Beachwalker Inn

Tucked a little farther away then most of the other hotels in cayucas. Still walkable to the beach and restaurants though. Plenty of parking In front and back. Staff was nice the one time we saw her. Breakfast barely exist but that could of been because of the time we came. Late december, maybe 4 other guest here. They do allow pets. 20 bucks a night per pet. The hotel room has a fireplace, small bathroom and shower area, fridge for some leftovers. Not sure if the heater or cooler works in there so we just turned it off. Beds weren’t to bad a better bed than a small town hotel. They need an update on the color, paint and flooring In the rooms. Seemed very aged. Amenities as far as shampoo, lotion etc aren’t really there so bring you own. Got it on booking for 198 for two nights. Not a bad stay If you need a place to crash.

Probably my worst hotel experience this side of hostels in my entire life.
Paid over $ 200 per night for this place and am still angry about it.
Incredibly rude staff, who apparently live above the office. Their is crap all over their balconies, which just adds to the ambiance.
After checking in late one evening, weary from the road, my wife and I start to settle into the room, which wasn’t terrible at first glance.
I went to brush my teeth and to my horror, I found little black hairs all over the sink and counter, presumably from a beard trim. This continued onto the floor in the bathroom.
It was unseasonably warm this night in Cayucos and upon opening the windows, we find that the ceiling fan wasn’t working. I called the front desk and was informed that «Fan is out of order.» The helpful gentleman suggested incredulously that I should «Open the window if it is too hot. Fan is out of order.»
People like this shouldn’t own hotels. Unfortunately, this experience stopped us from even stopping in Cayucos the next time we were through the area.
Never again and I suggest you avoid this place and these people at all costs.

Decided to do a last minuet trip to Morro Bay for my birthday this weekend. Couldn’t find anything in Morro Bay that wasn’t way over priced. So went on
, and it suggested the Beachwalker inn, in Cayucos. We were not sure about it, because of its reasonable price, and being one of the only motel rooms available for this weekend. But decided to give it a shot.
I’m really glad I didn’t read the reviews before booking, I probably wouldn’t have booked it if I had read them, and we would have missed out on a great weekend.
My husband (who is very picky). Would not take our luggage up to the room until he checked it out. Well he was pleasantly surprised, we walked to nice lil cozy living room, and kitchen area, all of which was clean, then went into the bedroom, where he pulled back the sheets to check the bed, also very clean, and bathroom was equally as clean. So he decided we could stay.
We unloaded the car, and went to open my bottle of Tobin James wine, and realized I forgot my bottle opener, to my surprise there were two in the kitchen along with actual wine glasses (no plastic cups here).
Later in the evening I had the window open for the crisp coastal air, and turned on my nice lil fireplace. It was very relaxing.
There was a tv in the bedroom, as well as one in the living room. They were a little on the small side, but had plenty of channels to chose from.
This motel is located walking distance to everything, in town.
The Owner/​Manager, was a very hands on guy, taking care of anything that was needed, even as far as laundering the linens for the rooms himself.
There was a small breakfast offered, which was just enough to get the day started. And the hospitality room was kept nice and clean.
Needless to say we decided to stay another night, so got on
, to book the room for Sunday night. Then went down to front desk to pay for the extra night, and the manager said I could have just come to him directly and he would have given me the same rate. That was good to know.
Will be going back again soon! And taking the grandkids.
And for the people who wrote bad reviews, you might wanna give them another chance. BTW there was no wallpaper in my room. It was nicely painted.
Thank You to the staff at BeachWalker Inn, for making my birthday weekend enjoyable.

The customer service was so bad at this place it was hilarious. We purchased our rooms online where they advertise a «mid week special» for 15% off (still there as I write this). But it wouldn’t let us book the rooms with that rate — must be broken. We bought the rooms at the standard price figuring they’d just give us the 15% off. We get to the hotel and I ask the manager at the front desk about it, and he said he wouldn’t give us the discount. When I told him the website didn’t work his response was — «Well, we have other online orders coming in…» Wow, that’s outstanding! So then the next day I tried talking to a lady at the front desk, and first she said they don’t offer that special, and then when I showed her the website on the phone, she said I need to contact the website — but couldn’t tell me who to contact and that I should call back in several days to talk to the manager (who I believe was the first guy I talked to). Honestly I don’t care about the 15% but they are definitely not believers in trying to help out the customer.
On top of that, the rooms just had blackout blinds with no curtains so you are either sitting in the dark or everyone in the parking lot or street can see you. There was also a bunch of dog hair everywhere.
The attitude of these people seriously ruined my day!

