Dana Point Harbor Inn

It’s not bad. It’s a motel. Plenty of room. I was really okay with everything. A plus is the continental breakfast, fruits, highness,

So so. Like most of the reviewers said, the place really needs to be rennovated. It definitely has that old time smell to it. Beds are fairly comfortable, pillows are flat, iron is cheap, and showers switch back and forth from hot to cold.
I really like how close it is to the marina, beach, and bars. I would come here again if I had to.

I booked this hotel last minute when I arrived at my timeshare a day early on Expedia went there about 20 minutes after I booked it front desk was very friendly and I was in my room in about 10 minutes. You feel safe there you can tell it’s a little older building but has been redone right inside the harbor the rooms are nice I don’t know that I’d want to stay a whole week there but for short notice it was perfect if you’re going to spend most of your time outside anyways and I only sleep in your room I would recommend staying there the bed was comfortable had a small college size fridge that can fit just about anything you need and microwave I really don’t think there is any negative points about this hotel except for I didn’t see much amenities for kids a small pool like apartment size. And they had a free continental breakfast in the morning that had tons of choices cereal bagels muffins orange juice milk coffee tons of stuff in a very nice quaint room.

just awful place but I will try to be objective as we stayed Christmas night
Pro:
Very convenient to shops and marina. that’s about it.
Cons:
1. Dated smelling room
2. Called front desk 7 times around 3pm with NO answer. called at 330pm. same thing
3. Front desk had 0 personality– I walked up and basically had to make the greeting to a near lifeless person. Hmmm hello. first impression not good
4. Cold water from sink smelled of sewer– when reported (finally someone answered front desk) said water is available for purchase on first level. Hello this is water from YOUR pipes!
5. No shade only black out shade so it was either dark or you were a showcase to your neighbors
6. Dirty carpets in dire need of updating
I could go on but find another place as you will regret spending the money here.

Horrible. I made a reservation (by phone) on feb 5^th for the weekend of the 21^st, and gave my CC, recieved a confirmation email. I was told my debit card would be charged for the first night the day before we checked in.
When I didn’t see a charge, I called to see if everything was ok. I kept getting an error message saying the «telephone company is having technical issues please try to call again later».
I kept attempting to call until we started the drive up there. Upon our arrival, we saw the hotel was closed, apparently due to fire damage.
This is completely unacceptable. I understand things happen, but they should have at least called or emailed all existing reservations notifying us of cancellation. Luckily we were prepared with a backup, so we stayed at the Dana Point Marina Inn, which I really recommend very much if you’re looking for budget stays in Dana Point.

Recently red-​tagged for sewage problems. As of 2÷12÷14, red-​tagged again due to fire damage. Not a good choice for lodging.

Awful! We were here for convenience reasons, if I was here on vacation I would want my money back. Very seedy!!!

This hotel ripped me off. I was charged for an extra reservation that I did not make. When I contacted the manager I was told that I should have cancelled my extra reservation in advance to avoid being charged. I said how can I cancel a reservation that I did not know about??? They refused to help me so I had to dispute it with my credit card.
Besides being ripped off… The hotel stairwell caught fire during our stay. Thank goodness the fire scared the bugs away. The police showed up numerous times and an ambulance took away someone who had an apparent drug overdose. Drug addicts in the Parking lot asking for cigarettes and money. We did not feel safe. #dump #stolemymoney

This place is only good for the location. We had a party to go to at the Marriott up the hill and needed a place to crash. We were in room 210 and the bathroom light had ALL SORTS of dead bugs in it. The TV was 20 years old and it just felt dirty. There were a lot of people hanging out on their balconies drinking and skateboarding and just had a weird feeling. For the price and the area, well, I think next time it would be worth spending more and staying elsewhere!

