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Reviews of Hotel Solares 2 stars

600 Riverside Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, United States

#37 of 44 hotels in Santa Cruz

Guests' Choice

Review score

Based on 839 hotel reviews

6.8

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    7.3

  • Comfort

    7.4

  • Location

    8.0

  • Facilities

    7.1

  • Staff

    7.4

  • Value for money

    7.2

  • Free WiFi

    7.4

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  • Reviewed: 25 April 2024

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • King Suite
    • Stayed 3 nights

    This is no fault of the current ownership, but because the pool is in the courtyard the noise from those in the pool was quite loud. But it was quiet after 10:00 pm.

    I enjoyed my suite on the 3rd floor. It was spacious and clean. I also appreciated the bagels, yogurt, and cappuccino for breakfast.

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 22 April 2024

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Queen Room with Two Queen Beds
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Good location

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 21 April 2024

    7.0
    Great
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Deluxe Queen Room with Two Queen Beds - Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Nothing

    It was easy access for our child in wheel chair

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 17 April 2024

    8.0
    It was pleasant we enjoyed our stay!
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Deluxe Queen Room with Two Queen Beds - Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    No tub in room, needs upgrades.

    Pool hot tub

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 16 April 2024

    8.0
    I’ve stayed here several times before. It’s a gray value great location great staff all I’m asking for is a cup of coffe
    • Business trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Standard Queen Room with Two Queen Beds
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    They wouldn’t turn the coffee machine on for me after 10 AM.

    Staff is great! Rooms are clean! Great location!

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 15 April 2024

    7.0
    It was a 7/10. It was great but some factors could had been worked on.
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Standard Family Room
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    When we checked in, our room number was said out loud which made me felt uncomfortable with my stay. There was also a snicker bar found in one of the drawer.

    I loved how close it is to the beach! It’s a 4-5 minute drive. The free breakfast and the comfortable beds were a plus!

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 15 April 2024

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Queen Room with Two Queen Beds
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Place is very dirty and needs alot of work mainly painting.Staff seems unfriendly and not very in tune to any of your needs.Seems like to me there interested in saving money on anything they can then the property like watered down soap.

    Big room and nice water pressure, location was great and a pool.

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 15 April 2024

    7.0
    Overall it was good
    • Business trip
    • Family with young children
    • Deluxe Queen Room with Two Queen Beds - Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The trees outside our room/ window were overgrown and caused for a raccoon or an animal of that type to be on the roof of our room and scare my children as they were fighting in the roof. It startled us all and it was at 5am. Very scary. As it Woke us all up.

    I liked the room was very clean

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 11 April 2024

    8.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • King Room - Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Towels were dirty and parking

    Confort

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 8 April 2024

    6.0
    Pleasant
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Deluxe Queen Room with Two Queen Beds - Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    I left some personal items in the room and they saying they didn't found nothing BS

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 8 April 2024

    7.0
    Overnight stay in Santa Cruz in the cheapest hotel I could find
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Deluxe Queen Room with Two Queen Beds - Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The Booking website states that there is a kettle in the room, but there was none. Please, fix this information. For me this was extremely important because my little baby is fed formula milk. The staff did not want to turn on the kettles in the lobby for me. I am also dissatisfied with the breakfast service, because there is almost no food. If you come down later in the morning, you won't see any yoghurts or bagels. In fact, it's just coffee. Thanks for that too.

    Clean and comfortable apartment

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 8 April 2024

    8.0
    Helpful staff , very comfortable, clean rooms .
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Queen Room with Two Queen Beds
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Some areas needed updating.

    Short walk to Santa Cruz broadwalk & pier.

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 5 April 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Deluxe Queen Room with Two Queen Beds - Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Continental breakfast is only bagel and butter.

    Stayed in April 2024

  • Reviewed: 30 March 2024

    7.0
    Pleasant, clean, and comfortable; I would stay again the next time I'm in town.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • King Room - Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 1 night

    The female front desk attendant did not respond to my request to get my room re-stocked when I asked her around 2 pm today, and when I returned 5 hours later, I found nothing had been done that I asked, such as restock my bathroom with clean towels, and toiletries, etc, and sweep the floor from dirt that my dog had tracked in from the patio outside when it rained. I called the front desk and got the male front desk person and he promptly helped me with what I needed. One major problem I had was the upstairs guest, who sounded very large and heavy, was stomping around, or walking very loudly back and forth intermittently through out the night, and around 9 pm tonight (Friday) he started doing it again and I couldn't sleep and it was waking my dogs, so I had to check out early. But all in all, the place was pleasant, in a great area, and has friendly, helpful manager/staff.

