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Motel Santa Cruz

2.0 star property
Motel near Monterey Bay in Santa Cruz

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Exterior
Reception
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Reviews

4.6 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Laundry
  • Pet-friendly
  • Air conditioning
  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi
  • Restaurant

Explore the area

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370 Ocean St, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060
  • Ocean Street
    1 min walk
  • Pacific Avenue
    12 min walk
  • Main Beach
    14 min walk
  • San Jose, CA (SJC-Norman Y. Mineta San Jose Intl.)
    42 min drive

Room options

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Room, 2 Double Beds, Non Smoking

Room, 2 Double Beds, Non Smoking

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

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Room, 1 King Bed, Smoking

Room, 1 King Bed, Smoking

  • 20 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Room, 2 Queen Beds, Non Smoking

Room, 2 Queen Beds, Non Smoking

  • 27 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Room, 1 King Bed, Non Smoking

Room, 1 King Bed, Non Smoking

  • 20 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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About the area

Santa Cruz

Heart of Santa Cruz.Within a 15-minute walk of this Westside Santa Cruz motel, you'll find Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk and Ocean Street. Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History and Pacific Avenue are also within half a mile (1 km).
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What's nearby

  • Ocean Street - 1 min walk - 0.0 km
  • Pacific Avenue - 12 min walk - 1.0 km
  • Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk - 15 min walk - 1.3 km
  • Santa Cruz Wharf - 19 min walk - 1.7 km
  • Mystery Spot - 8 min drive - 6.0 km

Getting around

  • Watsonville, CA (WVI-Watsonville Municipal) - 18 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Pizza My Heart - ‬11 min walk
  • ‪Jack in the Box - ‬8 min walk
  • ‪Woodstock's Pizza Santa Cruz - ‬10 min walk
  • ‪Los Viejones - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Sesame Korean Grill - ‬11 min walk

About this property

Motel Santa Cruz

Motel near Monterey Bay in Santa Cruz
There's a restaurant on site. WiFi is free in public spaces. A vending machine, multilingual staff, and laundry facilities are also featured at Motel Santa Cruz. Free self parking is available.

Smoking is allowed in designated areas at this Santa Cruz motel.

  • 1 building
  • 62 guestrooms or units
  • 3 levels
  • Dry cleaning
  • Self-service laundry
  • Front desk (limited hours)
  • Staff is multilingual
  • Front-desk safe
  • Smoking in designated areas
  • Dining venue
Motel Santa Cruz offers 62 accommodations with air conditioning. Flat-screen televisions come with cable channels.

Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access.

Languages

English, Hindi, Spanish

Property amenities

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • 1 restaurant

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • This property does not have elevators
  • Grab bar near toilet
  • In-room accessibility
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel

Room amenities

Entertainment

  • Cable channels
  • Flat-screen TV

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning
  • Bed sheets

Bathroom

  • Private bathroom
  • Shower/tub combination
  • Towels

More

  • Phone

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: midnight
Early check-in subject to availability
Early check-in is available for a fee
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM
Contactless check-out available
Late check-out subject to availability
A late check-out fee will be charged

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 9:00 AM - midnight
Front desk staffed during limited hours
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

  • Pets: USD 28.00 per pet, per night
  • Only dogs and cats are allowed
  • Service animals are exempt from fees

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Cribs (infant beds) are not available.

Property payment types

Important information

Fees

Guests will be asked to pay the following charges at the property:

  • Deposit: USD 200.00 per accommodation, per stay
  • Breakage deposit: USD 200.00 per stay

We've listed all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Pet fee: USD 28.00 per pet, per night
  • Service animals are exempt from fees
  • Early check-in is available for a fee (subject to availability)
  • Late check-out is available for a fee (subject to availability)

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit 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
Cashless transactions are available
Charges for extra guests may apply and vary according to property policy.
A cash deposit, credit card, or debit card for incidental charges and government-issued photo identification may be required upon check-in.
Special requests are subject to availability at the time of check-in. Special requests can't be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
    This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession. This property accepts Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover. Cash is not accepted. For guests' safety, the property includes a smoke detector in each accommodation. Cashless payment methods are available for all transactions.

