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Motel Santa Cruz

2.0 star property

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Exterior
Room, 2 Queen Beds, Non Smoking
Reception
Reception

Reviews

5.0 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Laundry
  • Pet-friendly
  • Air conditioning
  • Parking included
  • Free WiFi
  • Restaurant

Explore the area

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370 Ocean St, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060
  • Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
    ‪13 min walk‬
  • Santa Cruz Main Beach
    ‪13 min walk‬
  • Santa Cruz Wharf
    ‪16 min walk‬
  • San Jose, CA (SJC-Norman Y. Mineta San Jose Intl.)
    ‪47 min drive‬

Room options

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Room, 2 Double Beds, Non Smoking

Room, 2 Double Beds, Non Smoking

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Double Beds

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Room, 1 King Bed, Smoking

Room, 1 King Bed, Smoking

  • 20 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Room, 2 Queen Beds, Non Smoking

Room, 2 Queen Beds, Non Smoking

  • 27 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Room, 1 King Bed, Non Smoking

Room, 1 King Bed, Non Smoking

  • 20 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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About the area

Santa Cruz

With a stay at Motel Santa Cruz, you'll be centrally located in Santa Cruz, within a 5-minute drive of Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk and Monterey Bay. .This motel is 3.1 mi (5 km) from University of California, Santa Cruz and 3.7 mi (5.9 km) from Mystery Spot.
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What's nearby

  • Ocean Street - 1 min walk - 0.0 km
  • Pacific Avenue - 11 min walk - 1.0 km
  • Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk - 13 min walk - 1.1 km
  • Santa Cruz Main Beach - 13 min walk - 1.1 km
  • Santa Cruz Wharf - 16 min walk - 1.4 km

Getting around

  • Watsonville, CA (WVI-Watsonville Municipal) - 18 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Pizza My Heart - ‬11 min walk
  • ‪Jack in the Box - ‬8 min walk
  • ‪Woodstock's Pizza Santa Cruz - ‬10 min walk
  • ‪Abbott Square Market - ‬12 min walk
  • ‪Los Viejones - ‬3 min walk

About this property

Motel Santa Cruz

Motel with free parking, near Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
Motel Santa Cruz offers 62 accommodations with air conditioning. Flat-screen televisions come with cable channels.

Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations. Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
Make yourself at home in one of the 62 air-conditioned rooms featuring flat-screen televisions. Complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming is available for your entertainment. Bathrooms with shower/tub combinations are provided.
Make use of convenient amenities, which include complimentary wireless internet access and a vending machine.
At Motel Santa Cruz, enjoy a satisfying meal at the restaurant.
Featured amenities include dry cleaning/laundry services, multilingual staff, and laundry facilities. Free self parking is available onsite.
Motel Santa Cruz has a restaurant on site.

Languages

English, Hindi, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Free self parking on site

Food and drink

  • A restaurant

Family friendly

  • Laundry facilities

Conveniences

  • Laundry facilities
  • Limited-hour front desk
  • Safe at front desk
  • Vending machine

Guest services

  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Multilingual staff

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Grab bar near toilet
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only
  • Wheelchair accessibility
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel

More

  • 1 building
  • 3 floors
  • Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

  • Private bathroom
  • Shower/bathtub combination
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV with cable channels

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Phone

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: midnight
Early check-in subject to availability
Early check-in is available for a fee
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM
Contactless check-out available
Late check-out subject to availability
A late check-out fee will be charged

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 9:00 AM - midnight
Front desk staffed during limited hours
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 28.00 per pet, per night
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees
Welcoming dogs and cats only

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • Deposit: USD 200.00 per accommodation, per stay
  • Breakage deposit: USD 00 per stay

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

  • Pet fee: USD 28.00 per pet, per night
  • Service animals are exempt from fees
  • Early check-in is available for a fee (subject to availability)
  • Late check-out is available for a fee (subject to availability)

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Cashless transactions are available
Safety features at this property include a smoke detector

