My experience with this hotel was just so great. We felt very welcome and at home. The staff was so friendly and willing to help. The view from the sun deck was just amazing. We stayed in a suite and it was just perfect. The cookies in the afternoon were the best and one of my favorite ammenities. The atmosphere was very relaxing and I recommend this hotel as a beach getaway. Thanks for a great weekend!!!

I cannot believe the comments below. This hotel is right where you want it and is rated no. 1 for a reason. I'm from the UK and if you went to any hotel of this type in England you'd be hard pressed to find a room as big as the bathroom in this place.

No this hotel doesnt have a pool but why would you want one when you've got the beach and ocean on your doorstep. No it doesnt have a restaurant but why would you when you have hundreds of cafes and restaurants within a few miles of Newport Beach, not to mention the ones within walking distance. And no, there is no fitness centre (center) but again why would you want it when you can walk the beach or jog around the street? there is no need for any of these facilities because the hotel is just ifne as it is. The most important thing is you get the service you need and the staff fully make up for this in effort and knowledge.

This is the best hotel out of the 17 in Newport Beach.

This is an old Best Western that has been refurb'd and launched as a boutique establishment. The front desk was very friendly. They gave us a killer restaurant recommendation for dinner - highest marks there. The room was okay but nothing special. The plasma TV had a mediocre picture. You are close to the beach (a block or two) and they do provide towels and boogie boards. It looked to us like it could be noisy here in peak season so come prepared for that. Oh, and the parking lot is tight to maneuver in. The included continental breakfast was fine.

This is place is nothing more than an old apartment building converted to a 23 room hotel. No pool, no fitness center, and no restaurant. How they can call this is a hotel is beyond me. They can’t be serious. With all the positive ratings this hotel has received, I know this sounds crazy, but hear me out, because I went there because of the positive reviews. As a result, it's the number 1 rated hotel in NPB on Trip Advisors. It is really the number 1 rated hotel in Newport Beach? Come on people.

Partial ocean views are a joke. There is a major street, Balboa blvd, between the hotel and a double row of houses and apartments that block the hotel from ocean. My ‘partial ocean view’ room faced the municipal parking lot (see photos from my room attached). There is no view of the ocean looking out my window...it a parking lot.

Their website [--] (come on guys, the best inn?), states they have courtyard balconies. There are no balconies. Imagine an outside common corridor with a table and chairs in front of everyone’s room door. So you sit there, with a view of the ‘courtyard’ parking lot, and between you and your room door, everyone walks by to get to their own room. Balcony?

They don’t have enough parking, so the hotel has the front desk direct you to a city parking lot, across the street, where the employee will put quarters in the meter throughout your stay. Their one elevator is one of those old fashion ‘cage’ type units, with the steel gate that you pull back manually to get inside and out. (see photo)

The Staff was fine. It's just apparent, if you sit in the lobby with a cup of coffee for 30 minutes, which I did, that they go a long way to make up for the short comings of the facility.

As I write this there are 19 of the last 20 reviews rated this hotel a Trip Advisor 5 (excellent)...Trip Advisors top rating. Oh, and the one that didn’t rate it a 5 was still happy, calling it a 'great hotel', and management commented, to make it appear it was an anomaly. So, I won't even say, don't stay there. You should, and then tell me if this is really the best hotel of the 17 in NPB. Well, I look forward to their mgmt pointing out where I was incorrect or unfair, if this ever even get’s posted.