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Babbling Brook Inn

3.0 star property

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Reviews

8.2 out of 10

Very good

Popular amenities

  • Housekeeping
  • Parking included

Explore the area

Map
1025 Laurel St, Santa Cruz, CA, 95060
  • Pacific Avenue
    12 min walk
  • Emily's Good Things To Eat
    4 min walk
  • Santa Cruz Metro Center
    13 min walk
  • San Jose, CA (SJC-Norman Y. Mineta San Jose Intl.)
    43 min drive

Room options

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Suite, 1 Queen Bed (Tennyson)

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Standard Room, 2 Queen Beds (Contessa) | 1 bedroom, hypo-allergenic bedding, pillow-top beds

Standard Room, 2 Queen Beds (Contessa)

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Standard Room, 1 Queen Bed (Van Gogh) | 1 bedroom, hypo-allergenic bedding, pillow-top beds

Standard Room, 1 Queen Bed (Van Gogh)

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  • 1 Queen Bed

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Standard Room, 1 Queen Bed (Renoir) | 1 bedroom, hypo-allergenic bedding, pillow-top beds

Standard Room, 1 Queen Bed (Renoir)

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Standard Room, 1 Queen Bed (Monet) | 1 bedroom, hypo-allergenic bedding, pillow-top beds

Standard Room, 1 Queen Bed (Monet)

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Standard Room, 1 Queen Bed (Degas) | 1 bedroom, hypo-allergenic bedding, pillow-top beds

Standard Room, 1 Queen Bed (Degas)

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Standard Room, 1 Queen Bed (Toulouse Latrec) | 1 bedroom, hypo-allergenic bedding, pillow-top beds

Standard Room, 1 Queen Bed (Toulouse Latrec)

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Standard Room, 1 Queen Bed (Sisley)

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Standard Room, 1 King Bed, Garden Area

  • Sleeps 2
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  • Sleeps 2
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  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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About this property

Babbling Brook Inn

Guesthouse with free parking, near Monterey Bay
This smoke-free guesthouse features a garden and free self parking.
Babbling Brook Inn offers 13 accommodations, which are accessible via exterior corridors and feature a hairdryer and free toiletries. Each accommodation is individually decorated. Beds feature pillowtop mattresses. Flat-screen televisions come with premium satellite channels.

Bathrooms include baths or showers. Business-friendly amenities include telephones along with free local calls (restrictions may apply). Housekeeping is offered on a daily basis and hypo-allergenic bedding can be requested.

During your stay at Babbling Brook Inn, you're just a quick walk from Neary Lagoon Park. Enjoy features like free self-parking.
  • Free self-parking
  • Amenities include a terrace
  • Just a 4-minute drive from Monterey Bay and a few minutes from Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk
As a guest of Babbling Brook Inn, you'll find a terrace, a garden, and discounted use of a nearby fitness facility. The front desk is open around the clock. Self parking is free.

This 3-star Santa Cruz guest house is smoke free.

Languages

English

Property amenities

Parking and transport

  • Free self parking on site
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking and van parking available

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (daily)

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Assistive listening devices
  • No lift
  • Well-lit path to entrance
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk
  • Wheelchair-accessible van parking

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Hypo-allergenic bedding
  • Pillowtop mattress

Bathroom

  • Bathtub or shower
  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV with premium satellite channels

More

  • Access via exterior corridors
  • Connecting rooms available
  • Free local calls
  • Heating
  • Individual decor
  • Phone

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; check-in end time: anytime
Minimum check-in age - 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Contactless check-out

Special check-in instructions

The property charges 2 per cent for credit card payments
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Access methods

Staffed front desk, key retrieval

Pets

  • No pets allowed, but service animals are welcome

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Cots (infant beds) are not available.

Payment types at the property

Important information

Fees

Guests will be asked to pay the following charges at the property:

  • Deposit: USD 100 per stay
  • Resort fee: USD 0 per accommodation, per night
The resort fee includes:
  • Housekeeping
  • In-room coffee
  • Internet access
  • Phone calls

We've listed all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Credit card charges are subject to a surcharge of 2 per cent

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business or profession.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival.

We should mention

  • Connecting/adjoining rooms are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property at the number on your booking confirmation.

Property is also known as

Babbling
Babbling Brook
Babbling Brook Inn
Babbling Brook Inn Santa Cruz
Babbling Brook Santa Cruz
Brook Inn
Babbling Brook Hotel Santa Cruz
Babbling Brook Inn Guesthouse
Babbling Brook Inn Santa Cruz
Babbling Brook Inn Guesthouse Santa Cruz

Babbling Brook Inn Reviews

Reviews

8.2

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 554 out of 1006 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 195 out of 1006 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 115 out of 1006 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 71 out of 1006 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 71 out of 1006 reviews" "

8.8/10

Cleanliness

8.6/10

Staff & service

6.8/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

7.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

6/10 Okay

Autumn

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Andrea

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Anthony

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great place to have our honeymoon
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Anthony

