revieweridA5BC73FED1A0ABA3624C3DDFA456987Freviewernameleesie2018reviewtextAfter reading previous reviews of this Bu0026B I was concerned about staying here but took a chance anyway We loved this place We stayed two nights in two rooms 2 in the main house—slight issue with one of the door locks but other door lock worked fine 2nd room was on top outside floor—room is described as a place Bogie and Bacall would like—huge room with a balcony Room was perfect Breakfast was awesome lots of fruits and yogurt oatmeal and a breakfast quiche We would definitely stay here againreviewrating50sentimentclasspositivesentimentresult08658936087500001sentimentbreakdownAfter reading previous reviews of this Bu0026B I was concerned about staying here but took a chance anywaypositive089927894We loved this placepositive09668943We stayed two nights in two roomspositive09327132 in the main house—slight issue with one of the door locks but other door lock worked fineunknown049499812nd room was on top outside floor—room is described as a place Bogie and Bacall would like—huge room with a balconypositive08508398Room was perfectpositive09593753Breakfast was awesome lots of fruits and yogurt oatmeal and a breakfast quichepositive09570821We would definitely stay here againpositive086596733reviewerfakepoints30

reviewerid03378302C69D62301ABD7F36DEFADBBDreviewernamepieter851reviewtextThe Zaballa house consists of an old wooden building plus newer motelstyle rooms in the new wooden building built around the old There is a lot of free parking spacenI had one of the newer rooms which was quite big It had a couch big queensize bed coffee machine shower fridge No airco but a good fannnWhat I liked was some old furniture and the tv was hidden in an old closet which I liked because I never watch tv and I dont like to see a big screen in the roomnnThe breakfast was served in the main house from 8 am it was excellent with at least 8 types of fresh fruit raspberries blueberries bananas melon etc and yoghurt toast bagels fresh orange juicenThe staff was friendly and helpful in explaining how to get to the airportnnWhat I did not like was the wifi which was very weak in the room and even very slow in the main building For me the wifi was important to check in for my flight and to contact homennNote that the Half Moon Bay beach is very beautiful but NOT suited for swimming as the waves and currents are dangerousnnI would really recommend this hotel as a good place just before or after a flight from or to San Francisco Airport which is about 30 minutes away take 1 hour time in the morning with the traffic jamsreviewrating40sentimentclassunknownsentimentresult07665030558333336sentimentbreakdownThe Zaballa house consists of an old wooden building plus newer motelstyle rooms in the new wooden building built around the oldpositive096879387There is a lot of free parking spacepositive09506527I had one of the newer rooms which was quite bigunknown077538174It had a couch big queensize bed coffee machine shower fridgeunknown05212008No airco but a good fanpositive094783545What I liked was some old furniture and the tv was hidden in an old closet which I liked because I never watch tv and I dont like to see a big screen in the roomunknown06541854The breakfast was served in the main house from 8 am it was excellent with at least 8 types of fresh fruit raspberries blueberries bananas melon etc and yoghurt toast bagels fresh orange juicepositive098704135The staff was friendly and helpful in explaining how to get to the airportpositive08824749What I did not like was the wifi which was very weak in the room and even very slow in the main buildingunknown06758484For me the wifi was important to check in for my flight and to contact homeunknown050092274Note that the Half Moon Bay beach is very beautiful but NOT suited for swimming as the waves and currents are dangerousunknown043852887I would really recommend this hotel as a good place just before or after a flight from or to San Francisco Airport which is about 30 minutes away take 1 hour time in the morning with the traffic jamspositive089517045reviewerfakepoints55

