Monterey Pines Inn

This was our 3rd trip to the Monterey Pines Inn this year, and for us, find the location to be convenient to Highway 1, with a good price, and friendly service from the manager, Andy. The property and room is small, but the room was clean, with nice towels and extra blankets, along with some bottled water and granola bars. There is a microwave, mini fridge, and a table with 2 chairs. The Del Monte Shopping Center is across the street, with 70 stores, including a Whole Foods, Macy's and Potterybarn, plus a movie theater, and several restaurants.

The manager, Andy, was very friendly and helpful. Older motel, but for us it was clean. Easy access to freeway, making it about 10 minutes to Point Lobos or Costco, and even less to Carmel and the 17 Mile Drive, with the Del Monte Shopping Center across the street.

Ok, please remember that it's not Marriott or Sheraton hotel. It's a 2 star motel (and an old one), so please don't expect some fancy room with new decor. Like I said, it's an old property. The rooms are on a smaller side, but everything worked fine. There was a small fridge/micro and a coffee machine in a room. The room was very clean. Very. Nice white towels. Toiletries. And even bottled water/granola bars.

My room was well-furnished, beautiful and clean. The bathroom was great too. It was actually a room meant for disabled.

Bit further from downtown but so worth it. Free parking, free WiFi (although it doesn’t work from the first half an hour, it will though. Connect and leave your phone somewhere, don’t stress about it, find something else to do and after a while it will magically connect :) ) The rooms are spik and span, the cleanest we have encountered so far. They offer all the amenities: microwave, coffee maker, mini-fridge, little soaps and shampoo bottles, a big table with two chairs if you want a romantic night dine-in, you just have to get some food either delivered or from the shopping centre two minutes from the inn. Plenty of peace and quiet. Andy, the front desk manager and his wife are very helpful, sweet and respectful. If you need anything he is always there and will help. We needed some disposable plates, cutlery and corkscrew, he had it. We even needed a screwdriver, he had two ( :) )He is a great host and the place he runs is somewhere you want to be if you’re looking for tranquility, old-school motel vibe, spotless clean rooms, housekeeping service every day, fresh and pure forest air and best of all: great value for money really.