Laguna Cliffs Marriott Resort & Spa

United States , Los Angeles - CA
DANA POINT, 25135 Park Lantern
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100 reviews shown

4/10

Poor

12 Mar 2026

elizabeth

Beware before you go - Marriott did not disclose construction- main pool is closed , we were put in a room facing garage, and bulldozer obstruct view of ocean- it was so disappointing

Family

10/10

Exceptional

10 Mar 2026

Alexander

Yes and hotel was amazing

2/10

Poor

02 Mar 2026

Jim

We were notified at check in construction was taking place directly below our room and the water was being shut off from !0:00 to 5:00. Not good

8/10

Excellent

18 Feb 2026

Bruce

valet staff was very efficient

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

16 Feb 2026

Kathleen

We could hear the people in the room next to us arguing and taking showers. They add a 20% service fee to everything even if you get the coffee from the barista in the lobby at the counter. The food was terrible and room service took 2 hours. They comped that meal but still... finally, our room was not cleaned until 4pm. We came back from activities at 3 and it was not cleaned. We had to call down for service.

2/10

Poor

10 Feb 2026

Arash

Their \"ocean view\" rooms have no view of the ocean at all as they are completely blocked by tall trees. In the evenings and until dawn seals resting on the nearby docks bark loudly interrupting sleep. The hotel is also now undergoing massive renovations with dust and debris everywhere. People with asthma will have difficulties breathing. Even people with no asthma will be coughing heavily due to dust everywhere. None of this is advertised on their website nor Expedia. They should honestly disclose all of this before charging $500 per night. DO NOT STAY HERE.

Business_and_leisure Self

6/10

Pleasant

06 Feb 2026

Marcus

We booked an “ocean view” room with what I believed was a balcony as pictured on your website. When we got there we were told that no balcony rooms were available (even though your website currently showed “5 rooms available”. We were at first given a room with a partial ocean view, but mostly a view of the city. We complained, and the front desk young woman actually walked us to 2 other rooms with an ocean view (but no balcony). She was very polite and helpful but she obviously had limited options available. We had to settle for another room without a balcony. The hotel staff were friendly and polite but there is obviously a disconnect between Expedia and the hotel.

10/10

Exceptional

31 Jan 2026

Tamara

The staff was exceptional at this property. I would love to return!

Leisure Friends

4/10

Poor

26 Jan 2026

Daniel

The hotel was nice, but not worth the cost. Save your money and use it for a more elegant hotel.

10/10

Exceptional

24 Jan 2026

Gary

everything was wonderful

8/10

Excellent

07 Jan 2026

Michael

Very courteous and attentive staff. Enjoyed riding the bikes that were available as well as playing pickle ball on-site.
The grounds are beautiful - however - be aware that there are major renovations going on, so your “ocean view” may include looking over the construction zone. Ours was - but we requested a room change, and the front desk staff graciously accommodated our request. Overall, a great stay in a great coastal community.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

03 Jan 2026

Mike

Perfect

10/10

Exceptional

01 Jan 2026

Jerri

yes

8/10

Excellent

30 Dec 2025

Paul

There was construction on site. I felt the $532/night parking plus the $35 resort fee were excessive but it is a nice resort in a beautiful part of South Orange County.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

29 Dec 2025

Glenah

Clean, well maintained and staff were courteous and helpful.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

26 Dec 2025

Paul

Construction ongoing

8/10

Excellent

24 Dec 2025

mary

The receptionist was not honest

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

24 Dec 2025

Lareina

Great staff. Wish the bathroom had little cotton rounds and cotton swabs. Would also have loved bar soap.

10/10

Exceptional

09 Dec 2025

bret

great place

10/10

Exceptional

01 Dec 2025

susan

Just the whole staff Very helpful and made everything just easier

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

01 Dec 2025

Andrew

Amazing staff. Great food and amenities.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

29 Nov 2025

julyne

We loved our stay at the Laguna Cliffs Marriott Hotel. It’s very clean, beautiful view of the ocean, easy access to anything that you needed. Everyone was super helpful polite and we will definitely stay there again.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

29 Nov 2025

Chelsea

Courteous staff, spotless room, gorgeous views.

