Best Western Plus Garden Court Inn

Hotels
Best Western
8.8 (650 reviews)
5400 Mowry Avenue , Fremont , us

Free
Children allowed
Pets allowed

Facilities

WiFi available
Free WiFi
Parking
Free Parking
Non-smoking rooms
Air conditioning
Fitness center
Swimming pool
24-hour front desk
Business center
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Review Highlights

Pros:
Friendly staff
Good location
Comfortable beds
Clean rooms
Cons:
Poor breakfast quality
Room cleanliness issues
Noise from adjacent rooms
Odors in hallways

Categories

Cleanliness
8.13
Some reviews mentioned issues with dirt, cockroaches, and odors in the rooms, leading to a lower score.
Service
9.6
Multiple comments highlighted friendly and helpful staff, indicating a strong service aspect.
Location
9.14
Close to restaurants and easily accessible off the freeway, positively noted in reviews.
Room Quality
8.59
Generally positive mentions of room cleanliness, but issues with noise and some unhappiness with the room conditions.
Amenities
9.12
The hotel provides a good breakfast option, but some guests expressed disappointment in specific items.
Value for Money
9.08
Despite some issues, many guests felt the pricing was appropriate for the offered services.
Food and Beverage
7.63
Several reviews mentioned breakfast quality being low, impacting the overall satisfaction.
Overall Experience
9.1
Overall, guests had a mixed but generally positive experience despite some significant issues.
* This sentiment is summarized by AI based on user reviews.
Updated at: 2026-01-16 01:41

Property Description

Conveniently located near Lake Elizabeth, Best Western Plus Garden Court Inn offers free WiFi and a daily deluxe breakfast.

Spacious Rooms with Amenities: Each guest room features a flat-screen TV, coffee facilities, and some rooms have balconies with pool views.

Relaxation and Recreation: Guests can unwind by the large outdoor pool or explore the 3 acres of landscaped gardens. Fitness and business centers are available, along with electric car charging stations.

Convenient Amenities: Enjoy complimentary coffee and newspapers in the lobby. The hotel is just a 25-minute drive from Oakland International Airport.

Book your stay at Best Western Plus Garden Court Inn for a relaxing and convenient experience!

Important information:

Guests are required to show a photo ID and credit card upon check-in. Please note that all Special Requests are subject to availability and additional charges may apply.
A deposit may be required at the property.

Check-in and check-out hours:
Check-out: 12:00 PM
Airport code: SJC

Property Policies

  • Parking

    Free private parking is possible on site (reservation is not needed).

  • Pets

    Pets are allowed on request. Charges may be applicable.

  • Internet

    WiFi is available in all areas and is free of charge.

  • Children and extra bed policy

    Children of any age are allowed.
    Children up to and including 12 years old stay for free when using an existing bed.
    You haven't added any cots.
    You haven't added any extra beds.

  • Groups

    When booking more than 9 rooms, different policies and additional supplements may apply.

Location

Property Accessibility

Public Area
  • Hill Located: No
  • Ramp: No
  • Entrance Type:
  • Entrance Leveled: No
  • Pet Friendly: Yes
Reception And Restaurant
  • Reception Hearing Accessible: No
  • Reception Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
  • Restaurant Wheelchair Accessible: No
Elevator
  • Elevator Audio Signals: No
  • Elevator Braille Numbers: No
  • Elevator Contrasting Buttons: No
  • Elevator Visual Signs: No
  • Lifts Accessible: No
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Guest Reviews

8.8
Based on 650 reviews
Cleanliness: 8.13
Service: 9.6
Location: 9.14
Room Quality: 8.59
Amenities: 9.12
Value for Money: 9.08
Food and Beverage: 7.63
Overall Experience: 9.1
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Sanchez solo_traveller us
9
2026-07-11 via Nuitee
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Eleonora couple it
7
Hotel onesto ma non lo consiglierei e non ci tornerei
Pros:

Camera abbastanza grande e abbastanza pulita, la posizione della struttura è lungo una strada principale, vicino ad area commerciale con Starbucks, supermercato e qualche ristorante etnico. Ampio parcheggio gratuito nelle vicinanze. E' sicuramente un'alloggio molto frequentato da lavoratori della zona.

Cons:

L'hotel non ha rispettato le aspettative: camera buia e con un odore di chiuso/acre, il copriletto era macchinato. Essendo a livello del giardino con porta scorrevole, qualche insetto era entrato in camera. Purtroppo, nonostante la richiesta di pulire la camera il giorno seguente non è stato fatto. La colazione non è molto abbondate: uova, bacon, pane e caffè.

