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Reviews of Sonoma Hotel

3.5 out of 5
Sonoma Hotel
110 West Spain Street, Sonoma, CA

Reviews

8.2

Very good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 119 out of 289 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 104 out of 289 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 47 out of 289 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 12 out of 289 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 7 out of 289 reviews" "

9.0/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

7.8/10

Amenities

8.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024
Response from Manager on May 15, 2024
Thank you for your review. We are glas you enjoyed your stay.

8/10 Good

JAMES

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Older people had to carry bags upstairs..no elevator. No a/c. Great historic charm...close to everything. Bed very comfortable...quiet and clean
Stayed 2 nights in May 2024
Response from Manager on May 15, 2024
Thank you for your review. We do have A/C. We have kept the historic charm of the hotel with modern amenities. Our confirmation state we have no elevator so guests are not surprised when they arrive.

8/10 Good

Susan

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice older, but updated hotel on the square. Affordable for the area. On street parking only.
Stayed 1 night in May 2024
Response from Manager on May 15, 2024
Thank you for your comments. We have just finished a "refresh" of the hotel with new paint, carpet and soft goods in the rooms. We keep our prices in line with similare hotels in the area.

8/10 Good

Melora

Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Craig

Travelled with family and small children
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Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Carson

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024
Response from Manager on May 15, 2024
Look like you had a great stay. Thank you for you time to respond.

6/10 Okay

George

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Older structure that is in need of some updating. Older persons may find climbing in and out of clawfoot tub difficult if not dangerous. AC may or may not work in hotter months and double windows might be hard to open or closed. Corner rooms above street corner noisy as are creaking floors
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

John

Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Juan Luis

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great place to enjoy Sonoma
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Lynda, Scottsdale

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

roger

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Location
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Kishore

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Really quaint spot, but bring earplugs :)
We had an overall lovely stay at the Sonoma Hotel. You can't do any better than this location for access to things around Sonoma Square. Free parking is plentiful nearby. The place has a very historic charm to it (keys! Actual keys to your room!). And while the rooms are small, you have everything you need. As others have mentioned, the noise is an issue. I'm not sure I would stay on the second floor again, given the opportunity for noise below you and above you. Every step the person above you takes is bothersome because, as others have said, the floors are old and creaky and it's not subtle noise. The doors are very thin, and each floor has a small common area where housekeeping does its thing and where people come and go, all of which can be heard quite clearly. We stayed in Room 27, overlooking the corner of 1st & Spain. That room is also next to the only set of stairs where people access their rooms. We had no issue at all with road noise, but there was a lot of noise from hotel guests. Perhaps the other rooms had better luck, but I doubt it, given that the others would be over the restaurant, which I imagine to be noisy in its own ways. Earplugs and white noise apps were a necessity for sleep here. In short: I WOULD stay here again, but not on the second floor, and maybe not in the rooms that are adjacent to the staircase, given the tools we have to manage the issues of general noise.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Otto

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Heidi

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Quaint, old Sonoma charm. Friendly staff.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Solid choice in a great area
Great location, friendly staff and rustic rooms made for a fun stay. Only downside was the walls are somewhat thin so noise from the other rooms (especially the shower) was a bit loud.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ashley, Aloha

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is a lovely vintage hotel in downtown Sonoma. Absolutely beautiful and terrific staff. Highly recommend! People with mobility issues, be advised that there is no elevator and a lot of stairs to the upper rooms.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

6/10 Okay

Norman L

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Convenient location to the town square, restaurants and wineries. A bit noisy as it’s on the corner. Bed mattress needs rotation from head to toe so one’s head is not slanted at a negative grade.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

6/10 Okay

Cheryl

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Nice place
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

KIM

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

2/10 Terrible

Mostafa

Liked: Room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
no hot water
There was no hot water, apparently, the water heater is old and after a few people take a shower there is no hot water for a couple of hours! We did not stay the night and went somewhere with hot water around 8 pm. The front desk told us to leave the water running, and we did so for around 30 mins it did not help and she said there is nothing she can do!
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023
Response from Manager on Nov 1, 2023
I appologize that you had issues with the hot water. The water heater is not old but it does take a little longer in some rooms, but not 30 minutes. After you left, we went up to the room to check and the water was immediately hot. We do have vintage faucets so perhaps you were not turning it the correct way. We would have been happy to move you to another room.

