With a stay at Motel Santa Cruz, you'll be centrally located in Santa Cruz, within a 5-minute drive of Monterey Bay and Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk. .This motel is 3.7 mi (5.9 km) from Mystery Spot and 5.8 mi (9.3 km) from Capitola Beach.
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
Los Viejones - 3 min walk
Sesame Korean Grill - 11 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 public transport
Free self-parking on site
Food and drink
1 restaurant
Family friendly
Laundry facilities
Conveniences
Front-desk safe
Vending machine
Guest services
Dry-cleaning service
Front desk (limited hours)
Laundry facilities
Multilingual staff
Accessibility
If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
This property does not have any lifts
Grab bar near toilet
In-room accessibility
Upper floors accessible by stairs only
Wheelchair-accessible path of travel
More
Designated smoking areas
Room amenities
Bedroom
Air conditioning
Bed sheets
Bathroom
Private bathroom
Shower/bath combination
Towels
Entertainment
TV channels
Flat-screen TV
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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 200.00 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
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
4.6
All reviews shown are from real guest experiences. Only travellers who have booked a stay with us can submit a review. We verify reviews according to our guidelines and publish all reviews, positive or negative.
Old old structure. Questionable condition. Rotten and rusted banisters and balcony.
Room was tiny. Tiny! Barely enough room. To walk around the beds.
Absolutely no sound deadening from room to room.
Totally sketchy people and activities in the parking lot.
I’d not recommend this place to anyone.
The room was basic. TV didn’t work, but I didn’t report it. Blankets were thin. Motel is in a sketchy part of town, lots of street people. My family was concerned for my safety. Two towels only, no wash cloths. For the price, not adequate. Almost $600 for three nights. Won’t go there again.
Smelled like smoke, felt dirty, lightening was too bright. Asked where our dog could relief himself, was told to walk to the beach. The beach is not close, not very helpful front desk person.
Beatrice
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024
6/10 Okay
Tayler
Travelled with pets, Travelled with partner
29 Jul 2024
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
It was a decent spot. Friendly staff. My only complaint is that it smelled like smoke throughout the property.
Sophia and her son were excellent hosts always pleasant, considerate and helpful. Price is Right and the location is excellent I will be staying here again. Thank you so much for your hospitality I truly appreciate it.
This was by far THE worst place I have ever stayed. Then they asked for a security deposit, I cleaned the room but I feel that the clerk was trying to find a reason to keep the deposit. I took several pictures for protection, lousy place.
Unsanitary place with brown stained bedsheets, walls, bath tub, and towels. Smelled very bad like urine and cigarettes when we walked in. Smoking outside smell went inside non-smoking room. Bathroom was worst of all— very dirty. Was only provided with 2 small stained towels.
Place was close to boardwalk, service was very nice. They accommodated the extra pillows needed for our family and they were super nice during check in. The only downside to this place was some of he other guests in the motel. Loud music and a lot of unique guests made it a little uncomfortable for our children. On a plus it is totally a great place to stay overnight on our trip through Santa Cruz. If you’re passing through. The rates are good, clean rooms, nice family management and close to walk everywhere. The front desk gave us a great room and there was enough space for our family. The couch pulls out into a bed so that was an extra nice perk. Also windows open we asked for a 3 rd floor room and we got one of the best rooms on the end. It was nice to see that a family can run a motel and take pride in their service and cleanliness of the rooms. We would stay again if we were passing through. Again it’s a motel not a hotel so it was what I expected and in many ways exceed our expectations. Only other suggestion to add would be if they had coffee makers for guests in the room.
Erika
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024
6/10 Okay
Adriana
Travelled with family
10 Jul 2024
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Room comfort
Beds noisy
The room seemed new and upgraded. The two queen beds sat on metal bed box frames so any adjusting on the bed came with lots of metal clanking. Which was pretty disruptive to sleep.
My family & were guests for a weekend. From midnight to 4 AM there was a very loud disturbance from the guests in the rooms on each side of us. It first started with them blasting music at midnight, then escalated into a gigantic fight between the two parties because I guess they were a family. They were screaming and fighting and then it got physical as my boyfriend and my daughter woke up to the sounds of a woman being beat in the room next to us . There was also a physical fight outside the door because they were drunk and running back and forth across the balcony and slamming doors. Someone finally called the police and they came around 3AM and they had to come and de-escalate the situation, but that only partially helped because they were still being extremely loud and even the threat of arresting someone did not help. my family came to Santa Cruz for a mini vacation but this has ruined our trip, we woke up very restless and exhausted from the chaos that occurred the night before . I would also like to add that whoever was working that Night downstairs did nothing to help de-escalate the situation or even come up. I don’t recommend stay at this hotel.
Tressa
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024
6/10 Okay
Avimael
Travelled with family and small children
5 Jul 2024
Disliked: Amenities
No pool not enough towels door got stuck in bathroom I was stuck needed help opening door