The positives things about the Hotel Laguna:
Historical building, small private beach, located in the heart of town.
Not so positive:
No ac, so when it is July you must open the window for cool air but the noise from the street below is horrible!!! The noise lasted ALL night! In our Village room the bed was hard as a rock and small.
The continental breakfast was small; coffee, juice and muffins; that's it!
You must pay $10.00 per night for parking.
We love the idea of staying a hotel with historic significance but I did not get much sleep and $178.00 is a lot of money to spend and be exhausted the next day.
Perhaps, a more expensive oceanview/front room would have been a better way to go. Avoid the Village front rooms at all cost!!!!

This hotel purposely overbooks, then lies to guests about cancelling rooms upon arrival. The lie takes this form:

guest: Hi, I have a room reserved.
hotel employee: You called and cancelled it last night.
guest: No I didn't. Why would I do that then show up for my room?
hotel employee: I'm sorry. Someone cancelled your room.
guest: Who? Can I get another room?
Hotel employee: I don't know who cancelled. It wasn't my shift. We are totally booked. There are no more rooms.

It happened to myself and others with reservations. This is a common unethical behavior among less reputable hotels. It's dishonest, but assures the hotel is fully booked every weekend. It's sad because it seemed like a good location :(

Rooms are hideous... Employees are less than helpful, and upon check-in I watched them deny 5 people that had confirmed reservations telling them that they should look somewhere else.

I've been going to The Hotel since I was a little girl and love it so much I'm planning my wedding there next month. It is a small, intimate hotel, lovely and romantic. While I admit the food and drinks are ridiculously overpriced (it's Laguna), the staff are helpful and pleasant when they are treated with respect. The Village Rooms are noisy, avoid them if you can. My advice is to do your research well before deciding where to stay in Laguna and know what you want. The beach club is wonderful, one of the main reasons we stay there is so we don't have to worry about lugging around towels, coolers and chairs. It's Laguna, it's beautiful, and if you are looking for some ambiance and romance, I highly recommend you stay at the Hotel. It has never let me down.