Best Western Beach Dunes Inn

You get what you pay for. We paid $ 50/​night for this great location right by the beach. My kids loved the breakfast room which included eggs & sausage.
The power was out upon our arrival, which wasn’t their fault, so we disregarded the fact that the floor was not vacuumed. However, we stayed three nights and there was NO MAID SERVICE. No vacuuming, no tidying, no fresh towels delivered while we were out. But like I said, you get what you pay for and the location is great.

Very happy with this discount hotel, we used Hotwire to ok this location and I wasn’t disappointed considering what we paid. Breakfast was good and access to the beach a short walk away. What makes this hotel location better is the restaurant just over the road, if that wasn’t there out stay would have been very different.

I have been staying at this place for years and am completely taken back by some of the comments here. The staff has always been completely friendly and understanding as we usually stay in large groups. Most hotels offer coffee and a muffin for breakfast at best, the breakfast served here is great! The rooms are always clean as well as the grounds! I recommend this place to everyone!

Competent, dated, very basic motel at reasonable price for the pricey area. Nothing to write home about except:
1. Friendly front desk help.
2. Great breakfast included in our stay. Plentiful, tasty, varied. Good coffee. Well-​positioned (by the manager as her breakfast person missed the shift).
3. Location, moments away from the beach and a short drive to lots of retail & restaurants.
Would I stay here again? Yes.

To start off, I can’t believe this is a Best Western. Arrived and staff was friendly, did return our money without whining. We got to our room and it was ran down, carpets weren’t cleaned, mirrors were dirty along with found 5 pieces of human hair (not sure which part) in the bed. It looked as if maids just pulled the duvet cover over and left. Lamps were dusty, and corners of walls were dirty. They offered us another room upstairs, but at that time we had seen enough. Packed up and went to a better hotel in that area for the same price. I definitely will not recommend this hotel to anyone and will definitely let people know.

Came to stay the weekend of Sept. 11^th for my birthday weekend trip with my boyfriend. One of the cheaper places in the Monterey area so we took it. The room itself was clean, no dirty floors, fresh linens and beds, and no weird odors. Free breakfast was greatly appreciated — cereals, waffle makers, eggs and sausage, bagels/​muffins/​toast, and several beverages! But sleeping here was not the easiest thing to do.
This place is NOISY. I don’t know if it’s because it’s old or what, but all night long we heard the water piping from rooms around us. Someone showered the first night and we heard knocking from the pipes for a good ten minutes straight! Also heard flushing from a toilet somewhere in the building that wasn’t ours. Even the freeway noise nearby wasn’t bad, but the noise of other patrons was pretty annoying.
Honestly, for $ 190/​night, we should’ve paid an extra $ 20 or so a night to stay at the resort across the street.

Stayed in june 2015. Contaminated my home with bed bugs. Made a claim but since no one else has complained of bed bugs they are ignoring my concern. Saw a couple posts with photos of bed bugs. If you are staying here be aware and make sure to follow all procedures to try and avoid bed bugs. If you have stayed here in the past and encountered bed bugs i encourage you to report it and write a review.

Had a great experience staying here this past week. Room was clean, no bugs to be seen of, and the location was perfect; right by the beach which wasn’t packed at all and just walking distance.
The customer service was good too. If you’re expecting Hilton like accommodations and staying in the room the entire time then this isn’t the place for you. We were out and about throughout the days in Marina, Monterey and Carmel so we really just needed a decent hotel to sleep and get ready at and we were very happy with this place. We would stay here again.

Will never stay at this Best Western again. Carpets were dirty, spiderwebs on the walls, bathroom towels were still damp and stained. I know that other places in and around the area are $ 300 and up, but this dive was not worth $ 10 a night. Horrible experience, lamp switch was missing. Electrical plugs were abandoned, molded showers, we normally do not complain about things, but this one was just plain gross. Make sure to bring extra socks, you won’t want to walk barefoot on this carpet!

It’s severely overpriced for what you get! It’s dirty, no pool only has a spa, the staff is not very friendly, no shower water pressure, we had to push really hard just to get the front door to close all the way. Very subpar hotel!

Stayed here on a trip down the coast because it was in between Fort Bragg & Hearst Castle. There’s a Walmart on the other side of the highway if you need random things and also a Denny’s. It’s right next to the highway, but there’s not a whole lot of noise, honestly.
As far as the front desk goes, they’re pretty nice. They’re helpful if you have questions about the property or the area. We didn’t have any issues with our room, so I can’t say anything about how they would deal with a situation.
The room itself was nice. It seems that the hotel itself has been renovated recently. They were working on the stairs in the front of the hotel, so I probably wouldn’t get a room over there. Our room was clean with no weird smells and a functioning AC. The pillows were fluffy, but flat at the same time. Didn’t really bother me though because I brought my own pillow.
All in all, it’s nothing fancy, but I’ve seen worse. I would definitely stay here again.

Hotel staff is great and very accommodating. The rooms are updated and clean. A lot of the rooms have a musty smell. Also had one person in our crew get bed bugs. Informed manager and she did the guys laundry and closed the room down. If it wasn’t for that I would give it four stars but probably won’t stay here again unless I have to.

