Quality Inn San Simeon, San Simeon

The hotel seems like it is in need of someone to come in & tell the staff to clean up. There is empty boxes & junk piled up in every corner, hallway & around the pool area. The hotel does have the ocean nearby (very nice) and we did have cable tv that worked good on about 10 channels, the rest were fuzzy. The continental breakfast was terrible. One morning (Christmas morning) we slept in till about 8:30, there was no fruit, waffles, jam, we had toast & then drove around looking for breakfast, because the Manta Ray restaurant was closed for the winter season. The next morning we went down at 7:15 to find that there was nothing out yet, we went out for breakfast again... The only good thing there was coffee. Bear in mind that there was only about 6 families staying that day. We picked this hotel because it had a pool for the kids, when we went to us it it was COLD, the lady at the counter said it just broke yesterday (but judging by the water quality of the pool & hot tub, it has been broke for weeks or months. The heater in our room, when turned on, was so loud & rattled so bad we left it off. The internet was terrible, very slow, full of advertisements & dropped frequently, unusable. The room was clean & the staff were polite. Sorry, but we will not stay again or recommend to anyone. Merry Christmas!

I booked 3 rooms for my family here. The place was newly remodeled from head to toe. The pool was closed when we arrived and the kids were dissappointed so I asked the manager when it would open. They opened it for us. Manta Rey Resturant next door is great too. Continental Bkfst with waffles were good too. We would stay there again. The rest of the motels in the area are still not remodeled. This place looked the best of all of them. Great price too.

We stayed in San Simeon,Ca for 6 days at this hotel. We visit San Simeon every year because we love the feel of a more secluded beach area and we are able to easily go to Paso Robles for wine tasting or to Morro Bay, Monterey/Carmel,etc. I had avoided this hotel due to a bad experience when it was El Rey..... things change! Since then,this place has been updated and newly renovated,it still has the calming garden areas as well as the firepit in the patio where the extended breakfast is served. We enjoyed our stay and about the only complaint I would have is that the Manta Rey restaurant is overly priced and not really that good mealwise! You can find better restaurants,better value in nearby Cambria or Morro Bay *or even across street at The Cavalier!

They failed to indicate that the hotel was undergoing renovation when I made the reservations. The entire wing were we stayed had sheet rock on the walls! The walls were so thin that I could hear the t.v. from the next room. The room it self was sub par and the furniture very outdated. I could not tell if this was the "new" or old furniture! There was coffee making items but no coffee pot. There was something dripped down the wall which had a dead bug on it, and the screen door to the patio would not open. I called the front desk and the person was very defensive stating that the renovation would be completed in three months....great. The continental breakfast was more like a rationing line. The woman behind the counter asked what you wanted, you were not able to get the items yourself; which was not a lot to choose from. It was also held outside by the pool area. That oh yes, was being remodeled. It was also very cold outside and not enough seating. There were no items in the vending machines, but they were turned on. Would not have stayed at hotel, except for the fact that we were waiting for our car to be repaired. Next time I will just sleep in the car and use the gas station!

The hotel seemed so old and outdated.The good thing about the hotel was the ocean nearby and having cable tv.The continental breakfast was awful.The only good thing there was coffee. We had breakfast outside by the pool and it was cold. Yeah there was a fire pit but 1 family occupied the entire fire pit area. The heater in our room, when turned on,  was so loud it could wake up the dead. The surrounding restaurants were expensive. The only positive thing about the hotel was the staff. They were super nice.

The room was clean and spacious, beautiful location and close to Hearst Castle. The only problem that we encountered was at time of check-in the older asian lady at the counter said she was not able to run my card to pay for the room. Thinking that something sounded wrong, I called my bank to find out that she charged my card 3 times for double what I should have paid!! The manager assured me that they called my bank and would take care of it immedaitely, however his excuse was the asian lady is old and we don't want to fire her because she has been here a long time!!!

The hotel is is poor condition. Some of the worst beds I've ever slept on, bouncy and hard. Lights burned out, shelves broken, coffeemaker broken, toilet running constantly, worn furniture, bad TV reception. Continental breakfast was minimal. The staff was reasonably courteous, they just don't have much to work with. Stay elsewhere.

Man, I don't know what people expect from a bargain hotel on this site. This hotel was fine. We got a two room family suite for about $110 (can't beat that), an adequate continental breakfast, quiet and comfortable sleep in the perfect location to watch seals, otters and visit San Simeon. We thought staff were nice, friendly, and helpful. But again, we aren't high maintenance complainers. Would stay here again and recommend it to a friend.

For the price that I paid for my stay in this hotel, I think this hotel's management should put more effort to do better. It is not really a bad hotel but I was just disappointed by the fact that they named the place a 'garden inn' when their garden is not at all nice. And they serve the same boring breakfast every morning. On the other hand, the room that I stayed in was clean and the staff was ok. But over all, I think the facility is lacking in charm.

As an Angeleno who likes rugged coastline, road trips and the kind of fresh air you can't get in the city, I've grown to appreciate the quiet, relaxing beauty of California's glorious Central Coast. San Simeon, which lies just outside of artsy hamlet, Cambria, is my favorite of the low-key towns in the area and the El Rey Garden Inn is my favorite of the low-key motels on the stretch of Highway 1 just south of Hearst Castle. The El Rey features clean, comfortable rooms with private balconies, cable TV, coffee service and recently-renovated baths. The motel's nicest rooms are grouped around a lovely little garden shielded from the highway. On my last trip, I stayed in an extra-large king room with a mini-fridge/wet bar and an extra-large bath (tub big enough for two); on the lower end are clean doubles, and at the highest end, suites that sleep four or more. The motel features its own surf-and-turf restaurant and a complimentary Continental breakfast every morning served by the pool and spa. It's not high glam, but it's cozy and comfortable, whether in the high season (Memorial Day to Labor Day) or the off-season.