Just Horrible!
Where to start? The shower runs hot and cold and scalded my daughters scalp. She screamed in pain and her head was bright red. I turned on the water for her and she is 12 not an infant. If she had been a younger child it might have been worse. When I complained they said that ‘THEY KNEW”!! The Arab young man at the front desk could give 2 sh*ts! He acted like it wasn’t a big deal. I told him it will become a big deal when someone sues them. His answer was «well they know and maybe they will fix it someday».
I was on the first floor, the bed in the room above me had a horrible squeak! Maybe it was the flooring? None the less as soon as they moved a muscle all I heard was squeaking. I lived through it not that big of a deal.
All of the plugs are so worn out that when you plug something in… it just falls back out. Really? Spend a few bucks on some new plugs already.
The place is overall a dump and I would not stay here again

Terrible

«This place is a shit hole dirty broken down and rude surly help»

I booked this place through Hotwire, so when it was revealed to me, I decided to do some research. I read a lot of bad reviews, so I was expecting the worst.
It really wasn’t that bad. It is a place to rest your head after days of activities and nothing else. If you want a resort where you can hang out and relax, don’t come here.
I didn’t find any bed bugs or cockroaches and the room was fairly clean.
My only complaint was that the toilet wasn’t working when we first arrived. My husband looked at the water tank and fixed it easily.
The location is great and the staff were very friendly.

This was the worst service experience I have ever had in my life.
First off, for anyone who is saying the price is reasonable or you get what you pay for: I stayed at hotels in Anaheim for half the price that were still better, and I hated those places (see my reviews for one of them).
I got there after driving all night and being awake all morning for a job interview, so I was exhausted. The check-​in room was pretty decent, with its hardwood floors and water with lemon slices in it. «Okay,» I thought. «Not so bad.»
The staff then gave me a room key on the second floor. I trudged up there with some of my things to walk in the door and be greeted by a guy with his shirt off, sitting at a laptop with a printer nearby. «Oh, sorry,» I said. «No problem,» the guy said.
I then walked back to the front office to tell them my experience. I was still smiling — no big deal. They murmured to each other how the cleaning staff should have already dealt with that guy, and then switched to speaking in Spanish. Then, they gave me a room key for another room.
I got to that room and sat down on the bed. I was feeling scummy, though, so I decided I would drag myself to the bathroom to take a shower. I got to the shower and turned on the hot water. I tried turning the hot water knob to the max — it exploded off, and a massive amount of water sprayed everywhere, soaking me and the bathroom. I then called to tell them the situation. «Someone should be there shortly to fix it, but please come to the front office to switch rooms.»
I did so. They then gave me the same room key for the guy with his shirt off, the aforementioned room (this was a different, new clerk). Maybe the room has been cleaned up, I thought, so I went to the room. Of course it was still trashed. I walked back to the front desk to explain as such, and then they gave me yet another room key.
I went to the new room, the third room, and it was trashed and beer was sitting in the room. By this time, I was so exhausted I was dead on my feet. I was so sick of dealing with these people that I went back to the front office and asked for a refund. This is the first time I have ever asked for a refund for a service (lodging) in my life, and I’m 32 years old as of this review. «Oh, I’m sorry. The manager isn’t in today, so I can’t give you a refund. I can give you another room, though.»
«Fine. Just give me another room.»
I got to my new, fourth room, and upon opening the door, was hit by such a strong fungal smell that I had a hard time breathing. At this point, I was a broken man. I just wanted to try to get some sleep before I had some more work-​related things to do. I had planned on sleeping the afternoon, but now I had an hour left.
Some of the lights didn’t work, and the whole room had a sense of decay about it. Also, the walls were so thin that I could hear people in the rooms on either side of me having conversations. I went to sleep.
The next morning, I took a shower and was greeted by spiders crawling down the walls. I really wasn’t surprised anymore. As others have mentioned, the entire time I showered, the water would randomly switch from freezing cold to burning hot. There were also a surprising amount of ghetto people on the premises, including the obligatory guy with no shirt on, smoking on the balcony.
Oh, and by the way, I left that room’s door open that had the broken bathtub. You could hear the water gushing out just walking by it. They had said someone would be by shortly to fix it, but I passed by a few times, and for an hour at least, the water was still gushing. Finally, I saw the handyman, who looked like a gang member, giving me the stink eye whilst walking towards that broken bathtub.
Normally, if I have a bad experience at a place, I would just relay my experience. If people want to find out on their own if a place is good or not, I say more power to them. This will be the first and perhaps only time where I will say no, don’t stay here. Do not stay here. This place is a house of horrors, and at 80 dollars, is still a massive ripoff. As I mentioned, I got a crappy place in Anaheim for 40 dollars a night that, you know, had working showers with no spiders. If the appeal is that this hotel is close to the beach, you’d be better off getting a cheaper place elsewhere that doesn’t suck and just renting a cheap car to drive to the beach.
The whole experience was unreal, and it blows my mind that this place is still in business.