revieweridFDC1B940BBEDE8D5B25305E60574AAE7reviewernamesarabroadbentreviewtextHalf Moon Bay is a beautiful small village by the Pacific that is well accustomed to hosting visitors As I had a business meeting nearby I thought it would be fun to stay in a local Bu0026B Initially I tried to book a room online with the Zaballa House and when there was difficulty I called only to be told that there were no standard rooms available They tried to upsale me to buy a suite room which they reiterated in an email That should have set off warning bells as I was able to book a standard room through the Trip Advisor website The emailed receipts after booking from both Trip Advisor and their own website indicated a total price but when I arrived I was told that the taxes hadnt been included adding another 12 to the total cost While my room had a fireplace and clawfoot bathtub it lack basic amenities such as a television clock bathroom essentials such as hair conditioner and provided less than a quarter roll of toilet paper with no back up supply Im all for conservation but that would have been cutting it close for two people While it was lovely to have a fireplace and a claw foot tub I would have traded them for a tv or even radio to be able to get the news I discovered an alarm clock wasnt needed as the trash truck showed up at 4am and a neighborhood rooster started in at 5am Breakfast wasnt until 8am which is too late for a person on business trip such as myself and there wasnt even a way to get a cup of coffee Fortunately there was a coffee shop a block away that opened at 6am I have stayed at many Bu0026Bs and understand that service and accommodations are unique to the location but Zaballas service and provisions were well below expectations for even the most quirky guest housereviewrating20sentimentclassunknownsentimentresult06928743766666666sentimentbreakdownHalf Moon Bay is a beautiful small village by the Pacific that is well accustomed to hosting visitorspositive08992496As I had a business meeting nearby I thought it would be fun to stay in a local Bu0026Bpositive0873732Initially I tried to book a room online with the Zaballa House and when there was difficulty I called only to be told that there were no standard rooms availableunknown047448578They tried to upsale me to buy a suite room which they reiterated in an emailunknown034656858That should have set off warning bells as I was able to book a standard room through the Trip Advisor websiteunknown05971443The emailed receipts after booking from both Trip Advisor and their own website indicated a total price but when I arrived I was told that the taxes hadnt been included adding another 12 to the total costunknown04572871While my room had a fireplace and clawfoot bathtub it lack basic amenities such as a television clock bathroom essentials such as hair conditioner and provided less than a quarter roll of toilet paper with no back up supply Im all for conservation but that would have been cutting it close for two peopleunknown07460023While it was lovely to have a fireplace and a claw foot tub I would have traded them for a tv or even radio to be able to get the newsunknown062885445I discovered an alarm clock wasnt needed as the trash truck showed up at 4am and a neighborhood rooster started in at 5ampositive08137184Breakfast wasnt until 8am which is too late for a person on business trip such as myself and there wasnt even a way to get a cup of coffeepositive095231545Fortunately there was a coffee shop a block away that opened at 6amunknown06802814I have stayed at many Bu0026Bs and understand that service and accommodations are unique to the location but Zaballas service and provisions were well below expectations for even the most quirky guest housepositive084485316reviewerfakepoints120

revieweridDF775230E693EE11BDDA6DAFF5A2AC11reviewernamePatti MreviewtextWhen we arrived at the front desk with our friends visiting from The Netherlands the woman behind the counter had a chip on her shoulder from the get go She offered no welcome or information about what was offered We went upstairs to our “deluxe rooms” to find rather poorly decorated and not particularly inviting rooms The website said they have showers in all rooms telephones and a tv none of these were in our room The bathroom had a very deep jetted tub and a hand held shower head that could only used if you were sitting or squatting in the tub The bathroom and bedroom windows has no screens and were cracked and held together with blue painters tape the sink enamel was worn down to the iron and was stained badly We went to check out our Dutch friends room Another difficult tub to get into No phone no tv We kind of chuckled about it and headed downstairs to ask the inn keeper for a little ice for my water bottle She said that her new staff had neglected to make the ice so she had to and it wasn’t ready yet She suggested that we go to the grocery store down a few blocks and get a bag of ice I said I had no place to keep a bag of ice Her response was “ I guess you’ll just have to suck it up until the ice freezes What the heck She was a odd duck for sure nAs we left to go have dinner she reminded us that she was leaving soon and don’t forget to take your room key to get back in the front door or we’d have to scratch on the door like cats to wake who ever was staying there Never saw anyone until the morning The odd lady was gone and a nicer young women was there The breakfast good but won’t be going back☹️reviewrating10sentimentclassunknownsentimentresult0707191583888889sentimentbreakdownWhen we arrived at the front desk with our friends visiting from The Netherlands the woman behind the counter had a chip on her shoulder from the get gopositive090641195She offered no welcome or information about what was offeredunknown047639993We went upstairs to our “deluxe rooms” to find rather poorly decorated and not particularly inviting roomspositive093882763The website said they have showers in all rooms telephones and a tv none of these were in our roomunknown042376715The bathroom had a very deep jetted tub and a hand held shower head that could only used if you were sitting or squatting in the tubpositive094997877The bathroom and bedroom windows has no screens and were cracked and held together with blue painters tapeunknown06704661the sink enamel was worn down to the iron and was stained badlyunknown03639934We went to check out our Dutch friends roomunknown077212465Another difficult tub to get intounknown06877747No phone no tvnegative025218204We kind of chuckled about it and headed downstairs to ask the inn keeper for a little ice for my water bottlepositive09897065She said that her new staff had neglected to make the ice so she had to and it wasn’t ready yetunknown07711392She suggested that we go to the grocery store down a few blocks and get a bag of ice I said I had no place to keep a bag of icepositive09367484Her response was “ I guess you’ll just have to suck it up until the ice freezesunknown065302086What the heckunknown060755193She was a odd duck for sure As we left to go have dinner she reminded us that she was leaving soon and don’t forget to take your room key to get back in the front door or we’d have to scratch on the door like cats to wake who ever was staying therepositive09037123Never saw anyone until the morningpositive08627803The odd lady was gone and a nicer young women was thereunknown05628627reviewerfakepoints30