Carmel Mission Inn Reviews

This is a GREAT place! In searching for hotels for our guests, I was stuck because Carmel, CA is a place of B&B's (which traditionally have one bed per room..some exceptions). With families coming down, I needed a place that had two queen beds per room for parents with small children. Voila - the answer is the Carmel Mission Inn. Only a couple miles from downtown Carmel, it has everything: heated pool (they swam in late December); hot tub (used); full workout room (used); bar and restaurant (used daily) and very nice rooms with balconies. We had stayed here in 2002 when owned by another company and when I finally found the new name and called, I learned that everything had been updated. My contact at the hotel was Elizabeth Steen, their Sales & Catering Coordinator, and Elizabeth was just the nicest person - had to meet her when we arrived and thank her. I often called her to ask about this or that. She always had such a nice way of helping me. The bride and groom had a suite at this hotel and it was huge and beautiful! Living room/dining room/bedroom and bath. The suite would have been a great place for parents as well to host anyone staying at the hotel. I cannot recommend this hotel enough. Great location - 2 very upscale shopping areas within walking distance on either side...yet nothing seems crowded...lots of open spaces to enjoy the great scenery Carmel has to offer.

Joe made planning my recpetion super simple. He is very experienced, and while you wouldn't expect the venue to be taht fantastic on first glance, there is a wonderful court yard for cocktail hour and the room is a good size. I belive we could fit about 150 people, plus a 6 piece band. The food was a HIT. We didn't use the traditoinal menu, and instead recomended shrip eetu fee ( CAjun food, and i Know i spelled that wrong) they chef worked his magic, the guests raved about the food for weeks after!