292 Reviews
About The Hotel
Fireside Inn Santa Cruz, near the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk and Monterey Bay, provides free in-room WiFi. Enjoy free self-parking, luggage storage, a 24-hour front desk, and complimentary newspapers. Guests appreciate the helpful staff and convenient location. Rooms feature free WiFi, showers with free toiletries, 32-inch flat-screen TVs with satellite channels, refrigerators, microwaves, and heating, ensuring a comfortable stay.
Reviews
All the reviews posted for this hotel are sourced from Google on June 08, 2025.
Kiana Freitas
January 27, 2025
Overall this motel was fine, especially for the price. It was fairly clean (nothing popped out as obviously dirty like I've seen in other rooms in the past, although after crawling around for a while the tops of my baby's feet were pretty dirty). The staff was very friendly. The shower was hot with good water pressure. The mirror in the bathroom had lighting options that made applying makeup easier. The TV had HDMI inputs so we could use our own devices to stream shows. It was a super fast and easy walk to the boardwalk and the beach. Not having to pay for boardwalk parking was a huge plus. The not so great stuff - the property is built on a hill and you have to park at a pretty steep angle. Good to know if your car's brakes aren't in the best condition. If you're on the second floor, you have a set of stairs to get up and then another 4 stairs every 2 rooms so if you're in the middle of the 2nd floor, it makes packing and unpacking your car quite a workout. Had I known that, especially traveling with kids, I would have called ahead to try to get a 1st floor room. Their are two air freshener packets hanging in every room - if you're sensitive to scents like I am, you might want to call ahead to request they don't put any in there, but even once removing them our room smelled like air freshener. Something that might not bother most people but was very bothersome to us - there are no lamps or dimmable lights in the room. Just three extremely bright overhead lights. The rooms could definitely benefit from even just one lamp so you can have a little light without being flooded in light. Overall, I would probably stay here again just because of the location and convenience but I would try to get a ground floor room if I do go back.
Krista York
October 18, 2024
This was the cheapest h/motel my family could find that was walking distance to the beach and it worked out great. The room was clean, freshly painted and new furniture. I'm sure there are fancier hotels in the area but why pay double, triple the rate for a bed to sleep in while you go to the beach. Everything we wanted to do was within walking distance and the room was clean. If you are expecting more than that you have unrealistic expectations! I saw people complaining about the parking but anyone who has spent time in SC would be happy to have any free parking spot! Also the staff of this place was extremely nice and accommodating.
Francisca Mendoza
January 15, 2025
Rooms didn't have A.c or heater. They were tiny rooms. Tvs were tiny. The bathrooms water pressure sucks. The water takes about 30 minutes to get hot. Oh also you can't bring any friends over or they threaten to charge extra.
Christina Shook
November 12, 2024
Disgusting and miserable! No heat in room, the unit even has a sticky note on it, no heat. The door didn't close properly and cold wind blew in all night. One thin pillow and blanket - freezing and had to sleep in my clothes. The toilet leaked water all over the batheroom floor. Staff did not care, rude and didn't do anything.
Amy Horn
November 04, 2024
We stayed for two nights and enjoyed the first night. However, on the second night we lost all power. No accommodation was made. We were told an electrician would be out, one never came and the manager never came and checked on us. Very disappointing because this is a very cute place in a great location.
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