Bellanca Hotel

Before arriving you fill out a pre-checkin form specifying the time you are arriving but your room is not ready until 3pm. Even if you ask at 2:50pm your room won’t be ready. The bike rental doesn’t start until 7am even though there is no policy stating when you can start renting or have to stop renting the bikes. My wife and I wanted to do an early morning bike ride (6:15am) to the start of a trailhead and hike in the morning, but had to walk to the trailhead because the bike was not “available” until 7am. We had plans at 9am so we had to cut our hike short. We checked out early (before 11am) and was hoping to keep our luggage at the front while we ran and grabbed coffee before departing; however, the staff would not let us keep our luggage at the front. The hotel experience was disappointing given the money we spent and the reviews we had seen online.

Great room. Very nicely set up. A lot more room than I expected. The AC unit was a little loud and was right next to the bed, that was a little inconvenient when sleeping.

Old rustic hotel with modern amenities. Room was a little small for the price you pay however location is the prime amenity for this property. If you are an elderly that cannot walk upstairs then cross this one off your list. Overall I would stay there again if I go again.

My husband and I stayed here on June 16-19, 2025. We came to the Bellanca a few years ago in Winter and loved it, loved our room, loved the hotel. We wanted the same experience and the same room. We got a Studio Suite room in the back of the hotel in the upper private area. The last time we stayed here, our room seemed bigger, and I was a bit disappointed about how small the room seemed compared to last time, but we ended up really enjoying our stay. The room was clean, although housekeeping did not clean our room the first time we asked the front desk. Before our third and final night, we went up to the front desk and told them we were extremely upset our room was not clean the day before when we had asked them to clean it so they promptly came up and cleaned our room. The linens were clean, white, and fresh and the robe was nice though short. The towels were comfy and clean and they gave us more towels when our room wasn't clean the second night we stayed after we asked them. The outside the patio was amazing. We had a gorgeous view of the city behind us and the ocean in front of us. We loved to sit outside in the comfy chairs and just soak up the view and drink coffee/tea that was provided for us with a Kuerig machine. We had plenty of free water bottles and ice and kept asking for more and more because we drink like fish and they gave it to us all for free. The room had a couch and a little table, but the table was too short for my husband to use his laptop. He said he would have liked a bigger table, but we made do with what we had. Also, there were no nightstands in the room and the closet space was very, very small, just a small wooden box in the room with only enough space to hang our jackets. There were no real drawers to place our clothes in so we left them in the luggage the entire time. The bathroom was made of beautiful Italian marble with a large bathtub that we filled to the top with warm water for our nightly bath soaks. The only thing we didn't like about the bathroom was that the toilet was right next to the wall, giving us little room to sit and do our business and the sink had no area around it to place our bathroom essentials except for a really, really small glass area above the sink to place our toothbrushes. We took really long naps while we were there with the air conditioner on full blast and really loved our bed. It was sooooo comfortable. Also, our room had a refrigerator where we placed food we bought from the market and left over food from the restaurant. We are definitely coming back again to the Bellanca hotel for a simlar Studio Suite room, hopefully next time, a bigger one light last time, but even though there were things we didn't like about this room, we may request the same room again because the view outside looking towards the ocean was amazing. Oh, and the hotel gave us two free drink vouchers worth $!5 each for mixed drinks at the Naughty Fox which we used and enjoyed.

This hotel was a 10/10! Would definitely recommend this to anyone who is looking for a hotel to stay at in Catalina. The staff was extremely friendly! You get complimentary bikes, beach chairs, beach towels, and even a welcome drink from the bar! It’s right by all the stores and restaurants. Planning to come back soon!

Very clean