The Inn at the Tides

I would give 2 stars if something went right here… edit: something went right and I increased my star rating ;) The man who came to fix the heater at 645am was SO nice, apologetic and even brought an extra heater to help heat up the room quicker! The person’s employed at the front desk could definitely learn something from their extraordinary maintenance man. ;)
For almost $ 200 a night on a Thursday, off season and no fireplace in the room, oh yeah… the heater is broken!!! Omg! It’s so cold I can’t get to the bathroom! Brrrr! Help! I called the front desk after I woke up (since I would really like to go to the bathroom and take a shower, but it’s literally 40 degrees in here and the bathroom is even colder! I’m in layers), it was 530am when I called and got a unbelievably and VERy rude man, who asked me with alarm «Is this the FIRST time your calling???» Instead of, Im sorry that your heater is broken, someone will be here soon ti come fix it… hoe hard woulf ut be to say that, rather than attempting to blame me for their janky appliances! He then proceeded to tell me that no one will be here until 630 am to help. It’s 630 and no one is here… brrrrrr!!! Attempting to fix the pilot did not work… brrrrrr!!! This is NOT fun!
This is just the beginning… yes, there is free wifi, same as mcdonalds. Also, free breakfast for 2 across the street, same as bodega coast inn and suites with the heart shaped tubs for the same price… I’ll review the food after breakfast.
They also have a fitness center that opens at 7am, but the hot tub and pool does not open til 9am??? I am very confused at their choice of times, 9am to 11pm. I prefer to relax in the hot tub after my morning exercise that I usually complete by 7am, but am unable to since I can’t move from being frozen. Bummer. I guess you could work out right before check out at 11am… then jump in the hot tub as fast as you can and rush to your car soaking wet, since check out is only 2 hours after the spa opens. I don’t think I’ll be doing that, but I also doubt I will be staying here again, unless something major changes and I hear about it.
I remember all rooms having fireplaces… but no fireplace in my room (1105) Or heater and in February at the coast!!! Barely any sleep as it is FREEZING! I’m hoping people are getting that it is COLD here!
There are SO many amazing hotels and Inns in this area, this one is highly overpriced for the accommodations in my opinion. I would look elsewhere if you are planning on staying in Bodega Bay.
What’s good… the balcony is nice to look out at the water/​view, if it’s a clear day and you get one that has a view. I don’t drink, but they give you your free bottle of cheap wine.
It’s currently 6:36am and I am FREEZING!!! I am praying someone comes and fixes this so I can at least shower and get dressed, I’m in layers and it’s too cold to even risk getting wet. Edit: the maintenance man rocks and showed up shortly after. Thank God!
It’s been 10 years since I have stayed here and I honestly thought that they must have been consistent over the years since they are still in business… VERY disappointing!!!
And yes, I agree with other reviewers, the front desk staff have been rude! First impressions are important.

Grilled ahi tuna was excellent! Service was decent. I think they were busier than usual and the stress was obvious. Menu was somewhat limited but that is to be expected with fresh food.
There was a pianist who was great but a little loud and overpowered the conversation at times.

The room & the bed was clean, there was free wine bottle & simple breakfast & real fireplace with included logs.
However this was still not enough for a $ 200+ room.
As other reviews said, there is this strange, musky smell outside. Don’t be fooled by the pictures, the rooms are quite outdated & had thin walls, and unless you are lucky, most rooms has blocked views and can’t see the bay. Since room had no noise reduction, the fog horn that going on the entire night make it quite difficult to sleep.

Lovely place but disappointed that we were not able to get in until 4:00. Manager was not understanding nor friendly. Didn’t try to offer any suggestions or recommendations to counter our discontent. I said to her I can see you don’t really care and she didn’t say anything. Luckily our trip got better and we really enjoyed our dinner at the restaurant and our place. We had had a bad experience making a reservations as we booked it and were charged but then they said we didn’t have any reservations so that was part of our frustration from the beginning.

