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Pet friendly hotel. Ann is super helpful and accommodating. The view is amazing here. If I could live here I would. Waking up to the sound of the ocean is priceless. Cute little spot down by the bay.
Check-in: was a post-it note with my name on it, banker clipped to room keys and a note with the room identification written on it. No people! No bell hop! In the room: The door to the room, on the inside, was missing paint in several spots creating an impression of little or no maintenance. The bathroom door would not close because of the broken tile floor, the tiles had sharp edges that were raised above the adjacent tiles creating a cutting edge. This condition continued into the room. The light above the sink (3 bulb fixture) but only 2 working bulbs. The jetted tub did not pump water. The shower has a rain head but so much pressure that the streams were painful to the skin and no grab bars in the shower stall ( only available in the Handicapped accessible unit). The interior door knob in the bathroom strikes the wall creating broken paint and wall board The exhaust fan was terribly loud. Common area of the room has several loose tiles. The gas fireplace decorative trim around the fire box opening was missing, but fireplace did work. The desk had two chairs that the seat and back surface of each was so deteriorated that it flaked off on to clothing. The doors to the closet would not close all the way. This is a corner ocean view room with a small balcony, I don't think the balcony chairs and table had by cleaned anytime recently. A pair of old worn out binoculars were furnished with the room. There was fresh breads, bagels, rolls, lunch meats, cheeses, hard boiled eggs and coffee, teas plus other beverages for the free breakfast ( serve yourself) This is a $345 per night room. Do not use this facility and pay more than $ 100.00 per night
Super cute inn right in front of the ocean. Rooms were clean and comfy, with balconies overlooking the water. Can't beat falling asleep to the sounds of the ocean. Ann, the owner and host was so sweet and welcoming. I'll be back for a girls staycation!
Bad reviews for this place are real. TL;DR -Dogs allowed, but not welcome -Super rude receptionist lady -Dusty knickknacks everywhere. Feels gross. I had a similar experience to "Rebecca D" below. Upon entering, I was confused by the messiness of the hotel. It was gross and I wasn't sure if I was in the right place. When I got to the second floor, I noticed a messy-beyond-belief receptionist area. The actual receptionist was not sitting there, but was chilling in the lobby. After some very uncomfortable detail clarification between her and I, I made the mistake of asking where I could buy sandals and she belittled me for it, "What are you going to do with sandals the way the tide is?" "You don't know the way the north coast tide works huh?" I replied "I guess not". I was very offended by her rudeness. She then looked down out the window and saw my husband walking our dog in and LITERALLY groaned. "Aw you have a dog..." I was shocked. Our reservation was made with our dog clearly mentioned. She then went in to brag about how this place is the only one that allows dogs in Half Moon Bay. (?????) Later during our stay, I had asked for a fan to use, and while she wiped the dust off of it in front of me (yuck), she explained to me that "sometimes it's better to travel without a dog, you know. The stress of it all-" I stopped listening. This hotel should not be allowing dogs if it's going to make ppl feel bad for bringing them. Lastly, our room smelled like gas the whole time. I was afraid of asking the horrible lady because I'd had enough rudeness. In addition, the metal furnishings were all rusted, even the locks on the balcony door and the window. The furniture on the balcony was horrendous. Just everything was bad except the view, but I'd trade that for a better (and cleaner) time. Never have I wanted to sleep in my own bed so bad during a "vacation".
So disappointed. I never write reviews but I'm still bummed on this place. After I checked in I was told I was the only guest there! King ocean view first week in October. This after seeing it looked booked full (and awesome) online. The owner (not wearing a mask btw) happily took my $660 for two nights. I felt totally ripped off. I should have asked for an upgrade but figured the room would be amazing based on reviews/photos online. And then I was shown my crappy room, right off the junky lobby where later I would see plates of cheese sit out from 8:15am - 11:30am. The room was small, old, dirty, and painted bright ugly mint green. There were two random seashells glued to the wall, a blood or red dripping stain on the patio door from the inside. The fan in the bathroom was filthy. Rips in the sheets. Dead bugs on the floor. Paint chips on the walls. And then I could not find anyone to help me there three different times - nobody around for hours - I even left a voicemail and she did not call me back. Found her sitting in lobby and then she was rude. I was concerned the rooms are right off the lobby which is open to the street 24/7. I wondered if she locked the door to the lobby at night (especially if she was MIA.) She basically laughed in my face and kept being rude to me the rest of my stay! I get it - you are trying to stay open during these times so maybe you don't have as many resources to keep it up. But I work hard for my money too and had saved up for what I thought would be an amazing getaway. Plus don't be rude to the guests! I'll never go back there. The beach and views were great, but nothing about this spot to stay was worth it. Good luck, Lady.
