Best Western Plus Taft Inn, BakersfieldBest Western Plus Taft Inn in Bakersfield, United States has a corrected score of 3.2 ± 0.6 (thin evidence, no platform scores), ranked 10 of 63 hotels we score in Bakersfield. Its platform ratings, normalised to 0-5, average 4.3 before correction.Best Western Plus Taft Inn sits at 203 S 6th Street in Taft, a small oil-town community in Kern County, California. It is a business-friendly hotel with spacious rooms offering free Wi-Fi, work desks, flat-screen TVs, microwaves and refrigerators. Guests get a complimentary hot breakfast, free parking, on-site laundry and a gym, and the interior has been recently updated. Reviews describe the rooms as clean, quiet and comfortable with friendly staff. It suits travellers on business or passing through the area who want straightforward, well-kept accommodation. One honest drawback: at around $170 a night, some guests find the breakfast merely average, and parking spaces can be limited at busy times.What stands out

Clean, recently updated rooms

Friendly, attentive staff

Free hot breakfast and parking

On-site laundry and gym

Watch out for

Parking spaces can be limited

Breakfast quality is average for the rate

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