The Howard Johnson has a great location, but the Continental Breakfast is awful. Terrible coffee, corn flakes, frosted flakes, milk (good), grocery Danish (ugh), Wonder Bread style brown bread, Peter Pan Creamy peanut butter, margarine, apples, a few jams. Period! The WiFi was fine. We had a view of some of the town. But, the building is very old and... More

Looking to re-charge our internal batteries and cleanse ourselves of the day to day drama we chose this property,the Website is very accurate and the "Off the beaten Path" location made it nice yet it was close enough to stroll to our destinations,Probably our favorite part of the property was our own private deck overlooking the Wharf area,we used the... More

My family (2 adults and 4 high school/college age kids) stayed here for 2 nights. The location is fantastic - literally across the street from the beach, Fisherman's Wharf, and the Boardwalk. We had 3 rooms and all were clean and comfortable. No issues with street noise, AC/Heater, or weird smells that other reviewers have reported. It was a perfect... More

Well, let me list the positives first, in the intrest of trying to have a glass half-full mentality: It was in a good location, had a nice size room #110, and the jacuzzi tub an unexpected bonus once I bought some bleach and circulated it though the spa system just to make sure it was actually clean. Now for the... More

This was our first stay at the HoJo in Santa Cruz and we were very pleased. Our first impression was how pretty the grounds were when we pulled into the parking lot. Greeting us as we checked in was a very happy, gracious host. As we were in the check in process, another host greeted us in the reception area... More

My family and I booked a room at the Howard Johnson Santa Cruz through our "TRUSTED" insurance company AAA we thought that it would be a nice clean place to stay while we visited the Board Walk. Only to find out that the bathroom had a real funky odor that smelled like mold or a sour mop. We asked the... More

We had stayed at this hotel many times as well as many other Howard Johnson Inn's or Expresses. This experience now has made me no longer use their services along with many other asscoiates that would use it for both leisure and business. We checked in 7/9/10 and checked out 7/11/10, and during our stay we had requested for a... More

Selected this hotel for the prime location, and it did not disappoint on that front. It is literally steps away from the Santa Cruz Pier and the Boardwalk. Beautiful West Cliff Drive is right outside your front door, offering 2.5 miles of walking/biking paths right on the ocean cliffs. Aside from location, there is nothing special about this hotel. It... More

We've never been to Santa Cruz, CA before and wanted to visit the famous Santa Cruz Boardwalk and Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf which were both in front of this Inn. We were using a discount coupon and was told they weren't available anymore. I asked were they so out and she said they weren't available. The hotel had very few... More