Hotels in Santa Ana

The Doubletree Hotel borders a residential area along MacArthur Boulevard, one block from Hwy 55, in a business district a few miles south of the city center, also close to Costa Mesa and Irvine. John Wayne Airport is a quick 2.5 mile drive south (served by complimentary shuttle), while the main shopping center in the neighborhood (South Coast Plaza) is 1.5 miles west. The hotel offers 253 rooms, including a selection of suites featuring upgraded furniture, a sofa bed and dining table. Onsite dining is provided by Meritage Restaurant, open for dinner, lunch & breakfast, while meals are also available at the adjacent wine bar, which has a happy hour on weekday evenings. Other hotel highlights are a fitness center with free weights, a walled outdoor pool, a modern business center and 12,000 sq ft of event space.

By general consensus the best of a group of hotels in Santa Ana serving Orange County Airport, the Holiday Inn also has good connections to other south Los Angeles locations via the adjacent Costa Mesa Freeway, which links with I-5 and I-405; Disneyland and the Pacific Ocean at Newport Beach are both just ten miles away. The place is quite large, with 176 clean, spacious, well decorated rooms, all containing a microwave and refrigerator. Facilities include a lobby level bar and a restaurant (Panini), serving Italian dishes, and open all day for dinner, lunch & breakfast, plus room service until 9.30 pm. The hotel has a good sized outdoor pool, next to a courtyard/garden; other leisure amenities are a fitness center and whirlpool. For meetings/events, there are 9 function rooms available, largest single capacity 200 guests. A free shuttle is operated to the airport, to other locations within 3 miles and (once a day) to Disneyland.

Within a few miles of Fountain Valley, Costa Mesa, Garden Grove, Westminster and Santa Ana, the Courtyard by Marriott makes a good base from which to visit the many attractions of south Orange County. The well regarded hotel has the familiar rectangular design with its 145 rooms & suites arranged around a secluded tropical courtyard garden and outdoor pool; all accommodation includes free internet access, luxurious bedding, a microwave, sofa bed and a large work desk. Breakfast and dinner are available on-site at the Bistro, and although the neighborhood is mostly a business park, there are a few restaurants half a mile south along Harbor Boulevard. For those here to work, the hotel has 2 meeting rooms and a business center.

New for 2011 (fall/winter) Courtyard by Marriott Santa Ana Orange County is a modern, upscale addition to the range of lodging choices in the Irvine/Costa Mesa/Santa Ana area, and it has an easily-reached location along MacArthur Boulevard, one block from the 55 Freeway and 2 miles from John Wayne Airport. The on site restaurant (Bistro) is open for breakfast, dinner and evening drinks (plus room service); the other main feature of the hotel is the spacious lobby, home to a coffee bar, media wall and plenty of comfortable seating for work or relaxation. Free wi-fi, free airport transportation, an indoor pool, fitness center and meeting space are some of the other facilities.

The 300 room Embassy Suites is one of the largest Santa Ana hotels, offering many facilities, and benefiting from an easy-to-reach location just off Hwy 55 at the Dyer Road exit. Like most properties of this chain, the building is centered on a tall atrium lobby, filled with tropical plants and water features, and including plenty of quiet spaces for working, relaxing, and dining; both free hot breakfast and free evening receptions are offered, while other meals can be bought from the restaurant/sports bar, open until 11 pm. All guests are accommodated in two room suites, with a separate living area, a bedroom, pull-out sofa and wet bar. The hotel's meetings facilities can cater for events of up to 380 people. The usual leisure amenities of a pool (indoor), hot tub and fitness center are available.

Holiday Inn Express Santa Ana opened summer 2018 after full renovation of an existing property; a mid-rise building with a relatively quiet location, set back from the approach road (First Street) in a mixed business/commercial neighborhood. Interstate 5 runs past close by to the east, near the Hwy 55 intersection. Corporate offices in the vicinity include Oracle, IBM and General Electric. The hotel has a well-equipped business center and eight meeting rooms, plus a 24 hour fitness center and an outdoor pool. Hot breakfast is complimentary.

The Best Western in Orange County is one of several good quality hotels near the Dyer Rd exit of the Costa Mesa Freeway, 3 miles from John Wayne Airport (free shuttle available 6 am to 11 pm), and 6 miles from University of California Irvine. Central attraction is an enclosed courtyard garden containing a pool, hot tub and tropical plants; more palms line the exterior of the buildings, and the whole place has a generally clean and well maintained appearance. There are 148 rooms to choose from - all clean, welcoming, comfortable, and equipped with refrigerator/microwave. Free full breakfast is served, including cooked-to-order hot dishes, while for lunch & dinner the nearest restaurants are just a couple of minutes walk away. The Best Western also offers a business center, free internet access, a courtesy local area shuttle (also to Disneyland), and facilities for meetings/events.