We stayed here for one night only in September 2011. The room was clean and very basic. It was perfectly acceptable for the money. The bathroom was a little worse, the cupboard has been water damaged, but the shower was good. My biggest disappointment, after reading other reviews, was that the fire pit was not lit. I was looking forward to it! Shame. Cambria is a lovely little town and I would wholly recommend it for a stop on highway 1.

The hotel is decent for the money and they've done a nice job rehabbing the 1950s style motor inn. The people at the front desk were so friendly and the location is great.
There are a few things that I wish I would have known:
1. There wasn't a bolt on the exterior door to the room, not even a chain lock. Just a keyed lock. Maybe Cambria is very safe, but that concerned me.
2. The heater must be the original wall heater. Although it works sufficiently, it's loud when it turns off and on all night.
3. There are no street lights on and no sidewalks for 80% of the way into town. We walked back from dinner to the motel and it was pitch dark. Once again, maybe Cambria is safe and crime isn't an issue.
4. The bed squeaks. Not good if you or your partner move around a lot at night.

I am soooo glad we found the CPM as we now call it! great service and great rooms. we will be back for sure!

Stayed here one night recently in a 'patio' room after reading the good reviews or TripAdvisor and yelp. What a let down.... we were SO glad it was only one night.

The positives are... they completely re-did the exterior and landscaping of the place and it looks great.
I can appreciate taking an old run down motor lodge and giving it a cool, hip update. The trouble is it stopped with the exterior, landscaping and cool new logo.
The interior of our room was bad.............. really bad.
The bathroom was probably the grossest, most rundown bathroom I have ever seen any place. Yuck.
The towels were paper thin and super cheap.

The wood floor was cool and the bed seemed newer, but the pillows were completely gross. I looked inside the pillow cover and two of them were completely stained and completely disgusting!! Then I noticed one of the pillowcases had "Lompoc Valley Medical Center" printed on it? WTF?!
Was this someones personal used, stained pillow that they left in the room or was it one from the motel? And if so, why was is so dirty and why the Lompoc Valley Medical Center pillow case?
The whole thing just creeped me out.

I always read people say "the walls are paper thin"...I always think they are just exaggerating......... well, now I'm one of those people. .. THE WALLS ARE PAPER THIN and you will hear every word and sound from the rooms next to you. Especially in the patio rooms!! Holy hell it was horrible. BRING YOUR EARPLUGS!

For us, even the $89 price was not worth it. I would way rather pay $100 more and stay somewhere nicer.

The girl working the front desk was not friendly at all when we checked in. Didn't really even say one word to us.

When we left the next morning, all we could hear was the sounds of kids playing and screaming outside... turns out it was the kids of the housekeepers that were cleaning rooms while their kids played in the parking lot and in and out of the rooms they were cleaning.

This was just a horrible stay. I would not recommend this place unless you are on a tight tight budget and cant afford more.