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3 out of 5
Balboa Inn, On the Beach
105 Main St, Newport Beach, CA

Reviews

7.6

Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 366 out of 1007 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 263 out of 1007 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 179 out of 1007 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 118 out of 1007 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 81 out of 1007 reviews" "

7.6/10

Cleanliness

8.4/10

Staff & service

7.0/10

Amenities

7.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Jared

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Love the customer service. Right in the middle of everything. Five minute walk to almost anything in the area
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Balboa Inn on 29 Apr 2024
Thank you for staying with us at the Balboa Inn on the Sand in Newport Beach. We hope you enjoyed your stay. Thank you for your feedback.

8/10 Good

Robert

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The location is perfect for a taste of the Balboa peninsula.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024
Response from BALBOA INN FRONT-DESK on 28 Apr 2024
Thank you for staying with us at the Balboa Inn on the Sand in Newport Beach. We hope you enjoyed your stay with us. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Alexis

Travelled with pets, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Perfect location. Fantastic and personable staff! Being a pet friendly hotel was an absolute bonus. We decided to extend our stay another day because of how much we enjoyed being visitor’s here in Balboa. We will be back as patrons again soon.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from BALBOA INN FRONT DESK on 26 Apr 2024
Thank you for staying with us at the Balboa Inn on the Sand in Newport Beach. We hope you enjoyed your stay with us. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

8/10 Good

Theodore

Liked: Staff & service
Great location. Property is worn around the edges. But the pricing reflects that. We just needed a place to sleep at night so this is exactly what we were looking for.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Balboa Inn on 24 Apr 2024
Thank you, Theodore, for staying with us at the Balboa Inn on the Sand in Newport Beach. We hope you enjoyed your stay with us. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

10/10 Excellent

robert

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great location, helpful staff. I would stay here again.
Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024
Response from Balboa Inn on 22 Apr 2024
Thank you for staying with us at the Balboa Inn on the Sand in Newport Beach. We hope you enjoyed your stay with us. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

8/10 Good

Laura, MODESTO

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Close to the ocean, easy walk to the Catalina ferry.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Balboa Inn on 16 Apr 2024
Thank you for staying with us at the Balboa Inn on the Sand in Newport Beach. We hope you enjoyed your stay with us. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

8/10 Good

Margaret

We liked the location
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Balboa Inn on 31 Mar 2024
thank you for staying with us at the Balboa Inn on the Sand in Newport Beach. We hope you enjoyed your stay with us. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

8/10 Good

NICOLITSA

Travelled with family, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
The location is excellent and the staff is amazing. The rooms are updated but, they sell you a King bedded room when its really 1 queen. The water in the sink wouldnt go down, the shower was really slippery and very difficult to get out of. The water pressure from the shower head is dismal at best. The room snelled like BBQ.The breakfast was yogurt, cereal boxes, plastic wrapped bread and orange juice. Not worth it. Valet was super expensive for them to park it outdoors. The entire car was filthy when we got it back. The price is worth ONLY for the location and the amazing service of the staff. It was not worth the money spent.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Balboa Inn on 25 Mar 2024
Thank you for staying with us at the Balboa Inn on the Sand in Newport Beach. We hope you enjoyed your stay with us. We look forward to seeing you again soon. Thank you for your feedback. We will be addressing your concerns.

8/10 Good

Michael

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Balboa Inn on 10 Apr 2024
Thank you for staying with us at the Balboa Inn on the Sand in Newport Beach. We hope you enjoyed your stay with us. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Aja

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We love staying here for a quick weekend get away
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from BALBOA INN on 19 Mar 2024
Thank you for staying with us at the Balboa Inn on the Sand in Newport Beach. We hope you enjoyed your stay with us. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Sally

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
All staff was amazing that we worked with. They were very accommodating when our flight was cancelled. The only downfall was the walls are thin and we could hear the neighbors.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Balboa Inn on 17 Mar 2024
Thank you for staying with us at the Balboa Inn on the Sand in Newport Beach. We hope you enjoyed your stay with us. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

8/10 Good

Simon

staff are good,room is ok
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Balboa Inn on 17 Mar 2024
Thank you for staying with us at the Balboa Inn on the Sand in Newport Beach. We hope you enjoyed your stay with us. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

10/10 Excellent

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The property is on the sand!! Feels like home! It's a beautiful thing to arrive and just be chill mode. Laura, Dillon,Tyler,Donna,
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Balboa Inn on 17 Mar 2024
Thank you for staying with us at the Balboa Inn on the Sand in Newport Beach. We hope you enjoyed your stay with us. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Reisha

Laura was amazing and so accommodating
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Balboa Inn on 17 Mar 2024
Thank you for staying with us at the Balboa Inn on the Sand in Newport Beach. We hope you enjoyed your stay with us. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Kathy

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We loved the beach and enjoyed walking around the area. One of our favorite places!
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Balboa Inn on 13 Mar 2024
Thank you for staying with us at the Balboa Inn on the Sand in Newport Beach. We hope you enjoyed your stay with us. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Krista

