Beachcomber Inn

Great value. Clean. Heater wasn't coming on and attendant promptly brought a floor heater. The heater began to warm the room after a half hour and he said they will fix it. Very very helpful. Gave us a huge room with 3 beds whe we had only requested two beds at no extra cost!

This is an iconic little 'last of the little inns'!||It is run family style, and is an older building, so a bit 'tired'..but it's well worth the price you pay. it's the least expensive lodging in Pacific Grove. ||It is a one minute walk to the dunes of Asilomar Beach.. you hear the waves crashing at night. The rooms are simple and clean, there's a mini frig & t.v. Some rooms have a problem with hot water, so be sure to ask when booking/checking in. The staff is very friendly and helpful, but have their hands full with all that needs attending to in an older establishment...probably one of the last budget hotels on the edge of the sea!||||I suggest making sure the hot water IS working in the room you get. ||||They serve a lovely continental breakfast buffet...||including waffles, whipped

We have stayed at the Beachcomber many times over the past 20 years but not recently. Unfortunately it appears to be under new ownership. It was always a very old motel but was clean and had great breakfast offerings. It now is very poorly run with no regard to customer experience. We visited on the shoulder season but the office is locked most of the time and you have to track down a maintenance man to check in. There was a mixup on our room request that became critical as they expected three guests and only had three clean room and 23 not made up. They always asked in the morning if we wanted our room cleaned (something I had never heard before). It was cleaned but not until after 4 pm. When made up the room was clean but had ants and spiders in the bathroom. The breakfast is now

If you are watching your pennies and you want a fabulous location, you can't beat this motel. There were five of us in two rooms and it was perfectly adequate. We had a couple of small problems that were quickly remedied. The staff was eager to please. The free breakfast had those great waffles one gets in a good motel. The restaurant on the property was good. The 5 minute walk to the beach was beautiful. Asilomar beach is very beautiful and the rocks bordering it are great for tide pools. Check when low tide is. Bring binoculars to look for sea otters in some of the kelp beds. It is fun to climb rocks and get great views of the crashing waves beneath you. It can get chilly at night so put warm clothes in your suitcase.

Previous reviews refer to the excellent location for this moderate motel. Rooms are very clean and comfortable but very sparse in decor. It takes one back to the motor lodges of the 1960's. Some upper floor rooms have partial ocean views -- delightful! Room #5 is cozy with a refrigerator and free wifi. The TV is quite dated -- waiting to die before it will be replaced by a flat screen, I think....||In keeping with water preservation so necessary on the Monterey Peninsula, toilets and faucets are very low-flow -- I always wonder how water is preserved when you have to run it longer to achieve your cleaning needs(?)||The queen-bedded room had an excellent bed!||Service was a bit slow at check-in and non-existent at check-out, in spite of ringing the little bell on the desk and shouting