Country Inn & Suites by Radisson, Bakersfield, CA

we were driving through to Las Vegas and wanted to experience Bakersfield in a hotel that has a pool and included breakfast for the family. the pictures in tripadvisor showed this Country Inn seemed decent and had a nice breakfast (at least before the egg shortage). Location is ok--really near a Target and Mall. I think, for driving to Las Vegas, would have been better if it were nearer to Highway 58 rather than 8 minutes south of 58. The surrounding area did smell like sewage. Later, a Target employee later said it was a sewage issue in the area that is prevalent. In the room, there was no smell--just in the parking lot. The part that made this stay really unforgivable was an experience in the breakfast area the next morning. The breakfast was still acceptable, considering the price of eggs had removed eggs from the buffet. But sitting in the breakfast area, there was, what seemed to be, a homeless person who had no shoes and was carrying around a hair dryer. He was talking to a couple who was trying to be polite. But he was definitely disturbing the morning vibe of the breakfast area. He was loitering, not eating, and just taking advantage of the close proximity to others to have unwelcome conversations. I was worried about bringing my young kids and wife to the area with someone unpredictable there, so I politely explained my dilemma to the hotel desk man. He said, "Don't worry! I'll keep an eye on him." My confidence was not strong. I didn't think if something sudden or unexpected happened, the desk man would be able to jump over a desk and intervene. So instead my daughter and I lugged a bunch of breakfast plates, coffee, juice all the way back to the room and we ate, hidden, in our room. 10 minutes later, as I was driving off to do a morning errand, I noticed said homeless person being chased by a young man. The homeless person was running for his life, jumped over a fence to the street--stumbling over a rock garden--and fell exhaustedly onto the sidewalk. Although I feel for compassion for homeless people, I have to be clear, the reason I pay money for a place like the Country Inn, is to provide my family a safe, comfortable, and enjoyable stay. My first thought thought perhaps the office manager was just waiting for one of the enforcer employees to arrive and remove the loiterer. I thought--this was some strong action by the office staff... Well, the true story was not quite that. Turns out that person who chased the homeless person away was a guest. He was the father of a tween who had gone to breakfast ahead of the family. The homeless person was talking to the tween boy and would not let it go. And the father, whom I later talked to in the parking lot, said it was wholly inappropriate. So he took action to send a message that the homeless person should not be bothering his young, vulnerable son. I further learned from that guest: Apparently, the homeless person had been a guest in the hotel for 2 days or so and had been st

The hotel was dirty and in a bad area.

The breakfast was nice! The parking area is gated, so that feels safe. Pretty noisy with a party going on in someone’s room, but it wasn’t the hotels fault. The hotel is definitely older and you get what you pay for. It was clean though!