Overall good but not great
Jun 30, 2025 HuntingtonBeach Huntington Beach, CA
The hotel is located in a pretty decent area. From the room I watched some shady subjects hanging out across the street from the hotel, but it's a big city and that kind of thing is inevitable. We walked around the area in pretty much every direction, including at night, and never felt unsafe.
Pros:
-Excellent AC. We were there during a…
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The hotel is located in a pretty decent area. From the room I watched some shady subjects hanging out across the street from the hotel, but it's a big city and that kind of thing is inevitable. We walked around the area in pretty much every direction, including at night, and never felt unsafe.
Pros:
-Excellent AC. We were there during a heat wave and the AC did a great job. Also, the AC vent did not point at the bed, which is another plus (my sinuses get screwed up if the AC blows directly on me at night).
-Free coffee in lobby. Seems like some rooms have a Keurig and some don't, but the free coffee in the lobby each morning is better than what I get out of a Keurig. Bring your own coffee cups; the cups provided by the hotel are tiny.
-Excellent water pressure. Sometimes hotels have weak water pressure; not a problem here.
-Sound proof doors. Once we were in our room we rarely heard noise in the hallway (although when we were in the hallway we could hear at least one room near us with people yelling at each other)
Cons:
-Cheap toilet paper. Not sure why a hotel at this price point has such cheap toilet paper, but it was disappointing. Bring your own normal toilet paper and save yourself from having to deal with the hotel's supply.
-Terrible bed sheets. The hotel doesn't use fitted sheets for the bed, so every night the sheet comes out and needs to be tucked in around the bottom of the bed. I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express a few days later and they use fitted sheets; not sure why Sonesta can't match HIE's sheets.
-Sirens. There's a fire station down the street so we heard a lot of sirens. Probably unavoidable in a big city, but I think we got more sirens because we were so close to the station. Earplugs helped but didn't solve the problem.
Would we go back? Maybe. I'd think hard about paying a little more to get a quieter room with better TP and sheets.
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