Name: El Vado Motel
Address: 2500 Central Avenue Sw, Albuquerque, NM
Telephone: (888) 323-5826
Rating: 4.25

Fine

Liked: The pool
Disliked: The mattress didn’t have a cover

Superb

Liked: Location was centrally located and beds were comfortable. It was quiet inside the rooms and decorated rustic. One of our favorite places along Route 66.
Disliked: The entrance was hard to get to and parking not close.

Good

Disappointed in choosing this hotel

Liked: The location was convenient, if you're doing things in that part of Albuquerque.
Disliked: 1) There was confusion about our reservation when checking in. It would have been very helpful to known our room was not reserved when I called the reservation desk, weeks before our arrival. Fortunately, they did work us into a new room, but again was told it was one price at check in, and then they attempted to charge a higher price when I came back in, as requested to update our reservation. 2) Parking was confusing and lacking. 3) There was a horrible smell in our room. Enough to cause headaches and feel nauseous. I alerted the front desk and I felt like they've been told this before, but brushed aside our concern. 4) There's live music literally outside our door. Don't expect quiet and comfort sleeping outside a bar area.

Bad

Disliked: Horrible experience - DO NOT STAY HERE. Arrived late in the evening to a deluxe king suite. Hard to find reception. Room smelled strongly of mold and artificial fragrance trying to mask it. Had to switch rooms at midnight and was given no help moving our bags. Reception was rude the next morning when I complained. All known issues based on reviews.

Very good

Liked: Nice outside interesting history lots of shops and places to eat but we're not open at the time we were there so just unfortunate
Disliked: Rooms are very very small very tiny bathrooms some of the walls needed reworking for sure for the price

A perfect place

Liked: Comfortable bed. Everything was there. Entertaining, a bar, a lovely courtyard, food available, and a pool which unfortunately was not open when we were there.
Disliked: The pool was closed.

Good

Disliked: The pool was closed

Nice stay in Albuquerque in...

Liked: The locationThe patio next to the swinning pool
Disliked: Swimming pool out of service Lobby attendants not nice: we had the feeling we were not welcome.

Convenient stop

Liked: The pool and rooms were nice. Super clean rooms.hvac was great. The bed was super comfy memory foam.
Disliked: There's not a lot of tree shade in the courtyard. the outside walls white color is extremely reflective and concrete walkways are also bright its a bit difficult to adjust eyes when going from inside room to the outside. Also the temperature of the light bulbs in the site is not consistent even in the room one bedside table would have bright daylight and other side of bed would be warm tone.I would recommend staying in The 3000 to 3200k light color to make things nicer more uniform. Also bedside lamp the usb and convenience outlets are worn not really working anymore.