Discovery Inn

I was a little apprehensive about this hotel because the price was so reasonable compared to other hotels in the area. However, I was well pleased with my stay here. The grounds are very clean and well manicured. The rooms are clean and comfortable and the hotel was quiet. The room had a ceiling fan and a heater/​ac that worked very well. I liked the wood panel sloped ceiling in the room. The room had a refrigerator and the usual toiletries and the towels and sheets were fresh and clean! The manager on site was very accommodating and the hotel offered free coffee, pastries or muffins and fruit in the morning. Overall, i would recommend this hotel to anyone visiting the Monterrey area.

DO NOT GO HERE! I have to agree with the other reviews that the owners are terribly unaccommodating. When making the reservation, there was a terrible language issue. Closer to the date of the reservation, I needed to cancel some nights & a couple of rooms. They were not very happy, but it was 3 days before, so well within the 48 hour policy. Then I had to call back 2 days before the reservation & cancel 1 more room. We went back and forth as the woman couldn’t seem to understand what I was saying. Got there & we had to pay for our 2 night stay up front, which I’d never seen before. Then the next day, I was summoned to the office & told I had to pay for the other room that I had cancelled. I tried to explain I had cancelled but to no avail. They said I didn’t cancel it & had to pay for it. We tried to talk to them again the next day, but with no better results. We ended up paying for a room that no one stayed in. For the $ 109 that they made off of me on that empty room, they lost us as customers forever & risked a bad Unilocal review, which they deserved. There are a ton of hotels on Fremont Blvd, so competition is stiff. Really bad business decision.

Average at best. Very strange and cold check-​in from the Indian owner. Rooms are clean but have very outdated furniture. Breakfast is a joke and should not be called breakfast. This is an OK place to stay just for one night as a resting point.

Small little place not far from the wharf and other parks. The gentlemen does it by himself and couldn’t find our reservation. Kept having to check to see if rooms were occupied. About 30 Mins later we finally got a room. Single bed room, needs updating, bed wasn’t the best and for 170 bucks not during peak season is could be a lot better. It’s really just good for a place to crash if you need it. Breakfast is barely considered a breakfast.

My friend and I found this place on Unilocal while we were driving into Monterey at about midnight, desperately needing a place to crash. The rate was decent and the reviews were the same.
I was actually pleasantly surprised at the cleanliness of the room and everything went very smoothly. Would definitely recommend. Five stars for price and cleanliness!

Hey for the Price it is a great deal. The rooms were clean. The staff was very friendly. Everything was a cheap taxi drive a way about 3.5 miles to wharf. Yellow cab was always there in 5 minutes never charged us more 8 dollars a trip. I would go back again.

Owner lives here and manages the place. He’s not friendly AT ALL. Rooms are alright. Clean enough. Door knob to the bathroom fell off, and the shower doesn’t work well. Also, the internet was so slow it wasn’t usable. Other than that the place was alright… The owner left a very bad taste though, wouldn’t come back, even for the price.

Very nice staying place for budget price. The room was tidy, bed was comfy, tub was clean, toilet sanitized, towels clean. Fridge, hair dryer, TV, air conditioner were there in my non-​smoking Queen room. Parking was available right in front of the room. Nice flowers in the alley outside. Good lighting in room and near mirror. Check in was smooth.
Had a good one night stay. Just one thing, towels were hard, but that’s oki, you are not staying in a five star where they change and throw your towels regularly. They were clean though.
Breakfast had milk, juice, muffin, coffee, cereal, one more tasty bread thing (I don’t know the name).
Check out was very simple, just put the key in the drop box outside the reception.
Overall the experience was great for the budget as we planned to stay there for going to big sur (accommodation there are much much much expensive, that’s a waste of money as this place is just 40 – 45 min drive from big sur)
I would surely recommend it!

There’s really nothing to discover at Discovery Inn but it sure is cheap and worth it if you don’t plan on sticking around. $ 60 on a Wednesday night got us a double queen-​size bed. The only thing in the room that looks relatively new is the flatscreen TV.
It has the feel of a family-​owned business. There is an Indian lady at the counter who can be rung up at any time you need something. There’s coffee, pastries, and cereal served in the morning.
There’s not much to see here and less than 20 rooms but this place never reaches full occupancy. It’s close enough to all the tourist attractions to drive but not to walk.

Budget facilities at a non-​budget price. It’s close to Laguna Seca Raceway and we have stayed multiple times over the years. Very clean but bedspreads and blankets are stained and towels are paper thin. Used to be a great bargain but has gone downhill. Don’t expect to be staying there in the future.

Very budget. And old I mean ancient old. I thought $ 160 a night was kind of expensive for this old thing. The owner lives there, he’s kind rude, no good morning, grumpy old man, I think it’s must be a cultural thing, I believe they are from India. It’s very ghetto part of the town.

the motel manager, andy, refused to give us even a partial credit, even though we cancelled our stay over 24 hours ahead of time. i will not be staying in a place like that, and would warn other customers — you won’t be treated any better!

Good price, great location. The beds were a bit firm for us, but that’s not exactly a bad thing as they weren’t lumpy. The top blanket was pretty warm and the heater works well.
The only reason this is a three star is because there is neither a coffee pot nor a microwave in the room, plus the bed was way too firm.

