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The Padre Hotel

3.5 star property

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Front of property – evening/night
Bar (on property)
Lobby
Breakfast served
One King Bed (Maverick Room) | Living area

Reviews

9.2 out of 10
Wonderful

Popular amenities

  • Spa
  • Bar
  • Parking available
  • Housekeeping

Explore the area

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1702 18th St, Bakersfield, CA, 93301
  • Place, Fox Theater
    ‪3 min walk‬
  • Place, Dignity Health Arena
    ‪12 min walk‬
  • Place, Buck Owens Crystal Palace
    ‪3 min drive‬
  • Airport, Bakersfield, CA (BFL-Meadows Field)
    ‪8 min drive‬

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Head Honcho

9.2 out of 10
Wonderful
(14 reviews)
  • 46 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • City view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Twin Sofa Bed

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City view

Corner Pocket

9.6 out of 10
Exceptional
(5 reviews)
  • 4 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Twin Sofa Bed

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One King Bed (Forty Winks Room)

One King Bed (Forty Winks Room)

9.4 out of 10
Exceptional
(120 reviews)
  • 21 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Hypo-allergenic bedding, down duvets, memory-foam beds, in-room safe

One King Bed (Maverick Room)

9.2 out of 10
Wonderful
(47 reviews)
  • 35 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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One King Bed, Accessible (Maverick Room)

One King Bed, Accessible (Maverick Room)

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(4 reviews)
  • 35 sq m
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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About the area

Bakersfield

The Padre Hotel is centrally located in Bakersfield, a 2-minute walk from Fox Theater and 12 minutes by foot from Dignity Health Arena. .This hotel is 1.8 mi (2.8 km) from Kern County Museum and 1.8 mi (2.9 km) from Buck Owens Crystal Palace.

What's nearby

  • Fox Theater - 3 min walk - 0.3 km
  • Dignity Health Arena - 12 min walk - 1.0 km
  • Kern River - 2 min drive - 2.6 km
  • Kern County Museum - 2 min drive - 2.2 km
  • Buck Owens Crystal Palace - 3 min drive - 2.6 km

Getting around

  • Bakersfield Station - 2 min drive
  • Bakersfield, CA (BFL-Meadows Field) - 14 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Guthrie's Alley Cat - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Dagny's Coffee Company - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪The Padre Hotel - ‬1 min walk
  • ‪Sandrini's Public House - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪The 18Hundred - ‬4 min walk

About this property

The Padre Hotel

Art Deco hotel with a 24-hour fitness center and a rooftop terrace
The Padre Hotel offers 112 accommodations with iPod docking stations and laptop-compatible safes. Memory foam beds feature down comforters. 40-inch flat-screen televisions come with premium cable channels. Rooms have partially open bathrooms. Bathrooms include bathrobes, designer toiletries, and hair dryers.

This Bakersfield hotel provides complimentary wired and wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks along with free local calls (restrictions may apply). Additionally, rooms include coffee/tea makers and irons/ironing boards. Housekeeping is offered daily and hypo-allergenic bedding can be requested.

Recreational amenities at the hotel include a 24-hour fitness center.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Guests can pamper themselves by indulging in the onsite spa services.
Make yourself at home in one of the 112 guestrooms featuring iPod docking stations and flat-screen televisions. Your memory foam bed comes with down comforters. Complimentary wired and wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming provides entertainment. Partially open bathrooms have designer toiletries and hair dryers.
Enjoy recreation amenities such as a 24-hour fitness center or take in the view from a rooftop terrace. Additional amenities at this Art Deco hotel include complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and wedding services.
Enjoy a meal at Farmacy Cafe or snacks in the coffee shop/cafe. The hotel also offers room service (during limited hours). Quench your thirst with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge. Cooked-to-order breakfasts are available daily from 7:00 AM to 11 AM for a fee.
Featured amenities include complimentary wired internet access, express check-in, and express check-out. Planning an event in Bakersfield? This hotel has 5005 square feet (465 square meters) of space consisting of conference space and 4 meeting rooms.
Cooked-to-order breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 7:00 AM and 11 AM.
Farmacy Cafe - This café serves breakfast only.
Brimstone - This restaurant serves lunch and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. Happy hour is offered. Open daily.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi and wired internet
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi and wired internet

Parking and transport

  • Valet parking on site (USD 18 per night; includes in/out privileges)

Food and drink

  • Daily cooked-to-order breakfast available 7:00 AM to 11 AM for a fee: USD 8 to 18 per person
  • A bar/lounge
  • A coffee shop/cafe
  • A restaurant

