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Reviews of Sweetwater Inn and Spa

44840 Main Street, Mendocino, CA 95460, United States

#7 of 7 B&Bs and Inns in Mendocino

Guests' Choice

Review score

Based on 69 hotel reviews

8.0

Score breakdown

  • Cleanliness

    8.3

  • Comfort

    8.4

  • Location

    9.5

  • Facilities

    7.8

  • Staff

    8.9

  • Value for money

    7.3

  • Free WiFi

    8.3

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  • Reviewed: 28 August 2025

    9.0
    Delightful staff, great location within walking distance to town. View out window of Rivergate room
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Queen Room with Sea View - Not Pet Friendly
    • Stayed 2 nights

    Upstairs rooms in vintage house so stairs steep but.to be expected in 1800s house!

    Delicious muffin in the morning, coffee maker in the room. Great!

    Stayed in August 2025

  • Reviewed: 31 July 2025

    8.0
    Very nice facility, convenient to downtown Mendocino.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Queen Room - Not Pet Friendly
    • Stayed 4 nights

    Loved it all.

    The location was perfect for the music festival. The morning pastries were delicious. Very quiet at night.

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: 19 June 2025

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Queen Room with Sea View - Not Pet Friendly
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Loved Mendocino. Sweetwater Inn is cozy and quaint...Limited kitchen amenities, bath quarters a little cramped but generous bedroom and bed. Parking can be a little dicey betting in and out of the driveway. Very little contact with staff. Diana did swap us to a more accessible room.

    Stayed in June 2025

  • Reviewed: 6 June 2025

    8.0
    Enjoyed our stay, but next time I’ll choose a larger cottage
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Queen Studio - Pet Friendly
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Cottage is too small for two people, but would be fine for one person. Refrigerator is too close to floor, have to bend over to use it, and it didn’t hold enough.

    Great location, easy parking and check in, friendly host, private hot tub, fenced yard for dog, very clean, loved muffins delivered to door for breakfast.

    Stayed in June 2025

  • Reviewed: 28 August 2024

    7.0
    Charming
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Queen Room with Sea View - Not Pet Friendly
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Location and special flair

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: 12 August 2024

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Deluxe Family Room - Pet Friendly
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Location was great!

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: 11 August 2024

    8.0
    Great except for the sofa bed.
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Queen Studio - Pet Friendly
    • Stayed 5 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    When I chose the room I was under the impression that the second bed was not a sofa bed. Also, if the sofa bed was longer and more comfortable it would have been fine, but it sagged, was too short and very squeaky when my daughter turned.

    Everything was beautiful and clean. We enjoyed the great location and the gardens. Also, the breakfast pastries were great from Goodlife Cafe. Last, our queen bed was comfortable.

    Stayed in August 2024

  • Reviewed: 18 July 2024

    9.0
    Great getaway!
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Duplex Quadruple Room - Pet Friendly
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    We stayed in Sears Tower. The layout is strange because of how it was arranged. Bed by the kitchen. Kitchen is very bare bones but it worked for us.

    Very well located in the village. Quiet, except we could hear the entertainment from next door. One night it was a pleasure though. One bed was very comfy, the one by the kitchen, not so much.

    Stayed in July 2024

  • Reviewed: 28 March 2024

    8.0
    great value and location in Mendocino with bonus of available hot tub.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Queen Room - Not Pet Friendly
    • Stayed 3 nights

    stairway to room

    nice warm morning muffins delivered to door. great community hot tub available (11-9) (clothing optional)

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 22 March 2024

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Queen Suite with Sofa Bed - Pet Friendly
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Apple cottage, the stove is NOT leveled, and they used generic burner trays that don't fit so cooking eggs and most everything is a pain. Easy fix, but......

    Great location, clean and comfortable.

    Stayed in March 2024

  • Reviewed: 4 December 2023

    9.0
    Super comfy cottage, quiet, perfect location.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Two-Bedroom King Suite - Pet Friendly
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Very comfortable, cute cottage with great kitchen amenities. Very comfortable beds, right in town, walking distance to everything.

    Stayed in December 2023

  • Reviewed: 21 August 2023

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Two-Bedroom King Suite - Pet Friendly
    • Stayed 5 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    The room was very dated and the town was depressing. It seems like a sad place to live. The staff made a huge deal about free muffins which weren't that impressive.

    The bed was super comfy and the coffee in the room was yummy.