Leisure Self

2/10

Poor

04 Nov 2025

Todd

Didn’t sleep more than 2 hours due to loud music, shouting people in their rooms and in the hallways. Advertised as having “soundproof” rooms. That couldn’t be further from the truth. Turned our anniversary weekend into a very unpleasant stay.

8/10

Excellent

15 Oct 2025

Madison

Decent hotel for an event with great views. The location is a bit inconvenient if you don’t have a car, there’s plenty of restaurants within walking distance but the property is entirely fenced in except for the main entrance meaning you have to circle the entire property to be able to leave from the other side where the nicer part of town is. Rooms were clean and spacious but not soundproofed, easy to hear your neighbors especially in the bathrooms.

4/10

Poor

13 Oct 2025

Brian

What a poorly run resort. The staff were seemed to have better things to do than provide basic service. The pool areas were totally unsupervised - young kids swimming underwater in the hot tubs. Night club music blasted all day and several parties that went way too long into the night. So much for some R&R.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

11 Oct 2025

Marjaneh

Nice view

10/10

Exceptional

05 Oct 2025

David

It’s a good deal for the price.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

29 Sep 2025

Nicole

Lu was absolutely wonderful at check-in; she went out of her way to ensure I could get in a room several hours before the standard check-in time so that I could get settled and go enjoy a festival near the property. I just appreciated it so much and want to give her a shout-out!

6/10

Pleasant

25 Sep 2025

Vikash

There were no bath tubs

Business Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

22 Sep 2025

Larry

This hotel

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

21 Sep 2025

Andrea

It's beautiful

Leisure Friends

6/10

Pleasant

12 Sep 2025

kamran

Very clean with great view and great staff

Very noisy and experienced sleepless nights

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

06 Sep 2025

Aws

The hallways are very hot

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

06 Sep 2025

Nancy

Beautiful surroundings and clean well equipped rooms. Friendly and helpful staff

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

05 Sep 2025

Larry

Very nice place to stay.

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

01 Sep 2025

Lynnell

Bad Experience Poor Service

Great greeting upon arrival but horrible from there. From rude disrespectful hostess, to not cleaning room after asking twice for it to be done. Poor service once sat at restaurant. Called for valet to bring car up because we had electric rental that they charge you $35 extra per day. Have to valet electric cars. Told we wouldn’t be charged for having to wait twice more than 20 minutes even after calling valet from room only to be charged on departure and no manager on duty in early morning to handle. Sent email expressing poor experience and no reply yet. Beautiful place but very very disappointed

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

22 Aug 2025

Melissa

Love the hotel and love all the employees who are helpful and friendly but we did not get the room we reserved (we were supposed to get a balcony and we were on the ground floor) and our room was not great. It was next to some sort of utility/storage area where we hear the comings and goings of employees regularly. Other than that, love the hotel

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

18 Aug 2025

Sylvia

Beautiful views everywhere

10/10

Exceptional

14 Aug 2025

Peter

Nice stay. Friendly and helpful staff

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

12 Aug 2025

Alvaro

Beautiful place. Expensive parking plus facility charges add to room charge is a little too much

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

28 Jul 2025

Karen

Awesome stay! Very safe and accessible to everything. My grandkids loved it . Our room was amazing ! 2024. I would request that again. Parking and food prices very high.

Leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

27 Jul 2025

Veronica

The hotel itself was nice, gorgeous views, but the extra charge of $52 to self parking plus resort fees and other random fees at check out amounted to an extra $100. My room on the first floor had a little patio that anyone could access from outside. The screen door didn’t close properly or lock and the sliding glass door had a broken handle which you had to slam to get it to lock. I felt unsafe. There were no other rooms available to move to. Check in isn’t guaranteed until 4 which was really late. I expected more for the amount I paid. I will try to avoid Marriott’s in the future.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

26 Jul 2025

Claire

Great hotel, excellent location. Food options limited but close to marina restaurants.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

