We stayed at the El Castell at the end of April, 2012. The rooms were spacious and very clean, comfortable beds, modern wall-mounted flat screen tv, small fridge and microwave. Breakfast available in the office each morning, pleasant staff. The motel is close to Hwy 101 and only 2 miles away from Cannery Row, so easy to get to most... More

For the price, this was an excellent place to stay. Very clean, nice staff, and close to restaurants. Wifi was very iffy.....sometimes super slow or unable to log in at all, and other times, very quick. Room was average in size with 2 queen beds. Beds were hard, but no worse than other hotels in this price range. Microwave and... More

The room was very clean and nice, with comfortable beds, good sized towels, and a decent shower head. The location close to downtown Monterey was a plus. It looked to us like they were remodeling the property; our room had new carpet, new paint and new tile floor and walls in the bathroom. Some negatives. Front Desk people not overly... More

We went to monterey and took PCH what a drive. Breakfast consisted of waffles, coffee, orange juice and apple juice. Took a dip in the pool with the fam bam and i wished it was a little warmer. The rooms where big and the beds where ok not to shabby. The price was great and it was close to everything.

We headed over to Monterey for the weekend and picked El Castell cause it was cheap and seemed pretty centrally located. The staff was pretty friendly. It is an easy drive to Cannary Row and the aquarium and a couple of the restaurants close by are good. However the walls are VERY thin. We were kept up every night by... More

Really loved accomadations at this place. Room was very modern, new, clean & spacious. Price was so excellent and also included breakfast. Front desk person was very helpful in locating places to visit. My husband & I were on a road trip & traveled 2300 miles & stayed in ten different hotels & motels and this was absolutely the best... More

made a quick trip to monterey with no preplaning and chose the El Castell motel from the reviews of others and was not disapointed with the room. It's newly remodeled and very clean. Our unit was in the one level part of the motel and the only problem we had was with loud people in the next unit. The units... More

We enjoyed it....It was perfect for good price. Staff was very friendly and helpful.