Front of property – evening/night

Reviews of Pantai Inn

3.5 out of 5
Pantai Inn
1003 Coast Blvd, La Jolla, CA

Reviews

9.4

Exceptional

Rating 10 - Excellent. 694 out of 889 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 126 out of 889 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 30 out of 889 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 23 out of 889 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 16 out of 889 reviews" "

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.6/10

Staff & service

8.8/10

Amenities

9.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.0/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Velma

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Beautiful clean place. Convenient. The bathrooms are very small.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Daniel

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This was an amazing place to stay. The view from our room over the crashing waves and setting sun might have been the best to be found in California; the serene water features, gentle music, and South Pacific decor were soothing and lovely but not overbearing; and the staff were patient, accommodating, and friendly. The free cookies and beverages, complimentary delicious breakfasts, and free beach supply rentals were all icing on an already amazing cake. I’ve already recommended this place by name to my friends and family and I do the same to you.
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024

10/10 Excellent

Christina, Irmo

Travelled with partner
We loved our stay. Our room was perfect and the staff was so nice and friendly!
Stayed 1 night in May 2024
Response from Edwin Z on 20 May 2024
Hello Christina,Delightful to hear you has a good experience from our staff to your impression on your room, amazing. Hope you visit us again. Thank you.

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
I liked the staff. They were extremely welcoming, and even walked us to our very clean suite. Very happy! We will return.
Stayed 1 night in May 2024
Response from Edwin Z on 20 May 2024
Hello Mark,We feel very accomplished to hear that we have personalized your stay here via our team and that you loved our Inn. We will await your return. Thank you.

10/10 Excellent

Monica

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024
Response from Edwin Z on 14 May 2024
Hello Monica,We appreciate you taking the time to rate us based on your recent experience here at Pantai. Hope you visit us again soon. Thank you.

10/10 Excellent

Andrew

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great
Stayed 1 night in May 2024
Response from Edwin Z on 12 May 2024
Hello Andrew,We appreciate for taking the time to rate your amazing experience based on your resent stay with us. Thank you and hope you visit us again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Tracy

Stayed 3 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Adam

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This was a lovely property. Beautiful location. We enjoyed our stay and will definitely be back.
Stayed 1 night in Apr 2024
Response from Edwin Z on 29 Apr 2024
Hello Adam,Appreciate for staying with us and leaving an amazing review based on your recreant stay with us. We do hope you visit us again soon.

2/10 Terrible

Christopher

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024
Response from Edwin Z on 21 Apr 2024
Dear Christopher,We're sorry to hear that you've had inconsistent experiences with us. We take quality control very seriously, and we would like to investigate this further. Please contact us directly and ask for our manager on duty so we can discuss your experience and find a solution. We appreciate your time. Thank you.

10/10 Excellent

Clodoaldo R

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It's a very charming hotel. Staff members are very professional and problem solving. It's quite, clean and safe. The breakfast is delicious. Th3 location is wonderful.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Edwin Z on 5 Apr 2024
Hello Clodoaldo R,We feel very accomplished to hear that everything about your stay made a huge difference from your first encounter with the location, staff, cleanliness, and our breakfast. We strive everyday to keep our goal of provided outstanding service. On behalf of the entire staff we thank you for choosing to stay at Pantai and we welcome you to come back in the near future soon.

10/10 Excellent

Richard C

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great staff
Stayed 4 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Edwin Z on 25 Mar 2024
Hello Richard C,Thank you for sharing your experience and the entire staff is happy to see that it was amazing based on your review. Appreciate you and hope to have you here again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Logan

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Had a wonderful two night stay with an ocean view! Room was clean and comfortable. Is within walking distance of a ton of restaurants and activities. Will definitely be returning!
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Edwin Z on 25 Mar 2024
Hello Logan,We feel accomplished to hear that our service, accommodations, and location speak well for Pantai Inn. Thank you for choosing us for your travel destination and hope we are in your bucket list for a future return soon.

8/10 Good

Jazmyn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Lovely place to stay with family or just for couples.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Edwin Z on 24 Mar 2024
Hello Jazmyn,We are thankful to hear your time was well enjoyed and feel great to recommend other viewers to come and visit based on sharing your experience recently. We hope for your visit return in the near future soon.

10/10 Excellent

Tim

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Edwin Z on 16 Apr 2024
Hello Tim,Feel very accomplished to hear that your stay with us was a 5 out of 5 based on your amazing review. We thank you and we'll be awaiting you next visit in the near future soon.