My family and I stayed here for New Years. We got a room that was a little out dated. The bathroom especially needed a new shower and new cabinets and new sink. It just needed to be upgraded. However, the room was clean upon arrival and the beds were super comfortable. I appreciated that we had two complimentary Firestarter for the fireplace. Plus, complementary wine.
The other downside is the smell, my family and I noticed a sewer smell in the area when passing through the entrance and lobby area.

Yes this Inn has been here for ages! We love it as it stands. The staff is so very courteous and helpful which means so much more than room décor. We would rather be treated well than have a frilly lavish room. Much to our surprise, the bathroom in our favorite room was remodeled, and the carpet was replaced. The sofa was also recovered. We love that this business is making changes to update the premises. The grounds are always well maintained and gorgeous. We wish they still provided firewood. The duraflame logs cast a terrible odor. Thank goodness we bring our own firewood and kindling.
Definitely, we will be back!

We came on a rainy weekend and while it wasn’t ideal we enjoyed our stay. We had an amazing view of the bay and the staff let us check in early (1pm). Thank you we really appreciated being dry.
Our second floor room had a skylight and high ceilings. Our stay included complimentary breakfast across the street and a bottle of Chardonnay in our room.
Pros: wifi, free parking, and complimentary breakfast (real breakfast!)
Cons: bathrobes were rough and old, carpet was old and dirty.

Good inn I guess… Smells like cow poops and the food at the restaurant takes FOREVERRRRRRRRR never going to this place again. Food took 2 HOURS BTW. No lounge, they just send you across the street to spend money at the overpriced gift shop… The HBO Channel has bad movies, nothing nice. All the other channels are in Spanish. The couch bed was uncomfortable and the pillows were too big and fat.
BUT… THEY SELL CURDS AT THE FISH MARKET! I curds!
–From your Barny, Sean K.

When we first arrived the Inn looked great from the outside. We entered the lobby to register and it smelled musky. We went to our room 1102 upon entering once again the smell of musk we immediately opened the front windows. Views were beautiful room size was nice. Bathroom window was open already however the crank to close it did not work. One of the vanity lights was out, Tub tile had mildew, the front door to room did not have any weather stripping and cold air howled through door.
Not worth the price…

My girlfriend and I stayed at the Inn to celebrate her birthday this last weekend.
We stayed in room 1001. The room was sufficient, no frills really other than the fire place. The view of the Bay was almost entirely obstructed. It’s a little more dressed up than a Holiday Inn but there is the bonus of a fireplace and bottle of wine in the room. Nice touches.
We were expecting based on photos and reviews to find something a little more upscale and little more romantic. This a family friendly resort, not a good place for couples. I wouldn’t encourage any couples to stay here. For the price you can get better in the area.
We did like the hot tub and their king size bed was über-​comfortable. If it weren’t for the annoying kids in the room next to us we probably would have enjoyed our stay more.
Breakfast was included in our stay and was acceptable though just above Denny’s quality.

Beautiful location, beautiful hotel, beautiful rooms & pool area. However no refrigerator, no microwave & a bit pricey for me but the price reflects the area. There are cows in the feild next to the hotel that sure surprised me with an unexpected Moo a few times in the night. Lol!