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Balboa Inn on 21 Mar 2024
Thank you for staying with us at the Balboa Inn on the Sand in Newport Beach. We hope you enjoyed your stay with us. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Kevin

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Balboa Inn on 26 Feb 2024
Thank you for staying with us at the Balboa Inn on the Sand in Newport Beach. We hope you enjoyed your stay with us. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

4/10 Poor

BRIGITTE, Las Vegas

Travelled with family and small children
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Been coming here for many years they put zero effort into the upkeep of the property…lets start here: check in was a nightmare; they gave us a room for 2 when we booked a room for 3 with ocean view; it took over 1 hour to get the room we booked. Also the guy checking us in offered us valet for $60 a night and caught him offering the next guest $45 a night.... the sink faucet is falling off, toilet is leaking, the shower head doesn't work correctly, the blow dryer looks from 1980 and it's filthy. The chairs on the patio are falling apart. The lady who cleaned the room didn't even make the "extra" bed which is not a bed but a couch! …forget about the breakfast, expect an apple and 99cents wrapped muffin from Walmart that has 1,000 ingredients…do yourself a favor and skip this place the only good thing about it is the location. Also there's a resort fee of 30 per day for water and beach towels but there were no beach towels in the room... It is clear this place has no standards. I would not recommend.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Balboa Inn on 21 Feb 2024
Thank you for your feedback. We will be addressing your concerns.

6/10 Okay

Monica

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Location wise was great. Located by the beach and some dining areas around. Regarding property: Large cars for valet was $60 smaller cars are of course cheaper Upstairs has a nice view of the beach My room door did not close properly, it was a struggle to open and close the room door. I literally had to slam it just so it would properly close and pull the door for it to open, apologies to my neighbors. Room walls were thin, we could hear every conversation and snore which was annoying. Just wanted a nice quiet getaway. Room was also stuffy no matter how much I tried to adjust the AC setting. After checking into the room we noticed that the TV remote ran out of batteries so I was about to call the front desk when there was nowhere on the phone for such service. I had to google and call the hotel from my phone. Service was fast, however, this person that came (looks like Anthony Bourdain) said “no smoking in my rooms.” I did not know what prompted him to say that when we just got into the room and only request to change the remote batteries?
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Balboa Inn on 21 Feb 2024
Thank you for your feedback. We will be addressing your concerns.

10/10 Excellent

John

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Amazing property!! Thank you Laura for everything you do! Namaste!! Tyler you are phenomenal God bless!
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Balboa Inn on 20 Feb 2024
Thank you for staying with us at the Balboa Inn on the Sand in Newport Beach. We hope you enjoyed your stay with us. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Lee

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We loved the location. The price for the room via expedia made it affordable for the night. I would easily do 1-2 day stays more often if I could get a price point Of 230 - 300 for an even nicer room upgrade. The fireplace pilot light was on but We could not get the fire place to work. :(
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Balboa Inn on 18 Feb 2024
Thank you for staying with us at the Balboa Inn on the Sand in Newport Beach. We hope you enjoyed your stay with us. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

2/10 Terrible

Jeffrey, Draper

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The room smelled musty, the paint on the walls was sagging from water damage. Black mold in the shower. The headboard was moldy. The property as a whole was not maintained.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Balboa Inn on 21 Feb 2024
Thank you for your feedback. We will be addressing your concerns.

2/10 Terrible

Gene

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nightmare stay.
Terrible! Had to enter room from outdoors with no shelter from rain. It was an open, easy way for anyone from the street to approach your door. No security cameras even though was told there were "a lot of cameras". Yet when asked to show me one, they would not! I felt very uncomfortable and not safe. No dresser drawers. Only two small night stand drawers. No bathroom space for toiletries. Had to hang wash cloth and towels from door knob. Light switch stopped working. Had to stand on glass top coffee table to pull light chain to work lights. Room was always dark and cold feeling. Felt and looked like a very old place in need of renovation. Continental breakfast was a joke! Only sweet cakes and very limited adult cereal. Yogurt was a good thing. Bathroom light was an auto motion censor that you could not turn off! Too bright for getting up in the middle of night. Finally taped over it. Seemed to be very few guest. I only saw three over 5 days. Canceled the rest of my stay (9 days) and went up to Huntington Beach. I will never stay there again!
Stayed 14 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Balboa Inn on 21 Feb 2024
Thank you for your feedback. We will be addressing your concerns.

