Sunshine Motel

1-star hotel OK 3801 Pacific Hwy E, Fife, WA, WA 98
Sunshine Motel

About Sunshine Motel

Located just off Interstate 5, this Fife, Washington hotel is 2 miles from the Emerald Queen Casino. It features rooms with free Wi-Fi access and on-site laundry facilities. A microwave and a refrigerator are included in every room at Sunshine Motel. They are equipped with an iron and ironing board and also have cable TV with HBO. The front desk at Motel Sunshine is staffed 24 hours a day. The motel is air conditioned and pet friendly. The Tacoma Art Museum is 3.4 miles from the motel. SeaTac International Airport is 17.5 miles away.

Amenities

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Meeting space
  • Express check-in / check-out
  • Concierge
  • Dry cleaning
  • Self-service laundry
  • Luggage storage
  • Pet friendly
  • Family friendly
  • Wheelchair accessible
  • Smoke-free property

Reviews

2.4 / 5

The hotel reviews collectively indicate a very poor experience for most guests. The majority of the reviews highlight serious cleanliness issues, including bed bugs, stained and dirty rooms, and unhygienic bathrooms.

What guests liked
  • Friendly and helpful staff
  • Convenient location
What could be better
  • Serious cleanliness issues, including bed bugs and dirty rooms
  • Poor room conditions, such as broken furniture and appliances
  • Madelynn Jun 2026 · via expedia
    1/5

    Extremely dirty, didn’t provide WiFi info, tv didn’t work, bedding stained, curtains wouldn’t shut. Literally would never stay there again, only had to because of my unique situation, thank goodness it was only two days. Also staff was awful, unhelpful, stared at you, and made things do uncomfortable. -1/10

  • Gustav Jun 2026 · via booking
    0.5/5

    Nothing Furniture broken and not repaired counter top stained sheets seemed to be from the previous visitors

  • Williams Jun 2026 · via booking
    0.5/5

    Price Management and room

  • Williams May 2026 · via booking
    3/5

    Pleasant

  • Gabryella May 2026 · via booking
    3/5

    Pleasant

  • Anna Mar 2026 · via booking
    2/5

    Disappointing

  • Ian Mar 2026 · via booking
    0.5/5

    Bad

  • Colombini Feb 2026 · via priceline
    0.5/5

    Nothing Garbage stacked, drug addicts yelling, room was dirty and outlets had electrical burns around them. Sink counter was all busted and falling apart. No water pressure. When walking in the room musty and mildew smell. Cigarette burns on the blankets.

  • Colombini Feb 2026 · via booking
    0.5/5

    Nothing Garbage stacked, drug addicts yelling, room was dirty and outlets had electrical burns around them. Sink counter was all busted and falling apart. No water pressure. When walking in the room musty and mildew smell. Cigarette burns on the blankets.

  • Mack Feb 2026 · via booking
    0.5/5

    Bad

  • Angela Feb 2026 · via expedia
    5/5

    The staff was nice and understanding helping me out when needed.

  • Machelle Feb 2026 · via priceline
    1.5/5

    Close to the casinos

  • Machelle Feb 2026 · via booking
    1.5/5

    Close to the casinos

  • Draper Jan 2026 · via booking
    2.5/5

    The Staff I encountered were very friendly! The area is not great. Drug use and criminal activy is none stop in the parking lot.

  • Draper Jan 2026 · via priceline
    2.5/5

    The area is not great. Drug use and criminal activy is none stop in the parking lot.

  • Brooke Nov 2025 · via booking
    0.5/5

    Bad

  • Bobby Nov 2025 · via booking
    5/5

    Exceptional

  • Reising Nov 2025 · via booking
    0.5/5

    Bad

  • Barrios Oct 2025 · via priceline
    2.5/5

    The low shower pressure

  • Barrios Oct 2025 · via booking
    2.5/5

    Beds nice and comfy The low shower pressure

  • Daniel Oct 2025 · via booking
    5/5

    Exceptional

  • Robert Aug 2025 · via hotels.com
    2/5

    There seem to be people living at the motel long term. They set up tables in the parking lot and cook out there and stay up to 1 AM or later with kids running around making noise.