We have never stayed in Cayucos and this seems like an okay place to try for our first time there. Big mistake.
Front desk lady was great, nice, gave us free internet codes, etc… room was upstairs and hard for me to climb up to, but I managed. It was at the end of the hallway, with no view other than a wall and all the dirty linen from the day. We left the hallway window open, to catch a nice breeze, as the ceiling fan was broken and the room was really hot! Here we are two blocks from the ocean and we are very warm in this small room. The room also had a fireplace which would be nice in winter, making the room cozy, but no need for it on a hot summers day.
They had a nice cozy armchair in which to read and some decent lighting, good pillows, and good bed. Bathroom area was fine, even had coffee machine, refrigerator and microwave! Never used it but it’s nice to have just in case.
They did have a small room for continental breakfast, yogurt, bagels, coffee, oatmeal and cereal. Just enough to get us started on our day.
So what’s my problem? Smoking. smokers everywhere. it’s a nonsmoking hotel. You can’t smoke inside the rooms… but they can sit right outside the room, complete with huge ashtray device, and beach chairs and smoke all day, and all night, apparently. Now, remember, we had no fresh or flowing air in the room, due to ceiling fan being broken and no hopes of getting it fixed, yes we did ask two people… so the smoke flows right down the hallway and into our open window, which we tried to keep open to get some fresh beach air, not secondhand smoke! I had to keep closing it and the tried opening it again, nope, more smoke. keeping the window and curtains open all night, with the light from the hallway flowing into the room along with the smoke? Yeah, hardly any sleep.
Not going to be gracing this place again with our $$$.

Let me start out by saying we paid over 200.00 per night for this place. Paying that price, not matter the high season, you should have at least a comfortable bed. I mean sure, we own a tempur pedic bed but for that price, we should have had some kind of foam topper bed.
Second, the window was broken but it’s ok because the packaging tape sealed it back up.
Third, the hotel did have a microwave, fridge, and a heater. The thing is, is that the power strip that they were all plugged into was hanging off of the fridge and all the cords right next to the wall heater (which was on… in summer).
For what we paid, we should have spent 50 bucks more for a WAY BETTER hotel.
The central coast is a great place and we plan to live there one day but, there are way better hotels for the money.

I booked this hotel for a quick beach trip, I ended up reserving the family suite. The description stated the room had a kitchen, queen bed, and sofa sleeper. The hotel was mediocre which I’ve come to accept from cost friendly beach hotels. The problem was the sofa bed was broke so that no one could actually sleep on it which created a major problem considering that there were 4 of us. We also realized there were no sheets for the sofa bed and the extra blanket for the sofa bed was stained and ripped. There was a sign in the kitchen stating that guests were responsible for washing all used dishes. Yeah, I’m sure people are making sure the dishes are properly sanitized at the end of their vacation.

The room was reasonably clean if a bit funky. Funky I can handle. Not so friendly or helpful manager I can handle. Not lovely well maintained surroundings I can handle for one night.
What I can’t and won’t handle is their outrageous smoking policy. No smoking in the rooms but you can smoke anywhere else you like, which essentially makes all the rooms smoking rooms, since the smoke wafts everywhere! Had to close the windows so the room was dark and stuffy. Me and my friend had a very hard time sleeping. Could hardly wait to leave. There is a patio at the front of the hotel. Ideal smoking area and away from all the rooms. Manager wouldn’t hear of it. Do not book this hotel if you are a non-​smoker. You will be sorry.

AVOID at ALL COSTS!!! This place is SO gross. I called the health department on them because of the very poor conditions. Owner could care less if you complain. This place need a deep cleaning, and remolded. YUCK!

Headed to Morro Bay from Sonoma County for Thanksgiving with the bf’s family and the plan was to «camp» in their yard (beach weather), but the winds were so bad that his mom booked us two nights at the Beachwalker Inn. All I had been told was that it had been recently fumigated (what!!!). After 10 hour in the car with 3 dogs it was nice to walk into a room and not a tent! The bed was HUGE. I now want a king for my master bedroom at home. Other than that it was a pretty standard hotel room. Nothing special, but was not gross either. Bonus points for allowing dogs and being walking distance from the beach and downtown. The guy at checkout was also super nice. Would stay again next time we visit.

A small hotel, room is okay, everything is okay for the price. the location is good.