10/10 Excellent

Nancy

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We had a great stay. Great location and beautiful hotel. We will come back:)
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Edwin Z on 19 Mar 2024
Hello Nancy,Appreciate for taking the time to rate your experience prior to your recent stay with us. We look forward towards your upcoming stay in the future.

10/10 Excellent

Melissa

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Love the location right on the beach, walkable to parks, Children's pool, sea cave & shell beach (all but 1 beach access area was closed due to sea lion breeding season). Enjoyed watching the seals and sealions with their babies, pelicans, dolphins, Cormorants, etc. right across the street from the hotel. Watched the sunset from our balcony every night. Breakfast every morning was included with lots of choices (fruit, breads/bagels, fresh waffle bar, scrambled eggs, oatmeal, cereals, juices, etc.), very welcoming and accommodating staff, easy free parking. Our room was a studio King with ocean view and it had a small kitchenette as well. It's an older property and could use some updating, bathroom was small, balconies on our building were not private but have 2 chairs and a small table outside. Overall we had a nice stay and would stay here again.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Edwin Z on 16 Mar 2024
Hello Melissa,Amazing to hear your stay with us was amazing based on your review. Pantai Inn staff are happy and feel accomplished that we are giving great amenities, accommodations, our customer service, and overall the luxury pacific ocean views that lights up the charm of our location. We hope and would love to invite you to return back to hotel in the near future soon. Thank you.

4/10 Poor

Cynthia, SF

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Edwin on 16 Mar 2024
Greetings Cynthia, We are surprised to hear that you did not have a pleasant stay. If you could please give us some feedback on the areas that did not meet your expectations. Thank you.

10/10 Excellent

T.

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The hotel is located directly across the street from the beach and a block from upscale restaurants and shopping. The staff were very courteous. We had a lovely time.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Edwin Z on 10 Mar 2024
Hello T,We are thankful to hear back from your recent experience here with us. Very proud of our staff to have treated you well, I will share your 5 out of 5 review with our staff. We look forward on having you stay with us in the near future soon. Thank you.

10/10 Excellent

Derek

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024
Response from Edwin Z on 10 Mar 2024
Hello Derek,We appreciate you staying at Pantai Inn, and are happy your recent stay with us was amazing. We look forward on having you stay with us soon.

10/10 Excellent

Christopher

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Perfect for our stay-action
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Edwin Z on 8 Mar 2024
Hello Christopher,We appreciate your amazing feedback and glad to hear your stay was twithought a drought perfect for you. Thank you and hope to have here again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Sarah

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
It’s a unique, nice property with a beautiful view.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Edwin Z on 3 Mar 2024
Hello Sarah,Thank you for staying at our lovely Inn. Amazing to hear you enjoyed the our Balinese essence and location. Hope to have you stay with again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Kristopher

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great little boutique hotel. Each unit is like a separate apartment. We had the one with the Murphy Bed which was perfect for our teenage daughter. Breakfast was also very good, and you can’t beat the location.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Edwin Z on 29 Feb 2024
Hello Kristopher,We very much appreciate for sharing how amazing your stay with us based on your 5 out of 5 review. We hope you visit us again soon. Thank you.

8/10 Good

Sheila

Travelled with partner
Liked: Amenities
Great breakfast. Pleasant staff. Wish they had some lounge chairs in the property and would have been nice to have 2 chairs in the room (not 1 )
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Edwin Z on 29 Feb 2024
Hello Sheila,Thank you for staying with us and appreciate your feedback based on your review. We did see you selected one of our classic rooms which indeed in quite small, we apologize if we didn't have other rooms to upgrade you in accommodating more space. We hope have stay with us in the near future and see what we are able to do differently. Thank you.

10/10 Excellent

Tony

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Stay
Had a great stay here. Room was amazing. Had a huge living area with a kitchenette. Amazing views of the ocean from there and the balcony. Water, soda and cookies were provided as well as a very nice breakfast in the morning. Can't say enough about how impressed we were. The only thing I'd mention is that it did not say there was a $25.00 per night parking fee on the website, but we were ok with it knowing the area.
Living area and view
View from living area
Balcony view
Sunset from the balcony
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Edwin Z on 18 Feb 2024
Hello Tony,We are very happy that you enjoyed your experience with us. Pantai Inn and La Jolla Village never cease to impress us with its breathtaking sunsets. We appreciate the uploaded photos and look forward to receiving you again here at Pantai Inn - La Jolla.

