Mission Ranch Hotel

Mission Ranch is my wife's and my "go to" Carmel hotel. We have been coming here for nearly 10 years. This place is so relaxing and rejuvenating. The property is very well maintained. Plus, all of the hotel and restaurant management and staff are super friendly and consistently deliver top notch service. Please don't ever change!

Nowhere near as good as I expected it to be given the hype. Rooms need an update - the mattress was well past its sell by date and the TV and cable box were from the 1990’s. Our patio looked straight into a hedge (see photos) and saddest of all the staff generally didn’t look like they wanted to be there. In my four interactions with Reception not once did either of the staff working even get out their chairs to speak to me. Getting a room refresh isn’t automatic - it has to be requested from Reception after 10am which is no use if you are out for the day! We ended up with a towel mountain by the end of our three night stay! Acoustics in the room isn’t great either - we stayed in a Ranch Triplex (mid range) and could hear every word the guests next door said. Restaurant was fairly good but there are way better for the same price ticket in the middle of Carmel (see my other reviews). Lovely view from the restaurant patio but once you’ve seen it once…… Trading off of Clint’s name in my opinion - lots of local’s singing along at the piano at the bar in the evening, if that’s what you’re looking for go for it!

I have been coming to Carmel for over 40 years and have stayed at many hotels from Highlands Inn to Pebble Beach and this is one of my favorites. The four Plex near the tennis club feels like you’re in your own home. The rooms are cozy, spacious with a beautiful balcony with rocking chairs looking out at the Meadows with sheep deer and the Carmel beach in the background. The room was so quiet with no outside noise, which is unusual for a hotel in Carmel. Parking spots reserved right outside your room. New York 700,000,000 Sabrina at the front desk was professional and very helpful checking in and out and rebooking for next year. All the staff are wonderful. The restaurant on site is delicious with a piano bar for entertainment. The hotel is a little less than a mile from downtown Carmel but the beauty is it so isolated you really feel like you’re on a quiet ranch. The only complaint was the TV is small and dated.