St. Regis Monarch Beach, Dana Point, CA – September 2010
Just back from a long holiday weekend at the St. Regis Monarch Beach (NOTE: now Monarch Beach Resort and not affiliated with Starwood). The resort is gorgeous, the food was excellent, and the staff was very friendly and helpful, but the clientele, specifically the younger clientele, leave much to be desired. The resort was overrun with children! With rooms running over $400/night and a hotel that bills itself as Forbes Five Star and AAA Five Diamond, you expect glitz and glamour, not screaming and crying. I could go on about this for awhile, however I won’t and I’ll just note the good stuff!