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Gorgeous historic hotel at the Balboa Pier,, right on the oceanfront in Balboa, California. The staff is wonderfully... accommodating. So many fun things to do, so many amazing places to eat nearby, can't go wrong staying here! Read more

Room was only ok but I chose an inexpensive no frills room. Service was great. Location should be 6 stars. Pier and bike path... runs right in front of the hotel and plenty of bars and restaurants in walking distance. Loved it. Read more

Great hotel at a great location. Excellent service. I purchased the deluxe room but it did not come with a fireplace or balcony.... So if you really want to upgrade, go bigger. Read more

In all fairness, i stayed in May, and am making this review in August. There was some renovating going on, and that did not... factor into the stars. After doing some exploring, It looks like there are 2 sides to Balboa Inn. The "resort" side, whichappears to be the better side. And the hotel side, which can get sketch. It was difficult to find parking. The options are apublic pay lot, or valet with them. Valet will cost you anywhere from $45 to $95. Red flag there. I have never heard suchvarying prices for valet. I understand they may have to charge more for an oversized vehicle, but they wouldn't give a straightprice until parking your car. I have a big feeling the price was based more on whatever they felt like charging. So the frontdesk had two friendly, very young men working it. We asked for an upgrade even though we did not see our room, as we were toldwe had a full sized bed. The upgrade had no set price, just "hey it will cost you in the realm of $200". They did "upgrade" uswithout charging us. If our room was considered an upgrade and renovated, I can't even fathom what the other room looked like. After reading reviews, it appears our room truly was an upgrade. The view they said we would have in our upgraded room wasrooftops, but hey, they didn't claim what kind of view, they just said we would have a "view". The room did look nice uponfirst impression, then you start to notice things. The bed was NOT comfortable. I highly doubt they had changed the bedsheetsfrom the last occupant. Floors were slightly sticky, electric fireplace was just for show and did not work, and the fridge waswarm. To get to our room, we either went through the one elevator that felt like it would break any minute, or use the verysteep and narrow stairs. The whole place just felt shabby. Despite the shabbiness, the grounds are actually quaint. With somework, you can see potential. I know it's an old building, i believe it was built in 1920. Everythi Read more

The location was great, ocean view from the 3rd floor balcony! We had our dog & the staff was really nice too. It is the beach... after all, but the last night when we got back from dinner there was a BIG roach on the bathroom sink! They came right away &sprayed but we slept with all the lights on! Read more