Avila is a great location but please make sure to read the fine print on your reservation. They charge an additional $50 per day for extra things they offer to you like beach chairs, breakfast, or access to the acquarium next door, you don’t have an option to opt out so use it or lose it. It’s a lot of money for not a lot if you don’t use what they offer so just note your rate per night is $50 more than what you will pay online. Also, parking is $18 per night. The staff were for the most part very accommodating. The breakfast was not great - very basic and for charging $50 per day I would have thought you would get a lot better quality food. On the positive, the bed and pillows were amazing and it was a clean room which was a nice experience. The location you can’t beat right across the street. Value for money, I prob would have found somewhere else for next time. Check out Pismo Beach as an alternative place to holiday as it had a lot more character than Avila in my opinion. We were pitstopping for two nights so can’t really give real review of Avila in depth.