My Wife and I took a drive up the coast to visit Hearst Castle. I was having a hard time keeping our trip within our budget, so I decided to look for hotels that were more affordable then the ones I had already made reservations with. I heard of the Silver Surf from a friend so I checked it out here on TripAdvisor - I decided to book a couple of nights and cancel our other reservations. To Sum it up - I actually feel like I got much more than what I paid for. Our room had a fireplace and private balcony, they also have an indoor heated pool, spa, and sun deck - not what I was expecting for this price range. The property was clean as was our room and the service was very friendly. We were very pleased to save (literally hundreds of dollars) by staying here. We also appreciated the place being pet-friendly with a decent sized grass/picnic area for our dog to romp. It was nice being close to the Castle, Cambria, and all the elephant seals. We would definitely stay here again.

Really, not a bad place to stay for the money.

We were headed home from a nice visit to San Francisco. We chose this
motel after looking at the AAA travel book. As mentioned in a previous review, the bed cover is faded, the beds are hard, the decor
out dated, but.....the price is right.

The grass area is beautiful, the staff friendly and acommodating.

Our room smelled a little musty, but we opened the windows for a while and aired out the room - no problem.

The windows could use a sheer curtain, so the fish-bowl atmosphere isn't so bothersome when the curtains are drawn.

We heard coyotes at night and I looked out the bathroom window to see if I could glimpse them and I just happened to catch a racoon scrambling up a pine tree - probably trying to avoid becoming a coyote supper. It was cool.

I would say this motel is average. Nothing outstanding, but very pleasant.

Nice friendly little hotel that was inexpensive and fit the bill after a long drive up the coast. It was very convenient and although very basic, was clean and comfortable. We were surprised to find that there were not any gas stations in San Simeon, and had to travel to Cambria for a fill up! We enjoyed the Cavalier restaurant across the road, and had a wonderful meal.

Although i can't remember when I had a room this cheap, I found that this place was definately worh every penny and definately even a little more.

We stayed at this property on our way from Yosemite to Hearst Castle. I have to say that I was a little wary of this place, but found the front desk manager very accomodating and the room to be clean, and adequate.

The location was definately a plus, because it took us less than 10 minutes to get to the parking lot at the Hearst Visitor center from the motel.

If we had more time the location was definately excellent if you wanted to take a walk to the ocean (1 block) or to the only bar that seemed to be open after 9 p.m. (1/2 block).