Comfort Inn Monterey Bay

I agree with a few other reviews. I thought it would be a bit nicer but it is older and could use some updating. The carpet in our room had two large ugly stains. The comforter on my bed had a small blood stain. Otherwise pretty clean. The first night was miserable. We had a family of four above us. It literally sounded like they were just roaming back and forth until about midnight. The walls are very thin. The second night I woke up to the sound of our neighbor snoring. Check in was okay. I asked for a receipt and she said I’d get it when I checked out however they charged our credit card immediately. Who checks out at the front desk anymore? Over all okay experience. Would we stay here again. No.

Great experience. Love the staff. They were really nice about us and the dog. Loved the shower and enjoyed the room. We will be back.

Nice clean quiet hotel. Only loud noise was the occasional airplane flying overhead. You are close to the airport here. However you are 15 mins away from everything else. Walking distance to a few restaurants. We walked a mile from the room to the beach. There is a safeway and shopping center a few minutes to your right, fishermans warf, cannery row and del monte shoppinv center a few minutes of a drive to the left. Check in was smooth and staff is friendly. Breakfast was actually better than I expected. Scrambled eggs, sausage patties, cereal, pastries, yogurt, fruit, a few kinds of cereal, two kinds of waffle batter to make in the waffle irons. Nice full body mirror in the room clean comfy bed. The carpet was kinda stained in one spot. But we will definitely be coming here when we visit monterey again.

Convenient, close to Fisherman’s Wharf and the aquarium. The woman who checked us in was very helpful and recommended Fish Hopper restaurant. Best dinner from start to finish. We will definitely be staying at comfort inn again.

This hotel is feat for a weekend stay for a good price. I couldn’t give this hotel 5 stars because a couple of reasons: the bed was not that comfortable, & the walls were thin.
Other than that it was a perfect stay for the weekend, very cute hotel, free breakfast, 2 hot tubs & a sauna, and it’s very clean, the staff were friendly and accommodating! I would very much recommend this to anyone looking for a cheap/​nice hotel.

The room was very comfortable and clean. There are no complaints about it, very standard modest hotel. Relatively cheap too

Room was clean and cozy bed was soft and smelled like freshly washed. Front desk was sweet and friendly. Definitely do this place!

We booked a room with two queen beds for our family of four (Room 136). We planned on staying two nights, but checked out after the first night. The room was much smaller than we thought it would be from the pictures online. The room was cold and drafty by the window and door. The heater and mini fridge were noisy, making it hard to sleep. People checked into the room next to us at midnight and we could clearly hear them talking, not being loud, just talking, very thin walls. The shower had extremely low water pressure and the bathroom stayed very cold even with the heater on all night. The towels were old and raggedy. The room also had a distinct damp odor to it and the carpet was pretty dingy. The outside of the hotel is charming and the location was good, but this is an old building and it shows. We paid $ 99 per night for this room. We moved to the Embassy Suits and got a two room suit for $ 134 with free cooked to order breakfast and the room was literally 3 times bigger for only $ 35 dollars more. This Comfort Inn was an awful deal for us.
UPDATE: After posting this review and completing an online survey from Comfort Inn, we have been contacted by members of Comfort Inn management. I honestly feel the management team at Comfort Inn takes the satisfaction of their customers very seriously. I’m sure this location will continue to improve the quality of the rooms to meet the quality of the management.

My boyfriend and I booked this place super last minute so the price was pretty hefty, and the room was a bit smaller than other hotels. But despite that, we thoroughly enjoyed our stay here. The room was clean and felt super cozy so we couldn’t complain. It was also nice that we got to park right in front of our room. The location isn’t too far from where we wanted to go, about a 10 minute drive to Cannery Row or Carmel. I would definitely come back and stay here again.

Clean rooms, personable and attentive staff, lots of parking, convenient location, good breakfast, fast/​free wifi and the exterior of the hotel is very cute and pretty with all the flowers. Plus I like the solar panels they have to save energy. And they are pet friendly. Rooms might be a little small for some people, but we didn’t care. Would definitely stay in this hotel again.

