Sandpiper Motel

We caught the front desk kid (rides the motorcycle) in our room while me and my kids we at the beach! 42 dollars from the nightstand was gone… when confronted he said he had to check the pipes! Liar! They ARE ROBBERS!!) i Asked for the manager, they said we can’t. that he was «out of town».We are currently taking them to court. go anywhere but this motel! they all work together… TAKE MY WARNING!!!

This place is garbage! Horribly old and outdated rooms, not to mention ROACHHHHEEESSSS! Customer service is the best thing this hotel has to offer and I’d rate that a 2 out of 10 sooo that puts it in to perspective how shitty this place is!!! DO NOT COME HERE!

The only reason I came here was because every hotel was booked due to spring break. got ripped off. was quoted 70.00 on the phone. I get here and it came out to 82.00.the sign at the hotel clearly states 59.99.usually 10.00 more on a weekend. parking lot is filthy. looks really gross. garbage littering the whole parking lot.CIG.butts right outside my
privacy because the air conditioner is right at the head of the bed. the bed and pillows were aweful. and we will not even talk about the black and filthy
NOT RECOMMEND WHATSOEVER! REAL GROSS PLACE. AND THEN TO BE RIPPED OFF.

I don’t even want to give this horrible place any stars. This place needs to be shut down! Capital drug den, meth lab, hooker pick ups and shootings. I don’t understand how a place like this is still in business. I live in the neighborhood next to this horrible hotel. All this hotel brings to the table are crackheads and thiefs into our peaceful neighborhood. It is a drop off for junkies and prisoners and everything that goes pump in the night. Costa mesa is going to crap because of places like this we need to stand up and take action. I’m reporting this place to the better business bureau and won’t stop trying till something is changed.

The infamous Sand Piper aka Costa Mesa’s Crystal Palace
Tourists online be like «oh $ 60 a night that close to the beach? sounds nice honey» wrong
Lets start from the ground up — the receptionist doesn’t speak fluent english, not all that bad — gives honeymooners a Caribbean like vacation feel.
The motel and balcony faces the 55, it’s a highway, your vacation view is a highway. Noise, exhaust fumes, rush hour traffic — you have it
The local clientel: this place is the local junkie rest stop — a real life walking dead episode, it’s the closest thing to an actual haunted house. You will have neighbors asking you for cigarettes, pan handlers penni pitching change, going through garbage cans, peaking out their window drapes. It’s has a very comfy vibe for families.
The interior — the bed isn’t too bad, for $ 60 you’re not going to get TemperPedic memory foam obv. Box TV with 12 channels, 3 of which are El Latino dramas — wanted to watch SOA, couldn’t. Room phone didn’t work, called front desk from my cell, informed them. Next day a service man came in at 1pm and stayed until 4pm to fix it, 3 hrs to fix the phone connection. Not anything unusual. The bathroom was the best, I added pics to clarify details — before walking into the dungeon — there was blood stains/​blood clots on the wall right next to the door hinge. We all know what dry smeared blood looks like. Someone must of missed the vein shooting dope? The tiling on the floor has a vintage three tone tile, yellowish-​piss tint. The shower is the icing though, I couldn’t even get enough of how creepy this shower is. Imagine a dark cave in Aushwitz concentration camp, surrounded by brick tile, no lighting, years of mildew, scolding skin, low water pressure, poor drainage and no exhaust. You know those horror movies where ppl get taken into showers and chopped up. This is where it’s filmed, 100% sure homicides have happened in this buildings. This place MAKES you think of death — it’s eery
The view outside the bathroom is also nice, you overlook a family like homeless trailer park — the local meth lab slingers. I found a needle and a syringe hidden in the window panel of the bathroom as I opened it up, took a good glamour shot of it.
All in all, if you’re looking to get loaded and stay up for 5 days this is it. Otherwise i’d say drive across the street to the Motel 6 or Holiday in for an extra $ 25. It’s worth it, trust me.
The 2^nd runner up to this dump is the legendary Ali-​baba Inn right down the street at $ 70/​night.

This place is known to local drug addicts to stay at. Heroine and meth users stay there. This place has been written up in the local paper as being a public nuisance.
The city is working on have the motel work on many code violations.

My boyfriend andI have stayed at this place a few times and it is decent and clean. I like the showers,. they are large. Its a litle old fashion. Its not your high end motel but it is comfortable. I havent had a problem.

so you get what you pay for here we have stayed here about four times and only once we had to battle huge mosquittos before sleeping. It is 60 dollars a night and i would suggest to bring your own blankets and use shoes when walking in the bathroom. i give it a 2 ½ stars. We just cant find a hotel for cheaper anywhare in the area. I would suggest a non smoking room also the smoking room is pretty bad.

Stayed here for a wedding one time when I was young and broke. We quickly re-​named it the Clam Diaper Motel. They had dish towels for towels and made sure to stamp them so you would not steal them.
My wife and I both got some form of sickness and had to miss the wedding and I have to believe there was a correlation to the overall nastiness of the place.
To the earlier review, I suggest to find a cleaner place to smoke meth or dump a body, though the price was right!

I don’t even want to give tihs place one star, they do not deserve it.
I stayed here one night with an old flame (ewww what was I thinking). And for some stupid reason we decided to go with the only room they had available, a smoking room. Why I didn’t snap to my senses and bail is beyond me. But it’s in the past and I have a review to write, so enough reflecting.
Horrible room. Smelled awful. Yes I know it was a smoking room, but there was no cigarette smoking going on in here, or even wedd smoking. No. This place had def just been used to use meth, or something. Got the worst nights sleep of my life. And I was sick for almost 3 days after.
Never EVER will I stay here again, And if you’re smart, neither will you.