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January 2024 by Steven Kimes
Huge property within walking distance of the beach with walking trails. Rooms are very minimal and older. Granted you're not staying here to hang out in your room. Fire place is nice for winter nights.Rooms: Very minimal. Windows, bathroom, interior doors could use updating just for livability.
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January 2024 by LaLa
Good location and easy access to the beach. Dining here was just fine but the rules of getting what you wanted and could have were confusing and they didn’t say anything before we knew it was too late.The room was clean but facilities pretty old. The facet kept dripping all day long and that really bothered me, either because of the sound and the idea of how much water this hotel has been wasting!
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December 2023 by Scott Ellingson
Been coming here for several years for a math conference in December. Always have had a wonderful time, even if the weather changes gets up and down with the winds or rain, but still just a beautiful conference center.Nearby activities: This is Monterey Peninsula...so much to do from beach walking, hiking, shopping, whale watching and more.Walkability: Asilomar is hilly, so be prepared to walk some ups and downs getting from area to area.
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November 2023 by Elizabeth X.P.
Went for Thanksgiving. They did a good job but I didn't love the food. However, you can't beat the grounds and beaches. I remember Asilomar from when I was a kid. Big nostalgia.
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November 2023 by Mark Dierolf
One star for management. This was a safe and enjoyable place to visit. Don't feel that way now.Made reservations for a holiday lunch and experienced several problems that went unresolved.Alcohol was being served from a pickup in a parking lot there. Drunk people interfered with traffic and parking there. Didn't feel safe.Dining was unpleasant too, and was expensive. It's a buffet and seating was prearranged around a large table with no options.There are nice places to stay and eat in the area but this isn't one of them.
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November 2023 by MarkLouise Wildoner
We didn't stay there, but always check out the beach chair for our son. It's priceless to be able to get him down to the water! The wooden boardwalk and pathways are just beautiful & so accessible!
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November 2023 by Ginger Ogle
Love staying here when they have a spot for non conference people. Asilomar is the best of the Northern California coast with dunes not found elsewhere. Rooms are institutional and food is mediocre but the setting is one you’ll rarely get the pleasure to experience. They have free charge stations now in all the parking lots.Walkability: Bring your walking shoes and bring beach gear if the weather is nice
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November 2023 by A. C.B.
The location is fantastic and the rooms are big enough. But not the most clean ones and the rooms are definetely ready for renovation. Beds were comfortable. Bathrooms not so much.No water kettle nor little fridge in the room, very little toileteries.From what we had before at a hotel in the same area for the same price this one should not cost more than 100 USD. The really great thing is the location.
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November 2023 by Vanita Seth
So, so sad to see this company (aramark) destroy (through neglect and incompetence) this once wonderful state-owned conference center. We are in a room that has the pungent smell of mold and mildew. We explicitly asked for our room to be cleaned. Of course it wasn't. When we rang the front desk we were given some gibberish as an excuse. The reason of course, is that they lost (sacked?) much of their roomcleaning staff so they're not bothering to clean rooms unless you're checking out. (But they don't tell you that). We then asked if we could get fresh towels and were assured that they would be delivered. Nothing. A second call. Now waiting. Just a dump of a place. Tragic. Update: towels just arrived. But not the soap we requested. Sigh.
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November 2023 by David Martin
The rooms were gross. Each of the people had different issues: cobwebs, clogged sinks, blood on a shower curtain. My bed was lumpy and uncomfortable, wifi was bad, no TV in the room, there are no A/C in rooms and mine was 70 or higher at night, the food was bad and you had no choice in what you were eating.I would not recommend this place.
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October 2023 by Georgia P.
The Good:* Listening distance of the ocean* Fireplace in your room if you book deluxe* Walking distance to my favorite beach of all timeThe OK: -/ It's nice to get out for a walk in the morning to get some coffee from the lodge (but would love in room coffee, or have coffee stations in the various community spaces housed in every building)-/ I didn't mind not having TV. It was lovely to read a book-/ the shampoo, conditioner and soap rationing encouraged me to be mindful of my usageThe Bad- Walls are thin- Our keys inexplicably stopped working halfway through our stay- The pool towels were hit or miss. Sometimes it was stocked most of the time it wasn't- No water stations for refilling bottles on all those wonderful hikes that we were doing- Coffee was hard to find an expensive- They knew they had 80 or 90 people checking in one afternoon and did not have a process or a system to receive all those people and it was insane. Long weights and pretty frustrating to watch and endureIf you care about being close to the ocean in a historic setting and you don't mind walking and spending money for nearly everything that you will need, then this is the place for you.
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October 2023 by Shauna Wright
Very overpriced for what it is. Expect ants in your room, even in the winter (we visited in December). No fridge, no kettle, no TV. The water from the tap tastes terrible. It would help if the lodge had free coffee and a water cooler. Otherwise, plan to bring in both yourself. We packed a kettle and coffee supplies.This place is in desperate need for renovations. The fixtures are very old in the bathroom. Our room had only one outlet available, by the door. The carpet is old and the room smelled strange. Bring your own hair dryer, the one in the room is not usable.Make sure you hold on to your map, the place is a maze. Bring a flashlight if you are walking at night. The building common spaces seemed to be fully booked by senior groups. The whole place has a weird religious vibe with all the chapels. The one plus side is how close you are to the beach, but it might not be worth it.
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October 2023 by Maher Elsheikh
Beautiful old rustic comfortable rooms. No tv, weak heater, rusty bathroom. Magnificent views and history, dunes and wild life present. 2EV charging stations on site, free charging. Windy and cold. Nice
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October 2023 by Jon Mazer
Rooms are nice, but the maintenance is odd. The lamp had the lightbulbs unscrewed, so they would be off, probably because they were way too bright. The bathroom threshold had a screw sticking up out of it, and next to the tub was a caulk mess on a tile that I'm pretty sure was meant to be vertical, but there it was, lying flat. Oh, and the Charlie bar on the back slider was installed backward! Very strange. It's like they decided to make it a maintenance training facility but didn't give instructions.
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October 2023 by Jamie Taylor
Very very run down. Literally wallpaper is coming off the walls. Floors are threadbare. Bags of trash laying around. Mold in the bathrooms. Not updated since the 1990s or so. Most outdoor decks need serious work or planks rotted through including roof support beams even in the dining hall exterior. Wood railings failed or failing. Taps and sinks chipped and run low. Needs deep refurbishment everywhere apart from the check in building. Staff are friendly. This feels like much of California; built 50 years ago, beautiful location but zero maintenance for decades and surviving on nostalgia and retirees. Hard to know if this is Aramark’s fault or the State bleeding it dry. The saving grace is the spectacular location. Very sad, needs to be bulldozed or take it to the studs and rebuild as they’ve avoided maintenance for so long.