I travel to Monterey for a martial arts event every June and have stayed at the Discovery Inn about half a dozen times over the years. It’s clean, conveniently located (about a 10 min drive from Cannery Row/​The Monterey Bay Aquarium) and reasonably priced. There are few amenities but I did notice on my last trip that the rooms now have free wifi.

This is a little 20 unit, single floor, rambling rancher type Motel on the Monterey peninsula, where there are scores of these type of places.
A Mom and Pop owned Motel, which are usually pretty booked, because there is always something going on the Monterey Peninsula, from music festivals, sporting events, to antique car shows and conferences. On busy weekends in the summer, with all the tourists coming to visit the beautiful area, it is often hard to find any room not booked well in advance.
I picked this one because it happens to be within walking distance of my closest relatives, and instead of encroaching on their space and hospitality during the regular holiday visit, I booked 2 rooms here instead.
The rooms are decent sized, clean, fairly well maintained, but they are circa 1970s construction, so don’t expect anything like a newer chain hotel, this is a motel.
It is locally owned, and reminds me of the movie early in Denzel Washington’s career, called Mississippi Masala, about an Indian owned Motel in the deep south, and the taboo-​ish romance between Denzel and the owner’s daughter. Not that i was doing any romancing here, no, just that it is Indian owned and a motel, like the movie. If there is a beautiful daughter here I could meet, I didn’t see her. Actually, I think there is a son, because a friend of mine who teaches at the local junior college might know him.
Anyway, the rooms are clean, the beds are modest in size (in other words do not compare this to a king sized luxury hotel, ok?), the carpets appear pretty new, there is a refrigerator in the unit, and you park right outside your door. I think it offers a free continental breakfast, too, but I didn’t check it out, and not sure where this would be.
You are right in the triangle between Monterey, Seaside, and Del Rey Oaks. So you can head out to Laguna Seca in about 15 minutes (well, not including race traffic), you’re 5 minutes to the Fairgrounds for the Blues and Jazz festivals, and downtown Monterey is 7 minutes away, and Carmel about 10 (all by car). You could walk to Safeway, Starbucks, 7/​11, Walgreen’s, or a couple of casual but non-​chain restaurants on Fremont Blvd. The parking lot has some pleasant flower bushes against the opposite wall.
It is still old school metal door keys, which you drop off in the slot when you check out, meaning you pay for the night when you check in.
But it does have Free WiFi.
I got 2 separate rooms around Thanksgiving for a total of $ 102, including taxes. And I didn’t have to struggle with the relatives to get to sleep.
This is the 140^th different hotel/​motel I have reviewed on Unilocal,not.
Many repeats never updated! Whew!

Based on the reviews I’ve read. ( Unilocal, trip advisor, expedia, etc.) I honestly came to this place with low expectation and dread. I thought the hotel was going to be «sketchy.» Turns out, I was hugely mistaken. This place was not bad at all! It was clean and neat, and the house keeping staff cleans your room everyday. Not only that, but they also replace your towels and necessities on a timely basis. The only downfall was that they did not have any microwave, but the staff offered to let us use his personal microwave, which was kind of nice.
This hotel was centrally located. There’s a Carl’s Jr and Burger King literally next door to the hotel.
There’s also a Safeway and Walgreens across the street, which was really helpful, in case you forgot to pack some toothbrush, or need some late night snack.
They are also 1 mile away from «Sand City,» which is their mall. Sand City has Ross, Target, Chipotle, Home Depot, etc.
This hotel is also conveniently located by the CA 1 HWY and other freeways.
Over all, I had a great stay and would definitely stay there again!

Not a hostel as far as I could tell. Though it appears on hostelbookers, there is no evidence of dorms and definitely no rosy-​cheeked Swedes giggling in common areas.
That being said, this has got to be one of the cheapest places in town. My room was fine. The walls were paper-​thin but at $ 40 a night so must be the profit margins.
Mgmt was not terribly friendly to us. Otherwise everything was fine.
–1 for marketing as a hostel when it’s not. –1 for unfriendly air. +3 for price, location, and adequate quality.

It was cheap, everything was pretty clean, bed was comfy, all in all it was good.

This place is adequate. Generally clean and quiet, with a simple breakfast. Price is just right. I’ve been here twice, first the TV did not work, so I was moved to a different room, OK; next time the tub drained slowly. Real Spartan accomodations. So far I am lucky not seeing any bugs. Small ref; no coffee. Bring your own soap and shampoo; I’d rather not use theirs. As long as I don’t see any insects, bugs, vermin, I am OK.

If you need a quick, cheap place to crash, this place will suffice. I was in town for the Big Sur Half Marathon and needed a cheap place to stay. Since about all the places were booked for the night, found this place with a simple search. It was like 50 bucks for a room, owned by Indian people. I made the reservation online, they have a continental breakfast, but it’s not much. The room was pretty clean, but I still pulled the blankets off and just used the sheets. I mean it’s the true definition of you get what you pay for. If you’re not high maintenence, this place does the job =) I was happy with my stay.