10/10 Excellent

Mario Alberto, las vegas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Edwin Z on 18 Feb 2024
Hello Mario Alberto,We appreciate you sharing your experience with us based on your 5 out of 5 review. We hope you stay with us in the near future soon.

8/10 Good

Gary

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great location
Room was wonderful, the view devine but the bathroom too small
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Edwin Z on 18 Feb 2024
Hello Gary,We are happy to hear that your room and view was extraordinary. For a future return we definitely would love to hear back from you and recommend other optional rooms that will speak for themselves in terms of room accommodations etc..

10/10 Excellent

brandi

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Edwin Z on 18 Feb 2024
Hello Brandi,Thank you for staying at our lovely Inn, appreciate for sharing an amazing 10 star review. We hope to have you stay with us again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Ryan

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Edwin Z on 18 Feb 2024
Hello Ryan,We appreciate you sharing your experience with us based on your 10 out of 10 review. We hope you stay with us in the near future soon.

10/10 Excellent

Jonathan

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Wonderful place and great location. Great views and the relaxing sounds of the waves.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Edwin Z on 12 Feb 2024
Hello Jonathan,We are so thrilled to hear your escape to our location along with its amazing waves made your stay with us worth it. We hope you visit us again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Gladfred, San Diego

Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Edwin Z on 21 Mar 2024
Hello Gladfred,We thank you for taking the time to rate you experience based on your recent stay and review. We look forward on welcome you back hopefully soon.

10/10 Excellent

howard j.

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I stayed in a second floor room across the street from the ocean. It was a one bedroom suite with a balcony directly across the street from the ocean. The only problem with the location is that it’s a steep uphill walk to get to the main part of town, where the restaurants, shops and art galleries are. Overall I would recommend this hotel. The breakfast was very convenient and nice (not great), except if you leave your food to go inside for something (e.g. coffee) the sea gulls will eat your food. So don’t leave any food unattended!
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Edwin Z on 11 Feb 2024
Hello Howard J,We thank you for your time and appreciation on giving us a fair review based your experience with us. Although we can't do something about the sea gulls we do apologize if you encountered an uncomfortable moment based on your feedback. We thank you for staying with us and wish for your back in the near future soon.

10/10 Excellent

Jennifer

Stayed 5 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Edwin Z on 11 Feb 2024
Hello Jennifer,Fascinated to see your had an amazing experience here at Pantai based on your 10 out of 10 review. Thank you and hope to have you stay with us again soon.

8/10 Good

Amy

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
We stayed in an ocean view studio. The room itself was nothing remarkable and the bathroom was ridiculously small, but the view and location made it worth it. You can literally hear the waves crashing all day long even with the windows closed. There is a balcony to take in the ocean view which we took full advantage of. Staff was friendly, grounds are well maintained. Parking is a little tight if you have a larger vehicle. Beware that even if you select "pay at property", you will be charged the full amount at the time of booking. I addressed this with expedia and got no resolution. For this reason alone, I will not be booking through expedia anymore.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Edwin Z on 11 Feb 2024
Hello Amy,We are happy to hear our location and ocean view captivated your experience as well as our staff that were friendly and accommodating. On your future return back to Pantai please feel free to reach out to us directly and we would honored to help book other amazing options of rooms. Appreciate your time. Thank you.

10/10 Excellent

Dianne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place.
Pantai Inn is gorgeous, right on the water and sea lions. Walking distance to restaurants and shops. I will definitely stay again.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Edwin Z on 8 Feb 2024
Hello Dianne,Many thanks for the 5-star rating. If there's anything we can do to improve our offering, please let us know! Thanks so much for taking the time to leave us a 5-star rating – it's much appreciated!

10/10 Excellent

Charles

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice hotel and friendly staff. Great location to visit La Jolla.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Edwin Z on 8 Feb 2024
Hello Charles,Appreciate and thank you for leaving us an amazing review based on your recent stay with us. Our team will be happy to hear we made your experience amazing based on our service and also hotels location.

8/10 Good

DENNIS

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It felt like I was in Bali.
Great location and very comfortable suite that was move like an apartment. The fireplace was great and keep us warm during the rain storm.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024
Response from Edwin Z on 6 Feb 2024
Hello Dennis,We Appreciate for taking the time to rate your experience from your recent stay with us. Wonderful to hear you felt the presence of our Balinese charm. We hope you pay us a visit again soon.