23 Jul 2025

Douglas

Very nice room. Bed extremely comfortable
Room service quick and food was very good

10/10

Exceptional

22 Jul 2025

Nick

Good job.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

14 Jul 2025

Vijeta

Good experience

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

09 Jul 2025

Natalie

We like the property overall
Clean , the restaurants were very well decorated, the food can be better but it was ok
We will definitely go back

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

04 Jul 2025

William

We had a great few days at Laguna Cliffs. I enjoyed the pool and hot tub where drink service was provided. Many hotels in Laguna Beach don't have very nice pools. Just sayin'. We loved the view of the ocean and the marina.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

04 Jul 2025

Melissa

Love the hotel, but was disappointed with the room as the bed was uncomfortable. We’ve stayed there a few times and have always loved the room so was a bit disappointed. Other than that absolutely loved the service, the people, the friendliness, the beauty, everything else was wonderful.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

01 Jul 2025

Craig

The staff her is always the best. Great property, close to ocean, very clean.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

27 Jun 2025

Christina

Hotel was beautiful, staff was great but we spent $285 at the Lanterns Egde, the food was not worth the price. You’re paying for the view. My husband got a $60-70 steak and when it was brought to the table they had pre cut it. Coming from Texas you do not cut a steak. All the juices had come out the the steak was dry.

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

14 Jun 2025

Frank

Great property with Amazing views. The staff was very good. We borrowed bikes from the Hotel, which saved us from renting them from a local shop. Family friendly. The Gym was well equipped and there are free filtered water machines all over the property.

Leisure Family

2/10

Poor

05 Jun 2025

Rafael

Terrible service

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

30 May 2025

Jeton

Great

10/10

Exceptional

18 May 2025

Kendra

Beautiful and staff is amazing!

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

12 May 2025

Shika

My entire stay was great

10/10

Exceptional

06 May 2025

taline

A+++++++++++++

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

30 Apr 2025

Rawa

Loved the location and the area. Dining is not that great. No gluten free items at all, servers don’t know anything about allergies, and you have to pay extra for coffee.

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

18 Apr 2025

Robert

Meh

Given the spectacular location, you would expect this to be an exceptional hotel. That it is not. While the property has a lot of amenities, everything is just Ok.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

15 Apr 2025

laith

Room are very small

8/10

Excellent

13 Apr 2025

Steve

It was nice houses were stunning and the hotel had activities for my kids

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

10 Apr 2025

Sarah

Lovely hotel and spa! Would definitely stay there again, but I’ll skip the bar food next time. That was the only part of the stay that was underwhelming.

Leisure Friends

4/10

Poor

29 Mar 2025

yolanda

Parking is $60/night apart from resort fees. Furnitures are old and broken. Fell off the ottoman that rolled on its side, sustained wounds

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

29 Mar 2025

Cynthia

Very nice Marriott property. Large outdoor area with fire pits & heaters. Friendly staff, good size room. Big bar area, parking garage. Would highly recommend.

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

29 Mar 2025

Alina

Love this hotel!

10/10

Exceptional

27 Mar 2025

Jennifer

Super awesome place to stay. Really nice staff. The walk to the beach is a short, but steep walk. Do-able, but be warned. 🙃

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

25 Mar 2025

Joshua Allen Lipe

We hade a wonderful time

10/10

Exceptional

13 Mar 2025

Zach

Was beautiful

6/10

Pleasant

17 Feb 2025

Daryl

The food was beautiful in appearance but absolutely tasteless which was surprising for a Marriott, ended up having to order door dash the last day is our only regret staying here. The entire team was very professional and friendly overall.

Business_and_leisure

8/10

Excellent

02 Feb 2025

David

Beautiful setting and view, great ajoining park, walk to ocean, piers, harbor.

