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1.5 of 5
111 Ocean Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
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Ranked #43 of 52 hotels in Santa Cruz
2.5 of 5 stars 29 Reviews
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Livermore, California
1 review
2 helpful votes 2 helpful votes
“Very pleased!”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 5 May 2011
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Been to this place a few times. It is the best 'bang for your buck.' Every time we have went we have stayed on the ocean side balcony rooms. Great view of the boardwalk, especially at night when all the lights are on. For it being located near a somewhat busy road it is very quiet in the rooms, easy to sleep. I am not sure if its new owners but it seems cleaned up from all the negative reviews.

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  • Stayed April 2011, travelled as a couple
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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Hawaii
1 review
1 helpful vote 1 helpful vote
“Do Not Stay Here”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 19 August 2009
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They charged us $147 for the dirtiest hotel room I have ever slept in. The floor hadn't been vacuumed. The bedspread was covered in stains and cigarette burns. Their 'continental breakfast' was a bunch of stale muffins thrown all together into a yellowing tupperware bin. The other occupants were carloads of college kids out partying, or other bewildered people like ourselves who had made the late-night mistake of thinking this would be an okay place to stay. I could go on and on about how awful this room was. The lights didn't work. The bathroom was dirty. It was noisy. The staff were awful, they didn't even look up when we walked in the office to ask a question. Everything is filthy. The curtains were covered in gobs of yellow something that they didn't bother to clean off, I don't even want to wonder what it was. The room was so dirty, I didn't want to take off my shoes.
I would not recommend this place to anyone: I sincerely would rather sleep in my car. I hope they are shut down by the health department.

  • Stayed August 2009, travelled as a couple
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 1 of 5 stars Location
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
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“CRAP”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 1 October 2008
2
people found this review helpful

Ok let me start with the few positive aspects. It was cheap and i could see the boardwalk from the room. The owners were friendly. And that was about it.
So for the bad. The first thing that i noticed was that it smelt horribly in the stair case and the rooms. The towels in my room were stained, luckily i had brought some towels with me otherwise i think that i would have gone out and bought some. Also our sliding glass door would not lock and it was only my friend and i staying there, two young college girls, this did make us feel very comfortable!!! The pillows under he pillow case were filthy and looked as if they were from the trash. The shower was also filthy, we showered with our sandals on!!!!!
I will never stay here again even if it is cheap i would rather pay more money for a clean and safe place!!!!!!!!!!

  • Liked — Nothing
  • Disliked — The Parking- there are pillars between evrey spot and its really hard to park.
  • Stayed September 2008, travelled with friends
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 2 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
    • 2 of 5 stars Business service (e.g., internet access)
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Ashish Patel, Owner at Ocean Gate Inn, responded to this review
28 March 2011
We appreciate your review and are pleased you felt our staff was courteous. We will take under consideration your comments regarding ourtower and smell in the room. We will rectify the errorsWe look forward to seeing you again!
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cali
1 review
“Worst Looking Motel In The Area”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 10 July 2008

I made a reservation over the internet, even though it had poor reviews I loved the idea of a balcony and I am not that pickey, when I arrived in Santa Cruz and found the motel I quickley realized what a mistake I had made, this is the worst looking motel in the area, there were matteress outside, carpets all over the parking lot, it was gross, I didnt stay there, no way was I even going to get out of my car, it is not a block away from the beach, choose another motel this one is not worth it

  • Liked — nothing
  • Disliked — everything
  • Stayed July 2008, travelled with family
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 2 of 5 stars Location
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Austin
2 reviews
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“Run away, run far far away”
1 of 5 stars Reviewed 1 July 2008

This is the worst place I have ever stayed. I get upset just thinking about it.
At first the management was friendly. They sent me to my room which was pretty gross. Just not very clean. Within a half hour of being there the manager and a service man just walked into my room and told me they had to fix something. I asked for them not to but he said it would only take a minute. The service man was there for over an hour and in and out of my room.
I asked for a remote and never got one. I asked for more towels and never got them, I only got 7 channels on the TV.
But the worst part was the next morning. In the morning my friend came up because he was picking me up. It was a little before check-out time and the manager looked through my balcony window and saw my friend there so he came running over and unlocked my door! He started yelling that I had only paid for one person. Then his wife came up and literally, and I am not kidding, started screaming at me because my friend was there. We tried to explain but they wouldn't be quiet and they wouldn't leave my room. We grabbed my stuff and they followed us down to the parking lot yelling at us the whole time.
It was insane
Please don't stay here it is absolutely horrible.

  • Liked — nothing nothing nothing
  • Stayed February 2007, travelled solo
    • 1 of 5 stars Value
    • 2 of 5 stars Location
    • 2 of 5 stars Check-in / front desk
    • 1 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 1 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 1 of 5 stars Service
    • 1 of 5 stars Business service (e.g., internet access)
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Address: 111 Ocean Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
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