Motel Santa Cruz

Motel near Monterey Bay in Santa Cruz

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Dates

January 2026

February 2026

Overview
Rooms
Location
Policies

Popular amenities

Pet friendly
Parking included
Free WiFi
Restaurant
Air conditioning
Laundry

Explore the area

370 Ocean St, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060

Place, Ocean Street
‪1 min walk‬
Place, Pacific Avenue
‪10 min walk‬
Place, Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
‪11 min walk‬
Airport, San Jose, CA (SJC-Norman Y. Mineta San Jose Intl.)
‪44 min drive‬

Room options

Room, 1 King Bed, Non Smoking

20 sq m
Sleeps 2
1 King Bed

Room, 2 Queen Beds, Non Smoking

27 sq m
Sleeps 4
2 Queen Beds

Room, 2 Double Beds, Non Smoking

Sleeps 4
2 Double Beds

Room, 1 King Bed, Smoking

20 sq m
Sleeps 2
1 King Bed

About the area

Santa Cruz

Heart of Santa Cruz.Within a 10-minute walk of this Westside Santa Cruz motel, you'll find Ocean Street and Mimi De Marta Dog Park. Santa Cruz Museum of Art and History and Pacific Avenue are also within half a mile (1 km).

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What's nearby

Ocean Street - 1 min walk - 0.0 km
Pacific Avenue - 10 min walk - 0.9 km
Main Beach - 11 min walk - 1.0 km
Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk - 11 min walk - 1.0 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
‪四姐 Special Noodle - ‬1 min walk
‪Oswald - ‬9 min walk

About this property

Motel Santa Cruz

Motel near Monterey Bay in Santa Cruz

There's a restaurant on site. WiFi is free in public spaces. A vending machine, multilingual staff, and laundry facilities are also featured at Motel Santa Cruz. Free self parking is available.

Smoking is allowed in designated areas at this Santa Cruz motel.

1 building

62 guestrooms or units

3 levels

Dry cleaning

Self-service laundry

Front desk (limited hours)

Staff is multilingual

Front-desk safe

Smoking in designated areas

Dining venue

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.

Similar properties

Pool
Pet friendly
Parking included
Free WiFi

Property amenities

Family friendly

Laundry facilities

Internet

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

Parking and transportation

Free self parking on site

Food and drink

A restaurant

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

Room amenities

Entertainment

Flat-screen TV with cable channels

Bedroom

Bedsheets provided

Bathroom

Private bathroom
Shower/bathtub combination
Towels provided

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

Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours)

Pets

Pets: USD 28.00 per pet, per night
Only dogs and cats are allowed
Service animals are exempt from fees

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome.

Rollaway/extra beds are not available.

Cribs (infant beds) are not available.

Property payment types

Important information

Fees

Guests will be asked to pay the following charges at the property:

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

We've listed all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

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)

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

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

Charges for extra guests may apply and vary according to property policy.
A cash deposit, credit card, or debit card for incidental charges and government-issued photo identification may be required upon check-in.
Special requests are subject to availability at the time of check-in. Special requests can't be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business, or profession. This property accepts Visa, Mastercard, American Express, and Discover. Cash is not accepted. For guests' safety, the property includes a smoke detector in each accommodation. Cashless payment methods are available for all transactions.

Property is also known as

Motel Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz Motel

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Motel Santa Cruz Reviews

5.0

5.0/10

Cleanliness

5.8/10

Staff & service

4.6/10

Amenities

4.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

10/10 Excellent

MICHAEL, OROVILLE

Travelled with family

Oct 22, 2025

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

Good location, main road has restaurants across street and straight path to wharf or boardwalk. Very clean rooms. TV channels work. Shampoo provided in shower. Desk lady is highly friendly and nice, quite reasonable too. AC works. Minifridge available with microwave. Down sides: shower head is fixed not a hose, large shower is spacious sliding door though. Metal box under beds is annoyin at times if you accidently kick it getting in out of bed. Outside the railing walk ways are packed around the ceiling with huge spider webs with large spiders. If tall watch your head while getting to your room. They need to clear the webs. Other than that tho its a fantastic motel.

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2025

2/10 Terrible

William

Travelled with family, Travelled with group

Oct 21, 2025

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

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

2/10 Terrible

Byron

Travelled with family

Oct 18, 2025

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

One idea is keeping your room clean because when we got to the hotel it was dirty and the sheets of the bed were dirty and torn with visible holes and the room smelled very bad.

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

2/10 Terrible

Karina

Travelled with partner

Oct 13, 2025

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

There was lots of screaming all night! I was scared of bed bugs! There was blood on the mattress! I got out of there asap

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

4/10 Poor

Daniel

Business traveller, Travelled with partner

Oct 10, 2025

Liked: Staff & service

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Poor

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

6/10 Okay

Mayaflor

Travelled with partner

Sep 29, 2025

Disliked: Amenities

I requested the first floor as I have problem going up stairs . He gave us right beside a busy street and you can hear all the noises. Internet was poor. The good thing is 7eleven is right across the street and other stores and restaurants. Place is clean and will stay in this motel again

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

2/10 Terrible

Chris

Travelled with group

Sep 28, 2025

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

Moth eaten curtains, smashed in front door that had been repaired, and it was dirty

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Randi

Sep 24, 2025

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2025

6/10 Okay

Yesenia, Bakersfield

Travelled with family

Sep 23, 2025

Liked: Staff & service

Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities

The parking spaces are super small and compacted. the parking lot was always full I had to ask for permission to park in front of the lobby that was in between the entrance and other parked cars.

Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2025

4/10 Poor

Alirio J

Travelled with family

Sep 22, 2025

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

Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2025

2/10 Terrible

Gabriel

Travelled with family, Business traveller

Sep 21, 2025

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Very dirty in general dirty towels a lot of cigarette smell the sink was blocked and the room was very old

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

4/10 Poor

Geoffrey

Travelled with family

Sep 21, 2025

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Avoid

I usually don’t expect much from lower cost hotels but at $230 this place felt like a $60 per night hotel. The room stunk of cigarette smoke , was not in good shape, just didn’t feel clean, noisy. I had low expectations, but this place came in well below them.

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

2/10 Terrible

jorge

Sep 7, 2025

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Regina

Travelled with family, Business traveller

Sep 7, 2025

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

Clean room staff was really nice close to all venues

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

6/10 Okay

Angela

Sep 2, 2025

Liked: Staff & service

Disliked: Cleanliness

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Anna

Sep 1, 2025

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

Adequate if outdated

The motel is basic and located on a noisy street--the evening we spent the night was rife with motorcyclists rev bombing. The blackout curtains weren't enough to block streetlights and nightlife revelers. Rooms could use a lot more updating. The pillows could use replacing but the mattress was pretty comfortable.

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

2/10 Terrible

Barbara

Aug 28, 2025

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities

There were no amenities - no little breakfast in the morning, no Keurig coffee machines, no toiletries, no desk or chair to sit on, an odd steel sheet surrounding the bed which made a very loud drum sound when you sat on the bed, I would never stay there again and would not recommend it to anyone. I was not able to get a return of fee on the second night due to all this and I left anyway.

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Richard

Aug 28, 2025

Disliked: Staff & service

Decent place to stay

The room was small but it was pretty clean with a really hard bed and one wet towel. The only problem we had was the people in and around the hotel. It's about a 3 minute drive to the boardwalk or a 20 minute walk.

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025