There haven’t been enough recent posts on this place. I was a little worried based on past reviews, but the place was clean and nice and totally fine. Not sure why it was so bad… maybe all the negative reviews are getting this place confused with Dolphin Inn because that place​.no.
Beachwalker was great. They let us book last minute (see note above about Dolphin Inn). Clean, quiet. I’d definitely stay there again.

Should have listened to my fellow Unilocalers! Biggest issue: the water heater near room 202 makes noise, especially on weekend nights/​mornings while we were sleeping. I complained after the second night of being kept up from the noise and the manager said there was nothing he could do and I asked for the owner. Later when I checked back, he said the owner didn’t answer. I requested to be moved to another room they said they were currently full (although they then said they had people still checking in). The place looks ok, but the hotel is outdated. The room was clean in terms of sheets/​towels, but the walls had stains and the sink faucet, microwave and fridge exteriors were not cleaned — I had to do it myself just to get past the disgust. An electrical outlet was not covered and had a hanging extension cord running from it. There was no AC, so we got really stuffy and ended up sweating right after showering. The shower had mold on the curtain. Management is careless and lazy, they have no clue how to run a hotel and make guests feel welcome or provide service. There was no mention of breakfast when checking in, which was just unhealthy cereal and pastries anyway, so we never went. Wish I stayed at Cayucos Beach Inn where the rest of our wedding crew stayed, it would have cost more, but I would not have been as tired and frustrated throughout the trip!

I use Unilocal to find accurate reads for restaurants, should have known better and given this website a once over before I booked this motel for a night.
I don’t enjoy giving poor reviews, but this place needs to get it together. My reservation through Priceline, booked a week in advance, was not uploaded into their database, so the girl that checked me in thought I was Jorge Perez, which must have been the last person she was waiting for before she could leave or something. When I had a room assigned, which she said there were plenty of, it was a room that had a ‘do not disturb’ sign on it. Fortunately, it had been vacated, but had not been cleaned. The girl at the desk assigned me another room, which she personally checked before she gave me a key. I was given the free wifi password but not the hours of the breakfast, which I forgot to ask about.
The room was okay, but a few major setbacks: the air conditioning was not working, which doesn’t sound like a problem, but the room was 75+ degrees and opening the window was not an option; I already could hear the neighbors behind closed doors, I didn’t need any more help with that. I slept on top of the bed, not in the covers, with the life-​saving ceiling fan to cool me down. The fireplace, which I would not dare turn on even if I did know how, did not have any switches or instructions that I could see. I am not one to typically comment on décor, but this place is in critical need of some updating. I will mention they do have flat panel TV’s, and although I never turned it on, it did have an extensive channel list.
The bathroom was clean enough, consistent with this type of lodging, but bring your own toiletries as the ones provided are in packets instead of bottles, and trying to tear open one of these things while you’re showering is like trying to make ice in the Sahara; just don’t even bother. A huge plus for any traveler: an oversize refrigerator and a good microwave. Use these to your advantage because the continental breakfast, while OK, does not offer any kind of fruit/​yogurt option, a huge downfall in my opinion.
This lodge was perhaps once a nice waystation for travellers back 20 plus years ago, but has some catching up to do to stay relevant in a competitive market. The central coast doesn’t have too many offerings, but that there are better ones for similar money will sway my decision next time.

Back in August 2013, we unfortunately booked a room for two nights here on a weekend trip for a «Girls’ Weekend» of fun. The staff was rude upon our arrival and terse when asked questions. Our room was a dingy dark pit of filth, and I do mean filth. The wallpaper was peeling off the walls. The sink had stains on the counter. The furniture was dirty and the couch was saggy. This was a «suite» which barely qualified for that title. The faucet on the kitchen sink did not function correctly. The bathroom had plumbing problems as well. We had to ask for extra towels as there was enough only one traveler.
Now, I realize that everyone has a bad day once in a while, but this woman at the desk seemed to determine to live out her days in abject crabbypants heaven We chose the accommodation because it was «pet friendly» so perhaps if we had been a family of dogs, we would have been met with more courtesy. Who knows?
I had problems connecting to the internet and instead of helping me solve the problem, the staff merely yelled at me through the phone that I «must be doing it wrong.» Hmmmokay. I’ve been using the internet for over 20 years — on three continents — and never really had any concerns. Even in questionable Nigeria. Again, if I’d been able to woof convincingly over the phone, it’s possible I would have been treated with more kindness. Some people just can’t help it.
My friend who was traveling with me was so concerned with bed bugs and other vermin that I nearly gave in to the desire to slap her — or produce an actual veracious critter. It was a nightmare. And yes, I have stayed in places from Kano, Nigeria to inner-​city Chicago and Oxnard. I have NEVER had such a messy, inefficient room along with such rude proprietors. The bed had the foundation of a hammock and smelled like mold.
I hope that my negative experience is the exception rather than rule for these people. The outside paint was great. The inside looked like hangover from bomb shelter days run by someone who had a phobia of cleaning. Thankfully, I travel with my own pillow Jasmin, the dog with us, had a great time!

