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Motel 6 vs Red Roof

Averages across 1,333 Motel 6 and 654 Red Roof hotels, and a head-to-head in the 245 cities where both brands have a hotel.

 

Motel 6

Average guest rating
7.5
Hotels tracked
1,333

Red Roof

Red Roof

Average guest rating
7.5
Hotels tracked
654

The short answer

On the numbers: Red Roof

Red Roof leads on 2 of 5 measures. The gap in average guest rating is small (0.05), so the hotel you pick matters more than the brand.

Every measured fact

Averages over each brand's hotels. A dot marks the better figure.

Motel 6 vs Red Roof: which hotel brand is better?
Motel 6 vs Red Roof: which hotel brand is better?Motel 6Red Roof
Guest ratings
Average guest rating 7.45 7.50 +0.05
Rated 8 or more 34% +3% 31%
Rated below 7 31% 23%
Average Google rating 3.53/5 3.52/5
Guest reviews behind the average 26,283 52,217
Same city, head to head (cities where both are rated: 163)
Cities where it is rated higher 82 78
The hotels
Hotels tracked 1,333 654
Countries 2 8
Usual check-in 15:00 15:00
Usual check-out 11:00 11:00

Both brands, same city

The best-rated hotel of each brand in cities where both have one. Open a match-up for the full hotel comparison.

Motel 6 or Red Roof: common questions

Is Motel 6 or Red Roof better?

On average, Red Roof hotels score 7.50/10 from guests and Motel 6 hotels 7.45/10. Red Roof leads on 2 of the 5 measures we compare. The gap in average guest rating is small (0.05), so the hotel you pick matters more than the brand.

When both are in the same city, which is rated higher?

In the 163 cities where both have rated hotels, Motel 6 has the higher average in 82 and Red Roof in 78.

Which brand has more hotels?

StayVersus tracks 1,333 Motel 6 hotels in 2 countries and 654 Red Roof hotels in 8 countries.

More brand match-ups

Updated 12 Oct 2026. Averages over the hotels StayVersus tracks: guest ratings from Agoda (hotels with 5+ reviews), Google ratings from public Google Maps listings (hotels with 20+ reviews). A hotel counts for a brand only when its name confirms it. How we score