Only complaint was the seals on the doors are nonexistant and thus hallway sound is very noticiable

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

01 Feb 2025

David

Enjoyed our stay here for our 26th wedding anniversary. . Was absolutely amazing. All staff members were so accommodating and wonderful. Simone and Christine at the Lanterns Edge were such a joy and so helpful during our stay. Very relaxing and amenities were top notch. Thanks to everyone at the Laguna Cliffs Marriott Resort for a wonderful time. The Wassams

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

12 Jan 2025

William

Never experienced better service

Lost our house in the Palisades fire and booked here to regroup. THE STAFF - EVERYONE - was extremely friendly, compassionate and generous. Never seen anything more heartwarming and restoring (in Humanity). This was perfect place for our stay!

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

06 Jan 2025

Stephen

Marriott rip off

Hidden costs are staggering. Outrageous cost for valet parking. Staggering cost for self parking. 20% gratuity forced on customer for bartender and any self serve attraction like the buffet. Resort fee charge. I paid supposedly all hotel costs up front prior to check in. Still had a staggering check out cost. I feel ripped off.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

06 Jan 2025

Miguel

We stayed one overnight to attend a concert at the San Juan Capistrano Coach House and we really enjoyed out short visit. We will return for sure.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

02 Jan 2025

Henry

All the staff was helpful and friendly

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

01 Jan 2025

james

A very nice location. Property was very clean and tastefully decorated for the holidays

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

01 Jan 2025

Oscar

Excellent customer service

Business_and_leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

01 Jan 2025

Taylor

The staff were extremely helpful and very welcoming!

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

29 Dec 2024

Seyed Alireza

Great hotel with kind and so helpful staff. The room was clean, spacious and renovated. I highly recommend.

Leisure Family_with_children

6/10

Pleasant

28 Dec 2024

Ashley

Beware of the $35 a night resort fee and $52 a night self parking fee! The resort is very beautiful and overlooks the water but not sure it is worth the exorbitant costs. Really hate all the hidden fees.

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

13 Dec 2024

Baraka

We came in town for our daughters’ Volleyball tournament. Also, we stayed a total of three nights,

Only one staff member at the front desk was professional he was an older guy; he was really great. The other staff were very rude and made you feel like you were not supposed to be there.

The carpets on Level one have a very strong oder. The beds are by far the worst we have slept in in years of traveling. The food was average. We either went out to eat or Door Dashed.

For the money you pay and the advertising they resort does it was not worth it. Many families in our team did not stay there because of this.

Business Family

10/10

Exceptional

10 Dec 2024

julie

Nice

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

07 Dec 2024

Daniela

Love the area. Our room was nice would have like a little more privacy since we were on the lower floor but since we checked in early we had to take that room. Pools were nice hot tubs were amazing. The area is nice and restaurants are walkable we will be back.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

07 Dec 2024

Natalie

Love

I was so pleased to stay at this hotel, just perfect, relaxing and absolutely gorgeous.. with a perfect relaxing walk outside overseeing the harbor. I highly recommend
Friendly service too

Business Self

10/10

Exceptional

05 Dec 2024

Mariah

amazing loved every second

Business

10/10

Exceptional

01 Dec 2024

SAJEEVAN

nice place, access to beach at walkable distance. good green area.good pool. for kids play area is nice and neat.
only per day parking cost is little high

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

29 Nov 2024

Linda

Very pleasant atmosphere and lovely staff.

Leisure

10/10

Exceptional

27 Nov 2024

Russell

Beautiful Ocean view and convenient shops nearby

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

24 Nov 2024

Alfred

great hotel with magnificent views and comfort.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

29 Oct 2024

Scott

Three night stay

Great hotel walkable to everything with easy access to Dana Point Harbor

Partner

8/10

Excellent

22 Oct 2024

Mary Jane

Beautiful property and great walkable surroundings. Staff was generally great but most of our stay they skipped our room - had to call for towels and other standard items. Never explained why and although we reminded they still didn’t show up. Also free wi-fi is only for direct bookings.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

17 Oct 2024

ROBERT

Excellent remodel with great walking and views. Food was great as well!!

2/10

Poor

15 Oct 2024

Jeremy

I travel alot for pleasure and for work. This was the worst customer service I have ever experienced in my life. Will never return!

10/10