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Essex House Motel

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A yellow building with a sign reading "OFFICE" at the entrance. - Essex House Motel (Littleton)
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A hotel room with a bed, a desk with a telephone, a chair, a dresser with a television, and two lamps. - Essex House Motel (Littleton)
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Essex House Motel provides amenities like an adjacent golf course and laundry facilities. Stay connected with free in-room WiFi.

Reviews

4.8 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi
  • Air conditioning
  • Laundry
  • Housekeeping
  • 24/7 front desk

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A hotel room with a bed, a desk with a chair, a television, and a wardrobe.

Standard Room, 1 King Bed

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

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A hotel room with two beds, a chair, and a painting on the wall.

Standard Room, 2 Double Beds

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

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A hotel room with a bed, a desk with a telephone, a chair, a dresser with a television, and two lamps.

Standard Single Room, Accessible

  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 1
  • 1 Large Twin Bed OR 1 Twin Bed

About the neighborhood

Located in Downtown Littleton neighborhood, Essex House Motel is connected to a shopping center. Union Station and Cherry Creek Shopping Center are worth checking out if shopping is on the agenda, while those wishing to experience the area's popular attractions can visit Elitch Gardens Theme Park and Denver Zoo. Looking to enjoy an event or a game? See what's going on at Empower Field at Mile High, or consider Red Rocks Amphitheater for a night out. Visit our Littleton travel guide
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5390 S Santa Fe Dr, Littleton, CO, 80120

What's nearby

  • A river flowing through a rocky canyon with a person standing on a rock near the water.
    South Platte River
    1 min walk - 0.1 miles
  • The Alley
    8 min walk - 0.5 miles
  • Town Hall Arts Center
    8 min walk - 0.5 miles
  • Hudson Gardens
    2 min drive - 1.2 miles
  • Littleton Museum
    5 min drive - 2.1 miles

Getting around

  • Littleton - Downtown Station
    12 min walk
  • 48th & Brighton at National Western Center Station
    20 min drive
  • Denver Intl. Airport (DEN)
    39 min drive

Restaurants

  • McDonald's
    10 min walk
  • Taco Bell
    13 min walk
  • McDonald's
    13 min walk
  • Burger King
    12 min walk
  • Black Rock Coffee Bar
    14 min walk

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Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Train station pick-up and drop-off shuttle (surcharge)
  • Free self parking on site
  • RV/bus/truck parking on site

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Laundry facilities

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • No elevator
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)

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  • Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer (on request)
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 32-inch TV with satellite channels

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Desk
  • Phone

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 10 AM; Check-in end time: midnight
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM

Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the train station (surcharges may apply); guests must contact the property with arrival details before travel, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Property payment types

  • American Express
  • Discover
  • Mastercard
  • Visa

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards and cash
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher and a smoke detector

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
Alcohol is not permitted at this property

Frequently asked questions

Is Essex House Motel pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking?

Self parking is free at this property.

What time is check-in at Essex House Motel?

Check-in start time: 10 AM; Check-in end time: midnight.

What time is check-out at Essex House Motel?

Check-out is at 11 AM.

Where is Essex House Motel located?

Located in Downtown Littleton, this golf motel is within 1 mi (2 km) of South Platte River and Hudson Gardens. Breckenridge Brewery is 2 mi (3.3 km) away. Littleton - Downtown Station is 12 minutes by foot.

Can I cancel my reservation for free and receive a full refund?

Yes, this property offers free cancellation on select room rates, because flexibility matters! Please refer to the property cancellation policy on our site for more details about any exclusions or requirements.

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Reviews

Essex House Motel Reviews

4.8

5.0

Cleanliness

5.8

Location

5.6

Staff & service

4.2

Property conditions & facilities
Rating 10 - Excellent. 21 out of 175 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 19 out of 175 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 28 out of 175 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 34 out of 175 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 73 out of 175 reviews

Reviews

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4/10 Poor

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The rooms were very dingy and felt unclean. The bed mattresses were in such bad condition that I could not sleep whole night and the highway noise was so high that I finally checked out the next day. The towels were like rags and property is very dilapidated and felt unsafe though the front desk staff were very nice and helpful. This should be dubbed as a very low budget hotel
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2024
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10/10 Excellent

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
I love this place
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2026
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2/10 Terrible

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This place should be shut down. Pretty sure they had bed bugs
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025
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10/10 Excellent

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025
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4/10 Poor

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A 1960's style motel with no amenities, not even in-room instant coffee, that doesn't appear to have been renovated since it was built.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2025
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8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Moraine

Evening reception staff wonderful. Morning reception staff, horrendously rude! Room great. Will come again, although noisy
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022
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2/10 Terrible

Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
This place is a dump not worth 35.00 per nite. Beds are old rooms dated and no necessarily as clean as one would expect from a hotel.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023
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2/10 Terrible

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Choose somewhere else

Dirty, run down, and beat up. Kind a creepy
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024
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4/10 Poor

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Look elsewhere

What a dump.. dirty, it wouldnt take much to make this a nice place.. im sure adult movies are filmed there along with the occasional murder, looking at the cars in the lot tells you a lot.. the ONLY good thing.. awesome water pressure.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025
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6/10 Okay

Liked: Cleanliness
A few cockroaches....tub was dirty
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2023
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2/10 Terrible

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This motel was absolutely awful. Crack heads banging around outside all night. It was filty and run down to the point the whole place should be bulldosed. The only positive is that I didn't get bit by bedbugs.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
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6/10 Okay

Liked: Cleanliness
This motel is very economical and as a result bare bones with respect to amenities. It was clean and functional has not been refurbished in decades. Our nonsmoking room was filled with smoke so we had to get another. It took me many phone calls/emails to get my money back for 2 unused nights after we checked out (to there credit, we did get our money back in full).
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023
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2/10 Terrible

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Didn’t even get to stay there. They didn’t have a room available despite the fact that we booked it. Staff didn’t care at all about our inconvenience. They were so rude.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2023
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4/10 Poor

Liked: Amenities
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Poor condition
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024
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2/10 Terrible

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
No air conditioning dirty bathroom
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2024
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4/10 Poor

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The Room had poor lighting. No light to read. Sticky floors
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2022
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2/10 Terrible

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Make it a parking lot!

Motel was great in 1968, hasn’t been maintained. Curtains were pieces of shower curtains. No tissues provided, mold in the shower, only chair was a restaurant style, dresser drawer was broken, stains on tile floor, closet shelf was stained and dirty. For the price, I was robbed.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2023
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4/10 Poor

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
no security latch on door just turn button knob, bugs in shower, light switch in bathroom had pieces of wall missing all around cigarette burns on sink top and furniture dried ketchup on nightstand, paint missing in splotches on all woodwork, tv did not work, next day woke up with bites on body---bedbugs? will never go there again
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024
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4/10 Poor

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

not here

Photos' of the facility have not been update for 20 years, nether have the appliances. Air conditioner only blows cool air and the carpet was spongy.
Stayed 1 night in May 2023
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2/10 Terrible

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This property had an AC issue. Apparently for weeks they were not booking reservations. But they failed to notify me prior to my check in. Expedia, was not very helpful either. They let me know I would not have to pay for the room I didn’t get!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023
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2/10 Terrible

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The room was utterly deplorable. Snot on the wall, sticky floor, filthy towels with hair & water only dribbled out of the shower head. Returned the key immediately & left. Asked for a full refund…. Not confident they will do the right thing and give a refund. Found 1000% better lodging for not much more $
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024
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4/10 Poor

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Terrible WiFi connection; terrible TV reception; small choice of channels; towels were very old and coarse as sandpaper; mirror in bathroom was so high that I (5ft. 2 in. tall) could only see from my eyebrows up in it Would not recommend this to my worst enemy!
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2022
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2/10 Terrible

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Terrible... No A/C had to go buy one, food splashes on the walls, both(Entery & Restroom)doors had smugges all over them, housekeeping needs to pay more attention to detail only had 4 stations to watch, you get hair towels instead of body towels to dry off with, bed is hard as hell couldn't even sleep, carpet was sticky when you walked on it, your shoes would stay behind. Last day I saw a roach crawling on the wall. I have work in the Motel/Hotel industry and I never left my property dirty & unkept. This place has gone to hell since the last time I stayed. I won't be going back.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025
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2/10 Terrible

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Did not feel safe or clean here

I knew this place was a mistake the first two seconds after entering the room. It smells like an old ashtray. It had no coffee maker. Our feet stuck to the floor. The live in tenants where partying and kept us up most of the time. This was both of our worst experience in renting a room anywhere. Shame on Hotels.com for not knowing who they put their name to.
A shower curtain for a curtain
what appears to be blood on the wall
not a very safe door that could be pushed open while locked
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022
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8/10 Good

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Ok for the price

Living area clean but not the kitchen shelves. Musty smell and no windows open but with an odor sachet I bought at the Dollar Store to absorb the smoker smell, in 4 days the room was much better. I would stay here again other than in summer due to no air conditioning. The owners are very nice and some guests were living there. Bicycles and big motorcycles were left outside with no locks etc. So it is a safe area and I was fine staying there alone. Being close to my car and on rhe first floor made hauling very easy. The place grew on me. A nice comfortable bed with clean sheets etc. No bed bugs as I saw others write.
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2022