Bay Bridge Inn Oakland

It wasn’t the roach, they are part of warm climates. It wasn’t the neighborhood, (Daytime is ok but sketchy at night). It wasn’t the desk, he was nice. It wasn’t the lack of hand towels and blow dryer or other amenities listed in the description for the two queen bed room. It wasn’t even the 2” gap under the door which we filled with newspaper. Although the linens were clean and the mattresses were covered in protective allergen mattress encasements, the pillows inside the cases were not protected and were stained and disgusting, but the biggest issue was THE SMELL. At first we thought that someone had forgotten to flush. That wasn’t it. The smell of old sewage was overwhelming. We turned on the fan. We sprayed Febreze. We opened the window. We wore our masks. We had come in late at night after 10 hours on the road but by early am we left in a hurry. The desk refunded our money for the second night we had reserved but the smell was in our nostrils and stuck there. We were nauseated for days.