My husband and I stayed on a Saturday night prior to a cruise and found the location very convenient. $21 cab ride from Long Beach Airport and $21 cab ride to Los Angeles cruise pier. Walked a short 2 blocks to a full grocery store Sunday morning before our cruise. Walked to Shoreline Village to shops and marina activity including a meal outside overlooking the water. Room was very clean and we couldn't have been any closer to the street. We didn't notice any street noise and this was a Sat. night. We had the first floor front sidewalk room. However the window didn't open, so I felt very secure. The neighborhood felt safe. The staff was most accommodating and let us return after our cruise just to hold our luggage for 4 hours because we had a late flight. We would return without even checking around to this friendly, clean, helpful, convenient, and fairly priced motel.

It looks ok from outside, but there's a surprising amount of street noise at the Rodeway Inn. Rooms are small and walls very thin, but it's otherwise serviceable enough. My partner got a bed bug bite overnight, though it's hard to say whether this is management's fault or just one of those things you get in any low-end motel - we checked the sheets and bedding and everything looked clean. Anyways, we'll stay elsewhere next time.

The restaurant next door had a good breakfast, though.

OK, so it's not elegant but it is clean, comfortable, well decorated and in a great location - the photos on their website are a fair representation.
Downtown and the beach are within easy walking distance. The Long Beach Cafe is just round the corner (and open till midnight) and another old-fashioned family diner is just up Atlantic Avenue, where they do great burgers.
I stayed here for a couple of nights after a long flight from London last September and found my room had everything I needed or expected to find in a budget motel. Have already booked here for my next trip to Long Beach.
The included high-speed web connection in the room was a great plus - just remember to take your own ethernet connection cord. If you forget, the front desk will rent you one - but it will be expensive.
I think the Rodeway is great value for the money and do not understand why people expect to pay $70 or 80 and are surprised when they don't get the Sheraton.

Our family of three stayed for one Saturday night at the Rodeway Inn in Longbeach before leaving for Carnival Pride the following day. It was a two-story motor hotel. If you are interested in a nice room at a decent price, I would recommend it. We had two very clean bedrooms and a bathroom, like a mini-suite. Many members of Trip Advisor recommended the Long Beach Hotel, near the cruise ship. That was $158. The Rodeway was $109. Both add taxes-$129 for us total. We stayed only 9 hours there, and it was very clean, the family running it was very freindly, there was a great breakfast place right around the corner, we were one block from a beautiful beach where we walked, and we were in the middle of a very nice residential and hotel area. The bus stop was a one-minute walk. We chose to roll and stroll our suitcases for four blocks, look at the Sunday scenery, jump on a free bus to the cruise ship terminal, and arrive in ten minutes.
Downside- We saved only fifty dollars, so this might seem crazy to some. We had a room on the second floor and had to carry our suitcases up the front outside stairway. The spic and span little lobby had the cashier enclosed in plexiglass, as if it were a high crime area, which was a bit off-putting. Yet, the area seemed very safe and clean and upscale. A couple of blocks up, away from the hotel and beach I saw a few homeless, but not there. If you needed to take a taxi, it would erase much of the savings.
Looking back, for us the area was fun and an adventure, and we would stay there again.