The hotel is just as most people have written about, it is very very clean and has a superb atmosphere that promotes its "holistic" name. I really can't do it justice by writing about it, take a look at the pictures that some people have posted to see what it looks like. It looks just like the pictures.
We checked in and were handed our free drink tickets but we skipped the validation part for fear of being caught up in a timeshare thing but we were tempted to the timeshare thing because there were people who were getting $150 dollar to $300 dollar credits to their food bill (I'll post an update if we do the timeshare thing but for now, we're opting against it). We went directly to our room which was on the 2nd floor and although it was small, its definitely high class. Hard concrete/stone floors, dark furniture and a soft but not too soft bed. They have free internet (i'm writing this from my hotel room) which is totally great. I brought my own cable so i'm not sure if they charge for it or not, i plugged in and it worked. The minibar is expensive but we went to town and brought back some water so that was no problem.
Service, the hotel and the food have been excellent so far. There are absolutely no drawbacks to this hotel except for the distance from the town which is remedied by a free shuttle that runs hourly from the neighboring hotel to their downtown property.
This hotel is definitely out of the way, but its worth it. In fact, i chose this place because the only complaints with this hotel from other posters seem to be isolated incidents. I don't think you can go wrong with this hotel. I asked my new wife what she didn't like and she said "nothing". I asked her what she liked and she said "its clean".
Some tips:
1) Don't forget to get a ticket from the concierge for the shuttle from the Sunset Beach to the Rose and back. By the way, the shuttle runs from Pacifica/SB every 1/2 hour starting 15 minutes after the hour and from SB/Rose every hour on the hour until 10pm. There are some extra shuttles in between but you can look at the sign when you get here.
2) We found out tonight that there are no refills on soft drinks at the outdoor cafe. The kobe burger kicks butt and their french fries are awesome (trans fat all the way)!!!
Oh ya, i almost forgot why i said "not for the adventurous or for excitement" in the title. My wife and i like to do stuff, but because this place is so out of the way, we felt kind of claustrophobic the first night and were kinda bored tonight (its the 2nd night right now and i'm writing this in my room because there isn't anything else to do). Because we were bored, we planned activities for the next 3 days/nights. I really wish we could visit the town and have a drink at the local bar or something and then be able to get back to my hotel in 5 minutes via cab but for whatever reason, it feels like once you come here or once you leave, you have to stay or leave for hours, otherwise its not worth the trip back and forth from town to the hotel. FYI, we only did the shuttle today but one of these days, i think we'll try a cab and see how long and how much that is.
Anyway, you can't go wrong w/ this hotel but its far away from town (15 to 20 minutes via shuttle).