Spacious, clean and comfortable room, good coffee machine, nice and helpful staff

Location

The chair is old and unpleasant to see.

Room had been reset but sheets were wrinkly and dirty, bathroom had toilet paper on the floor, dirty carpet, hairs on the walls, a dirty towel. Found a bug crawling on husband’s leg in the bed. moved rooms at 10.30pm - reception wasn’t overly surprised at our request. moved to room in Cavalier next door, much cleaner.

the location

the bathroom was not clean good. there were towels on the floor

special treats in the room. comfortable, very good restaurant, fire pits, beautiful beach and sunset

The location was perfect. Close to the beach and fisherman's wharf.

The hot tub didn't work, and there was no hot water this morning.

Views. Restaurant on site. Exceptional staff! Comfortable room in King row

GREAT location right by the beach, with a big area between the motel and the climb down (or steps) to the beach. In that big field are paths to walk on, a giant sized chessboard, checkerboard, tic-tac-toe, a cornhole game, and three fire pits (the motel supplies the firewood & keeps the fires lit) with chairs provided, plus other chairs & small tables near the large games. All of that was a big surprise!

Well, this Sands by the Sea motel is owned by the motel immediately next door (for about a decade now, they say). The downside of that is that the "Sands" office isn't staffed and its pool is locked up. The upside of that is that you pay a great price for a basic motel room, but next door (a very short walk), you get to enjoy the perks of the fancier motel next door (two swimming pools, the aforementioned games and fire pits). The "free breakfast" isn't as complete as one gets at a Best Western or Quality Inn. You each get a voucher for each morning that you'll be there: good for toast OR English muffin and coffee OR orange juice -- or the voucher can be used as $5 toward the cost of a menu item -- breakfasts from the menu are $12-14, coffee $3, juice $4 -- you see how it can add up. Cinnamon rolls are $5, so you could order that with a glass of water, if you wanted that from the menu at no additional expense.

It was definitely less traveled that places like pismo or Morro bay so it’s almost like you had the whole place to yourself and everyone that we met who was there were really nice and accommodating to our needs definitely a pleasurable experience and the sunset and ocean in the backyard are out of this world!!!!

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Clean and close to the beach

it was a very enjoyable experience. The staff was friendly, they have fire pits to enjoy outside as the sun is setting…very beautiful and relaxing.

The walls are a bit to thin where you could hear others in their rooms.

the location is perfect for road trip. the beach view is awesome.

the ref smells like a dead rat. no indoor pool. breakfast sucks... the carpet floor is damp

I had to order my own breakfast for extra pay.

I liked an ocean view, sport games.