The staff were very friendly and inviting. The room was spacious and the mattress was very comfortable.

Fairfield inn San Marco's Date of Stay: 9/6/2025 We only stayed one night at the Fairfield Inn in San Marcos, CA, and unfortunately, it wasn’t the most pleasant experience despite the excellent customer service. We checked in around 9 PM and were greeted warmly by the front desk staff, which was a great start. However, when we walked into our room, we were hit with a strong, unpleasant odor. Since we were tired, we left our luggage in the room, opened the window, and headed out to dinner hoping the smell would clear out by the time we returned. We got back around 10:45 PM, and the odor was still just as strong. I tried spraying some air freshener to mask it, but that actually triggered the fire alarm. To their credit, the hotel staff called immediately to check in and make sure everything was okay. I explained what happened, and the front desk staff offered to send the night attendant to help us look at a different room. The night crew attendant came up quickly and was very nice. He showed us another room on a different floor but sadly, it had the exact same odor. At that point, we just stuck with the original room and made it through the night. We checked out the next morning. While the staff was kind and responsive, the overall condition of the rooms was disappointing. The persistent odor throughout both rooms suggests this hotel is overdue for upgrades, adding some air vents, especially replacing the old carpet and refreshing the interiors to improve.

Great stay

Had 3 spiders in my room along with a dirt shower curtain location was nice near restaurants and 10 mins away from out destination but I won’t be stay here again lobby very nice and clean so was the work out room however my room was not so clean and found 3 different spiders also the ac unit made a continuous loud nose every time it kicked on

no

Great stay; shops nearby

Great hotel, clean, quiet and friendly staff.

Very nice

Great location, safe ,clean and only 20 minutes to beach

Great hotel! Very clean and comfortable

Clean

Awesome Ola and Thank You, !!!

Room is clean and spacious. Could use some lotion. Breakfast is good but was told cantaloupe ran out and will not be available.

The AC was not working let front desk know and nothing was done about it.

Nice hotel. Appeared to an older building that had been renovated. Room and hallways had a stale smoke smell. The area is nice. The staff were accommodating. 8/10

The property was nice, clean and quiet. I had a good stay here with no complaints. The room I got was very clean and well maintained. Will stay again

The noise from the road kept me up while trying to sleep. I heard every car, motorcycle. There is not enough noise barriers in the outer walls of the building. I woke up tired.

Hidden gem

Friendly staff and excellent service

The facility is new and clean with great support staff