Hotel Casa 425 + Lounge

Great place to stay in the middle of Claremont Village! Friendly, helpful staff. Right next to the train. Noise was low, but especially sensitive sleepers may want earplugs (some were provided by the hotel).

Very well located, if you plan to visit Claremont (great downtown area!), and the staff was friendly, but we expected more at this price point. Bartender was very nice, but missed a key ingredient on the cocktail menu (thus overcharging a few bucks, though I didn’t feel it worth correcting). Also had to call back to request folio after checking out. Again, no big deal, but shouldn’t happen. Lounge, and courtyard (with games and fire pits) were very cool… (free) breakfast just OK (essentially “continental”). Room had a unique style and large tub, and bed was fine, but aged tile shower (poor temp control and water flow) and “so you can’t steal them” hookless coat hangers were far more Holiday Inn than Four Sisters boutique.

Loved the property and the location. The staff was wonderful. The only reason for 4 stars is the AC did not get very cool in the room and they couldn’t do anything to help.

We are regulars here and it is wonderful.

There was a ton of noise after 12; either the air conditioning or something else but very noisy.

As soon as our daughter accepted to attend Scripps College (May 2024) ,my husband booked this hotel for Family weekend ( Feb 2025) because it is located in the center of town and supposedly very nice accommodations. Due to the college events happening this weekend, online booking wasn't available. Reservations had to be booked over the phone and paid for up front. He requested a room with 2 queen beds. Apparently those were already taken so the person taking reservations suggested a King with a twin on the courtyard level. Fast forward to last weekend... we( my husband, younger daughter and I ) arrived at 11:30 pm Friday night, tired after a long travel day from the east coast, to find the room had a king bed and no twin or room for a twin, floor to ceiling doors and windows were the only access into the room and it was literally in the courtyard, and it was an ADA room that also happened to be in very worn shape and very basic old exposed shelving. What the reservation person neglected to explain over the phone was that the twin was a pull out couch and that courtyard level meant the bar and fire pit seating right outside the room with music going until 11pm. The little loveseat that opened up to the twin bed was an incredibly uncomfortable thin mattress that you could actually feel the coils. The room was so small we had to move the desk to open up the bed then to get around the room we had to crawl over the cot or bed. It was VERY clear to us that even reserving 9 months before meant nothing to them to set aside an appropriate room. Being a late night arrival meant getting the absolute worst room left in the hotel ( for over $500/night. we booked for 3 nights) The people working the front desk were kind but their hands were tied. There wasn't anything they could do. The manager ( Christine) was off the for weekend but communicated with us THROUGH the front desk person. Never reached out to us directly the entire weekend. The only thing Christine offered us ,since they were fully booked, was a refund for saturday and sunday night if we wanted to find a different hotel to stay. Oh- and we had to check out by noon ( so drop the events at the school to find a hotel and check out on their timeframe). No refund or discount offered for Friday night since we were only in the room for less than 12 hours! no discount on the room for the rest of the weekend. Not even a small courtesy acknowledgement of a drink voucher at the bar. Absolutely nothing. Moving hotels was not an option for us. Nothing close by had availability. By the way, on Sunday we saw a group checking in so they could have given us a better room at least for Sunday night. The location of the hotel to the campus and in the center of the village of Claremont is ideal, but turns out that is the only redeeming quality of Hotel Casa 425. Shame, this place would have been our go to hotel for the next 4 years.

We stayed here in February 2025 while visiting colleges. I expected a luxury hotel experience for the price, but it was mediocre in several ways. No hot water in the tea urn in the lobby. No magnifying mirrors in the bathroom. Awkward room set up, no charging ports near the beds, limited channels on tv, no streaming options, etc. The courtyard is full of dead leaves. We got an executive queen with a balcony but it just looks out on a sad, empty lot. Would not recommend for the rates they charge.

could have had better coffee