We stayed here recently for a long weekend. Although the location of the hotel on the beach is spectacular and the outside grounds of the hotel are well kept, the interior spaces are shabby and in disrepair. Our room was quite outdated (carpet, paint, wallpaper, furniture - you name it) The toilet paper holder was falling off the wall and one of the bathrooms had floor tiles that were broken and not glued down to the floor. The room overall felt quite dirty. We did not get a chance to use the pool or jacuzzi but they seemed nice and were quite popular with families. The hotel lobby has displays of the planned upgrade, scheduled to occur in early Oct 2011. I believe the hotel will be quite nice after the upgrades and would then be one of the best hotels in the area. Until then, I recommend you go somewhere else.

One other disappointing tidbit is they charge $15/day for self-park. Really?

My husband and I took a last minute trip to the Camarillo/Oxnard area to take care of our teanage daughter who was getting her wisdom teeth pulled while at college. We wanted a place that had more space and was relaxing.

As we own a timeshare, we decided to see what we could get as an exchange. While nothing was available, we did call a few in the area to see if there was space available not through exchange. Mandalay Shores had availability.

The unit we rented was 3 levels, the garage and entry (with 3/4) bath on the first floor, kitchen, living room, bedroom & full bath on the 2nd floor, loft with twin bed and trundle bed with fireplace on the 3rd floor.

The unit was reasonably priced, was 1 block from the beach and had all the amenities we needed for a nice 3 day weekend. It also had enough space for us to host college kids during the day.

As it was a timeshare, we understood no maid service, needing to take out the trash, etc. However, was a little surprised the last day when reading the check out instructions that there would be a $25 charge if the dishes were not all washed and put away prior to check out. This is the first timeshare I've stayed at where this has been a requirement. (And considering there was no dish soap for handwashing items, it was a little strange).

Older property with out-dated furnishings that could use some replacing.
Master bedroom has small TV set on top of a dresser in the closet. TV set in loft is a 12".
Kitchen could use some brighter lighting.
Only a double sized cheap bed in the master bedroom. No end-tables on either side of the couch.

The pluses? 1/2 block to the beach, a garage for parking, a washer and dryer in the unit, downstairs batroom near the entry to wash off sand.

Not sure if I would return but seriously, they need to up-date and up-grade the furnishings and paint.

This place is very nicely located within 500feet of the ocean. Although the location is amazing the rooms are par.