We needed somewhere near a relative's house to stay and weren't very familiar with the area. We were pleasantly surprised by how clean and nice this hotel was. We had a nice room, the pool was great for our son to swim in and the continental breakfast was more than we expected.

We stayed here 4 nights for a family reunion. There was over 100 family members from all over the country and everyone enjoyed their stay. The staff was great. The lobby was big enough for us to gather before sight seeing without disturbing the front desk. The kids loved the heated outdoor pool. The meeting room was a little small but the overflow could gather just outside the doors where they have plenty of couches and chairs. They had plenty of breakfast each morning even with another reunion staying at the same time. The rooms were nice and clean with a refrigerater, microwave, and coffee maker. They did not have enough face towels even on the first night. We were always given 2 although we register with 4 people in our room. We could not get a wireless connection in our room but we could in the 2nd floor seating area where their computer was located.

I do a lot of travelling on business and find Tripadvisor pretty reliable to give me the straight goods on a hotel. However, was slightly led astray about La Quinta in Hayward.
The room was basic and ok but the service was awful, no one at the front desk, not a greeting of hello and made to feel like bad about checking in. Even the manager who was walking around was aloof and made you feel as you were just getting in the way of his work...
The 3rd Floor, which was non smoking, reeked of cigarette smoke, at least the room didn't...

Also found a couple of beer bottles under the bed...good cleaning guys!

Keep on going up the highway...nothing to see here.

The LaQuinta in Hayward was nice. Convienient off the Interstate and within walking distance to several restaurants. Clean and neat rooms and nice friendly employees...except for a couple people, which is always the case. Nice contintenal breakfast every morning. The only negative was that the hotel was non-chalant and slow delivering phone IMPORTANT messages. I would stay there again.