motel experience of my life
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Date of stay: July 2013
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Trip type: Travelled on business
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Pretty straightforward motel. not in proximity to anything but parking is free and freeway literally just outside. Rooms are very clean and come with fridge and microwave and plenty of desk level outlets for charging devices, etc. While rough around the edges, the motel gets the job done.
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Date of stay: August 2024
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Trip type: Travelled solo
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I don't mind cheap places when I need to make a budget stretch, but this "motel" disgusted me beyond words. It felt more like I was staying in a filthy cell than a room I paid money for. This place made my skin crawl and I wouldn't stay here again if I was paid to. Honestly, I'd sooner take my chances sleeping in my car on the street. Expedia should be ashamed to even sell this property.
Checking in was tedious because you have to be buzzed into the office/front-desk area by the person at the front-desk. When I arrived a couple was in the office checking in and I was made to stand outside (in the unusually cold November SoCal was having at the time) the entire time they checked in, despite the fact that the person working the front desk saw me outside when I arrived. It just appeared that I simply wasn't allowed in until he finished checking in the other people. So I had to wait through their entire check in and then wait as he trained his young daughter how to use the computer while checking me in.
Once in my room, things only got worse. The entire room was smaller than the second bedroom of my tiny apartment and the floor felt disgusting to the point that I avoided walking on it in bare feet or even just my socks. The bathroom was filthy and everything looked like it was decades old. There wasn't an outlet of any kind in the bathroom for plugging in a hairdryer, and the outlet closest to the one mirror in the entire room (next to the bed) didn't work. So I had to plug my hairdryer into the opposite wall and lean sideways as far as the cord would stretch to try to catch glimpses of myself in the mirror as I went. And the wi-fi password that I was given didn't work at all but the manager/front-desk person had been so uninterested in customer service when I checked in I didn't even bother calling up to see if it could be fixed.
The room and the area smelled strongly of cigarette smoke, almost chokingly so, which didn't help the feeling of the room/motel. Everything just felt and looked dirty, seedy, and scary. I made sure to pull absolutely everything out of my car when I went into my room, and kept all of my belongings packed in my bag the entire time. Though, there isn't any cleaning/bed-making/anything done to the rooms during the stay, so at least there wasn't any in or out of employees or leaving of a room door open while they cleaned.
I needed to check out very early in the morning to get on the road home and the entire front desk area was locked down and dark when I approached it. It took awhile for someone to come to the window when I rang the bell, and when he did, he was in pajamas. Based on the kitchen/living area I saw through the door in the office when checking in, I'm pretty sure that the owner/manager lives onsite in the office with his family.
Also of note - the motel's site states fridges and microwaves and amenities so I brought food for my stay, but apparently only a few rooms have those, and mine wasn't one, so all of my food went to waste.
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Date of stay: November 2012
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Trip type: Travelled solo
Room Tip:Â Choose a different hotel.
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Wow, this was by far the worst motel I have ever stayed in. The Decor was filthy, dated, and infested ! Yes, I said infested with both bed bugs and unfortunately in the early hours of morning I saw a cockroach. The location is seedy and we had the "privilege" of rooming next to a currently working prostitute. We basically didn't sleep nor uncover the bed or get undressed. The motel is noisy and crawling with shady characters who cause you to constantly check the locks and your car. I was also quite disgusted to realized not only are there tacky mirrors behind the bed and to the side of us but the cable tv is equipped with a pornographic channel that had my children been with us could have been turned on as easy as cartoons. All in all I hope the city of Pasadena condemns the motel and the less than savory neighborhood gets cleaned up.
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Date of stay: August 2012
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Never, Ever! At check in (around midnight), the sign in the window said 'no drugs or prostitution'... Great, first clue. To get to the stairs up to the rooms, you have to walk thru a parking lot which was inhabited by multiple gatherings of some vulgar people... After being approached for money and someone asking if I wanted to "party", I retreated to the safety of my car and waited for these people to leave (which was nearly an hour) before going to my room. (Second clue.) Once I got to the room, the windows were wide open, the door lock was broken, the floor was stained and filthy, the trash cans had trash in them, the toilet had been used and not flushed and the two hanging bath towels had curly, black hair all over them. Just gross on so many levels. (Third clue) I just wanted to leave, but I had used my per diem on booking this, so called "reputable" hotel chain (not even close) and had no way of refund to find another hotel thanks to the travel booking site I had used. (To be clear, I didn't use tripadvisor for this... Wish I had!) The mirrored 1970's headboard, the beat up dresser, the crazy hard mattress and the lawn chair provided in the room did not add anything positive to the experience. I would caution any solo travelers, like myself, or families with children to stay somewhere else. I do have to say, the gentleman who checked me in was very nice, the room had a new tv and the bathroom had new tile... But overall this was a frightening and gross experience.
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Date of stay: October 2014Trip type: Travelled on business
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Me and my three daughters woke up scratching. My older daughter went to the sink and shook our get hair and a bedbug fell out. No refunds given.Convenient walk to Rosebowl but won't stay there again!!
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Date of stay: September 2014
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Clean and comfortable basic Motel with great staff,free parking,free wifi,a/c, fridge & microwave,flat screen tv. Missing:No washcloths,hand towels,bath mats or shampoo. No outlet in bathroom & no hairdryer. No closet,no place to hang clothed,no drawers,no lamps. (Just 1 over head fluorescent bulb). No coffee maker& ice costs 50cents a bucket. Would stay again for Rose Bowl functions as it's a nice walk (little over a mile),and staff makes sure you know the way. Would definately stay again and just bring things they don't have that we need.
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Date of stay: August 2019Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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There were bed bugs both large and small. I checked out as soon as I found them and told the person at the front desk. They did nothing, not an apology or even mention of a refund. I would rate it lower if I could.
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Date of stay: October 2017Trip type: Travelled with friends
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C$102 - C$143 (Based on Average Rates for a Standard Room)
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United StatesCaliforniaPasadena
NUMBER OF ROOMS
32
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Frequently Asked Questions about Lincoln Motel
Which popular attractions are close to Lincoln Motel?
Nearby attractions include Vroman's Bookstore (3.7 km), Norton Simon Museum (3.0 km), and The Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens (6.4 km).
Are there any historical sites close to Lincoln Motel?
Many travellers enjoy visiting The Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens (6.4 km), Eaton Canyon Natural Area (5.8 km), and Catalina Verdugo Adobe (6.7 km).
