We stayed here for a conference. We read the reviews ahead of time and feared the worst, but were pleasantly surprised. Our room was very nice. We were on the south side of the hotel in an upstairs room with a balcony overlooking the hotel's lake and fountain. The room was very peaceful and airy. Everything was clean and comfortable. Waking up to the fountain splash and the ducks quacking was great fun. The view from the bar and restaurant is really nice as everything looks out on the lake. The food in the bar is not that great, but the restaurant food was fine, if over-priced. The conference facilities are pretty nice, but they do over-air-condition (many people were complaining that they were freezing.) There is a great koi pond. The staff was super nice to us, and they have a very nice business center.

I liked this place because it is a little quirky. It is older, quiet and out of the way, but a quick drive to downtown. The landscaping is lovely. It is a huge, rambling pink complex near the train tracks. I did not find the train too loud, just kind of poignant. They should bill this place as ideal for runners, bicyclers, boaters and other outdoors enthusiasts--the American River Parkway is nearby as is the Discovery Park. I went running along this beautiful path by the river in the morning--the entrance is within 2 blocks of the hotel. A new REI opened just next to the hotel--perfect!

I'm one of those people who is not able to sleep surrounded by filth. While the sheets looked plenty clean, the rest of the room's dirt (e.g., stains on carpet, walls, drapes, upholstery - and that does not even include the mess of a bathroom) made me so nervous that I literally kept waking up in fear of the germs that surrounded me ...or wait.. that could have been from the train that went by tooting it's horn every half hour (it seemed). If the train and the fear wasn't enough to keep me up, then perhaps the conversations of the people staying in the rooms on either side of me was the culprit.

The room that I stayed in was at the back of the property. I was on the second floor of a building that looked like one of those scary motels along the highway that rent by the hour. From the front (which had no real window to speak of) I had a lovely view of the dumpster and the neighboring gas station. I also had a view of the quaint pond. A serene view - I suppose - but did little to ease my nerves since I also noticed at that point the stains on the drapes.

The one plus: the room was very large.

Upon checking out, we mentioned the cleanliness of the room. The frontdesk person said they were "considering" a re-model. I don't think there is much to consider...

I was well prepared for this hotel/motel by reading the reviews here.

And I think it's important to mention that I got a FANTASTIC / REALLY LOW price for one night at this hotel on Priceline.

We'd just come from a camping adventure, and this hotel was our last stop to clean up and rest up before returning from home. So given that I got a great deal, AND I'd just been sleeping outside in a tent for the last 4 days, this hotel was an OASIS.

I can see why the outside access would be off-putting to many guests, but for us, it worked perfectly. We were able to park within 4 feet of our room, so bringing luggage in was a snap. Plus we felt comfortable leaving alot of camping gear out in the van, since we were right there.

In fact, having outside access rooms was a good transition from our outdoor experience. However, there was a high level of noise coming from all areas - upstairs, outside, rooms adjacent, etc. But we were so tired from camping that it didn't matter too much to us.

The king room we got was really nice, with the new sleep number beds. (We didn't wind up liking the sleep number beds but now we know, and they were fun to play with.) Yes, there was peeling wallpaper in the bath - this is almost always the case in hotel rooms, in my opinion. In fact, I don't know why they continue to use wall paper in bathrooms because the steam always causes the peeling. But everything was clean.

Overall we were very pleased. The grounds are very pleasant, and we found Basil's restaurant to be acceptable for the price, which was kind of high. In the morning, we got the breakfast buffet, which was $12 and kind of overpriced for the food quality, but it was adequate. I don't think this hotel was very booked over the Labor Day weekend, because it seemed we had the hotel primarily to ourselves. This may mean we were put into really good rooms, and we had a better experience than many.

The reason I'm rating this hotel as Above Average is because of the low, low price I paid. I would have been a disenchanted certainly, had we paid anything over about $100, and I'm not sure what this hotel normally charges. I would definitely stay there again if I got another great deal.

If you enjoy sleeping next to train tracks, stay here! When I checked in at the front desk, I asked for a quiet room because I had been sick for the last 3 days and needed some much needed sleep before the class that I was going to attend the next morning. I was on the bottom floor of a 2-story unit. I crawled into the wonderful and heavenly sleep number bed, put my ear plugs in and settled in for what I thought was going to be a quiet night. Not much longer, the people upstairs got home and I heard every footstep back and forth for about 30 minutes. That's not the worst - THEN, the train started going by (every what seemed to be 5 minutes!), tooting it's horn as it went by! I thought I was going to go nuts! I remember finally falling to sleep at 2:49 in the morning. The train drove by tooting its horn all night long. I woke up soooo tired - red eyes and exhausted. I packed up my clothes the next morning and hoped to find another hotel room. I called the Radisson and they told me that they could not give me a refund because I booked the room for 2 nights in advance. So, I asked if they could move me to another room. Same thing with the train, but I didn't hear anyone over me since they gave me an upstairs unit. There is not one quiet room in this hotel complex. PLEASE - If you are a light sleeper, don't choose this hotel. But on a positive note, the hotel, the bed, the restaurant and lake were beautiful. It would be a great place to spend the "day".