We booked a few nights here for our «babymoon», to get away and enjoy time just the two of us before the baby is born. I read the reviews first, which were quite mixed. I have to say my review is quite mixed too! Here are my pros and cons of our weekend stay:
Pros:
1. Complimentary breakfast at the Tides. Close enough to walk to, and a beautiful view! Breakfast was pretty good, my hubby loved the biscuits and gravy!
2. Bay View Restaurant (can you tell im preggo and always hungry?). On site Italian dining. The service was superb (they even gave us complimentary appetizers and desert wine, the latter my husband enjoyed) and the food was fantastic!
3. The pool! Very pretty and relaxing!
4. The views from our room.
5. Customer service when we did have a complaint. The front desk manager was very sweet and prompt while helping us deal with a room problem (more on that in the cons).
Cons:
1. The first room we stayed in (307) was right across from a utility closet. The closet had a faulty alarm system that kept going off. We spoke with the front desk about it at 4pm and when we came back from dinner at 8pm the problem seemingly had been fixed.
Then at 2AM the alarm started going off again… we couldn’t sleep! My husband called the front desk and they said they had no one to fix it until 6AM! Come 10AM it was still going off so we called to complain again. The front desk manager said it had been a problem for days (why they would allow paying guess to stay in a room where their comfort would be compromised is beyond me) and she could not promise it would be fixed anytime soon. So we requested to move rooms. We were moved to a different building (to what I must saw was a better room) and when I woke up at midnight to use the bathroom I could hear the faintest alarm from down the way. Luckily, it was quiet enough to allow me to go back to sleep.
2. In our original room, the phone did not work. My husband went to the front desk three times to request maintenance before it was finally fixed.
3. Housekeeping came to our room to ask if we wouldn’t mind not having service that day, because they were down two girls. She said she would bring us a bag of taffy, and never did.
All in all our experience wasn’t awful, but wasn’t great for $ 260 a night. I once stayed at the Ritz Carleton in Tahoe for $ 500 a night, and that money included a suite, unlimited access to the spa, two rounds of golf, champaign, and a steak dinner. I did expect more from the Inn at the Tides, and most likely will only come back for the food, and opt to stay down the street.

Nice, but not quite as nice as we expected for the price.
Pros–
Beautiful views.
Beautiful hotel grounds-​well kept.
Very nice pool/​hot tub area.
Friendly and helpful hotel staff.
Cons–
Room maintenance.
Housekeeping/​Maid service.
Complimentary breakfast at Tides Wharf.
We arrived to find a friendly front counter staff. They were training a new lady, a little slow and wary, but she was pleasant and courteous — no complaints there! The grounds are beautiful and the view of the harbor is lovely! We strolled around a bit and found the pool area to be as inviting and comfy looking as in the hotel site photos. Very nice!
Upon entering our King Vaulted room, our first impression was, Wow! Big room, a complimentary bottle of local Chardonnay, a full size wood burning fireplace with 2 Dura-​Flame logs for us to use, large bathroom with a big tub/​shower, and a great view of the harbor!
First thing I noticed that I didn’t like, no AC. So, I picked up the phone to call the front desk to see if there was a fan they could let us use. The phone had a very loud hum which made it hard to hear anything. They were able to hear me well enough to hear my request for a fan, and I could hear them well enough to hear them politely tell me «No» that they did not have a fan for me to use and that I should try opening my windows (which I’d already done, obviously), and that they would let maintenance know there was a problem with my phone. No one came to fix it.
There were other room maintenance issues as well, such as — One of the window blinds was broken — Once open, the bathroom window would not close — The wallpaper was pealing back in some places — There were dirty stains on the ceiling — The door lock was hard to operate. Basic stuff that should be noticed by the staff and fixed immediately.
The next morning we went for our free breakfast at The Tides Wharf restaurant. We had to order from a separate menu, the «Complimentary» menu. Might as well have been the Best Western lobby breakfast. Very limited choices, and low quality. Our omelets and hash browns were cold when served to us, and appeared to have been prepared prior to our arrival, only to be rewarmed. Nonetheless, cold and bad. The view of the bay through the Tides’ huge windows was beautiful, except for the dirty, handprint covered glass, with flies buzzing all around. The next morning we chose to have breakfast somewhere else.
But here’s the kicker! Upon arrival we noticed our building was mainly comprised of rooms filled with members of a wedding party. Not necessarily a bad thing, oh, but it was! About midnight the second night the shouting started in! It was the wedding party, after the reception, with some sort dispute going on outside, waking everyone up on a Sunday night! It started in the parking lot, then up the stairs, then into the room next door to us!
Now, I must say that the hotel security handled this as well as could be expected I guess, and sometimes stuff just happens, but it sucks when it happens to you, so it is what is is. After several attempts by security to quiet things down, they had to call the Sheriff. At 2 am with sirens blazing the Sheriff come and deals with it. Next morning, empty food trays and champagne glasses all over around the outside of the building, vomit on a vehicle in the parking lot. Unacceptable!

