Big Sur River Inn Motel - Page 1

This is a great place to spend a Sunday. The food is great. There is indoor/outdoor seating, a jazz band and for the kid in all of us, Adirondack chairs in the river on the western edge of the picnic/lawn area.

Travelers, beware! Once you leave the Monterey Peninsula traveling south, gas prices are $2/gallon more than 'in town'.

I have not over-nighted here, since it's less than an hour from where I live. If you want 5 star accomodations, stop at Nepenthe, but expect to pay 5 star prices, as well.

However, if you're looking for a reasonably-priced place for breakfast/lunch/dinner where the kids can blow off steam, this is the place. There is a general store, several art/niche shops and a plunge.

Best bets for food--Annie's salad, the soup, portobello sandwiches and breakfast.

My wife and I stayed here on 3/10/07. They had paper thin walls. I am glad no children were with us, it sounded like we were in the same room as our neighbors. They had a great time, but it was disgusting for us.

The room was not vacuumed. There was only one chair in the seating area of the room. And there was unbelievable road noise.

The place needs to be bulldozed.

We went n New Year’s Eve weekend, the room was very expensive, our room was across the road from the restaurant, the food was great, the service was great, and there were reasonably priced meals.

But the motel had thin walls, and even thinner towels than I use to wash my car, the heating was a plug-in heater that was hard to figure out. It was hard to sleep with street noise and a drippy shower, and no TV. No phone service. Go for the food, sleep somewhere else.