We had to go to Arroyo Grande, CA unexpectedly this week. We didn't really have time or forethought to do an on-line search for a place to stay. When we got to the area we did a GPS seach and came up with several Hotel/Motels that were within a 5 mile radius of the place we needed to be early the next morning. I started calling them to see if there were vacancies and if they were pet friendly as we always travel with our little dog if we are going to be gone longer than a day. Many of the Hotels/Motels did not allow pets and some were very rude on the phone making it easy not to choose those particular places. (Customer Service?) We called the Best Western Casa Grande Inn and they were friendly and did accept pets. The price was reasonable too at 62.00 per night with a $20.00 pet charge. Keep in mind the price will go up during the tourist season. The property is beautiful with a very nice pool and hot tub, a meandering water feature and beautiful and clean landscaping. Our room was large with 2 queen beds, a decent sized bathroom and dressing area, an ironing board and iron, microwave, refrigerator and coffee pot. The beds were comfortable, clean and the linens were fresh smelling. The only negatives of the room were there was a lack of lighting overhead with several low light lamps through-out the room but not enough in the vanity area to adequately put on make up etc. The only other issue was there was some spots in the carpet but you could see there had been an attempt to clean them. They provide a complimentary breakfast in a small room that had tables and chairs, lots of windows and was really pretty pleasant albeit small. There were 3 types of cold cereal, instant oatmeal, hard boiled eggs, fresh fruit ie: apples,oranges,bananas, make yourself a waffle with premeasured batter for convenience, yogurt, 2% and skim milk, orange juice, hot water, cold water, coffee and or tea, there was also bread for toast and some muffin type breads. My only complaint there was the coffee was strong enough to walk by itself.
We had a very comfortable stay and would stay there again.