Directly across from the beach and pier...you can see the waves break and hear them at night. Two great surf spots in sight. No night life right on the beach so its quiet and peaceful. The night life is walking distance up the hill from the beach. Nick's has the best Martini I have ever had and their food is great.

Only downside for some (I love it) is the passenger train runs a few times a day along the beach, but only until 11pm. Kinda cool if you like trains! You can also hop on the train right there and go to San Diego for the day. Oh and lets not forget the crepe cafe on the first floor with outside seating and happy hour and sunset on the pier and the owners are really nice and very helpful. The apts themselves are spacious, casual beachy with large decks on the seaside. Affordable, casual, fun!

We recently spent a weekend at this lovely hotel in a 2 br/2 bth unit. The views were panoramic. Spectacular! Unobstucted views of the beach and pier. The condo was very clean, and well-appointed with everything needed for a home away from home. The staff was very friendly and helpful and available to meet all our needs. We walked to the farmer's market (Sundays), had dinner at the pier, and breakfast at a wonderful restaurant right below the condo that served delicious crepes. The downtown area is very quaint, with unique shops and a wide range of restaurants. We would definitely recommend this hotel to anyone looking for a romantic weekend, as a base for sightseeing or for families wanting a beachfront getaway. We would undoubtedly book here again, hopefully longer to relax, take in the views and sunsets and to explore more of the area. Thanks to the staff for a wonderful weekend.

We stayed a week in the two bedroom on the third floor. The bedrooms were quite small and not much other than the double bed and end tables fit in them. The bathroom was tiny and the kitchen is small too. Reminds me of a small apartment. There was a pedestal sink in the bathroom and absolutely no place to put toiletries or anything else for that matter. There were shelves across the hall from the bathroom and the toiletries had to be put there. The living room was decently spaced and when we weren't on the beach, we spent all our time there. The living room had large windows overlooking the ocean and a door leading onto the balcony. Being right across from the pier, there was people, train and traffic noise but we got used to it after a while. It was worth it because we had the constant sound of the waves also. The balcony is individual to the room, but stretches the length of the building so if occupants from the other rooms are on their balconies too, it isn't very private. Our neighbors were hardly ever out so we enjoyed ours very much. The trains started around 7:30am and ended around 10pm. When they would blow their whistles, it was quite loud. After a while we got accustomed to hearing them and since we slept through the night, we didn't care. There is no air conditioning that I can see. We happened to stay when the weather was beautiful so the ceiling fans kept it comfortable. I appreciated the kitchen since we spent all our vacation money on the room. The kitchen had a full size refrig, gas stove/oven, microwave, blender, toaster, coffee machine and an assortment of pots, dishes, silverware and cooking utensils. This was another money saver since we cooked most of our meals. I recommend eating at the Fisherman's restaurant on the pier and the Crepe restaurant below the hotel. Another bonus was the hotel had free WIFI. The furniture was clean and fairly modern. I realize that we basically were paying for the view, but it was definitely worth it.

The Hotel was nothing fancy, but still nicer than some have led on. Check in was fast and simple. The office was 300 feet away at the Seahorse Inn (people act like it was 9 miles away), I have walked further to get to the desk when I stayed in Las Vegas but nobody complains about that.
The room was a little spendy ($335 a night) but we were only there for one night and we were only in the room to sleep and to relax late in the evening on the deck that had ridiculously good views (see the pictures).
The trains are somewhat bothersome but they stopped around 10:30PM and did not start up until 7:30ish AM I believe. So if you like to sleep in late you may have problems, of course the mattress in our one bedroom apartment (room 7 I believe) was not all that comfortable so I hit the beach before then anyhow. Bring your own pillow and you should sleep fine.
The room was moderately clean, the couch was in great condition and was very comfy for the 5 minutes I spent sitting on it, I didn't use the kitchen, we ate out for all our meals. The pizza place just below served good pizza and the little cafe served some of the best crepes I have ever had (the berry crepe was delish).
The bathroom was not perfect (I did have plenty toilet paper but I was missing a thing to hold my roll) and the bath was peeling. But I expect nothing less from an old hotel like this that is on the beach, I don't know if I will come back to this hotel only because of the price, there are a few other small hotels along the beach that are a little more reasonable that I would like to try in my next visit to San Clemente. All in all my wife and I had a great stay (and she can be a little picky at times).