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August 2025 by Terri Griffin
We had a kind room with a harbor view and the sunset was gorgeous. The rooms are nice with comfortable pillows and mattress. The staff was very nice. The free breakfast offers many options . It was a great location for taking the Ferry to Channel Islands. Lots of great restaurant choices around the harbor.
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July 2025 by Tien-chi Pan (Austin)
We liked the hotel itself and its proximity to our destination (whale watching tour from Ventura harbor), but was shocked after our bicycle (chained and locked to our car bike rack) was stolen in broad daylight in the hotel parking lot.
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July 2025 by Steve Kittrell
7/13-15/2024, Sat through Tues, 3 nights
Sub par for price. But let's start with what's nice: location, overlooks the marina, nice sunset photo ops, walking distance (1 mile) from beach, Ventura Harbor shops & restaurants. Bed and pillows good, blanket was a bit thin. I did like the glass door on shower.
Rating service as 2 stars due to being understaffed, but employees that were working provided good service. Many things in disrepair. Elevator in main building was out of order. Toilet paper holder nearly falling off the wall. Stain on carpet in room. Closet small, dresser with only 2 small drawers, not enough coat hooks. TV was a bit small and didn't have apps like You Tube, Netflix, Amazon Prime, etc. Understaffed so breakfast items weren't available. Cinnamon rolls very dry, no icing!! Didn't have oatmeal everyday. No danishes, no bagels & cream cheese. Pancakes were small, thin, and rubbery... then in the last morning they ran out of knives! Staff seemed to be doing the best they could and were generally nice. Lobby not stocked with hot coffee, hot water, hot cocoa packets, fruit flavored water, etc. I know not all hotels have these things but more and more they do... And it's nice! Sometimes the coffee was available but cold. Sometimes it was just empty. But even hot, it was low quality coffee and creamer. Tea and creamers were only out in the morning. Lobby was dark, empty and univiting. No pool or hot tub. Fireplace outside... Not working or never lit.
Stayed again in July 2025, most of the above still applies, should add that the shower was awesome: great volume & pressure..also adjustable. I sorry coffee cup was found on balcony when we arrived.TV still small, and no apps for streaming, casting from phone.
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July 2025 by Nils Hünerfürst
Usually I don’t go to ground floor rooms but here it is definitely worth it. The ground floor rooms are just huge in size and they give you a nice view over the Marina.
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July 2025 by Mia Hollywood
We love this location! The boats in the back really put the cherry on top of this sweet gem ! Customer service is always top tier ..breakfast was OK could be better ! Location is about 10 minutes from the beach! Whenever i visit oxnard im definitely booking a room here !
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July 2025 by Mrs Tell it
Unfortunately, I can't say that I enjoyed my stay. No acknowledgement from staff as you walk in.Rooms are outdated on all amenities. Coming from the customer service industry, being attentive is common courtesy.Maggie seems to be the only one with customer service. She deserves the kudos.
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July 2025 by Tho Truong
Would have really loved to give this place 5 stars because the service was excellent (breakfast, housekeeping and front desk) but too many problems that undermined what I look for in a good hotel (ie a place to have restful sleep): beds/mattresses were very uncomfortable. There was a dip in the middle and my back hurt after every night. They really need to get new mattresses! There were two lights that made it hard to fall asleep: one white flashing light from the smoke alarm and one oscillating green light flashing from another building across the harbor. Oh and the balcony screen door was broken/off track and did not close, so we couldn’t use it to keep the patio door open and the bugs out. It was not a big deal to close the patio door, but the weather was so nice, it would have been nice to just open the door with the screen on.
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July 2025 by Niklas Günsberg
The harbor area is really nice with small shops and restaurants.
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June 2025 by Gilbert F Bonilla
Great location by the Harbor and excellent service. The conference room is large and has excellent views of the boat harbor.
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June 2025 by hailey jacqi
Booked a room for two nights three months in advance for a birthday vacation. By the time I arrived at the hotel, I was tired from driving and ready to just go to bed. The receptionist told us there was a “glitch in the system” and that they did not have a room for us. I don’t know if they overbooked or what — I am an IHG employee so maybe my reservations are considered low priority. Thankfully, they moved us to the hotel next door for the same rate (and they treated us amazingly), but it’s still quite frustrating. Defeats the point of making reservations, and more importantly, defeats the point in trusting IHG as a reliable hotel company.
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June 2025 by Dan A
Very nice Holliday Inn at Ventura Harbor. Great views of the marina. Good breakfast.
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June 2025 by Sherrie Nicole Peacher
This is one of the best hotels we have ever stayed at! The staff is nice. The room is very nice. The bed is sooooo comfortable! There is 2 pillow options on the bed. That was really neat! We have a small patio. The shower is so spacious and nice! It has been 4 years since I got to visit this way so this is a big treat for us!
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May 2025 by Allan
This is a clean, comfortable hotel that offered very reasonable rates (at least when I was there). It’s the perfect location for those visiting the Channel Islands, located only a mile from the Island Packers boat facility and national park visitor center. The beds were comfortable and the breakfast was good.
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May 2025 by Janine Wong
We had a room on the first floor with a king sized bed and a harbor view and it was nice and spacious. The shower had plenty of hot water and pressure. Some of the amenities were lacking like the toilet paper holder was broken and it would be nice if the mini fridge had a freezer portion. A nice detail is that the pillows have embroidered which one is soft and which one is firm. This hotel is conveniently only 3 minutes from the island packers but a little lacking in parking especially when really large trucks make it impossible to park next to them
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May 2025 by Silvia Augustinova
Rooms are spacious and clean. Our room had a nice harbor view.
Wifi does not work well in the far end rooms of the hotel.
Parking is paid, 12 USD. We asked about street parking, and we were told that there is none nearby. Not true. We found one, about 12-15 minutes walk.
Breakfast is meh. Cereals with a lot of sugar, sweet bagel, terrible bread, and some other usual stuff. I just took some fruit and had my own breakfast. The coffee is good though.
Overall, we enjoyed our stay and would be happy to stay again.
