I just spent two weeks staying at the Peach Tree Inn while I was visiting my daughter at CalPoly SLO. I picked this hotel because of the reasonable rate and good reviews on TA and I am very glad I did decide to stay here. The hotel is a quaint, old style hotel as found often on highways that were built during the 50s and 60s...one story buildings in which you can actually pull your car up and park right outside the door of your room. However, the owners have done a good job of updating and improving the property to give it a very comfortable, homey feel. From the moment I arrived, everyone working there were friendly and helpful. So much so that once they found out that I was there to visit my daughter, they immediately told me that there was a special CalPoly discount that would save me money on my stay. I found this to be quite a statement on their great service, offering a discount when I was unaware of it. Due to my longer stay, they gave me the option of choosing my room and I chose the one right next to the office and breakfast lounge. This room seemed larger than others I had seen and had the added benefit of a sliding glass door out onto the wood porch that is shared with the breakfast room. The room itself was neat, clean and had everything you would want including a small fridge which was helpful during my longer stay. The continental breakfast was good and offered hard boiled eggs, different bread for toast, hot oatmeal, fruit, juice, coffee, tea and on occasion they broke out the waffle iron to make homemade waffles. The breakfast lounge is right next to the office and has plenty of table seating and even a couple of plush armchairs to sit in. If the weather was nice you could go out onto the back porch and enjoy your breakfast sitting in an adirondack rocking chair while enjoying a beautiful view of the surrounding hills. The hotel is located right off the 101 and an easy walk to a number of good restaurants and only about a 15-20 minute walk to the heart of downtown SLO. So, for value, friendliness in service, location, room comfort and overall feel of the hotel, I would highly recommend a stay here. I imagine the improvements and updates will continue as I say some new equipment being installed in other rooms.

We booked a 2 night stay a couple of months in advance and requested a room in the lower section of the property. The reason for doing this is that the motel is on the main street, right at the entrance and exit to 101 and there’s a 24 hour gas station across the street. The lower section is down a hill away from the street, hence quieter

When we arrived we were told that we were asigned a room in the upper section, because that’s where all the queen rooms are. Plus, because of road conditions in SoCal, the motel would be full.

I asked the desk clerk if we made that request a couple months prior, why weren’t we informed that to get a room in the lower area we would need to change our room type? The response was, “I don’t know.” I hope that had the motel been under capacity they would’ve moved us, but we’ll never know.

As it turned out, it was pretty quiet. Probably because the university was not in session over the holidays and the students were back home.

The queen room was pretty small, but it was okay for a couple of nights. The heating system was interesting, there’s a old school wall unit and a ceiling fan with a heating element. It didn’t seem to have an option to reverse the direction, so the air was blowing down on us, which is kind of irritating.

The included breakfast was okay, fruit, cereal and bread.

The shower took quite awhile to warm up and it never really got hot enough. Plus the way the showerhead is set up it’s tough to really rinse off. The window in the bathroom lets a lot of light into the room, so you have to close the door so no heat from the room penetrates. That first visit in the morning is pretty brrrrr. There is a heat lamp in there, so showering isn’t as bad.

Myself, my husband and our friends are on a road trip around California form the UK and we had been driving all day when we found this place. All we wanted was a bed for the night, the peach tree inn offers this and so much more. The staff were all so lovely and helpful, the rooms were grate, clean well furnished. The breakfast was also great, we loved this place and really wished we could of stayed longer.
We highly recommend a stay here and thank you peach tree staff for making us all fell so welcome, your great and happy thanks giving