    I loved the room and all of the facilities in it, from the extremely comfortable and soft bed, to the wonderfully large sized TV with many great channels to watch! I also loved the surprisingly large outdoor patio for my 2 young puppies, who enjoyed it immensely. The bathroom was large and very clean but it had unsightly and dangerous looking cracks in the sink, and a large fist-size hole in the bathroom door that should be fixed. I also wondered why there was no towel rack in the bathroom for my clean shower towel; there should be one. Everything was pretty much really great, including the very kind, helpful, and courteous male front desk person who worked with me to meet my needs and make my stay as workable as possible.

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 27 March 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • King Room - Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    Never got the $100dlls deposit

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 26 March 2024

    6.0
    Pleasant
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • King Room - Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    We heard everything.. and I mean everything from people in other rooms, or even the room above us. The walls were super thin so we didn't get to sleep in much since the noise was soo loud at 7am. Also, the place had a no smoking policy.. which was fine and we were happy to follow the rules. However we noticed a lot of people were STILL smoking in their rooms/patio. So it was kinda off putting.

    Place was nice, good location!

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 18 March 2024

    6.0
    Pleasant
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • King Room - Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The bed was very hard. Neither of us had a restful night sleep. I had trouble falling asleep. We woke up both tired

    Location was great

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 2 March 2024

    7.0
    Price was great, rooms just dirty.
    • Leisure trip
    • Solo traveller
    • Standard Queen Room with Two Queen Beds
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The place was really dirty. The curtains and towels had stains. I could not use the heater because none of the buttons worked. Thankfully the blankets were nice. Also i was missing a toilet roll holder?? The rooms could definitely use some more love.

    It was honestly worth the money. It was spacious and pretty quiet during my time. There was at least some juice and bagels for breakfast.

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: 1 March 2024

    7.0
    Good
    • Couple
    • King Room - Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    I really like the bed

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: 14 February 2024

    6.0
    Pleasant
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • King Room - Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    More variety fir breakfast

    Room was larger than expected and there were lots of parking spaces. Breakfast included should state contential. Staff were nice and helpful

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: 13 February 2024

    8.0
    Pleasant but loud
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Queen Room with Two Queen Beds
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The walls are very thin. Anytime somebody turned on water you could hear it in the pipes/walls. We could hear conversations from the rooms around us. Lots of entrances to the room, main front door, sliding glass door, and door to next room.

    The pool was open and heated so my children got to enjoy it. The shower was nice and the water pressure was great.

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: 6 February 2024

    8.0
    Great value, large room
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • King Room - Non-Smoking
    • Stayed 1 night

    The breakfast could have been better. hallways were dreary and carpet worn

    room was large and clean. Overall, location was good. Close to downtown

    Stayed in February 2024

  • Reviewed: 27 January 2024

    8.0
    For Santa Cruz the price was very good and we are always grateful when dogs are welcome!
    • With a pet
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Queen Room with Two Queen Beds - Disability Access
    • Stayed 3 nights

    Breakfast was a joke. Coffee, globby jell type orange juice, stale bagels with no butter or cream cheese and no way to toast them. That was it! A $10 charge if you forgot to give back the parking pass (which probably cost .25 cents, staff was friendly in a very basic way.

    Location of room (just out the patio door was the grass pet area), entire property fenced in except for the entrance, beds very comfortable, good size pool and lounge chairs.

    Stayed in January 2024

  • Reviewed: 26 January 2024

    7.0
    Great for a super cheap off season stay or for the party scene in summer.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Queen Room with Two Queen Beds
    • Stayed 1 night
    • Submitted via mobile

    The line of crappy campers "parked" behind the hotel. No tv remote or toilet paper in our room. Remodeled but done poorly-weird flooring lifting. This hotel is super cheap so you get a ton of 20 year olds partying here.

    It was super cheap, they allow dogs and it was pretty clean. Our room had a nice patio!

    Stayed in December 2023

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