Tropico Motel
About Tropico Motel
Located 0.8 mi from Griffin Park, Tropico Motel is located in Glendale. Free Wi-Fi access is available in all guest rooms. A 24-hour reception and free guest parking are provided. A flat-screen TV is featured in each air-conditioned room at this motel. A refrigerator is also included. Private bathrooms come with a shower. The Los Angeles Zoo is 1.2 mi from Motel Tropico. Los Angeles International Airport is 16 mi away. Americana at Brand shopping mall is 19 minutes’ walk away.
Amenities
- 24-hour front desk
- Express check-in / check-out
- Smoke-free property
Reviews
The hotel receives mixed reviews with guests appreciating its proximity to their desired locations and quietness, but expressing dissatisfaction with the staff's attitude and cleanliness. The hotel's affordability is a common positive, but the lack of amenities and hidden fees are frequent complaints.
- Convenient location
- Affordable pricing
- Unfriendly staff
- Cleanliness and maintenance issues
- 5/5
Exceptional
- 4/5
good value for the money reception people were not very friendly
- 0.5/5
Bad
- 4/5
Very good
- 4/5
Very good
- 5/5
Exceptional
- 2/5
The rooms are cleaned very...
- 5/5
It’s quiet It’s central
- 5/5
It’s quiet It’s central
- 5/5
Very clean N/A
- 5/5
Very clean N/A
- 1.5/5
The stay and room was fine I checked in and a guy helped me. Middle aged man, assuming Indian male. After I was in my room for a couple minutes I went to use the restroom and there was no toilet paper or towels. I went to asked the front desk and the guy started yelling at me and telling me that he was asleep and that I should have asked him when he gave me the room key. He was really disrespectful and yelling at me. I would never recommend anyone to this place with that kind of employee and service there. My stay was check in 03/15/2026. Check out 03/16/2026
- 1.5/5
The stay and room was fine I checked in and a guy helped me. Middle aged man, assuming Indian male. After I was in my room for a couple minutes I went to use the restroom and there was no toilet paper or towels. I went to asked the front desk and the guy started yelling at me and telling me that he was asleep and that I should have asked him when he gave me the room key. He was really disrespectful and yelling at me. I would never recommend anyone to this place with that kind of employee and service there. My stay was check in 03/15/2026. Check out 03/16/2026
- 4/5
My house had a fire and this was clean, cheap, available, and convenient after the FD turned off my power due to the fire. Lots of space too! The wifi password needs to be asked for.
- 4/5
The wifi password needs to be asked for.
- 4/5
Very good
- 3.5/5
Good Check inn
- 3.5/5
Good Check inn
- 2.5/5
Passable
- 2.5/5
Passable
- 5/5
Exceptional
- 3.5/5
Good
- 0.5/5
The hotel smells bad bugs staff was rude didn't even stay at the hotel because it smelled really bad want a total refund im not happy with the stay and on top of the sex noises the walls where really thin you can here everything this place gets a 0
- 4/5
I like the fact that everything was quick and easy. Nothing the room was great.
- 4.5/5
The parking exit was blocked by a car, I had to leave through the entrance which was scary, but I'm sure that was not the motels fault. Someone probably just didn't realize that they were blocking the driveway.
- 2/5
Front desk requires $10 cash deposit at check in! No microwave in the room. Motel is next to busy road so you can hear cars passing by
- 4.5/5
The room was nice. There was sufficient parking. It was quiet as well. We had to pay $10 cash deposit for tv remote. Luckily I read reviews so I was prepared and the cash for that. Our room was a smoking room. Had I known that, we may not have booked this hotel as my partner is very sensitive to cigarette smells. When I was checking out, I had to ask a couple times to get the $10 cash deposit back, but that may have been due to a language barrier. Because I gave the remote and key and the person just waved and said thanks. Then I said I need my deposit back and she look confused. I said I need a refund for tv remote. She eventually got another person who gave me the deposit back.
- 3/5
I had to pay for Wifi
- 3/5
It was easy to find. It was clean, Parking was on the neighborhood street because we had the corner room. The towels looked like they came from the car wash. The Mgr and his wife were snoopy. Kept checking to see if we had more than 2 adults. Asked for a $10.00 cash deposit to get the TV remote. The driveway is approximately 10 feet wide, both entering and exiting the inside parking lot. It's an old-fashioned one-story motor-hotel style, but I only paid $112.00 for the area across I-5 highway near Griffith Park.
- 0.5/5
Nothing. The staff could've showed more professionalism. They had an unwelcoming vibe. Kept my $10 deposit, because I have a bag that is meant to transport pets. I just use it for my clothes. They assumed without checking. The schmuck at the desk ran inside didn't come out. So it seems they needed $10 really bad then. Smh
- 4.5/5
Location was great... unexpectedly only about 5 blocks from where my sister is in P.T. rehabilitation. VERY narrow driveways in & out of parking lot.
- 0.5/5
the owner was calling to the door at 10:30 am " wake up is time to check out ! " I had to use a single towel to bathe at night and use it again in the morning, There were no towels to dry their hands,The beds are old and uncomfortable to sleep in.
- 4/5
Very good
- 3/5
Basic room for a reasonable price The lady working there was pretty mean and rude. When two friends came to pick me up, she knocked on the door to rudely tell us no visitors were allowed. They were literally there for two minutes while I put on my jacket and shoes before leaving.
- 3.5/5
Well... I was disappointed by my reception upon arrival. ? The whole interaction with the woman who checked me in felt bitter/hostile. I was traveling to the area for a birthday trip, and my check-in process took the wind directly from the sails. There was a $5 cash fee for a TV remote. I asked if there was an ATM available. I was gruffly told. "on the corner'. I walked a couple blocks to the 'corner'. There was no business with an obvious ATM available. I noticed a liquor store another block away that advertised an ATM. Obtained my money and headed back. I informed her the ATM was not on the corner. She just smiled widely. Bad way to start a trip. There were other bad faith occurrences, but I am tired of typing lol
- 3.5/5
No breakfast given Not enough toilet paper
- 4/5
Clean and safe