Plaza Hotel Santa Ana

My boyfriend and I went to Huntington Beach for the 4th of July weekend and decided to find some place cheap to stay, which was about 20 minutes away. From looking at the pictures, it looked pretty decent for the price per night they were offering. HOWEVER, upon our arrival, the place looked extremely run down. I am assuming it used to be a RAMADA since 2 of the letters were still on the building, as so: "R A." There was no professional aspect to the staff whatsoever. The woman who checked us in was wearing a tank top and looked like she was living on the streets. She handed us our keys and said, "You have a great room... you realy do." Hmmm... I beg to differ.The elevator looked like it was about to break. AND you had to ask the front desk to press a button behind their desk to open it for you, therefore, we were stuck waiting for someone to help us open it. Half the buttons didnt light up in the dang thing and we were all the way on the 8th floor. When the elevator doors opened, I was completely shocked. The halls looked deserted, there was a dirty white couch against the wall and no sort of decoration anywhere. The buliding literally looked haunted. I was so scared to stay there and told my boyfriend I was afraid to even come back to this place at night (we stayed 2 nights!!) The room was ugly and the most discusting part of the whole thing was that next to the bed, there was a HUGE spot on the carpet that smelled like urine, and it was the only thing I smelled when laying on the bed. I was extremely grossed out and tried to mask it with perfume and other sprays. It amazed me how the maids didnt bother to clean it. It was completely obvious that something reeked in there. The television didnt even work properly, it was "snowing" the whole time! I also decided to go downstairs to ask what time continental breakfast started and the lady just shook her head and said..." No... none." They had a very nice looking area in the corner that obviously was used once for breakfast but not anymore! I honestly would have MUCH RATHER stayed at motel 6 than this dump. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS FOR EVEN THE CHEAPEST PEOPLE.

Well.... from the outside the "Plaza Hotel Santa Ana" it looks pretty decent. The lobby looks pretty nice, the staff are really friendly. "Charles and Oliver" are great people to talk to. They work the front desk. Overall the room is nice, the shower heads are a little low though, which makes it a little hard to shower, the beds are comfortable, and the balcony has an nice view of downtown santa ana. But dont forget to request a room with a fridge and microwave: because it is upon "request only"

I might stay at this hotel again, if I am in the area. The prices are also fairly decent, and I would recommend this hotel if you needed a place to stay!