This unit fit all of our needs regarding location, cleanliness, and amenities. I would 100% recommend this property to my friends and family and will revisit this if I'm in town in the future!
Unit needs a thorough cleaning. Walls were dirty and scuff marks. It had a very stale, moldy smell, paper thin walls, poor Wi-Fi, pictures on VRBO are not accurate. Needs refurbished and updated. Do not recommend.
Excellent Stay in Comfortable Room with Convenient Location
We thoroughly enjoyed our 4-night stay. The rooms were comfortable and homey, close to stores and amenities, and with a wonderful walking trails adjacent to the property. Highly recommended.
The Retreat is a sweet, simple, and accessible place to stay in the Costa Mesa/Huntington Beach area. Beautiful area, available parking, and had everything I needed for a short stay. Hosts are super friendly, sweet, communication, and accommodating! Will undoubtedly be staying here again in the future!
Fantastic location and pet friendly, with a nearby park and bird sanctuary with trails. Loved the locked courtyard with table for breakfast and dinner, and the room had all the necessary amenities. Great stay and will definitely be back!
Needed a place to stay for 5 days with my two dogs. This was perfect - located right next to the beautiful Fairview Park. Had everything we needed! Lovely patio.
The location of the Canyon Ranch was great. It was in Costa Mesa, next to a national park for walking. Short drive to the Huntington Dog Park, and Balboa Island. The owner and staff were very nice and provided local information for fun activities during our vacation.
Property was in great location. Loved enclosed patio for dog. Place was clean and bed was very comfortable. Communication with host was great.
Also want owner to know we found the bottle of wine we thought we had left.
Thanks for such a great place to stay.
A bit nervous on first night as door lock was loose and we didnât know the neighborhood.. Next day felt better as the area is nice, no trouble at all, close to groceries, beaches and airport. Our 3 night stay was clean and comfortable with plenty of space to move around. The kitchenette provided enough supplies for snacks or light meals and the gated courtyard definitely a plus! Thank you Scott for checking in on us periodically, we enjoyed our stay.
It was a nice little place to stay with my dogs. A bit more space than a hotel room having a full bath and a little kitchen. A nice little patio with enough dirt areas for a quick potty. Really nice that it was across from a nature area with trails to take the dogs on a nice quiet walk. The people in the unit next door the first night were pretty rude and kind of loud but inside the unit i couldn't hear them at all.
Overall, we had a good stay. The location was great - very close to Huntington beach, trails for walking/biking, and anything you might need food and supply-wise. We loved the little patio area and spent a lot of time out there during our stay. Also, the bed was very comfortable.
A couple opportunities for improvement - the map didn't really show the parking spots clearly so we were real nervous we weren't in the right spot, so you might consider adding a photo of that to the listing. And the property was a little more run down and dingy than it appeared in the photos, though overall acceptably clean. Main complaints were that it smelled a little musty, there was a whole bunch of junk stacked up outside against the window in the kitchenette area, and the trash can in the kitchen was full of fruit flies so we took that outside and proceeded to use the outdoor trash can during our stay.
My husband, two small dogs, and I had a lovely 4 night stay. The room was as described: clean quiet, and convenient to everything. The bed was comfortable and had two nice sized night stands. The tv worked nicely and was a great bonus. We were happily surprised to find a much larger refrigerator than pictured. While the room is small like a hotel room, the private patio is such a spectacular bonus. There is a nice table and chairs to eat or relax in. There is a good mix of sunshine and shade. Our pups had room to roam around and do their business. Having the park right down the street made going for walks wonderful. It has a nice mix of dirt paths and paved walkway. We found that assigned on site parking could get tight but we were offered another on site space and there was plenty of street parking. The entrance door had a handle lock and dead bolt. The sliding glass door only locks from the inside but we felt perfectly safe since the entrance door had double locks on the door. An opportunity for improvement would be to have the bike tires inflated and ready to go.
Our stay overall was decent, the pictures are very accurate. The owners of the property were difficult to get ahold of, but was reached out to by someone else who I had a couple conversations with. The first day we noticed the water pressure of the sink was super low. The next morning when we went to shower, there was no hot water, and the shower shut off when you would try to go to the hot water. It also made an extremely loud noise and shook the walls. When we reached out via message over VRBO I didnât receive any response. I then called the number provided 4 times until finally getting a call from a different number. They came to check out the water and it ended up being a water heater issue. They fixed it but was overall a pain to get ahold of them. Then last night new people came in to the unit next to us. They were extremely loud until 11:45 PM even after we reached out about a noise issue. Overall, it wasnât a bad experience, but had some issues that we werenât planning for which made it not an amazing experience.