In looking for one of «my favorite» hotels in the Monterey area where we wanted to stay, were booked or not close enough to the area in which our activities were scheduled. I looked into the Comfort Inn on Fremont Street (never stayed at any Comfort Inns) and thought «it will do».
In staying at the Comfort Inn my attitude of «It will Do» quickly changed! I now have a new «favorite» hotel and it is the «Comfort Inn». The office was more than helpful with information we could have gotten off the internet, but they chose verbal communications with us and were so friendly! Maps that we chose to use instead of GPS so we could all be verbally involved in the car! Building communications and relationships are being vacuumed up by the internet and communicating is becoming a lost art!
The room was nicer than other hotels I once marked as «my favorites»… A delightful breakfast room stocked with fresh fruits, make your own Belgium Waffles and a mini-​buffet of eggs sausage; assortment of cereals, yogurts, granola, toast, english muffins to name a few of the items! All you can eat… and delight Spa & Sauna! I was truly impressed!
It was an experience that will be joyfully repeated over and over again! Thank You!

We stayed at this hotel as it was the recommended one for the wedding we were attending in Salinas. The room was a bit pricey but we found that all the hotels nearby were that weekend due to an event happening at the fairgrounds.
The hotel itself was nice. The staff was nice, check in was really quick, they called to make sure our room was ok and who can say no to a free breakfast? Most places, when they tell you «free breakfast» it’s coffee and a muffin. This had a pretty basic breakfast but definitely more than that. Fruit, yogurt, eggs, sausage, waffles, cereal, and more.
The bed wasn’t the best, but I’m not expecting to sleep on a cloud while at a hotel.
If we needed to go to Monterey again, I’d have no problem staying here.

— Wonderful stay for our large family — 6 rooms (6 adults and 12 children), including a handicap accessible room. They were very accommodating with having all of our rooms next to each other.
— The continental breakfast was delicious and had great variety — 2 flavors of waffles, eggs, sausage, cereal, pasteries, juices, coffee, tea, and hot chocolate. I appreciated the extended hours for breakfast (7am-​10am) for the early risers and the people who sleep in.
— The room was clean and modern.
— The sauna was fun and extra towels provided.
— The staff was friendly and very accommodating.
— The location was close to all the Monterey highlights, a gas station, as well as walking distance to Denny’s and a delicious sushi restaurant.

Made the trip kinda late in the day, called around and $ 150 for a room with a king size bed free wifi and not to far from the ocean and canary row. Free breakfast and parking too. Comfy bed too!

Arrived in Monterey after 10pm on a Thursday with no reservations, nor a clue as to where we could stay on «working stiff» paychecks. BINGO! 56 BUCKS for a clean comfy room, huge amazingly comfy king size bed, free wi-​fi, and free breakfast in the morning!!! AWESOME!!! Made a first date an AMAZING FIRST DATE!!!

We booked this hotel through Travelosity for $ 60/​night & we were immediately charged the funds, $ 133 for 2 nights. I called directly to ask if the property is pet friendly and was advised its $ 25/​day but was told in order to bring her we would have to pay the hotel the entire rate directly then ask for a refund from Travelosity. I’d assumed we’d be able to just pay the additional at checkin. No. So we didn’t bring her and after seeing the property I’m happy we didn’t as there is no where to walk a dog. So the term «pet friendly» does not actually apply.
The motel is fine. Room was clean and semi updated. The included breakfast was surprising, continental but they also had powdered eggs, sausage looking patties and waffles. They did have yogurt & fresh fruit. Based on the above experience I’d have rated it 3 star.
Here is the problem…
On the second morning we woke to no water. According to the manager it had been shut off during the night on the whole property. Once it came back on it was mixed with sewage (see pic). Management said «the city had to flush the lines.» That’s an issue. Especially considering no one called our room to inform us or offer compensation.
Great rate but no clean running water is a problem hence the rating.
I would not stay here again.