  • Brenda Aug 2025 · via hotels.com
    2/5

    The room was filthy, dirty walls n floors, boogers on the walls, dust everywhere. There were european guests that cooked in the parking lot, played cards in the parking lot till late at night. They left it a mess till morning then had thier children clean it up. They were rude when i tried to converse with them, they dumped out an ashtray i used that was sitting on the air conditioning unit and threw it in front of my door. It was a sad, horrible experience. It was the only available room at the time but ill stay in a tent the next time, rather than have to pay for that.

  • Hilario Jul 2025 · via expedia
    3/5

    It’s okay beds sheets were white with no stains.

  • Kimberly Mar 2025 · via hotels.com
    1/5

    Not crowded, but a lot of yelling in the parking lot all night. Hard to sleep.

  • Richard Oct 2024 · via expedia
    5/5

    Easy to get to and near restaurants

  • job Sep 2024 · via expedia
    1/5

    Noisy place all day and night. Many people loitering around. Room is dirty with chewing gum on the floor.

  • Julien Sep 2024 · via expedia
    3/5

    Total lack of communication on the front office part, from beginning of check-in to check-out day. Thanks but No Thanks.

  • John Aug 2024 · via expedia
    4/5

    The staff and the room

  • Belinda Jul 2024 · via hotels.com
    2/5

    Check in was courtesy, refrigerator was clean, microwave clean, carpet was dirty, large stains on chair, burn holes in bed linens, towels clean, tv had “weak signal” only static.

  • Verified Jul 2023 · via hotels.com
    3/5

    The walls is falling apart. Sometimes water luke warm. Carpet is getting stain some walls needs wash. Refringe not cold. Microwave don-t work. Tv is dim. Spiderwibes.

  • Peyal Jun 2023 · via expedia
    1/5

    On arrival I was told there was no more rooms, and was told to go to a different building with only smoking rooms available. The area was very sketchy with people standing around drinking/drugging and smoking outside and inside the building

  • Terrence Apr 2023 · via expedia
    1/5

    i tried to rent a motel room in Fife Washington from Florida for my brother. The Proprietor said he could not take payment over the phone. He said I had to book online. He was not specific as to which service. I booked with expedia. Still tthe proprietor would not rent the room without the card being present to charge even after I filed the card with expedia. At first he said that he did not have anything from expedia. Then he said he had the reservation but needed the card. He left the premises in his car without renting the room to my brother.

  • Verified Oct 2022 · via hotels.com
    2/5

    on the bed sheets and there were a ton of buttons missing from the phone in the room. So, overall I would not ever stay there again or recommend anyone to for the sake of hygiene, cleanliness and the smell.

  • Randolph Sep 2022 · via expedia
    5/5

    Clean and neat room. Reserved parking in front of room. Many high end motels don’t have a bathroom this nice.

  • Larisa Sep 2022 · via expedia
    4/5

    It was good

  • Verified Sep 2022 · via hotels.com
    3/5

    Room needs more cleaning

  • Verified Aug 2022 · via expedia
    1/5

    Dirty and under construction, different from the pictures Worst accommodation.

  • Ajit Aug 2022 · via expedia
    1/5

    There were bugs and ants in our room. Washroom door is cracked there is writing on the Washroom door making it look dirty. I had to buy bug and Ant spray to kill the bugs and ants. TV didn't have internet when we turned the TV on.

  • Daniel Aug 2022 · via expedia
    1/5

    bathroom looked nicely renovated until we looked actually in it, the shower was black, the toilet was dirty. There were red stains on the floor. The room smelt like someone had smoked there for years even though it was a non-smoking room. Sheets were marked / stained. Every surface in the room was dirty and needed to be wiped down by us.

  • Daniel Jun 2022 · via expedia
    1/5

    Horrible place with bed bugs infestation. I left immediately but after tons of bites. And owner did not want to give refund. I never thought a place could be this bad and still in business. Absolutely disgusting

  • Nickolas Sep 2021 · via hotels.com
    2/5

    The was a bullet hole in the wall that went clean through to the outside.