DO NOT STAY HERE!!! I would give it less than zero stars if I could because 1 star too generous.
**Imagine you travel half around the world to go to one of the most popular places on the California Coast and when you try to check-​in at your hotel… you’re told «the room is not ready. We’ll call you when it is». You are jet lagged and don’t have any idea where to go and to wait. An hour goes by and no call, 2 hours go by and no call, 3 hours go by and no call. You finally go back to the hotel to see what’s going on and your room is now ready but again, no one called you! You now ask for a late check-​out for the inconvenience and you are denied! You ask for a manager and you’re told «there’s no manager». Now remember I asked you to imagine this… awful right? Well it happened to me!**
The customer service this place has is far worse than the DMV! The desk staff is incompetent and rude (and I am being kind).
I have stayed here before (many years ago) and had a great experience so what a terrible surprise to be treated like I’m panhandling for change.
We were greeted badly and had to wait 3 ½ hours before our room was ready… UNACCEPTABLE! They can’t pay me to stay here again. I will stay at the villas down the street because I hear they are fabulous and treat their guests like royalty (and their rooms are less expensive too).
NEVER AGAIN! AWFUL STAFF! GET OUT OF THE HOSPITALITY BUSINESS!

+ WiFi was free and fast.
+ Customer Service staff seemed genuinely interested in helping us when we raised cleanliness issues with our first room and gave us an «upgraded» room for no additional charge.
+ Bed lines were clean.
+ Bay View
+ location
— We were given two rooms both had a mold smell.
— Bathrooms were upgraded but filthy.
— mold in shower
— piles of dead insects on floor
— webs with dead bugs and spiders in corners
— light bulbs burnt our in bathroom (fixed but maintenance staff left burnt out bulb on counter)
— outlets not working (+ fixed quickly when we called to notify front desk)
— mold around patio door on carpet
— Fireplace door missing one handle. Protruding rusty screw where handle should be.
This is a short summary of some of the issues we had with our room. When we approached the hotel manger to share our concerns, she said housekeeping said there were no issues. She was very defensive until I showed her the photos I took. We were given a 20% discount on our stay. Buyers beware! Please consider another hotel for your stay in Bodega Bay.

I have eaten at this Restaurant many times, however around March 3^rd, a friend of mine went and both were very disappointed, the service was good, the food was not so good,
I ordered the Oysters, they had cut the oysters in half and in order to make it look like a large order they were covered in a heavy batter so the oyster because of it’s size was dry., that I had to cut most of the batter away. My friend ordered the Salmon and it came with fresh Vegetable and a big serving of pasts with a tomato sauce, which was overbearing to the delicate Salmon. Otherwise the Salmon was good.
It would be a long time before I visited this restaurant again.
It is in a prime location on the water, but I do not recommend the oysters.

We stayed here for our wedding anniversary and we had a very good experience.
I was a little worried about the negative comments, but my doubts went away when we opened the door to our room, #912. I guess it’s worth it to pay a little extra to get the beautiful bay view.
The concierge was very nice, and attended us when we asked for a better room (we wanted even more view) and when we checked out they gave us a temporary key for the swimming pool.
Breakfast at the Tides was good, and we were delighted by the visit of seals, just outside the big windows.
Thumbs Up, we’ll definitely come back!

I was so skeptical after some of the photos I saw on here, so our expectations were sort of low, but we were so pleasantly surprised! The beds were so comfortable, the bathrooms were clean and updated. Don’t skip the complimentary breakfast across the street, the views were beautiful!

Won /​bought a gift certificate at a silent auction.
Place is in dire need of renovation. Everything is outdated and poorly maintained. Lobby smelled. Another guest whom I overheard while I was waiting to check in complained he had to change rooms 2x and still had no hot water in his 3^rd room sink… had to use water from shower to shave.

Pros: Complementary bottle of wine and a nice fire place. We upgraded to the king suite with the newer bedding and sofa so it was a nice comfy place to lounge at the end of the day. Nice view of the bay from our room. Free sit down hot breakfast with every stay. Quiet and secluded.
Con: No mini-​fridge or microwave. Very spotty wifi. You kind of expect these basic things when you are paying over $ 200 a night.