We should mention

This property does not have elevators

Property is also known as

Motel Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz Motel
Motel Santa Cruz Motel
Motel Santa Cruz Santa Cruz
Motel Santa Cruz Motel Santa Cruz

Motel Santa Cruz Reviews

Reviews

5.0
Rating 10 - Excellent. 121 out of 1002 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 123 out of 1002 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 167 out of 1002 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 224 out of 1002 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 367 out of 1002 reviews

5.0/10

Cleanliness

5.8/10

Staff & service

4.6/10

Amenities

4.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

5.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Leela

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Newly updated rooms and great location

The room was newly updated, and very clean. The location was great.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

See

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Amazing staff and clean rooms

The staff at Motel Santa Cruz was amazing, and our rooms was clean and comfortable. The room had refrigerator and microwave and it was walking distance to beach
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

6/10 Okay

Cynthia

Stayed 4 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Marcus

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Amazing service and comfortable beds

The the service was amazing, the manager was so helpful, I needed downstairs room, and Sabrina the manger upgraded our room, so we can have downstairs room, at no extra charge. The rooms was newly renovated and the bed was so comfortable. The rooms was very clean.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

sabirna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Comfortable beds, clean rooms at great price

The room we got was newly renovated, the bed was comfortable, and very clean, room rate was good too,
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Mona

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
the motel is a great place to stay, and is very near to the boardwalk
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

8/10 Good

DaLynn

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Amenities
The motel was clean, the people were so kind and helpful The noise and pot smoking right outside our door was not appreciated, The worst part was…. There were no chairs, anywhere… on the. Grassy area, or in the rooms… there was no place to put your luggage except the floor Other than that our stay was pleasant… what I would expect in our price range.
Stayed 3 nights in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Savi

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Clean, comfortable beds at great price

The room we stayed in was newly renovated, with comfortable beds and very clean rooms, the front desk staff was very friendly and helpful
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

lucas

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Motel Santa Cruz is a nice, clean , family owned motel, it had cheapest rooms in town, newly renovated rooms, nice front desk, the manager, Sabrina was so helpful
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

tiffany

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff at Motel Santa Cruz was very helpful and rooms were newly renovated and beds were so comfortable
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

2/10 Terrible

Lorin

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Do not recommend staying here.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Scott

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

2/10 Terrible

Miriam

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Property is very ran down.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2025

4/10 Poor

Maritza

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Requested non-smoking room. Room had a strong smell of weed. Couldn't stay the night.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

4/10 Poor

Calvin

Travelled with family
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Bad

No chairs no wash clothes didnot clean room.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Alex

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The rooms themselves were on the smaller side, it is very close to the boardwalk and a busy road so it is very noisy throughout the night, updated bathroom and vanity/sink area that is very nice! Overall a pretty good stay for us!
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

8/10 Good

Sarah

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2025

10/10 Excellent

Rick Armstrong

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
a okay
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2025

4/10 Poor

Neomi

Travelled with partner
The beds are terrible, very uncomfortable. Light fixtures were damage, to say not safe, outlets didn't work. Not safe, had someone knock on my door at 1:30 am... Thank you
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2025

6/10 Okay

heidi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort

Good enough

Great for the price. Front desk staff are really nice and friendly. We stayed 3 nights this is more of a one night place. No coffee maker or hair dryer. Weird noise in the walls at night. Good location for the beaches and walking distance to restaurants and coffee shops. Gate for the parking lot got closed on one side at night which was comforting. Although the neighborhood is ok. Some loud street noise on Saturday night but not bad the rest of our stay. Building needs maintenance.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2025

2/10 Terrible

Chris

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Run down and generally unkept
Stayed 4 nights in Feb 2025

4/10 Poor

timothy

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
No desk, no chair, no facecloths; shower head at chest ht (5' from tub). Place looks wonderful outside, but inside is disappointing.
Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jorrel

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2025

4/10 Poor

Noelle

Disliked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

2/10 Terrible

Daniel

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024