Super romantic hotel literally across from the beach. Every room has an ocean view. Our hotel had a fireplace and cute balcony to "people watch" or enjoy the ocean breeze. Downstairs has complementary s-mores and a fireplace. I saw that you can check out bikes but we brought our own. The trail is outside the hotel and you are next door to restaurants and coffee. Beds were comfy. We hope to return again soon.
We had a similar experience to "Rebecca D" and "Debbie" below. We travel the coast and stay mostly at B&B's. This was our anniversary trip and we had stayed here when Mr. Landis was the owner. He lived in the upper 3rd floor and had an extensive wine collection. When we arrived I asked if the new owners lived on the 3rd floor. She replied "no one live here" The lobby looked like it was a garage sale with just crap and loads of snack items for sale that must have been out there for a year. Arriving at the door there was a sign posted with the numbers to enter into the locking door. That was strange! Yet when I pushed the door before entering any numbers it just opened. Not very secure!! We came back around 9:30 after dinner and found a gentleman wandering around in the lobby attempting to contact someone via his cell phone. I asked him if I could help him as he looked perplexed. He said " I have just arrived here from shooting a video production of indigenous people in Northern California and had stayed here before and I'm trying to reach the Inn management to see if I could stay here again." I told him that we had the same issue when trying to book or reach the proprietor running this establishment. All of a sudden she appears (she was sleeping in one of the rooms) The gentleman said he was looking for a place to stay and her reply was (It's not all about the money) what a weird response to a potential customer. We will never stay at Oceanfront Inn again... NO WAY
Great location. Room was nice sized. Bedding was comfortable. Breakfast was ok. Paid for an ocean view so we had to ask the front to clean the windows so we could at least see out of them.
There aren't too many places where I'm completely at peace. Having never been to Half Moon Bay or NorCal, I had no expectations whatsoever. I've always shy'd away from B&B's because we generally like to be left alone. The Oceanfront Hotel is a true gem on a quiet street on the beach overlooking Half Moon Bay. The view was amazing, the rooms were extremely comfortable, and the staff was friendly and helpful without being overbearing. Check in and out couldn't have been easier. This immediately became my "Happy Place" and I truly hope we have the opportunity to visit again. Thank you for the wonderful experience.
By the way-- the pictures associated with this visit to the Oceanfront hotel follow AFTER my review from 12 years ago -- please scroll down to see them . I am giving a 1 star only because the view of the ocean and the sound of the ocean is amazing from this Hotel and the bed was very comfortable . I wrote a glowing recommendation 12 years ago when the property was Landis Shores and it was clean and kept up. This place I stayed in is nothing like Landis Shores. I decided to extend a 2 day stay I had at a different inn and they had no rooms so I checked on the previously Landis Shores now called the Oceanfront Hotel. I should have wondered why they had vacancies when no one else did but I had my dog and needed a place that accepted dogs. I left a message on a voicemail and instead of calling back I got a text saying there was a room available. She quoted me a price of $270 and a $30 dog fee-that was for a king bed, fireplace and ocean view. She just asked when I would be there And didn't ask for credit card info or anything. (Red flag?) When I arrived I came up the elevator(a nice feature for me with my bad knee) and was shown a room and told that if I liked it I could have it. Hard to describe the demeanor of the owner-- like when I said I was from Santa Cruz she said " what like there's no where to hang out in Santa Cruz?". It took me a minute to react. She also quoted me $270 for the room and $50 dog fee which I disputed and she looked up her own text which said $30 dog fee (another red flag). Anyway-- as soon as I got to the "lobby" I felt like I was in my house with all the clutter, little schotzkys. Every inch of horizontal space was covered with stuff that didn't look freshly dusted by any means. Then the food was all set out on tables -- no protection from Covid in terms of being packaged or Anything-- open Costco size cans of nuts just out to be taken from, dried fruit in the bags they were bought, open jars of Nutella and various jams for communal use-there were lots more examples equally concerning to me. It is nice to have food for guests but a little more thought could