You get what you pay for…
Not the worst hotel I’ve stayed in, but far from great. The bed was very cheap, the bathroom light was noisy and the shower goes between hot and cold — makes you do a little dance in the shower! We’re glad to only have to stay here for one night.

the stay was great but…
the staff stole my wife’s jacket that we accidentally left in the room. We called the same day immediately to put it aside and all they can tell us is that they never found a jacket. Bullcrap. Don’t stay here. Dishonest staff. All I want is my jacket back or my money back.

I’ve stayed here twice, this week and this time last year.
It’s really not that bad for what you’re paying! I’m not a hotel snob. If you’re gonna complain, go to the Double Tree, Ritz, Montage, St. Regis. they’re all within a mile away.
So, for less than $ 100 on a weekday night, we were able to get a big, clean room to crash in after a night of drinking at a work party nearby.
Friendly front desk women when I checked in and out.
$ 10 if you lose the room key!
Small parking area that requires you to have a parking permit displayed. If you’re staying while it’s fully booked, you can only have 1 car per room.
The room smelled strongly of cleaning products when we walked in. It went away quickly.
Only have a few minor complaints:
–The shower likes to randomly change temperatures to freezing cold or burning hot!
–After my shower, I reached for a towel which had a bright hard-​to-​miss RED stain! Not blood, but possibly makeup. The one time I forgot to bring my own towel!
–One way exit! Annoying because you have to drive a while to make a legal U-​turn. This added a few extra $$ to our cab ride.
I DID like:
–2 sinks, one in the bathroom and one outside with a large vanity area. It helps with getting ready quicker while someone is using the restroom.
–There is a full body mirror!
–The pillows were small in size, but fluffy and so comfortable! The bed was comfortable, too.
–Fridge, coffee maker, iron, and hair dryer in the room.
–TV has cable channels
–Heater works well. No problems with the noise level.
–There’s a lot of desk/​drawer top space which I put my bags on top of to make it easier to dig thru them. There are also lots of drawers to keep your stuff in.
–Free breakfast until 9am; cereal, pastries, fruit, juice, coffee.
During both stays, we never encountered any drug dealers, crackheads, people walking around in underwear, bed bugs, or ANYTHING sketchy.

It’s really not that bad. I am a very picky person and I had no complaints about my 1 night stay here.
Booked it through hotwire so I wasn’t able to see the hotel name until after I paid, and I was very worried but when we arrived, I was pleasantly surprised since I was expecting the worse!
this isn’t the nicest hotel obviously but if you are driving through the OC and need a place to sleep for 1 night, save your money and stay here.
I like their complimentary breakfast. they had stocks of fruit, bagels, coffee, pastries, etc. Also had free wi-​fi and free parking — can’t beat that!

Lou & and Sabrina (?) actually lowered my rate. I booked on
for the wrong day, so when I arrived, I had to cancel my reservation and book it with Harbor Inn.
Pros:
+They were understanding and I even got a lower rate (though it started low– $ 70 in a non-​peak season).
+Cheap room
+GREAT location
+Free wi fi
+Continental breakfast – modest, but filling
+Easy check-​out
+Plenty of parking
–Customer service was a bit disorganized.
–Water got cold
–Ice machine far away
–Room walls were thin (neighbor noise)
I would stay there again.

The family and I went «Camping» at Doheny State Beach this Summer. So while we spent all day at the Beach, the wife and I stayed here at night with our infant daughter while the rest of the family slept in a tent on the beach.
As far as the room, it served it’s purpose. The bed was decent and the shower worked. The AC was nice and cold, a little too cold for the Wifey, since she kept telling me to turn it off. WiFi and plenty of clean towels. It was conveniently located right across the street from our campground.
One way in and one way out? Not a big deal.
You can only turn Right out of the driveway? So what. Make an illegal U-​Turn at the next light!