Amanzi Hotel, Ascend Hotel Collection

Spent 2 nights in a king accessible room, just a few steps from the lobby on the first floor. I loved that the parking garage was under the hotel, and the elevator made it so convenient to bring all my luggage easily up to the room. Elevator was just around the corner from the room, so a short walk. Breakfast room was clean and attended by a very helpful and friendly gentleman. The usual fare was available: scrambled eggs, eggs Benedict ( the egg was perfectly runny but the English muffin was pretty hard on the bottom. Impossible to cut with plastic knife. ). Fruit, cereal, bagels, toast, waffles, sausage, bacon, pastries, oatmeal. Coffee was pretty good, even the decaf. I would go back.

Everything went well. Everyone was kind and helpful. We have been traveling to this hotel for years, way before it became Amanzi. I do miss some of the old ways of treating long time guests. This staff has no idea that my company did retreats here and we usually booked 8 or more rooms for a weekend long event.

Loved the location. We brought bicycles and were able to keep them in our room. Easy to bike to historic Main St shopping and to the Ventura ocean trail. We rode to Ojai and back. Also, checked out Ventiki Bar. It was awesome. We were there for our 49th anniversary and our waitress compt us a drink for two. Our room was huge and very comfortable and the staff were exceptional. Breakfast was great. We would stay here again and again. They allowed us to keep our vehicle in their lot after check out so we could ride our bikes all day. Rates were also very good.

Location was good for walking to the pier and along the beach. Room facing ocean was fine despite the noise from freeway and train as long as AC was on. Why would you want to miss seeing the beautiful Pacific Ocean?

The hotel is walking distance to beach, downtown and restaurants. There's a social on Friday and Saturday nights which offer beer, wine, non-alcoholic beverages and appetizers or snacks. Hot breakfast was wonderful and "Staff is Great"! Free parking, too.