6/10 Okay

Jedidiah

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Rooms are small and decent for the price point. Keys almost never worked. Great location right on board walk and beach.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Balboa Inn on the Sand in Newport Beach on 15 Feb 2024
Thank you for staying with us at the Balboa Inn on the Sand in Newport Beach. We hope you enjoyed your stay with us. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

8/10 Good

BASUKI, New York

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Close to where I need to be, yet it is right on beach where I could unwind.
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Balboa Inn on 15 Feb 2024
Thank you for staying with us at the Balboa Inn on the Sand in Newport Beach. We hope you enjoyed your stay with us. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Rylan

Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Balboa Inn on the Sand on the Beach on 15 Feb 2024
Thank you for staying with us at the Balboa Inn on the Sand in Newport Beach. We hope you enjoyed your stay with us. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Greg

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Amcpusa.com
Everything the staff, the views, the facilities, just a amazing experience, will repeat
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Balboa Inn on the Sand in Newport Beach on 15 Feb 2024
Thank you for staying with us at the Balboa Inn on the Sand in Newport Beach. We hope you enjoyed your stay with us. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

2/10 Terrible

Jennifer

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from balboa inn on 26 Feb 2024
Thank you for staying with us at the Balboa Inn on the Sand in Newport Beach. We hope you enjoyed your stay with us. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Hugh

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023
Response from Balboa Inn on 15 Feb 2024
Thank you for staying with us at the Balboa Inn on the Sand in Newport Beach. We hope you enjoyed your stay with us. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Jeff

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great little spot for a daycation wife loved it
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Balboa Inn on 15 Feb 2024
Thank you for staying with us at the Balboa Inn on the Sand in Newport Beach. We hope you enjoyed your stay with us. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Melissa

Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2023
Response from Balboa Inn on 15 Feb 2024
Thank you for staying with us at the Balboa Inn on the Sand in Newport Beach. We hope you enjoyed your stay with us. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

4/10 Poor

Sharon S

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
Won’t be back ever again
This is the second time I stayed there. First time was excellent. This time not so much. I had both nights nearly free with my Hotels.com points and they tried to upsell me into a better room for $100 per night which I declined. So they stuck me in a room that looked like a storage room in the roof that only had one window that faced a wall. It had a funny odor like mildew. But I guess that’s what you get for free. When I arrived the first night, they offered to let me park my own car in the gated in private parking but the directions they gave me to get there were very off. I ended up driving down an alley that wasn’t even a road. The valet was as supported to guide me but after I tipped him $5 he wasn’t found. I won’t come back again to stay here because of the poor treatment I received.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023
Response from Balboa Inn on 21 Feb 2024
Thank you for your feedback. We will be addressing your concerns.

10/10 Excellent

Mary

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from Balboa Inn on 15 Feb 2024
Thank you for staying with us at the Balboa Inn on the Sand in Newport Beach. We hope you enjoyed your stay with us. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from Balboa Inn on 15 Feb 2024
Thank you for staying with us at the Balboa Inn on the Sand in Newport Beach. We hope you enjoyed your stay with us. We look forward to seeing you again soon.

6/10 Okay

John

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Will not be back
You pay for the location, the hotel itself is below average and the staff is quirky at best, very strange.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023
Response from Balboa Inn on 21 Feb 2024
Thank you for your feedback. We will be addressing your concerns.

6/10 Okay

micheal

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The jacuzzi was not working which is why we booked this hotel. Very disappointing as this is the main amenity that we wanted. The sink drain leaked, the freezer was frozen solid, the entry door did not always work from the outside.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

willian

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Melissa

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff was great & room was very spacious. Clean and quiet. Walking distance to Balboa Ferry & Fun Zone. Great experience.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Robin, Long Beach

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The Inn itself is quiet and nice. There seemed to be inly 2 staff members when we checked in but they were so nice. Kyle, the valet/bellhop/concierge, was the nicest and super helpful.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jeiny

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Love this hotel, me and my husband love Newport so this is the best spot close to everything, clean rooms and amenities and friendly staff.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

William

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Pablo

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

6/10 Okay

Arturo

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Gary

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Great Location Still has some beat up charm.
This is classic old are Inn. Place is beat up but still has some charm. The folks there are very helpful. Someone did a remodel but for what they charge they need a complete remodel. It has Location and that is special.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

ryan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Kimberly

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
A bit over priced had to go to 3 different rooms before getting one that suited my needs. Very accommodating staff
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, room comfort
Disappointed
Location was great. Everything else was mediocre. Front desk not helpful in terms of room location, parking, no mention of breakfast (fruit, yogurt, packaged pastries and cereal) or check in or out times. Room was very dated and small. You could hear every door closing, people walking around, and the streets were very loud including people yelling about happy hour specials every 3-5 mins for two hours. When you walk down the stairs you are in the middle of an italian restaurant with patrons eating which was awkward when in very casual clothes. Poor directional signs to rooms, walked in circles before figuring out correct corridor. Air and fan not working. Toilet very sluggish. No shower door and bathroom too small to store any toiletries (no counter). Had a small balcony but not a great view. Overpriced despite the fantastic location right by the pier and many restaurants and shops. Would have been good at $200 just not at $400.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

albert

Liked: Cleanliness
Nice location but a bit run down
Nice location, nice vibe but i agree with other reviews, facility is old but would be so much better with proper maintenance and care. Room was clean but noisy, extraction fan in bathroom was terrible, mini fridge noise was bad and doors lack proper hinges so they tend to slam.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023