Cal Mar Hotel Suites

Cool -hope it stays as I remember it

Mar 20th, 2020

This is a great place. Spacious apartments with all amenities. Yes, it is not new but that goes with the style. Excellent location for everything Santa Monica has to offer. It can be noisy and yes that early morning bottle and garbage collection is irritating - but only if you do not sleep through it. Designed in the historic SM style. I loved SM in the 60's/70's -so peaceful and laid back - but now everything we did then is banned or illegal. I hear you even have to pay for car parking now. When I get out I will come back and see if any of the old gang are still hanging out -and who took my Shelby 500. TRIPADVISOR.COM USER 

Good and bad

Feb 18th, 2020

Very nice staff in the reception Always helpful with a smile. It was clean in the apartment but every night I woke up from people who were searching in the dustbins on the street. The toilet flushed even when we weren’t there A little bit old kitchen Nice garden TRIPADVISOR.COM USER 

Clean & Safe

Dec 11th, 2019

Stayed here last month & would stay again. Had 2 teenagers so good to have plenty of space - living & kitchen. Although dated, I knew that from the photos but it was clean & maintained & felt safe. Great location & the staff were very friendly. Only negative for us was the shower water temperature was never quite hot enough no matter the time of day so no lingering there but maybe that is the reason. TRIPADVISOR.COM USER 

No Heat

Dec 2nd, 2019

I was on the third floor very difficult to carry suitcases up 3 staircases. Very dated unit, my biggest complaint was it was a cool week and I was there 6 nights, with not heat. Thermostate didn't work, plus the 50 year old stove in the kitchen leaked natural gas that you could smell everytime you went in the kitchen. I did not think it was reasonably priced since it is so old. The room itself was clean. TRIPADVISOR.COM USER 

Stay somewhere else!

Nov 12th, 2019

First of all, the location is great but right off the bat, parking is $35! That's ridiculous! There is NO elevator which made it really hard to carry up my luggage to the 3rd floor with my bad back. The extra bed in the the sofa was a joke, it was as thin as a limp noodle. The one outlet behind the couch didn't work which wouldn't be a big deal but this building is like a 1950's apartment building, so there very few outlets to begin with. Also stove in the kitchen was literally falling apart and stayed hot the entire time even though it was off, kinda scary and definitely not cool if you have little kids. I did complain about these problems and was given 20% off but had asked for the manager to call me which he never did, so I called again asking to speak with him, left a message and once again received no phone call back. Obviously, he doesn't care about his customers or respect. I would definitely stay somewhere else. TRIPADVISOR.COM USER