San Clemente Little Inn By The Beach

Stayed her one night recently. I liked the room for the most part. Really good size, mini fridge, microwave, and a tv. There’s also a table inside and a basket of snacks (for purchase). It was clean. The beds were comfy as well. There was a complimentary breakfast as well which was small but there was bagels, oatmeal, snack bars, and fruit. There was also coffee and juice.
Only downside was our neighbors were outside until really late and were loud but that isn’t the hotels fault.
One recommendation I would give would be to get some room darkening curtains! There are blinds but they do not do a great job at keeping the light out.
Overall cool spot. I would book again :)

Nice place! Very affordable, small/​quiet hotel with nice clean rooms including mini fridge/​microwave. I like the location a couple blocks from the beach and within walking distance to bars, gas station/​convenience/​liquor stores and restaurants.
My only recommendation is that they serve the continental breakfast earlier than 8:30am.
But I’m happy to find a place like this in expensive orange county.

Not happy with this place, at all. Booked one night to celebrate our five year anniversary (we got married at Casa Romantica). Paid $ 155 for the room, which considering it was an Ocean View, I didn’t think would be bad. This place is a dump. Everything smells like smoke because everyone smokes. When we checked in at the lobby, which is no bigger than a closet, the front desk was abandoned. I had to ring the bell three times before anyone showed up. When they finally did show up, the lady asked for my card to pay. I had misunderstood that when I booked online, I thought I had paid. No big deal, just a misunderstanding. But the lady was quite rude rude explaining it to me, plopping a legal document on the desk «proving» to me that the hotel would accept the payment, not the online website, as if I knew that. She also rudely announced that it would be $ 100 charge if I smoked inside the room. Well, they must get $ 100 from all their visitors, because it smelled like an ashtray. When we got to our room, there was trash from the previous tenants, trash outside the room and some nasty corrosion all in the shower tub. The room was hot and muggy and the A/​C barely worked. The wifi stunk because there is obviously one router for everyone. The TV was super small and had wacky cable. The ocean view was a myth because all you see is a lame donut shop and you don’t hear ocean waves. All you get is a noisy street, right off the highway. The «continental» breakfast was a coffee pot and some donuts. What did I pay $ 155 for? For an extra $ 20, we could have stayed at the Holiday Inn half a mile down the road. This Shack of a motel is worth about $ 50 a night and is best used for people who need to rest and smoke a few packs of cigarettes before their big day of smuggling drugs across the border into Mexico. DO NOT STAY HERE. Better yet, stay in your car at Ralph’s, run the engine and use the money you save for gas in the morning. It would be a better investment.

I am sorry but my stay there which was for 18 days was not pleasant at all. From the moment I checked in and opened the door to my room I was in shock. The pictures on the web site are not true to the room. I should have taken pictures but I just wanted my stay to pass quickly. I was here on business and I was told oh we have wifi, okay you had wifi if you sat outside or left your door open, one router for three floors of rooms. You will have an ocean view, my view was the highway. I asked for the room to be cleaned on Saturdays since I would be gone all day. Saturday came and all they did was spray index around the toilet and left, any time we needed towels or sheets we went to the office for them. Something fell behind the night stand and I pulled it out and the dirt and dust that was behind there was disgusting. Could not walk with out shoes on because the carpet was so dirty, the rate might be good but the motel itself is not up to par at all. The morning I left I went to the window since they keep the door locked after a certain hour. The guy that I must have woken up was screaming just drop the key, drop the key… I told him I was checking out, we’ll just drop the key. I will never go back to this motel again.

if you literally just want a place to crash after being out at the beach all day then maybe stay here but bring your own blankets and pillows. the bedding has stains. also someone was walking around on the roof like scrapping or cleaning it at 7am on a Saturday morning and after making three calls to the front desk it finally stopped. not cool at all. the staff is almost too laid back and mellow and it seems like they just don’t care about taking care of you or your actual complaints about being woken up by someone on the freaking roof at 7am when you are paying them to stay there. customer service needs improvement. so you definitely get what you are paying for, a cheap room in a beach town.

Cool location, terribly smelling rooms. Great view, elevator that doesn’t work, the door stays open for 10 seconds. It appears that this is a location for drifters and low income residents. Oh and another thing, the parking spaces are very limited and are very small with big columns that block your way is you’re trying to park. don’t forget the pass up the complementary breakfast. in order to use the bathroom you have to go get the key from the attendant downstairs.

