Had a nice vacation here.
The good: Property is clean and neat. Beautiful view of bay and really gorgeous courtyard. Really comfortable beds and service was excellent. Lots of filtered water refilled without even asking. The grounds are meticulously well-maintained, including grooming of the beach area. Pool is clean, clear, and a nice place to spend some time surrounded by the beautiful plants. Free and abundant parking out front and an easy walk to Yal-ku. Check-in was simple even though we arrived very late at night.
The bad: uncomfortable furniture, couches actually built in to the wall at right angles. We gave up on sitting together in the living area and piled onto the master bed. Other chairs are good for eating at the table but little else. Literally no comfortable place to sit and lounge. No microwave oven (odd, right?). Unpleasant smells in master bathroom. No hot water last 1.5 days and we didn’t have time to follow up before our flight out. The only fully functional TV was in the bedroom which, again, made it hard to enjoy time together unless we were all on the bed.
Other: Plants are everywhere on the balcony. Pretty and nice, but so many that you really can’t sit and enjoy the view; they block it. Next door condo was sometimes party central with music booming late into the night twice during our stay. Our condo owners dealt with it after that so the nights were then quiet but the music still blared through the day. There never seemed to be anyone at the office or check-in area. We did get quick responses to emails but that’s not really real-time help if you need it. More generally, sargassum seaweed was awful in the bay so snorkeling was unpleasant about half the days. That was a shame because we had hoped to do more snorkeling. The sea wall at the condo, though, keeps it from piling up and stinking here like it does on much of the rest of the bay. Really this was one of the few places on Half-Moon Bay not beleaguered by the stench of rotting sargassum seaweed. We had to hold our breath through certain stretches around the bay as we biked or drove into town.
One final note. If you have little kids please be aware that the balcony railing is only two horizontal boards and it looks like it would be very easy for a small child to slip through.