Restaurants on site

  • Brimstone
  • Farmacy Cafe

Things to do

  • 24-hour gym
  • TV in common areas

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • ATM
  • Free newspapers in lobby
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff
  • Porter/bellhop
  • Tour and ticket assistance
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • 4 meeting rooms
  • 5,005 square feet of conference space

Outdoors

  • Rooftop terrace

Spa

  • Spa services

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Assistive listening devices
  • Braille/raised signage
  • Lift (84 centimetre wide door)
  • Magnifying mirror
  • Stair-free path to entrance
  • Thin carpet in room
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel
  • Wheelchair-accessible path to lift
  • Wheelchair-accessible public bathroom

More

  • 1 building
  • 9 floors
  • Art Deco architecture
  • Banquet hall
  • Built in 1928
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Blackout drapes
  • Down comforter
  • Hypo-allergenic bedding
  • Memory foam mattress

Bathroom

  • Designer toiletries
  • Dressing gowns
  • Hair dryer
  • Partially-open bathroom
  • Shampoo
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Toothbrush and toothpaste (on request)
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 40-inch flat-screen TV with premium cable channels
  • IPod dock

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Limited room service

More

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Desk
  • Free local calls
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Laptop workspace
  • Laptop-compatible safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 4:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Express check-in available

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Contactless check-out available
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

An adult age 18 or older must assume all liability for the booking
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 50.00 per pet, per stay (maximum USD 100.00 per stay)
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees
Welcoming dogs only
1 total (up to 25 lbs per pet)

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are available for USD 20.0 per night

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Fee for cooked-to-order breakfast: approximately USD 8 to 18 per person
  • Valet parking fee: USD 18.00 per night (in/out privileges)
  • Pet fee: USD 50.00 per pet, per stay (maximum USD 100.00 per stay)
  • Service animals are exempt from fees
  • Rollaway bed fee: USD 20.0 per night

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card 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; cash is not accepted

Property is also known as

Hotel Padre
Padre Bakersfield
Padre Hotel
Padre Hotel Bakersfield
The Padre Hotel Hotel
The Padre Hotel Bakersfield
The Padre Hotel Hotel Bakersfield

The Padre Hotel Reviews

Reviews

9.2

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 768 out of 1020 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 158 out of 1020 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 52 out of 1020 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 13 out of 1020 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 29 out of 1020 reviews

9.6/10

Cleanliness

9.6/10

Staff & service

9.0/10

Amenities

9.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Ashley

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Paul, Washington

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Loved the style of the rooms with the floor to ceiling windows, didnt get to use amenities much but seemed nice
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Corner Room

Been wanting to check out the Padre for a while. Hit it in August, when it's extra hot in Bakersfield. Got a spacious corner room with a nice view of the town. Room was very clean, very nice. Didn't take advantage of much else in the hotel, but it was a great stay.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

keith

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Super nice modernized vintage hotel from the 1930's. This was known THE "nicest hotel west of the rockies" back in the day! It's been meticulously redone about 15 years ago, and is wonderfully charming. Dog friendly, too! We plan on returning to explore it more.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Laurie

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The hotel was so clean and quiet and the amenties first-rate. We loved our meal in the restaurant.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Breane

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Elizandra

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Sylvia

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Giovanny

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Carlos

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

carmen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Scott

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Old and Stylish - not many "Extras"

In Bakersfield there are not a lot of options for a unique and stylish hotel. This is really it! It's a fun older hotel - almost 100 years old but very well kept and rooms are clean and upgraded nicely. There is a "rooftop" bar but we assumed it was on the "roof" - could have been cool to see the view. It's actually on the 2nd floor and they had parties there both nights with a cover so we didn't get to try it.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Dave

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I have medical issues and the staff was very accommodating.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Zuleyma

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Nicole

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved our local staycation!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Carlos

Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Daniel Paul

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Christine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The rooms are fantastic, the beds very comfortable, the bathrooms are super clean and modern. The restaurant/bar has great food and I love the cafe.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Leonard

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great food in the restaurant albeit a bit noisy. Beautifully restored historic building.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Gigi

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Great, except for....

Every was lovely: nice decore, comfortable bed, great staff, very clean EXCEPT for when I arrived there was a long black hair hanging on the body wash container. I avoided it during my shower, and the next morning I let the front desk know that the shower needed to be cleaned a bit more thoroughly. I left for some business but when I returned, it was still there. The room had been attended to but the trash was not emptied and the gross hair was still there. I informed the front desk and they sent someone immediately to remedy the issue. This person was very thorough, and I definitely appreciated the quick attention.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

luke

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jessica

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Salvador

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

mike

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great hotel. Good restaurant. Very small gym
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025