Just stayed for 2 night in the kitchenette suite, the room was a huge disappointment, deco from the 80“s, mismatched furniture, it appears someone made homemade curtains as they are cheap and thin. Stains on the curtains and sheets the carpet is filthy, my grandbaby’s feet were black just from walking on it. The bathroom had hair on the floor, broken towel bar but the worst was some patch job on the celling above the toilet that had toilet paper hanging from it. The windows were dirty, stains on the doors and walls, gross!!! Will never stay again.

It truly breaks my heart to write such a poor review for a once amazing inn.
I used to stay here my entire childhood growing up, every single summer. I have such fond memories here when I was younger but it’s sad to say it’s no longer in the condition it used to be. I had high hopes to create the memories I had, for my own daughter this summer.
We stayed here this past week for 2 nights in a kitchenette suite, upon checking in we immediately noticed the AAA rating was taken off of the sign, first clue.
When we walked into the room we were disappointed by the dreary wallpaper that hasn’t changed in 20+ years, you’d think they try to do an improvement somewhere along the line? The kitchen was covered in grease stains, garbage stains and there was old food in the sink from the last guest.
The living room was cramped with furniture that didn’t need to be there in the first place, it really resembled a thrift store with mismatched fabrics and tons of holes. The «futon» was so hard to try and pull out!
The main bedroom was equally dirty and disgusting. Stains all over the walls and random hairs on the pillow sheets. The bathroom was the ultimate disappointment … The broken towel bar was thrown on the floor, not even an attempt to try and fix it. I’m guessing there was a fan above the toilet at some point but there was just a hole left and someone thought it would be a genius idea to stuff old yellow toilet paper in there, for what purpose … I have no idea.
The «breakfast» was nothing but 3 bags of oatmeal on the counter, cereal and stale English muffins. Keep in mind, the breakfast room had only been open about 20 minutes, so this selection was all there was, not picked over.
Overall, it saddens me to say this place is no longer the great inn I remember as a child. The new owners have completely let this place go downhill and have no desire to make this a comforting, welcoming place to stay while in Cayucos. I will never stay here again.

We booked one night here for a mid-​week vacation day in Cayucos. We loved the place. It was QUIET — well, maybe because it was mid-​week. There were other guests and we didn’t hear a peep. Breakfast was standard — nothing fancy but we didn’t leave hungry. Beds were comfortable. Bathrooms were CLEAN!
Then we were coming back up the coast and decided to book a second night at this hotel and were just as pleased the second time. Can’t beat the price too!

Very clean, pleasant room, with frig and microwave, flat screen and comfy king bed (and I am picky/​whiny about hotel beds). We got our room for $ 79, so we thought it was a great little spot in this small beach town. Breakfast was very basic (cereal, bagels and English muffins, beverages), and, yes, the room may seem dated to some, but for the location, and the price, we were pleased. Also! Another Unilocaler — «Sylvia?» — rated this motel as a «1» but her physical description of this motel simply does not match this place. I believe she has reviewed a completely different place, and mistakenly attributed it to Beachwalker Inn, which is unfortunate since her 1-​star rating accounts for part of their over-​all rating. Unfair.

This is not a B&B first of all. It is also known as Vagabond. They advertise «Pet Friendly» but it’s a room where they make you stay because you have a pet. It’s dark and dingy. No outside windows and a sliding glass door for an entrance to the room.
When we refused to stay in that room, they would not let us change rooms because we have a pet. We thought we could take it for one night but when I moved the furniture around to watch TV, I discovered dog feces under the furniture. Then my husband told me when he used the bathroom, there was urine on the seat! The smoke detector was broken and hanging from the ceiling. Sliding glass door is the entrance door. When my husband told the proprietor about the feces, he said, «that’s why it’s the dog room.» How about cleaning it? We left and found an equally priced pet friendly hotel «on the beach» with nice people and very clean rooms and surroundings.
My bad for not reading all the reviews on TripAdvisor. Long story short — they would not refund our money nor would
. We are now turning all the pictures over to American Express. I’m thinking maybe the health department should check this place out.