go into how it is presented. It was simply overwhelming how the "lobby" looked like a convenience store in some ways and like someone's home kitchen in others when it was not a home kitchen and pandemic precautions are REAL. I agreed to the room but never looked at it well until I was moved in. It was grossly uncared for . I will attach pictures of filthy upholstered chairs, broken down rusted chairs on the balcony, wood table peeling paint also on the balcony, filthy drapes, rusted curtain rods and table in the room, a desk that looked like it was seriously got at a garage sale with an actual file cabinet attached -- it was not an elegant well cared for room thst cost me more than $300 to occupy. There were full size hand wash and other toiletries--not little single use bottles or the dispenser kind there are in some hotels like in the shower. The towels were thin and not soft. The refrigerator in the bathroom had food left in it for I have no idea how long but it grossed me out because if the housekeeper missed that what else did they miss. There was one picture on the wall in the room and then two random shells pinned (yes I said pinned ) on the wall very high. It was just strange. The bed was very comfy and I slept great with the sound of the ocean all night. I don't like to post bad reviews but I was seriously disappointed and needed to share with other possible customers. Just look at the outside-- two boats that look like they are being stored not like they are decorative in nature. Old bikes that are rusted and OLD. Etc etc etc Landis Shores was everything I said it was in my 12 year old review that popped up first on Yelp when I did look up the hotel. The Oceanfront Hotel is not anything like that-it is dirty, messy, cluttered, funky(not in a fun classic way)and the owner is abrupt snd I heard her be just for right rude to another guest do I knew it wasn't just me. Think twice before booking a room here. So many nice places to stay in Princeton, Miramar snd Half Moon Bay-- choose one of them.
Absolutely loved this place. I was looking for a pretty, quiet spot overlooking the ocean with a fireplace and the Oceanfront delivered all that and more. It was a very last minute trip between Christmas and New Years and living in San Jose, I wanted to go away for a couple days somewhere along the coast. The first night we were in a room with a view along the side of the property, not directly facing the ocean. It was still a pretty view, but not quite the same. Even so, the hotel was very unassuming and quiet. Exactly what I wanted! The second night, we noticed a few rooms had checked out so we asked Anne (who I will get back to later) if we could move to a room directly facing the water and she said it was no problem. We happily moved our things and relaxed on the patio watching the sunset, listening to music. It was just beautiful and so relaxing. After the sun went down, it was great to leave the window open and cozy up inside with the fireplace and the big bed. We loved the fact that they have DVDs to borrow and watch in the room. It's an old fashioned place in a lot of ways, but that's something I really loved about it. And I was enjoying it so much, that I ended up extending my stay one more night which was so easy with Anne. And Anne, the manager of the hotel, is lovely. She helped us check in and was incredibly friendly. The breakfast she served that was included with the room was great. Lovely pastries, juice, bagels, toast, coffee, tea. A very nice spread. I will definitely go back here again and again. It's a beautiful, peaceful little spot that is run extremely well and makes you feel even more welcome.
I absolutely loved this hotel. I came here on a "momcation" to spend a couple of days for myself. The location is amazing, literally right on the beach. I was in awe when I walked in my room and felt the ocean breeze, seeing nothing but sand and water as I looked out the window and stood on the balcony. I stayed in an Ocean view King Room. The room was really nice and included a deep soaking jacuzzi tub a stand alone shower. I loved that I could see the sand and water so clearly even while lounging in bed. Waking up to a view like this and listening to the waves everyday is something I can get used to. The owner is very friendly and accommodating. They offer complimentary wine, coffee, tea, soda, water, and snacks available 24/7. Right next door is the Miramar Beach Restaurant which has really good food and outdoor seating. I cannot wait to return here.
Came here for Valentine's Day weekend and I immediately fell in love. Such a relaxing environment with wonderful view of the ocean. Ann the owner is very sweet and kind and made us feel very welcomed. I already can't wait to book again! Thank you Ann for such a great experience.
