Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Santa Cruz, CA

3.0 star property

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Reception
Hypo-allergenic bedding, in-room safe, desk, blackout curtains
Property amenity
Outdoor pool, open 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM, pool umbrellas, pool loungers
Lobby

Reviews

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful

Popular amenities

  • Pool
  • Hot tub
  • Laundry
  • Gym

Explore the area

Map
2956 Mission St, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060
  • Natural Bridges State Park
    ‪9 min walk‬
  • Santa Cruz Wharf
    ‪5 min drive‬
  • Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
    ‪5 min drive‬
  • San Jose, CA (SJC-Norman Y. Mineta San Jose Intl.)
    ‪46 min drive‬

Room options

Room, 2 Queen Beds (Mobility/Hearing Accessible, Tub)

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

Suite, 1 King Bed with Sofa bed, Balcony (Hearing Accessible)

  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

Room, 1 Queen Bed (Mobility/Hearing Accessible, Tub)

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

Room, 2 Queen Beds (Hearing Accessible)

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

Suite, 1 King Bed with Sofa bed (Hearing Accessible)

  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

Suite, 1 King Bed with Sofa bed, Non Smoking, Balcony

  • 34 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

Suite, 1 King Bed with Sofa bed (Mobility/Hearing Accessible, Tub)

  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

Room, 2 Queen Beds, Non Smoking

  • 30 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

Suite, 1 King Bed with Sofa bed, Non Smoking

  • 34 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

Room, 1 Queen Bed, Non Smoking

  • 19 sq m
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

Suite, 1 King Bed with Sofa bed, Balcony (Mobility/Hearing Accessible, Tub)

  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

Suite, 1 King Bed with Sofa bed (Mobility/Hearing Access, Roll-In Shwr)

  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

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About the area

Santa Cruz

With a stay at Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Santa Cruz, CA in Santa Cruz (Westside Santa Cruz), you'll be within a 5-minute drive of Monterey Bay and University of California, Santa Cruz. .This hotel is 2.9 mi (4.6 km) from Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk and 7.9 mi (12.7 km) from Capitola Beach.

What's nearby

  • Natural Bridges State Park - 9 min walk - 0.8 km
  • University of California Santa Cruz Arboretum - 4 min drive - 2.9 km
  • Santa Cruz Wharf - 5 min drive - 4.2 km
  • Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk - 5 min drive - 4.7 km
  • Main Beach - 11 min drive - 4.1 km

Getting around

  • Norman Y. Mineta San Jose Intl. Airport (SJC) - 46 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Panda Express - ‬17 min walk
  • ‪Parish Publick House - ‬18 min walk
  • ‪Starbucks - ‬20 min walk
  • ‪Jersey Mike's Subs - ‬20 min walk
  • ‪Humble Sea Brewing Co. - ‬11 min walk

About this property

Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Santa Cruz, CA

Hotel with free breakfast, near University of California, Santa Cruz
Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Santa Cruz, CA offers 82 air-conditioned accommodations with safes and coffee/tea makers. 40-inch LCD televisions come with premium cable channels. Guests can make use of the in-room refrigerators and microwaves.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and complimentary weekday newspapers, as well as phones; free local calls are provided (restrictions may apply). Additionally, rooms include designer toiletries and irons/ironing boards. Hypo-allergenic bedding, change of towels, and change of bedsheets can be requested. Housekeeping is provided daily.

An outdoor pool and a hot tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a 24-hour fitness center.

Children under 17 years old are not allowed in the swimming pool, fitness facility, or hot tub without adult supervision.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Make yourself at home in one of the 82 air-conditioned rooms featuring refrigerators and microwaves. 40-inch LCD televisions with cable programming provide entertainment, while complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected. Conveniences include safes and desks, as well as phones with free local calls.
Take advantage of recreational opportunities offered, including an outdoor pool, a hot tub, and a 24-hour fitness center. Additional amenities at this hotel include complimentary wireless internet access, gift shops/newsstands, and a television in a common area.
Grab a bite from the snack bar/deli serving guests of Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Santa Cruz, CA. A complimentary continental breakfast is served daily from 6:00 AM to 10:00 AM.
Featured amenities include a 24-hour business center, express check-in, and express check-out. Planning an event in Santa Cruz? This hotel has 990 square feet (92 square meters) of space consisting of conference space and a meeting room. Free self parking is available onsite.
A complimentary continental breakfast is served each morning between 6:00 AM and 10:00 AM.

Languages

English, French, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

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

Parking and transport

  • Free uncovered self parking on site
  • Limited on-site parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Food and drink

  • Free continental breakfast available daily 6:00 AM to 10:00 AM
  • Coffee and tea in common areas
  • Snack bar/deli

Things to do

  • 24-hour gym
  • Hot tub
  • Outdoor pool
  • Tennis
  • TV in common areas

Family friendly

  • Free cot
  • Grocery/convenience store
  • In-room microwave
  • In-room refrigerator
  • In-room sofa bed
  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool
  • Snack bar/deli

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Free newspapers in lobby
  • Gift shop/newsstand
  • Grocery/convenience store
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk
  • Water dispenser

Guest services

  • Change of bedsheets (on request)
  • Change of towels on request
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff

Business services

  • 24-hour business centre
  • 990 square feet of conference space
  • Computer station
  • Meeting room

