Portola Hotel & Spa at Monterey Bay

We stayed here for night this weekend and it was a great choice! Having been to Monterey many times — I’ve stayed at a variety of different hotels there and it was great, especially when compared to their similar competitor Monterey Plaza Hotel. We were upgraded upon check in to an ocean view with balcony when I only reserved and paid for a standard room. Sweet! Their chocolate chip cookies when checking in are amazing and the staff was professional and friendly.
The location couldn’t be better. The hot tub and pool were a priority of ours when booking our getaway and this hot tub was great. Next time we will definitely order a cheese plate and champs while at the spa! Only thing that was annoying was the many children jumping in and out of the hot tub — just some good olé extra birth control for us, but the hotel should have a no jumping sign for the hot tub. The outdoor spa is probably even better in the summer, which we will definitely come back to enjoy one weekend.
Rooms and beds are beautiful. Only thing is the walls are literally paper thin — the girls next door to us were SO loud partying at 2am, which was a bummer but can’t be controlled by the hotel very much. They did go and tell them to
Be quiet which helped. Other reviewers mentioned no AC. We had a bit of an issue with this as it was only February and we slept with no covers on since the room was fairly hot. Also, beware, those cute little seals you see on the bay are LOUD all night long, which you can hear, but is probably unavoidable in this area. Overall, we were super happy with the room.
Pro tip? Über picks up at the hotel!

Really cute and trendy hotel! Check in staff was really sweet and the hotel rooms/​bathrooms were SO nice! Loved the bathrooms. Pro tip: take your room keys everywhere with you to zig zag throughout the buildings. When we left in the morning we left our keys in the room as we went to go check out and got locked outside of the complex, whoops.
Overall a great experience. My only request would be that the hotel rooms be slightly more tech friendly. I don’t like having to pay for wifi after paying for a hotel room — I recognize it’s expensive to manage in a large hotel, however it should be complimentary at this point. Also there weren’t convenient plugs near the bed for phone chargers, etc.
That said, for a one night stay after visiting the aquarium, it more than fit the bill!

Ganz üble Unterkunft! Laut, laut!!! Das Management hat nichts unternommen. Unter unserem Zimmer eine Disco!!!

This hotel was amazing! I stayed in room 635 which had a fantastic view of the bay!
Each room comes with its own Keurig!!!
Comfy bed with tons of pillows!