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property is very quaint, very cute. The staff was very friendly and very accommodating. The rooms are slightly smaller than the photos make them look, pretty common. The Wi-Fi was unavailable during our entire visit not sure exactly what caused that. There’s no AC in the rooms, but they do provide a fan and it was actually fairly chilly the night that we stayed. Big thumbs up for how quiet it was not a lot of traffic noise not a lot of other guest noise. Bed was very comfortable tub had jets. We didn’t use the fireplace, but it was great that it was there for the really cool nights. The grounds were as advertised all in all this property is great for a short stay. I don’t know that I would choose it for someplace where I was going to be for a week, but not disappointed at all with what I found when I got there .
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

4/10 Poor

Diane

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Amenities
Our door was ajar when we arrived and the room was dingy at best. Sand from the beach was not vacuumed. Just felt kinda creepy with no one in the office either. Suggest closing for a month to give the place a face lift. A little elbow grease will make a huge difference.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

James

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Cottage style property in central Santa Cruz
Quant, charming, smallish cottage style rooms. Lovely property, convenient location in Santa Cruz. Bathrooms are dated and have seen some wear and tear. Couldn't get the wifi to work and bad cell service. Staff was responsive with requests. No real complaints though.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Linda

Travelled with family
Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Thanks for a wonderful weekend!
An amazing find, clean, cozy and serene. The location was also perfect, near the action but tranquil at night. We will definitely stay here on our next trip to SC.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Kristine

Liked: Cleanliness
No ammenities promised
It was nice, but the fireplace did not work. They did not provide the remote they said would be available😫. Left a phone number to call, but nobody on sight to provide the remote.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2024

6/10 Okay

Linda

Liked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
The property and the room were beautiful . The loud neighbors upstairs talking and moving around until the wee hours of the morning and the television playing all night did not make for a pleasant stay. Not the experience I was expecting or paying for.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jodi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This was a lovely place to stay. Will stay again.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Dhyana

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Such a beautiful location! Our room was lovely too. There really is a babbling brook just beyond the deck. There's no place I'd rather stay in Santa Cruz!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

John

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities
It is a great concept. The lack of office support on site is a problematic. Laural st nearby is loud and full of traffic. It over shadows the Brooke.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

2/10 Terrible

Aaron

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Do not stay here. The rooms look nothing like the pictures. I don’t know how they get away with scamming people like this. The rooms are severely falsely advertised and it seems like robbery with how they trick patrons. I’m surprised this place is open given the poor quality. The rooms are like a rundown motel. Look elsewhere. On positive note staff was nice and open to refunding our money. The staff trying their best but whoever owns this place needs to urgently revamp and renovate the place. And not importantly take off photos of your website!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Helen

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Older property. In room fire place was broken and the WiFi didn’t work.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jean-Michel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great location price and setting
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Julie

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Christina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Guy who welcomed us was friendly and the grounds were lovely. Room was not as stylish as it appeared in the photos, but beds were comfortable. We were awoken at 9:15am on the morning or our departure by a persistent knocking on the door, and the housekeeper greeted my son who answered the door by telling him she’d like us to be out by 10am or 10:30am because we were the last room she had to clean and she was just waiting for us. My husband later confirmed that check out time was 11am, we left shortly after 10:30am (with the housekeeper waiting outside our room and making us feel like we were massively inconveniencing her even though we weren’t late). It was a rude and unpleasant way to end our vacation after a lovely late Saturday night out at the Boardwalk. Hotel is well located, walking distance to many of our favorite Santa Cruz spots.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

2/10 Terrible

Heather

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The entire property is rundown and shabby. No one to talk to. No heater. No sound proofing. No one cares about anything but tricking you out of your money!
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Christopher

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

6/10 Okay

Andrea

Liked: Room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
A potential serene escape that needs some upgrades
So, the place is really cute from the outside and you can see what it used to be from the inside. There is definitely maintenance that needs to be done (all of the winding knobs for the windows pop off, there is a gap in the bathroom window where the knob is exposing to the outside without a screen, scratches and divits in the walls, dirty near the bottom of the walls) and some sound proofing wouldn't hurt (especially with the number of couples that were there... if you get what I'm saying). Additionally when I showed up to check-in, i was told to go outside to the lockbox and look at my email. I didn't ever get an email from them (and service there is terrible). When I said I never got an email, it was clear the check-in person was annoyed. Then, in the morning around 10:30am there wasn't anyone there to check out. I was told to use the lockbox (and had to request the code because, again, no email). Also, do NOT count on wi-fi. It did not work at all while I was there -- I couldn't even see the network (and I reset my phone multiple times).
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

8/10 Good

Jorge

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
This was the second time we’ve stayed at this property. The property is just okay to stay. It was a little outdated and needed more upkeep but it’s quaint and has a real “home” feel to it. The jet feature in the tub was broken, it was missing a smoke detector, the fireplace was on even though we turned it off, and the water pressure in the shower was very week. I guess if you stay here you have to look passed all of the normal comfort of a “hotel” room and look at it kind of like staying at a family member’s house. The price is right when you just need a place to sleep for a night without feeling like it’s a mortgage payment.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

4/10 Poor

Kevin

Travelled with family
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Our room smelled of mildew and the pictures of the room on the website do not match the reality. They've removed all of the things that gave the room charm and painted the whole room white. Also, their is a window facing a busy street that has no window coverings. The beds were terrible and I could barely sleep
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

crystal

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2024