1289 South Coast Highway, Laguna Beach, CA 92651, United States
#15 of 25 hotels in Laguna Beach
Guests' ChoiceBased on 375 hotel reviews
7.7Cleanliness
8.0
Comfort
8.1
Location
9.4
Facilities
7.6
Staff
8.8
Value for money
7.3
Free Wifi
8.5
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End of dialog contentReviewed: August 15, 2025
Charisma
United StatesWe first had a terrible room on lower floor next to laundry room. We called to complain, but were told we couldn’t move by the manager and that he would let us know of any changes. We even got there around 2:00 pm to get a good room. We were told to go to dinner and upon our return they would find something. But that didn’t happen.
Saeed the on premise front desk attendant was so cordial. He found us a better room and moved us immediately. He made our stay great.
Stayed in July 2025
Reviewed: July 28, 2025
Brittany
United StatesThe restaurant downstairs closed the month before my arrival. The fire alarm went off during the night & early morning. The personal a/c units in the room was very loud.
Beautiful common area and location
Stayed in July 2025
Reviewed: July 17, 2025
Teresa
United StatesThe check in process was lengthy. They could benefit from a better software or connection or whatever was making it a lengthy process in their systems.
We loved their boutique style hotel and design and service.
Stayed in July 2025
Reviewed: May 22, 2025
Jennifer
United StatesWould be great to have beach chairs, rather than camping chairs, but it was fine! Little breakfast items are a nice touch, however, they are mainly packaged, not the healthiest choices!
Loved that there was coffee available early in the morning and during the day. Happy that they had parking and provided chairs for the beach. Enjoyed the rooftop restaurant, the beach and sunset. Room was great! It was directly on the PCH, but I liked seeing the activity downtown.
Stayed in March 2025
Reviewed: March 25, 2025
Catherine
United StatesThis particular room was a bit small and difficult to navigate. The bathroom was small also. I understand this is a 100-year old historic hotel so this is expected. There was no phone in the room to call the front desk so I had to walk downstairs and back up each time I had a question. Apparently they are redoing the phones but still inconvenient. Also, there were no instructions in the room as to working the TV or the air conditioning system or as I mentioned a means to call the front desk. High tech items need instructions, please.
I like the Spanish style rooms at the hotel. My room was a corner room with a partial view of the ocean, very nice. The lobby has ample comfortable and welcoming seating and a fireplace that is always going. The hotel has the best rootfop bar in town with its proximity to the ocean and perfect sunset views. The staff are friendly and accommodating. The location is great, close to beaches and numerous shops and restaurants, and is in a nice, quiet part of town.
Stayed in March 2025
Reviewed: March 17, 2025
Todd
United StatesMake water hotter, but it was acceptable.
Stayed in March 2025
Reviewed: January 26, 2025
Jeff
United StatesRoom 204…nice view, but room extremely small, including bathroom. Heating?????
Location, staff, continental breakfast
Stayed in January 2025
Reviewed: January 20, 2025
Danielle
United StatesRan out of coffee cups, room was small
Very eclectic, fun vibe
Stayed in January 2025
Reviewed: December 2, 2024
West
United StatesRoom was cozy with great pillows sheets and bed
Stayed in December 2024
Reviewed: November 25, 2024
Sherie
New ZealandThere was a lot of road noise.
Good location, we liked that it has parking available and we could leave our bags until check in time. The staff were friendly and the bed was comfortable. We have stayed here before and always enjoy the roof top restraunt.
Stayed in November 2024
Reviewed: November 15, 2024
Laura
United KingdomIndividual style. Close to the beach. Loaned towels umbrellas and chairs for the beach.
Stayed in November 2024
Reviewed: October 30, 2024
William
United KingdomI only stayed one night, so tough to find anything I didn't like.
Great location, overlooking the beach. It's an older style property with character. Super rooftop bar.
Stayed in October 2024
Reviewed: October 28, 2024
Geary
United StatesThe rooms are so small my wife had to go out in the hall to change her mind.
Location, roof to bar , friendly helpful staff.
Stayed in October 2024
Reviewed: September 26, 2024
Jack
United StatesNo cabinet for toiletries in bathroom Bed neutral -not comfy or uncomfy
Location Our room had a great ocean view
Stayed in September 2024
Reviewed: September 18, 2024
David
United Kingdom1st room allocation was too small
Staff were very helpful, great location, very close to the beach. We were upgraded to a themed room “Etnies”. Rooftop bar is a plus for watching the sunset. Free parking as well.
Stayed in September 2024
Reviewed: September 14, 2024
Siobhan
United KingdomI know it's the building but we were under/next to the stairs for the rooftop bar and it sounded like elephants were jumping around with bricks on their feet. We had to change rooms as the window of our first room looked out to reception. No privacy at all - details like this should be transparent as we had to pay for an upgrade to change rooms.
Friendly and helpful staff, good position and great rooftop bar.
Stayed in September 2024
Reviewed: September 14, 2024
Sherie
New ZealandBed wasn't very comfy
Good location Close to the beach Nice facilities Lovely rooftop bar
Stayed in September 2024
Reviewed: September 12, 2024
Arlene
United StatesThe noise coming from the room above and hallway which started very early in the morning.
Loved the Spanish style of the rooms. Staff was very friendly and accommodating. Location was great - steps from the beach.
Stayed in September 2024
Reviewed: September 4, 2024
May
United StatesOur room was very small. In the online website, the pictures shown, the room looked NOT AS SMALL as the room we had. The banisters in the central stairways, could really stand to be cleaned, disinfected....something. Those all felt sticky and looked dirty!
Came for the Sawdust festival. The trolleybus was helpful, so we didn't have to fight traffic. We liked the rooftop lounge. The food was tasty. The decor of the room was very nice, period appropriate. The staff was polite and attentive.
Stayed in September 2024
Reviewed: September 3, 2024
Clayton
United StatesWe had somebody enter our room, they had double booked it apparently. It’s a little rough around the edges overall. Needs updating. It would be nice if they had a hose to get the sand off things. One of the rooms smelled bad of the sewer.
Super close to beach! No need to cross the road just walk out the door and go down the steps to the beach. The rooftop restaurant was handy and pretty tasty.
Stayed in September 2024
Reviewed: September 1, 2024
Vikin
United StatesLoud AC
Location and service and staff
Stayed in August 2024
Reviewed: August 29, 2024
Charles
United StatesIt’s an older property and the rooms are quite small. Like most Euro hotels. Wish nice restaurant was opened more than just weekends.
Location was excellent. Easy walk to beaches, restaurants and shopping. Staff was amazing. Nearby convenient parking included in cost of room. Rooftop bar excellent!
Stayed in August 2024
Reviewed: August 22, 2024
Matthew
United StatesI wanted to really like this place but the rooms were not good at all. I knew this was an older hotel and I knew the square footage of the room going in(and they are very small rooms!), but the rooms were in pretty bad shape and are in need of an overhaul. AC was pretty poor in the rooms for sure. I got the feeling that since we booked with booking.com instead of directly with the hotel that we got cruddy room, nothing to prove that for sure, but booking.com was significantly cheaper than their site. You are not in the room a whole lot outside of sleep so it overall wasn't a big deal, but for the money you would expect a bit better.
Location was awesome. Staff were great. Free parking was appreciated. Building in general had a nice lobby/hangout area. Rooftop bar was excellent for drinks and sunset fun.
Stayed in August 2024
Reviewed: August 20, 2024
James
United StatesThe room size was small looked larger online.
It was so large that we did not find it.
Stayed in July 2024
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