Vespera Resort on Pismo Beach, Autograph Collection

The room had a broken toilet seat. It ruined one of my outfits, and I was honestly afraid to use it properly after noticing the crack on the seat. It made it a bit challenging for me, and my three lady siblings.

We had a great stay. The only downside was $45 valet parking per day. It gets very crowded in the patio outdoor bar area in the evenings as it’s open to the public.

Vespera is by far, the BEST boutique hotel we've stayed in. They are very accommodating and extremely courteous. From valet to front desk to the outside poolside bartender they are professional and friendly. The rooms are spacious and clean. Overall 12 out of 10.

Booked an Ocean view room with a balcony. Got a ground level room near the back of the property where you could barely see the ocean if you walked out on to the patio. Patio was directly adjacent to the valet parking driveway. One of there employees scared the hell out of us when took it upon himself to sit on the patio retaining wall while he waited for his ride to go home. The front door of the room is about 20 feet from the front desk and entry to hotel and 40 feet from the bar. Supposed to be quiet after 10:00. We were kept up until 1:00 a.m. from all the noise/commotion coming from the bar. I complained when we first checked into our room, but “there was nothing we could do”. The next morning I complained about the noise and the safety of the patio access off the street. Both employees ar the front desk confirmed they receive constant complaints about this room and “management is debating on what to do with it”. They did move us for our second night. Hotel is newer, built around 2019, but they practice cheap ways to save money at the guests expense. Such as cheap single ply toilet paper/tissues and god awful coffee for the kerig. Half of the out door fire pits were inoperable and if you want to rent a bike, it’s $15/hr!!!! I rent bikes all the time down in San Diego for $15/day. If you can, stay next door at the Sandcastle, couldn’t this trip because they were booked.

We had dinner at Pequin. We were disappointed in the quality of the food. The fingerling potatoes were flavorless, the black cod crudo was very fishy, the wings were almost too spicy to eat, the pozole was warm (not hot) and the service was lackluster. We asked for drink refills twice, along with some lemon wedges to squeeze on the crudo. It forever, along with two requests to get either item. We had high hopes for the dinner, but unfortunately we were sadly let down. The resort is nice and the amenities were okay. You have corn hole, but no bean bags, you have games but with none of the required pieces to play the games. Great location and clean facilities is really the only strong point.....

Pros: convenient, quiet, and beautiful rooms. Cons: menus online are misleading- coffee cart is only offered during the summer. No 24/7 room service. No late midnight snack. The bar was the only place to order breakfast and coffee. Extremely understaffed- she was literally running around everywhere. At this point I’d rather stay at a Holiday Inn or La Quinta for free coffee. Water refill stations are only on the 2nd and 3rd floor. Ice machine was broken. Not sure what this “resort fee” was for…