8/10 Good

REBECCA, BUHL

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Pablo

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great host
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice old-school hotel well located on the corner of Sonoma Square. The room was Surprisingly quiet at night given the location. Not modern -- more of a throwback to a prior era of hotels. I kinda liked that.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Marissa

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Very quiet and comfortable. No elevator I saw so had to lift luggage up the stairs but I didn’t find that was difficult. Worth it for the hotel and location.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

J. Patrick

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Martin

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

6/10 Okay

Raymond

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jacqueline

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

8/10 Good

Steve

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Old but charming. Outside noise is very noticeable. Incredible location on the Sonoma square. Restaurant choices are varied
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

6/10 Okay

Rob

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Paul, Santa Clara

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

4/10 Poor

David

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
The property is not ADA compliant.
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2023
Response from Manager on Jul 1, 2023
We are ADA compliant. We added a room on the ground floor to meet ADA compliance. This is clear when booking on our website.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Room comfort
Okay but I wouldn’t stay there again.
Very small rooms but somewhat expected at historic buildings. The main issue is my wife is disabled and we were given a 3rd floor room, very steep stairs. She had a very tough time of it.
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2023

6/10 Okay

Marion

Stayed 1 night in May 2023

10/10 Excellent

Stephanie

Stayed 1 night in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

Edle

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Charming hotel with personality
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2023

10/10 Excellent

Maria

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Will return
Check in was quick n easy. Room was clean
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

Ray

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
very lot of people visiting the area . crowds parking ?
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

10/10 Excellent

JENNIFER

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great historic property. Check in staff was friendly, and the coffee in the lobby was a nice touch. Comfortable, well-appointed rooms. Downside is that the walls are very thin, and there was a couple that talked loudly in their room until 2 am which we could hear as though they were in our room with us. I would suggest you pack a sound machine or ear plugs for your stay. Otherwise, we really enjoyed this hotel.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2023

6/10 Okay

Glenn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
The corner room had no heat and the bed was too small for a 5'10" person to stretch out in. I needed to sleep with my socks on to mitigate cold nights and get a comfortable night sleep.
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2023

8/10 Good

Luis

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Historic
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

6/10 Okay

Aman

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
The location of this property is fantastic. It’s close to all the restaurants and shopping in downtown Sonoma. The staff and manager was very very flexible and friendly. However, it is an old building with really really old carpet and a funny smell. I think all that would be taken care of if the carpet was changed. And because it’s an old building, the walls are paper thin.

10/10 Excellent

Maureen

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Having a restaurant on site (The Girl & the Fig) is a real bonus.

10/10 Excellent

Rachel

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We loved the proximity to downtown Sonoma and the historic building. The staff was very friendly and helpful.

6/10 Okay

Ann

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Mixed bag
Cosy small room, clean and nicely appointed in great location. Ceiling fan above bed helped with air circulation, when we discovered we couldn't open window because of loud ongoing machine or blower noise (couldn't hear with window closed). Shower didn't work--was told that we didn't pull it out and that's why...we tried this, maybe we didn't pull hard enough--not sure. Took 45 minutes or so of fiddling and talking to staff to connect with internet.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

10/10 Excellent

Annette

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is a great location right in the heart of Sonoma Plaza. Parking can be a challenge. And there is no elevator in this historic building. Still a 5 star.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2022

6/10 Okay

Anita, Fair Oaks

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Very old historic hotel, thin walls, but comfy bed and close to everything in downtown Sonoma. Just above a great restaurant. Best thing about it is the convenience to downtown Sonoma. No elevator and 3 floors, so be sure you can take your luggage up 2 - 3 floors. Coffee is served in the morning in the lobby - no in-room coffee makers.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2022

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
My stay was pleasant, and the staff were great.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2022