    Stayed in August 2023

  • Reviewed: 5 July 2023

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Queen Room - Not Pet Friendly
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Room had everything but very tiny space. We were in the main building and the walls are thin!

    Great location, communication, and cleanliness

    Stayed in July 2023

  • Reviewed: 4 July 2023

    8.0
    Very good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Queen Room - Not Pet Friendly
    • Stayed 3 nights

    no breakfast, just some muffins. muffins were good, would have liked variety over the 3 days of the stay

    Stayed in June 2023

  • Reviewed: 16 March 2023

    8.0
    A 'quomely' place to stay.
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Queen Room with Sea View - Not Pet Friendly
    • Stayed 3 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Don't expect super-modern luxury, it's not that kind of place. Accessing the spa by going out the front of the house, round the side and down the back, in a robe and in the drizzle, was - well, an adventure I suppose.

    Somewhere between 'quirky' and 'homely', so I guess that must be 'quomely'. Comfortable bed, excellent muffins for breakfast, well located for strolling round the town or headlands.

    Stayed in March 2023

  • Reviewed: 7 November 2022

    7.0
    An enjoyable stay in a charming cottage in a unique and romantic location
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Duplex Quadruple Room - Pet Friendly
    • Stayed 2 nights

    The kitchen could have been a little better equipped (only a microwave available). We found preparing food a little tricky which was a shame as the local supermarket offered so much good produce. A combi oven would have been ideal.

    A quirky little place which seems to fit in with the rest of Mendocino, a charming village. Breakfast was freshly baked muffins delivered to your door in the morning, a lovely touch.

    Stayed in October 2022

  • Reviewed: 7 October 2022

    9.0
    My friends all liked this hotel closer to beach and village
    • Leisure trip
    • Group
    • Duplex Quadruple Room - Pet Friendly
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    no large mirror for the bedroom downstairs

    cozy and comfortable

    Stayed in October 2022

  • Reviewed: 21 September 2022

    9.0
    Nice stay
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Queen Room - Not Pet Friendly
    • Stayed 2 nights

    Could offer breakfast.

    Inn is very nice and well located. Have't seen anybody from staff, but everything worked well. Keys were waiting in a box and we could enter without problems. They don't serve breakfast, but bring tasty muffins to the door. The coffee machine in the room helps prepare a simple breakfast. It offers a very nice spa, with sauna and a hot tube and the room is very nice.

    Stayed in August 2022

  • Reviewed: 19 September 2022

    8.0
    The best unknown lodging in Mendocino after visiting this darling town for decades!
    • Leisure trip
    • Family with young children
    • Standard Queen Room - Not Pet Friendly
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    A bit below my standard for cleanliness but overall we were very comfortable.

    The towels and sheets/ bedding were wonderful compared to 95%of places I've stayed, including 5 star resorts. The muffins in the morning are out of this world!

    Stayed in September 2022

  • Reviewed: 12 September 2022

    7.0
    Good
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Queen Room with Sea View - Not Pet Friendly
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Room was right next to the street... Would not book that room again

    Love the area

    Stayed in August 2022

  • Reviewed: 11 September 2022

    7.0
    very convenient place to stay in Mendocino
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Queen Room - Not Pet Friendly
    • Stayed 4 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    very old building with a steep staircase and uneven floors. It was fairly clean but everything was worn and old.

    excellent location, convenient to everything

    Stayed in August 2022

  • Reviewed: 15 July 2025

    10
    Enjoyable
    • Leisure trip
    • People with friends
    • Queen Suite with Sofa Bed - Pet Friendly
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Location Comfort Staff

    Stayed in July 2025

  • Reviewed: 24 May 2025

    5.0
    Mendocino
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Queen Room with Sea View - Not Pet Friendly
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Rundown. If $100 less per night, it would be quaint and charming and a wonderful find.

    View.

    Stayed in May 2025

  • Reviewed: 12 April 2025

    4.0
    Very expensive and the cheap outs they did were terrible
    • Leisure trip
    • Couple
    • Standard Queen Room - Not Pet Friendly
    • Stayed 2 nights
    • Submitted via mobile

    Sheer, wrinkled curtains with no privacy. Cramped room up tall, narrow stairs. Uncomfortable hammock like bed. “Pastries” were dry muffins delivered too late for breakfast. Coffee was undrinkable. Watered down the soap and shampoo to an unusable state. Had cheap soap in an ECOS bottle that smelled like gasoline. The community hot tub was not available because they locked the doors.

    Stayed in March 2025

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