2026-07-10 via Nuitee
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Annamaria couple us
10
I enjoyed my time and would do again.
Pros:

Very clean

2026-07-09 via Nuitee
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Manpreet couple us
1
2026-07-08 via Nuitee
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Lea couple us
9
2026-07-07 via Nuitee
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Maria couple us
9
2026-07-07 via Nuitee
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Dascalu solo_traveller gb
10
2026-07-07 via Nuitee
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Ashley family_with_children us
10
Pros:

Everything was great

2026-07-04 via Nuitee
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Harpreet family_with_children us
8
Good but look for hygiene
Pros:

Clean

Cons:

Lady using same Blue gloves to clean the floor and stocking up breakfast food

2026-07-02 via Nuitee
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Ruben couple us
4
2026-07-02 via Nuitee
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0708latoyak Family
2
Dead Rat in pool and Roaches
Pros:

I’ve stayed at this property before and I expected GREAT things just as last time. Upon checking in, I noticed that the floors were dirty, so I asked to have made surface come in and clean the floors before I returned. They did that. The next day I woke up, went to the restroom and there was a roach crawling on the wall. I didn’t choose to say anything. I figured that could happen time to time. Especially staying in a hotel so I’ll let it go. The next day I plan to take the kids out to the pool. We got a room that was poolside so they were really excited about that. To my surprise after my six month old and my eight year-old already in the pool, I noticed there were some debris in the pool. I went over to check it out while looking for a pool towels because there were no towels at the pool. I noticed there was literally a DEAD RAT in the pool. I walked to guest services immediately. I was especially scared because of the RANDA virus outbreak that had taken place in Oakland and they said that the virus derived from rats. Guest services came out to inspect immediately. They saw the rat there. They took pictures and then the woman who I am assuming is the assistant manager. Her name is Geo. She came and took the pool net and removed the rat. I asked her what was she going to do about that? She said that she wasn’t sure that she was going to contact the hotel manager. I said per CDC headlines. I’m pretty sure that pool needs to be closed and drained or something. She said she wasn’t sure and will check with the manager to see what needed to be done. I then requested house to be brought to the room so that we could immediately shower and I could take the kids to do something else for the day. I didn’t sent my son to the front desk after about 45 minutes to see what was happening with the towels. Geo’s response was that they were coming. I waited another 30 minutes and I went to the front desk myself. I said hey after having a whole rat in the pool, a roach on the wall, you mean to tell me we can’t get towels? She apologized and gave me towels on the spot. I come back to the room and my kids are just looking out of the glass sliding door, and to my dismay family after family continues to visit the pool all day! I talked to Geo along with another front desk clerk in the evening. I sent the manager an email. I asked both of them. What were they going to do about the pool and the concerned about everyone’s health? They said the manager would email me back he never did. I’ll let Geo know that I needed compensation for this stay. She said all I can do was offer you to switch rooms. I said how will switching rooms help with the fact that there was a dead rat in the pool? That was the reason why we came here to be close to all of the things to do in the area and allow the kids to have a good time in the pool. To make matters worse I woke up the next morning, and there was another roach on the wall in the bathroom. I still have not heard from the hotel manager. He has still not answered my email. There was no compensation given, and I have no idea what happened to all of those people who were in and out of the pool. Please do not stay here! It is their job to keep their patrons safe and healthy. They did absolutely nothing. I considered if it was my duty to let the people know in the pool that weekend hey there was a dead ride here and they didn’t do anything. But I had to make peace with alerting the ones responsible for the facility. Who did absolutely nothing. Pictures are attached.

2026-06-30 via Tripadvisor
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Matheus solo_traveller nl
10
Cons:

Almost great, breakfast could be a little better with fresh fruits

2026-06-30 via Nuitee
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Denise couple us
1
Roaches in wall. Rat in pool. Management did NOTHING!!
Pros:

Location

Cons:

I’ve stayed at this property before and I expected GREAT things just as last time. Upon checking in, I noticed that the floors were dirty, so I asked to have made surface come in and clean the floors before I returned. They did that. The next day I woke up, went to the restroom and there was a roach crawling on the wall. I didn’t choose to say anything. I figured that could happen time to time. Especially staying in a hotel so I’ll let it go. The next day I plan to take the kids out to the pool. We got a room that was poolside so they were really excited about that. To my surprise after my six month old and my eight year-old already in the pool, I noticed there were some debris in the pool. I went over to check it out while looking for a pool towels because there were no towels at the pool. I noticed there was literally a DEAD RAT in the pool. I walked to guest services immediately. I was especially scared because of the RANDA virus outbreak that had taken place in Oakland and they said that the virus derived from rats. Guest services came out to inspect immediately. They saw the rat there. They took pictures and then the woman who I am assuming is the assistant manager. Her name is Geo. She came and took the pool net and removed the rat. I asked her what was she going to do about that? She said that she wasn’t sure that she was going to contact the hotel manager. I said per CDC headlines. I’m pretty sure that pool needs to be closed and drained or something. She said she wasn’t sure and will check with the manager to see what needed to be done. I then requested house to be brought to the room so that we could immediately shower and I could take the kids to do something else for the day. I didn’t sent my son to the front desk after about 45 minutes to see what was happening with the towels. Geo’s response was that they were coming. I waited another 30 minutes and I went to the front desk myself.

2026-06-30 via Nuitee
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Jenifer family_with_children us
5
Frustrating
Pros:

Kind staff, location, lots of restaurants close by.

Cons:

Our first room was dirty. The floor was so sticky it sounded like velcro every time we took a step. It had an odd unpleasant odor and there was trash and food under the bed. We called the office to complain and we're transitioned to another room. This room was cleaner, but still had areas that were dusty and the room still had an odor. The hallway constantly smells like cigarette smoke because the doors get left open and people stand outside of them to smoke, so it makes it stink. Every time the hallway doors opened or closed, our room door would LOUDLY rattle. Loud enough that it sounded like someone knocking on our door. This would happend at all hours day or night and woke us up SEVERAL times. It was really frustrating. We had to extend our stay in the area, but instead of staying longer here, I booked a different hotel and found it to be much more pleasant as it didnt stink, was much cleaner, and the door didnt constantly rattle.

2026-06-30 via Nuitee
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Michaela couple us
10
Perfect staycation spot
Pros:

Great pool area and breakfast

2026-06-29 via Nuitee
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Vanessa couple us
5
Check out was horrible I waited 20 minutes before front desk was at the desk actually helping.
Pros:

Absolutely nothing was great about my stay.

Cons:

First thing I walked in and the customer desk was rude had a straight face and nothing friendly about her demeanor. Then when I asked about checking in because we had reservation and she told me I would have to pay $30 more because I came into town early but if I came back around 2pm it be fine(went to get lunch and came back) but never have I been turned away from Best Western like your Fremont location needs to do better. Then the room smelled of mix of nasty cat pee and very strong chili smell. After this visit it be my last. And omg breakfast service was horrible the eggs were too salty and sausage wasn't cooked fully. Oh and this time I happen to leave my dog boarded due to your outrageous pet policy why would you charge families $30 each night for pet that you guys don't take care of, now if you had service that you took my dog was walked and picked up after them I would understand but four legged animal that I take care of you want to charge me an additional fee which is ridiculous in it self because you aren't takin care of the dog.

2026-06-29 via Nuitee
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Veronica couple us
10
2026-06-28 via Nuitee
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Daniela solo_traveller us
7
2026-06-28 via Nuitee
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wang extended_group cn
1
That's terrible
Pros:

Nothing

Cons:

1.I checked in on May 20; by May 22, the shower gel was gone. I mentioned this to the housekeeping staff the first time, but she didn’t restock it right away. The second time I went to the front desk, the staff member there said they didn’t have any shower gel and would have the housekeeping staff restock it for me the next day. However, it wasn’t restocked until I checked out on May 26.
2.I booked a room on Booking.com for May 20–28, but I checked out on May 26. When I asked the front desk what would happen to the charges for my remaining two nights, she told me to contact Booking.com. I called Booking.com countless times afterward, and they told me they could only issue a refund once they received a response from the hotel manager—but the manager never replied to Booking.com’s emails. I still haven’t received a refund for that amount.

2026-06-26 via Nuitee
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wang extended_group cn
1
That's terrible.
Pros:

Nothing

Cons:

1.I checked in on May 20; by May 22, the shower gel was gone. I mentioned this to the housekeeping staff the first time, but she didn’t restock it right away. The second time I went to the front desk, the staff member there said they didn’t have any shower gel and would have the housekeeping staff restock it for me the next day. However, it wasn’t restocked until I checked out on May 26.
2.I booked a room on Booking.com for May 20–28, but I checked out on May 26. When I asked the front desk what would happen to the charges for my remaining two nights, she told me to contact Booking.com. I called Booking.com countless times afterward, and they told me they could only issue a refund once they received a response from the hotel manager—but the manager never replied to Booking.com’s emails. I still haven’t received a refund for that amount.
3.A female receptionist at the front desk was very rude.

2026-06-26 via Nuitee