  • Verified Jul 2021 · via expedia
    1/5

    This place was absolutely disgusting! By far the worst motel I have ever seen. Stains and holes in the sheets, stains all over the floors and walls. Very sketchy people all around, trash and cigarette butts everywhere. So gross and unsafe. DO NOT stay here.

  • Verified May 2021 · via expedia
    4/5

    It was plesent

  • Nay032003 Jul 2020 · via expedia
    1/5

    The room was very nice but couldnt even get clean towels during a 5 day stay and then was denied my cash deposit back. Not because of anything i did wrong in the room, but because the night clerk didnt write it on my receipt and it was a different person when i checked out

  • Verified Jul 2020 · via hotels.com
    3/5

    I don't recommend staying at the this motel the guy who owns the place is disrespectful an just plan rude. He made my Granddaughter really uncomfortable . The beds in my room where uncomfortable I woke up with my heck and back hurting. There was hair in the tub. You only get one bar of soap that's it. I wouldn't recommend the place

  • Verified Jun 2020 · via hotels.com
    4/5

    room was clean, vacumed, had extra soap. counterperson spoke english. had laundromat on site, very helpful. room was warm, tv worked. had working fridge and microwave!! water temp, hot water length and slow water flow was discouraging. cigarette burns in shower and bedding. thin walls.

  • Verified Jun 2020 · via expedia
    3/5

    The TV wasn't working and we called to for them to fix it and they said they will fix it in morning but we were checking out in the morning it does not help

  • Healing Apr 2020 · via hotels.com
    5/5

    The mattress was hard and the maids went into my room without my permission. I hate the fact that you cant pay for the bookings online. So there is really no rewards for staying there

  • Savannah Feb 2020 · via hotels.com
    4/5

    It was nice i would stay again

  • Verified Sep 2019 · via expedia
    1/5

    Bed bugs now I have big itchy bites from staying there

  • Megan Sep 2019 · via expedia
    1/5

    Nobody was at the office upon checking in. So we tried calling and it just rang. Finally, 20 min later someone shows up, no apology. Ok, whatever. We just needed a place to get a few hours sleep before heading home after a concert so we weren’t expecting much. We paid $79 for the room. We get the room and at first it looks like a typical cheap hotel, even looked cleanish. We checked out the bathroom and the tub and toilet were dirty, the toilet seat was broken and there were poop or blood stains on the towels. Gross. So we decide to skip the shower and just go to bed, where upon we find the sheets are stained too. Mind you, there is no one in the office now, apparently they just show up to let people in and then leave again. So we put the top sheet down and just deal. Then our meth head neighbors proceed to start fighting and I feel like we are on on the set on jerry springer. Finally, things seem to simmer down and then at 2 am they pick up fighting again and one of them starts setting his panic button off on his car. For like 15 min, intentionally. The ready of the night pretty much followed this suit. At 7 am they were once again fighting so I tried the office again and told them what a horrible experience we had and could they please ask them to shut up so we could sleep for an hour before driving home? My complaint was not even considered, no apology, no one came to ask them to be quiet. So, we left. I have never written a bad review before but this was awful.

  • Angelo Jul 2019 · via hotels.com
    4/5

    Surprised by how nice for the price

  • Verified Jun 2019 · via expedia
    1/5

    No hot water. Linen on the beds was dirty, AC in the room didn’t work. Lots of transient and homeless types hanging out, all hours of the night!

  • Erik Jun 2019 · via hotels.com
    4/5

    Great overall stay.

  • Verified Jun 2019 · via expedia
    2/5

    The bed was comfy and shower ok. There was an open, empty magnum gold wrapper in the drawer below the tv. There was 3 short, black curly hair stuck in a washcloth which was supposedly clean. There was loud noise in the next room about 4 or 5 loud voices of people talking, men and women.

  • Candice Jun 2019 · via hotels.com
    5/5

    Friendly staff. Clean rooms and quiet.