My goodness, I wish I could give a better rating! Unfortunately, they failed in the one main thing they’re in business to do: provide a comfy place to sleep.
Staff was friendly, and the room was nice and clean. As a matter of fact, it looked to have been recently renovated, so pretty good there… BUT the bed was hard as a rock!
The first night I did not sleep at all (did one of those weird half-​sleeps all night) and the next morning I felt like I had gotten my ash kicked! Like I was bruised all over! The second night I slept ok, but mainly because I was exhausted by then, still very uncomfortable though.
We never tried the breakfast because, well, when we travel we like to experience local restaurants so we don’t usually bother with the free continental ones at the motel.
It was kind of noisy form the street and airplanes, but with the heater on, it drowned most of the traffic noise out.
I suppose if you’re a fan of very firm beds then this would be just fine.

It’s ok. In the room there was a bed, a fridge, a bathroom, all the things you would expect of a place like this. Sure there are airplanes landing in the nearby airport every 15 minutes, but if you have earplugs its not that bad.
And yes the breakfast is horrifying (fake powdered eggs, no cream cheese but some weird stuff instead etc). Basically the breakfast is awful and most things there are not edible (coffee was decent). But can you or would you expect a gourmet breakfast at a cheap motel? No. So it’s ok.
Bed was comfortable, the room was clean, it was ok.
One thing though, i have a feeling this motel was pretty understaffed the day we got there so we had to wait more than an hour to get in a room that we had reserved months earlier. We got there at 3:30. official checkin time is 3.
Overall, it was ok. I slept well, it was fine. Price was cheap so what more can you expect of a cheap motel than a clean room and a good bed? Not much. So it was ok.
Would i stay here again if i was in the area? Probably. It’s the cheapest option around. Would i go out of my way to stay here? No.

The place gave me the creeps. It was clean enough. It just lacked anything that would make me want to come back or recommend.
Rooms need some serious updating. When the upstairs units shower or flush it sounds like an airplane crashing into the building. Oh wait… maybe that was the sound of the airplanes landing at the local airstrip at 6:50 am after flying directly over my room! The motel is dog friendly but there is absolutely no where to walk your dog to let them potty. I had to walk a block away to the Dialysis Center and find the dirt strip in the parking lot.
Recommendation: Don’t serve breakfast if you are offering what appears to be re-​hydrated scrambled eggs. Nasty! Stick with continental breakfast and save face.

You can call it small, or you can call it an efficient use of space. Any way you slice it, the Comfort Inn is a cozy place to stay in Monterey that will save you some green.
ROOMS:
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As others have pointed out, this is more like your typical motel. Parking spaces are right outside the rooms, and the rooms are tiny. Our room was only wide enough for a nightstand, queen sized bed and an armchair (
).
The other side of the room had a small desk, a small TV, microwave and mini-​fridge (
). More amenities than your typical motel, but crammed into the same amount of space.
But hey, I wouldn’t care if the fridge was duct taped to the ceiling for lack of space, as long as everything is usable and I’m able to get a good night’s sleep. Fortunately, the room and bathroom were clean, the bed was comfy and noise during the night was not an issue.
BREAKFAST:
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Free breakfast is available. Beverages are water, coffee, milk and juice. Fruit, bread, muffins, a couple brands of cereal, scrambled eggs and sausage patties are provided. The food was typical and alright, but the eggs tasted a bit powdery.
But my favorite thing was the self-​serve waffle maker which lets you make up to four mini waffles at a time. Regular and blueberry batters were available. But there must be some trick to making the waffles come out perfect, because if you don’t pour in enough batter, your waffles will look deformed… and if you pour in too much, they’ll get stuck together (
)!
OVERALL:
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We had a pleasant stay here and were glad for the free WiFi. The price for this one night roof over our heads? $ 120 plus tax, which would be a lot for some areas but is cheap for Monterey. Darn you Monterey, who do you think you are?