Fireside Inn Santa Cruz

Nice, remodeled room. Helpful and friendly staff, thank you!

There was no AC, but luckily the weather was nice. Very nice man at the front desk. Parking was on a slop and narrow. Be prepared if you plan to stay.

This was a super cute hotel. Super close to all the cool stuff

Although they provide the wifi, the wifi wasn't working. My children was disappointed they could'nt use their pads.

Honestly, this is the worst hotel I've ever stayed in.

It was close and quite. Manager is very nice, we’ve stayed before and manager was he was just as nice. It difnt have any way of hanging up your clothes.

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. 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.

It was cold, there is no heater or blankets. The 1 blanket had several holes burned in it and it was extremely noisy.

The slide lock on the door was broken, many items were off balance and crooked. Several outlets did not work.

Room was clean had all necessities. Easy to get around on foot. A lot of noise from adjacent businesses and very hard to sleep at night. Hot water did not work at first in both the sink and shower, but eventually started to work in shower. The bathroom had a gas smell coming in for a while but eventually dissipated.