  • Verified Jun 2019 · via expedia
    4/5

    The room was recently remodeled with new bathroom. It is a modest hotel and I had a good night’s sleep.

  • Verified May 2019 · via expedia
    1/5

    I got attacked by bedbugs. I have welts all over my body.

  • Verified Feb 2019 · via expedia
    1/5

    Awful location, very dangerous. And the room was extremely unclean and reeked of cigarettes. The shower didn't even work properly, only a trickle of water came out. You could see the prostitutes standing in the parking lot and there was a lot of drug dealing going on as well. We left after 1 night. Will never go back.

  • Michael Feb 2019 · via hotels.com
    4/5

    Perfect location and low price to have fun in downtown Tacoma!

  • rickey Feb 2019 · via hotels.com
    3/5

    It was a bed.....that's all

  • fahtima Jan 2019 · via hotels.com
    4/5

    Good manager was very accommodating. He continually pressed to be extra helpful. Which was great.you don't find any motels around this area anyway that are willing to be accommodating as well as nice and courteous to the room wasn't bad it was very spacious it was nice it wasn't that clean but nothing a little bleach water and elbow grease couldn't remove I'm sitting here comfortable as ever now and I'm going to go pay for a couple more days this motel is great. It was quiet didn't have any problems the security is awesome and I think this motel is awesome to I had a very peaceful night rest and it was great

  • Andor Jan 2019 · via hotels.com
    1/5

    Worst of all, they charge 70$ for the room!! I had a nice room in the middle of downtown Seattle for 100$.

  • Verified Dec 2018 · via expedia
    1/5

    I did not like the how the room was half cleaned. The shower pressure was very low. There had to had been bed bugs in the bed, me and my boyfriend are still itching and scrathing with bites all over.

  • Verified Sep 2018 · via hotels.com
    5/5

    They make you feel like family

  • Verified Sep 2018 · via expedia
    1/5

    They were rude, I had registered stated we had two dogs and they charged us again. There was no coffee maker in the room. It was just a bad time there.

  • Verified Aug 2018 · via expedia
    2/5

    Room smelled of stale smoke. Carpets were stained and filthy. No one came to clean our room...no clean towels brought in.

  • Verified Aug 2018 · via expedia
    1/5

    The staff was very unprofessional, they gave me a room for a smoker,when I don’t smoke.and baselly told that’s all I have.maybe if I wouldn’t know the conditions of the hotel I would gone to a better hotel.

  • Verified Aug 2018 · via expedia
    5/5

    I was very surprised at the quality of the room. It looked recently painted, nice carpet on the floor, well furnished and smelled as though it had just been cleaned. I've stayed with a competitor just a few blocks down because of their great price but they don't even come close to the sunshine for quality. Well worth the extra 10 to $15

  • Annie Aug 2018 · via expedia
    2/5

    Motel is under-going major renovations!!! Security spotlights shone through window even with curtain closed. Road noise...couldn't sleep left room at around 4 a.m and people wondering outside in parking lot, a guy was on stairway not sure if he was homeless person or guest? Went to Denny's for early breakfast return to motel room packed up our belongings and left. Fortunate to find a room available at Courtyard by Marriott.

Frequently asked questions about Sunshine Motel

Does Sunshine Motel have free Wi-Fi?
Yes, Sunshine Motel offers free Wi-Fi for all guests.
Does Sunshine Motel offer parking?
Yes, Sunshine Motel offers free parking on-site.
Does Sunshine Motel have meeting spaces, conference centers, or conference rooms?
Yes. Sunshine Motel offers meeting spaces for business and group use.
Does Sunshine Motel have a fitness center?
Sunshine Motel does not list an on-site fitness center. Some properties partner with nearby gyms — check directly with the hotel.
Where is Sunshine Motel located, and how walkable is the area?
Sunshine Motel is located at 3801 Pacific Hwy E, Fife, WA WA 98424. With a Walk Score of 30, the area is rated Car-Dependent. A car or rideshare is recommended for most trips in this area.

House rules

Check in 2:00 PM
Check out 11:00 AM
Cancellation Not available
Children Not available