This place is nothing like the pictures. The staff & management are very rude and arguementive. The place has very little parking its run down and needs major improvements. They advertise free snacks there aren’t any they have you pay for them. They say its an ocean view well you get a freeway view first then if you look really hard you might see a little water. Its 2 ½ miles to get to the beach. On a scale of 1 — 10 and ten being best I would give this place and its staff a 1.

Couldn’t ask for better from the simple and price is right place we chose for the night before our wedding (upgrading to honeymoon suite at casa tropicana for the night OF) The reservations were easy to do online. and importantly, held for us when we got here. Yes parking is small, but there seems to be enough for all guests, and it’s very close by, made it nice if we had to run down to car or when leaving for dinner. The price was right (114 for 3^rd floor King size bedroom, on a Tuesday night in August, AAA discount offered and used) The lady at the front desk was very friendly and offered us congratulations. (They have some DVDs to rent for a 1 $, older ones, but for a 1 $ worth it, and why not) The room was very clean, nice furniture, mini fridge, small safe (though it was broken) bed was decent, I slept well. it was quiet :) Nice shower head, water pressure and temperature. There is a snack basket available, 2 $ an item! But the large water was worth that. Free Wifi as well. (Not the strongest signal but fine) I haven’t had the continental breakfast yet, but yes, I’d imagine it is small. the lobby is small! It is exactly what you would expect for a hotel called The LITTLE inn on the beach people! (Well as least as far as size goes, they exceed expectations in everything else)

After a horrible experience at The INN at Calafia Beach and searching for hotels and inns in the area, we found an available room here. The lobby clerk was really nice and helpful. As soon as you take the first step in the room, you smell the cleanness which was huge relived after our experience at the Calafia. The room was big with a huge armoire, small table and two chairs, microwave, small fridge and decent size TV. The bathroom was very clean and good size with the sink in a separate area next to the closet. Overall, the layout was good. They also offer continental breakfast and have a selection of dvds that they rent for $ 1 (I think).
Overall, the staff was really friendly, the rooms were a good size, and the place was clean. I will definitely come back here again.

We stayed here passing through on our way to San Diego. Price was great considering it said it had a continental breakfast included.
Hotel lobby is more like a closet. We got in late and the doors and windows were open and we could smell a faint odor of pot. We checked in and went up to our room. It looked okay. I was disgusted to find hair in the cups provided for coffee and another long one on the wall of the shower.
The beds were comfortable enough. Breakfast was «cute». It had an assortment of bagged English muffins and bagels, bananas, oatmeal and orange caprisuns. So needless to say its nothing to write home about. Price was right and we slept good. That’s all I care about.

Good location, big room, split bath. Clean. Continental breakfast, not so much. Only one parking spot per room. If you are sensitive to noise, it is almost next to the 5 freeway, so beware. «Ocean View» over the freeway LOL. We will stay here again.

Nice little hotel on El Camino Real just east of the I-​5. Clean rooms, friendly, helpful staff. A few bars and restaurants within walking distance. Room was clean and large, with a fridge and microwave. I wish I could have opened the window.

I enjoyed my stay at the inn. I recommend it do to location and friendly service. I loved that I had breakfast at a table just outside my room :0)

Stayed there for Two nights, nice place. Has lots of charm and character. There is an ocean view but there is a freeway view before the ocean view.

This is a small little inn but it’s pretty adequate for just staying overnight. There’s just a small check-​in area and a small parking lot, too. We didn’t have problems with parking but then we did take the last spot so I’m not sure if there is enough room for a full house. The people that assisted us each time were very nice and friendly so that was a plus.
The actual room is pretty simple. You’ve got the sink area in one space and then the toilet + shower in a separate little room. They’ve got a closet but not really many hangers. You’ve also got the TV with a DVD player so that was pretty cool. Makes me wish I brought a movie to watch :).
We actually called in to ask a few questions and they offered us a better price. We ended up cancelling with Priceline and going with their rates. I wouldn’t mind staying over again for the price and overall satisfaction of my stay. :]

Great location. Great value… Hospitable & courteous staff…
Clean beach décor.