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Absolutely Incredible views, service and accommodations. Highly recommend. Our Room was clean, they wheeled in a cot for my daughter, and even had great wine and snacks in the later afternoon. Dana is an incredible hostess for this property and it shows from the minute that you speak with her on the phone, as well as when you meet her in person. As another review points out, I'm almost hesitant to share this as the place a a complete gem - I don't want it to be booked up the next time I want to come; but these guys here at Landis deserve all the repeat business they will get. Well Done! read more
10 years ago
Hospitable and comfortable stay. There's fruits, sweets, and beverages near almost every room (complementary). The lady behind the counter was kind and understanding when I had to cut my vacation short. Lovely stay! I attached a picture of my view from the lobby watching the news with other guests (not in the picture). read more
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Just checking out after two beautiful days here on Miramar Beach in Half Moon Bay. Very comfortable ocean front rooms. Gracious hospitality with wine and cheese afternoon and continental breakfast bar. Perfect location to walk the beach trail either to Pillar Point harbor or the other way to downtown HMB. We also enjoyed one of our favorite restaurants being right next door, the Miramar Beach Restaurant where we enjoyed one dinner and Sunday brunch. read more
9 years ago
Location, location, location. Across from the Miramar Beach restaurant and right on the beach. We stayed here with our small dog in an ocean front room. The view was amazing and the in-room fireplace made it cozy after sunset. Th room, however, was not anything special, but it did have a small balcony looking down on the beach. The included breakfast was robust and tasty. read more
10 years ago
Ah this is a sad report for me to write. I gave the hotel a 4 star rating, but this reflects a significant drop from my visits when it was a B&B which would have been a 5+. The hotel gets 3 stars simply because of the location and views. The room we stayed in did not have any heat except a small oil radiator we moved to heat sections of the room or bathroom. It was cold with lows at 36 degrees. The linens were more problematic. They were poor quality, smelled of chemicals and were rough/scratchy/stiff this included the bath robes. Other places use the same bathrobes without ruining the feel of the Terry cloth so it has to be the laundering. They did wash a set of sheets with just hot water for me and that helped with smell and chemical burn. The hotel is nor longer a B&B so don't expect a warm breakfast or afternoon delights with wine. The building is about 16 years old right and on the water, it is showing signs of neglect. Lots of paint/weathering issues with the doors and windows. The original quality of the design makes it a cut above chain hotels but for how long? If you never stayed at Landis Shores you may still be impressed, but we were disappointed. read more
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Arrived in HMB without lodging plans. Strolled by Landis Inn and decided to stop in an see about a room. We were greeted by Lizette who showed us a room that was available that night. We checked into the Porta and moved in for the night! Lizette was wonderful. Explaining the history of the inn and showing us the features of our room and the amenities that went with it. Full ocean view!! Jetted tub, queen size bed, gas fireplace and two cozy rocking chairs. Small balcony facing the ocean that was right across the street!! We then were turned over to Janet our inn keeper for the night. Wonderful woman who set up the wine and appetizers from 4:30-6 and made our most yummy breakfast AND delivered it to our room!!! We loved the property and where it was located and will definitely be back!!! read more
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We have stayed at least twice every year since 2013. This place never disappoints. It's the perfect getaway inn, very intimate, quiet, and comfortable. We recently stayed here in February and learned it was under new ownership. Just as amazing as the last owners these individuals only seek to make the clients stay as amazing as before, great improvements have been done. Definitely recommend, we will definitely be coming back! read more
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So it's back to 5 stars.... I forgot to update my review since our last stay in September with the new owners. Now very different to the former "almost snobby" atmosphere. The new owner is trying out new ideas which may or may not work out, especially with returning patrons. (Please KEEP the evening wine & nibbles! ) Previously it was very quiet but the new owner is very sociable and encourages her guests to be the same, we have always had breakfast on our balcony, this was the first time we ventured out to breakfast with the other guests. She tried a breakfast buffet, I did prefer this to the set menu. Parfaits were delicious! I love the hummingbird feeders outside the upstairs windows, they attract 4-5 birds at a a time. The new owner also provides loaner bicycles so you can ride along the pathways, it was so much fun! because of my arthritis I can't walk long distances so this was the first time I got to go and see places I was previously unable to access. All and all my husband and I will be returning again, one of the things we loved was to sit on our balcony and watch the sun set with a glass of wine, so as I said before, please don't take that away. (I should mention that they did kindly make us a plate of nibbles and a glass of wine that evening) Thank you and we hope to return again soon. I'll post pics soon. read more
10 years ago
I've stayed in fine hotels all over the coast and this place is by far the best. Each room is unique and ours had a fireplace. The location is on the water and hearing the waves at night was relaxing. Management is 5 STAR and they are attentive to every need. Adjacent is a restaurant with good food and fireplaces which makes for a nice evening. Add to this walking paths all around and hiking in the hills....Leaving was difficult. read more
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Awesomely beautiful and relaxing place to be. Also it is a Dog friendly place. Feels like it is your own place the lobby looks likes your living room. The owners are very down to earth read more
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