Very Motel 6-​like hotel. Located near the highway, but not too noisy. Room was clean and spacious. Ample parking. Fan in the bathroom was loud and annoying. Bed was comfy and sheets were clean.
Breakfast is a bit crazy! The breakfast room temperature is probably 10 degrees warmer than the lobby – a little uncomfortable. Go early, before 7:30 a.m. We slept in and didn’t go to breakfast until 8:30 a.m. And the place was packed. Overcrowded! Some of the hotel guests were not the classiest people. So we hurried through breakfast and hit the road for the day.
We stayed multiple nights. There is no variety in the menu, so breakfast got old after the first day.
Still, not a bad option for the traveler. The price is right and a lot less expensive than staying in Monterey. Plenty of great restaurants, drug store, and Walmart nearby.

3 stars because I got it cheaply. Room actually seems pretty clean but everything’s run down. Perhaps the worst is the chair which has upholstery with the outer layer peeling off. Linens are clean, no bugs, no funny smells. The room will serve my needs as long as the people upstairs stop walking around before it gets too late.
Pleasant staff, plenty of parking, and the wi-​fi works great.

Everything about the room was typical of best western. A notch or two above Motel 6. Many notches below anything luxurious. Location is very good.
Now for the juicy part…
GF and I got back from a day at Pebble beach and opened a box of chocolates we had been saving for after our long day only to notice someone had eaten multiple pieces from our box of chocolates. Weird right!!! Not a big deal though.
Then noticed the $ 2 in change was missing from the nightstand. Maybe they thought that was their tip? Ok. Still not a big deal…
Then I got home and realized I didn’t have my brand new bottle of cologne! The housekeeping must have snatched that as well because I thoroughly checked to see if I left anything in the room. Called the hotel 5 hours ago and was told the manager would call me.
Still waiting… Will post an update if/​when I hear from them.
Update 1: it’s been a week and still haven’t received a call back from the manager. Pretty ridiculous. She told me last week she was doing an investigation and would call me with the results. I will try calling back tomorrow and will post another update.
Update 2: Ok so I heard back. They still didn’t conclude that anything was stolen (obviously that is nearly impossible to prove without hard evidence). I said «So are you going to comp one of the nights of stay to pay me back?» They couldn’t do that because I paid through a third party. «So, what can you do?» They said they can pay me back for the bottle of cologne. It was $ 50 and should be getting a check in the mail within 7 days.
I am not editing my rating. I think 1 star for my experience is still fair. Sometimes one bad seed can effect the whole crop. Thanks for reading.

Perfect place to lay your head and wake up and hike the dunes! Conveniently located wonderful staffy and wonderful cozy spacious and accomodating rooms. Minus one star for parking.

Checking in was nice the staff were pleasant and helpful. The hotel lounge was clean and beautiful. Our room was big and immaculately clean even though they were shorthanded with their staff.
Breakfast was a bit of a challenge only because there were so many people here. But because this is such a great hotel I can see why there was quite a few people in the breakfast room.
Don’t let the crowd scare you away. This is a nice hotel and you will feel well relaxed in your quiet room.

Discusting… bugs that looked like cockroaches on the bed. i have pictures… called the front desk, nothing… there were «private part» looking hairs on the towels in the bathroom and in the bathtub… spiderwebs in the room (which tells me its not thoroughly wiped down) I stay in best westerns about 1x a month, this was MY WORST best western experience… shame on you best western!
the location is wonderful, walking distance to Marina state beach, minutes from monterey, but I will not stay in a best western again.
room 144. do not stay there. no fridge, and the front door does not close unless you stick your finger in and pull out the little latchey thingys…

Booked this hotel on line. What a mistake. One Star is one too many. Take my advice and book a room here. This place is should be leveled. It is on the water, but is about it. Disgusting place.
Because of this, I will never book a room at a Best Western again.
If the room price was $ 25.00 that would be too much. It was $ 200.00!

Not bad for what you pay. I found this place last year when going out of town for a wedding (I realized after purchasing that it wasn’t the Resort that the wedding was being held at, but is actually 7 miles to the north).
The hotel is across from the dunes, which are rather sparsely populated… which is AMAZING! If the point of your trip is to see the beach, then here’s where you need to be.
Last year when making the reservation I had a choice of getting a room with a mini fridge or some other amenity. I chose the mini fridge, but it didn’t work when I got there. I stayed in a room above the reception office, so it was relatively quiet –or I was passed out from too many gin & tonics from the wedding — either way I slept well.
This year when staying I got a room across from the reception. That room was LOUD! Pipes banging and industrial washing machines ran all night long. Breakfast is free, coffee sucks (we’ll bring our own coffee maker next time) and service is friendly… Pretty much what you’d expect from any Best Western.
All in all, it’s a decent rate for a basic trip. The only hotels with comparable rates are in Salinas, which… no. It all depends what you’re looking for. If you’re traveling with kids, drinking heavily or otherwise plan on having frequently-​interrupted sleep… this is the place for you.