Property is also known as

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Motel Santa Cruz Reviews

Reviews

4.6
Rating 10 - Excellent. 97 out of 1042 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 112 out of 1042 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 175 out of 1042 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 225 out of 1042 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 433 out of 1042 reviews" "

4.8/10

Cleanliness

5.6/10

Staff & service

4.6/10

Amenities

4.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

5.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Anayda

Travelled with family, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Walking distance from the boardwalk
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Abiskar

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

Daisy

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
smelt bad
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

4/10 Poor

Tim

Travelled with group
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Don’t do it! It’s a dump.
Old old structure. Questionable condition. Rotten and rusted banisters and balcony. Room was tiny. Tiny! Barely enough room. To walk around the beds. Absolutely no sound deadening from room to room. Totally sketchy people and activities in the parking lot. I’d not recommend this place to anyone.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

4/10 Poor

Laleina Jae

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great and friendly place to stay at. Close to numerous amenities and lots of parking.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

4/10 Poor

Mark

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Room very small. Not much room to walk in front of the bed. Strong smell of marijuana.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Buyer beware.
The room was basic. TV didn’t work, but I didn’t report it. Blankets were thin. Motel is in a sketchy part of town, lots of street people. My family was concerned for my safety. Two towels only, no wash cloths. For the price, not adequate. Almost $600 for three nights. Won’t go there again.
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

NELSON

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

Beatrice

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Would not recommend
Smelled like smoke, felt dirty, lightening was too bright. Asked where our dog could relief himself, was told to walk to the beach. The beach is not close, not very helpful front desk person.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

Tayler

Travelled with pets, Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
It was a decent spot. Friendly staff. My only complaint is that it smelled like smoke throughout the property.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Joshua

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The customer service is outstanding no issues very smooth or easy
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Hector

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

2/10 Terrible

Alicia

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Overall was dirty
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Charles

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Sophia and her son were excellent hosts always pleasant, considerate and helpful. Price is Right and the location is excellent I will be staying here again. Thank you so much for your hospitality I truly appreciate it.
Stayed 11 nights in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

2/10 Terrible

Robert

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This was by far THE worst place I have ever stayed. Then they asked for a security deposit, I cleaned the room but I feel that the clerk was trying to find a reason to keep the deposit. I took several pictures for protection, lousy place.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Roger

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

2/10 Terrible

Jennifer

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Unsanitary place with brown stained bedsheets, walls, bath tub, and towels. Smelled very bad like urine and cigarettes when we walked in. Smoking outside smell went inside non-smoking room. Bathroom was worst of all— very dirty. Was only provided with 2 small stained towels.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

debbie

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Room stay
The front desk was great but the room is old run down and the floor felt likenit had sand on it.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Erika

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Perfect stay passing through Santa Cruz.
Place was close to boardwalk, service was very nice. They accommodated the extra pillows needed for our family and they were super nice during check in. The only downside to this place was some of he other guests in the motel. Loud music and a lot of unique guests made it a little uncomfortable for our children. On a plus it is totally a great place to stay overnight on our trip through Santa Cruz. If you’re passing through. The rates are good, clean rooms, nice family management and close to walk everywhere. The front desk gave us a great room and there was enough space for our family. The couch pulls out into a bed so that was an extra nice perk. Also windows open we asked for a 3 rd floor room and we got one of the best rooms on the end. It was nice to see that a family can run a motel and take pride in their service and cleanliness of the rooms. We would stay again if we were passing through. Again it’s a motel not a hotel so it was what I expected and in many ways exceed our expectations. Only other suggestion to add would be if they had coffee makers for guests in the room.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

Adriana

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Beds noisy
The room seemed new and upgraded. The two queen beds sat on metal bed box frames so any adjusting on the bed came with lots of metal clanking. Which was pretty disruptive to sleep.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

4/10 Poor

Martin

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

4/10 Poor

Yesenia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

2/10 Terrible

Tressa

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stay anywhere but this place!
My family & were guests for a weekend. From midnight to 4 AM there was a very loud disturbance from the guests in the rooms on each side of us. It first started with them blasting music at midnight, then escalated into a gigantic fight between the two parties because I guess they were a family. They were screaming and fighting and then it got physical as my boyfriend and my daughter woke up to the sounds of a woman being beat in the room next to us . There was also a physical fight outside the door because they were drunk and running back and forth across the balcony and slamming doors. Someone finally called the police and they came around 3AM and they had to come and de-escalate the situation, but that only partially helped because they were still being extremely loud and even the threat of arresting someone did not help. my family came to Santa Cruz for a mini vacation but this has ruined our trip, we woke up very restless and exhausted from the chaos that occurred the night before . I would also like to add that whoever was working that Night downstairs did nothing to help de-escalate the situation or even come up. I don’t recommend stay at this hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024