10/10 Excellent

alan

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
my room was excellent, right across the street from the ocean, it was a apartment, very nice the only draw back was parking was tight. you could walk up the street to resturants and shops
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2024
Response from Edwin Z on 4 Feb 2024
Hello Alan,Thank you so much for your incredibly kind words and for awarding us a 10 out 10-star rating! We are here at your service for any request or any suggestions regarding accommodation.

10/10 Excellent

Melissa, Westlake Village

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The staff is always accommodating at Pantai. The rooms unique and comfortable. There are a lot of stairs to get to some rooms, breakfast is great every morning. Free all night, on street parking is also great if you have multiple cars.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Edwin Z on 3 Feb 2024
Hello Melissa,Appreciate to see your review based on our service and accommodations was an amazing 5 out of 5. Thank you and we do hope to see you stay with us again soon.

6/10 Okay

fenghua

No charge for shampoo and shower gel
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Edwin Z on 3 Feb 2024
Hello Fenghua,Though there may have a language barrier and as far as I understood your stay went great, understand our priority is always at our peak interested to accommodate anything you may need at any time. Thank you for staying with us and hope for your future return with us soon.

2/10 Terrible

David

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Edwin Z on 3 Feb 2024
David,I apologize that your stay with us didn't meet your expectations. Though we tried our best to accommodate your request for a two bedroom unit and due to availability we didn't have such luck, we did refund you due to the fact that you didn't officially stay with us. Hope this helps and should you need anything from Pantai please reach out to us directly. Thank your time.

10/10 Excellent

Hesham

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place except for our room old carpet , would have been 5 stars . Very pleasant staff and great service. Highly recommended
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Edwin Z on 29 Jan 2024
Hello Hesham,Thank you so much for your feedback. Your opinion is very valuable in terms of always finding ways of improving and overseeing any areas we missed. Thank you.

10/10 Excellent

Yekaterina

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Everything was perfect except the parking. It was extremely hard to get in and out of a place. It was very tight and I was afraid of fitting and scratching my car. Other than that, no complaints.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Edwin Z on 29 Jan 2024
Hello Yekaterina,We are happy overall you had an amazing time with us. Apologies for any inconvenience you had regarding parking. Know we are here for you at all times. Thank you for choosing Pantai Inn for you recent travel plans.

10/10 Excellent

Christopher

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great little hideaway!
Love this place. I try and stay here every time i am in La Jolla. Great little hideaway and near the water. Perfect setting!
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Edwin Z on 29 Jan 2024
Hello Christopher,We appreciate your time and feedback. We will here awaiting your return back soon. Thank you.

10/10 Excellent

Wayne

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great stay.
Great. On site manager was terrific. Ocean view room was spectacular. Many complementary amenities. Do not nickel and dime you over water, coffee or soda.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Edwin Z on 24 Jan 2024
Appreciate your time to share your experience and the lever of service was a 10 out of 10. We hope to have stay with in the near future again soon.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Awesome hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Edwin Z on 24 Jan 2024
We appreciate your feedback and hope to have stay with us soon.

8/10 Good

cynthia

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Room was very dated. Location fantastic!
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Edwin Z on 24 Jan 2024
Hello Cynthia,We thank you for staying at the Pantai Inn La Jolla. We are happy to hear location was great and we would have hope you enjoyed our Balinese culture theme based on our story of how the majority was imported back from Bali. We appreciate your feedback.

8/10 Good

Hyungjin

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent location. Nice suite. The view of outside seating area is partially blocked by construction but still nice. Understandable parking fee but no information from anywhere (info during check-in, hotel website, expedia) until I asked why I need to pay more than the number from Expedia when I checked out.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Edwin Z on 24 Jan 2024
Hello Hyungjin,We appreciate you staying with us at our lovely Inn. Though we wish we had control over city's decision based on the construction we humbly apologize for any inconvenience it may had caused for you. We hope for return if given the opportunity to visit us in the near future. Thank you.

8/10 Good

Marc

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Edwin Z on 4 Feb 2024
Hello Marc,Appreciate for staying at our lovely Inn. We look forward on welcome you back on a future occasion. Thank you.

10/10 Excellent

Kimberly

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024
Response from Edwin Z on 1 Feb 2024
Hello Kimberly,Thank you for your amazing review you left us regarding your recent stay with us. We hope you join us in the near future again.

10/10 Excellent

Susan

Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024
Response from Edwin Z on 15 Jan 2024
Hello Susan,Thank you for rating your experience a 5 out of 5. We hope to have you stay with us again soon.