Outdoors

  • Pool loungers
  • Pool umbrellas
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Assistive listening devices
  • Braille/raised signage
  • Grab bar near toilet
  • Height-adjustable showerhead
  • Lever door handles
  • Lift
  • Low-height door lock
  • Low-height electrical sockets in bathroom
  • Low-height view port in door
  • Visual alarms in hallways
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible business centre
  • Wheelchair-accessible gym
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel
  • Wheelchair-accessible pool
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Blackout drapes
  • Free cot
  • Hypo-allergenic bedding
  • Sofa bed

Bathroom

  • Designer toiletries
  • Private bathroom
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 40-inch LCD TV with premium cable channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Microwave
  • Refrigerator

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Desk
  • Energy-saving switches in guestrooms
  • Free local calls
  • Free weekday newspapers
  • Heating (climate-controlled)
  • Iron/ironing board
  • LED lighting
  • Phone
  • Recycling
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3 PM; Check-in end time: 2:00 AM
Express check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon
Contactless check-out available
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
This property doesn't offer after-hours check-in

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed (service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees)

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Free cribs are available on request at the property

Payment types

Important information

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
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Safety features at this property include a carbon monoxide detector and a smoke detector
This property affirms that it follows the cleaning and disinfection practices of Commitment to Clean (Marriott)

We should mention

Pool access available from 10:00 AM to 10:00 PM
Children under 17 years old are not allowed in the swimming pool, fitness facility, or hot tub without adult supervision
This property welcomes guests of all sexual orientations and gender identities (LGBTQ+ friendly)

Property is also known as

Fairfield Inn Santa Cruz Hotel
Fairfield Inn Santa Cruz
Fairfield Inn Marriott Santa Cruz CA Hotel
Fairfield Inn Marriott Santa Cruz CA
Fairfield Inn Suites Santa Cruz
Fairfield Inn Suites by Marriott Santa Cruz CA
Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Santa Cruz, CA Hotel
Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Santa Cruz, CA Santa Cruz

Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott Santa Cruz, CA Reviews

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 660 out of 1001 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 206 out of 1001 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 72 out of 1001 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 27 out of 1001 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 36 out of 1001 reviews

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.0/10

Staff & service

8.6/10

Amenities

9.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Valeria, san bruno

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Rebecca

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The location was easy to access and quiet. The hotel was clean, offered free parking and breakfast. What we really enjoyed was the layout of the hotel room. The sitting area was spacious, there were TV's in both areas and a coffee area with both a microwave and refrigerator. We will stay here again!
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2025

8/10 Good

Darren

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Crystal

Staff is always friendly! Just love it !
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Vijetha

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great hotel, close to the santa cruz beach. Friendly staff and very decent free breakfast.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Carl A

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

linda

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mindy

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We love this place every time
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Tiyani

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Gregory

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Gelayol

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Breakfast was not excellent but acceptable.
31 of December 2024
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Debra

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great property to stay at for the holidays. Within walking distance of Natural Bridges SP.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

6/10 Okay

Hugo Martinez

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Disliked: Amenities
Breakfast was Meh, undercooked eggs limited options. Location is quiet, Hotel is new but somehow feels Dated? Expected from a Marriott owned property
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Katherine

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good breakfast, clean working pool and hot tub, clean rooms. We would definitely stay there again.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Matthew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Adrienne

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place to stay. Not far from the boardwalk or Monterey. The only complaint I have is, the front desk kept saying they are short staffed. Our room wasn’t ready to due to being short staffed. I asked housekeeping for new sets of towels. She said to me that my room was not on her list for service. I go to the lobby, ask for the towels…short staffed. I understand, you’re short staffed but all I asked for were towels and empty trash cans. I would stay here again.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ana

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Andrea

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hope
Nice hotel, nice breakfast options, close to the beach, etc.,
Stayed 6 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kazim, Santa Clara

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It was a very comfortable stay, with decent included breakfast. Enjoyed our stat and will recommend it to others.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

4/10 Poor

Katrina

Travelled with family
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We arrived after 5p to check in to our hotel after a 5 hour drive to the location. There were 3 families ahead of us and they did not have rooms ready for any of us because NO ONE WAS SCHEDULED TO WORK. There was a young man at the desk, letting us know that 30 rooms would bot be cleaned and so he would be sending us to another Marriott location- 25 minutes from where we were. We had booked this particular location because it is walking distance to our family. He originally offered to lower the price and put us in the queen room that was ready, then a call to his manager was an “upgrade” to a “better” room which was simply handicapped and the balcony does not have any furniture on it so it is useless. Although we felt for the young man who was doing his best, his manager abandoned him and only 2 cleaning people were working. He said this was not the first time this has happened. It was very stressful and by using expedia, there was nothing he could do. Expedia was unavailable at that time on our end too so we couldn’t get any customer service. Terrible experience.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Darla, Southaven

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
For a reasonably priced hotel, this one was awesome. Everything was clean, the room spacious & quiet. The breakfast buffet was much more than I expected, with numerous choices. The staff was very friendly and customer oriented. My only need now is for the hotel to send me a copy of the invoice, all I rec'd is a statement showing a 0 balance. I need a copy of charges. Other than that, I would highly recommend this wonderful hotel.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024

4/10 Poor

Kameswari

Travelled with family and small children
Disliked: Amenities
The breakfast does not have many options
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

ANH

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Breakfast is ok, only bacon and quiche in hot breakfast. Otherwise clean and quite
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Fernando

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Danny

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2024