Balboa Inn

Overall, good trip.

Liked: Location; staff; room
Disliked: Large group of people were visiting next to our room. They were very loud. Finally went back to their rooms around 12:30 am.Construction started early in the morning.

I will never stay here...

Liked: The only good thing about this property was the proximity to the beach
Disliked: EVERYTHING!!! The staff was horrible, the rooms were dirty, and they messed up our check in so bad that they charged me almost triple the holding fee and refused to unfreeze it

Exceptional

Liked: The location is fantastic!!

Okay Stay

Liked: The Balboa Inn is standard and the rooms could be updated and cleaner. Overall our stay was acceptable. Good location.
Disliked: Rooms need updating.

Spent 3 days here and...

Liked: The location and the view.
Disliked: AC didn’t work. Refrigerator barely worked. No ice machine which was a big issue for us. Most doors didn’t shut properly as they weren’t aligned. Half the windows wouldn’t open. One of the robes had a small blood stain on it maybe from shaving. Shower head was broke but honestly didn’t bother me or my shower. Shower curtain rod was about to fall off after being bolted to the ceiling. One of the tiles was loose in the middle of the floor. Everything just seemed broken and old. Street/parking lot traffic/noise was constant all night. Parking was a nightmare having to spend a couple hundred dollars in the public parking for the trip.

Loved it

Liked: The location was perfect
Disliked: A little noisy but it’s right in the middle of everything so really we just accepted it.

Passable

I don’t like false advertisement

Liked: Room was dirty & poor maintenance
Disliked: Photos looked nothing like actually room also balcony felt unsafe , bad appliances

It was a great place...

Liked: The staff was very friendly and the location is prime
Disliked: The heating in the air conditioning in the room there was really no in between so it was either you were really caught or you were really cold and there were no instructions on how to use the phone like what to dial out or how to get a hold of room service if there was room service or how do you even get a hold of the front desk. also for an ocean view room, the ocean was quite far away, but it was really good if you wanted to look into the restaurants and bars down below.