My wife and I returned to the Olallieberry because of our several good experiences from other visits. The inn is a quiet, romantic get away destination for us. The accomdations are clean and the breafast offering is always terrific.

If you like the bed and breakfast experience, we recommend the Olallieberry

Howard and Cynthia Lawrence

We went to the Olallieberry Inn to celebrate our anniversary with a romantic weekend away from our young children. After reading the reviews I was thrilled to find someplace quiet and peaceful.

The inn is quite pretty and quaint and the owners very nice. The room we stayed in was in the back house and it was nicely decorated. The breakfast area was a bit cramped, but the table was nicely set. The garden is pretty and allowed small spaces of quiet talking. The appetizers were OK, and breakfast was excellent! We could walk to Robin's for dinner and really enjoyed an incredible meal there.

Our room was incredibly noisy. First of all, the inn is right off the main street in Cambria. Car traffic is light late at night, but when a car (or worse yet, motorcycle) goes by it's pretty obvious. The car traffic during the evenings was pretty heavy at times. Our bed was located just under the upstairs bathroom and I can honestly say that I got less sleep at the O.I. than I do at home with a houseful of children under four. The people above us got up every few hours to use
the restroom and the pipe from the toilet went right past our now not-sleeping heads. Every flush was a waterfall. I spent part of the night
on the couch wrapped in a light blanket--not the romantic weekend we were hoping for at all.

I thought it may have been just our room that was noisy, but over breakfast (at 9:15 a.m. no less--I would have LOVED to have slept in after our upstairs neighbors got up and left for the 8:00 a.m. feed) met a couple who had moved from a room in the front of the main house (too noisy from the street) to a room in the back of the house for their second night at the inn. We just left in sleepy frustration. The
room was well over $200.00 and I literally cried on our way home.

I've lived in old Victorian homes off and on all my adult life, I know
what they can be like as for noise, but I was hoping an inn would have
added some insulation.

This was the last stop on our 30th anniversary trip down the Pacific Coast Highway. It's a charming little inn and town, like out of a storybook. We only stayed one night (to visit the Hearst Castle - which is a must see). Jill greeted us and immediately made us feel at home. We stayed in the San Simeon, which was a very comfortable room. We arrived just in time for wine and appetizers and met some very nice guests. Then we headed to the Sow's Ear Restaurant, which was very good. It was just a few blocks down the street, a nice walk. The next morning we met Marjorie, who I had booked our reservation with and spoken with a week before our trip to get advice on booking our Hearst Castle tour. She was very friendly and helpful with everything...a true midwesterner! Breakfast was wonderful! The homemade granola was really good and I've never liked it too much! It was a great (short) stay. Hopefully next time we can stay a little longer!

Thanks Again for your hospitality!
Marjorie and Mark, Alpharetta, GA

This is a funny little B&B in a great little town.

I booked this after reading rave reviews on this website. I perhaps should have consulted with my husband before booking as we established that he doesn't cope very well without a TV or radio (even when he's in a foreign country!)

We had the San Simeon room. Very comfortable bed, lovely bathroom.
I wouldn't recommend this room for anyone who is in the 'new' stage of a relationship and is still shy about their partner hearing them in the toilet! The bathroom wasn't as sound proof as we were used to (but we've married 6 years so it really wasn't a big deal!)
The room is on a bit of a lean, I noticed this when getting into bed, I could have rolled over to the window.
It is an old building, so I guess this can be expected!

The breakfasts were incredible for two reasons, 1. The food was delicious and much better than I expected (even though I'd read the reviews)
and 2. The other travellers we met at breakfast honestly made our entire US trip! There was this great couple from Fresno who gave us advice on driving back up to Monterey, a beautiful mother and daughter from Minnesota (we fell in love with her accent), a quartet from Boston who'd driven from Seattle and a mother and daughter from Phoenix. We were just so impressed with the other guests!
I guess this is the big plus of a B&B, the people you meet.

My husband found Cambria a bit quiet for his liking, but that's just him. I thought it was a lovely little town and would return (perhaps with another man!) In saying that, he was so happy to have met those other travellers, so I think that made up in some part for the lack of TV!

We were close to Hearst Castle too.

I don't know if this is a negative, but I thought I should mention it.
We could hear a lot of what went on in the bedroom directly above us. It was kind of funny at first, we'd never been in that situation before, but if you are in the room above San Simeon just be mindful that the guests below you can hear everything! I know it's a romantic spot, and we wouldn't have complained about it but it was interesting at breakfast the next morning as we looked around at the various guests!
I was pretty ill while we were there, so perhaps the other guests were kept awake with my coughing but were too polite to say anything!

I'd definitely recommend this B&B for anyone who wanted a really relaxing, quiet weekend away from life's stresses. Cambria is a funny little town with some fantastic op/antique shops, nice food and great weather.
The breakfasts are delicious, we missed the wine and nibbles each evening but I heard they too were great.