This smoke-free hotel features a 24-hour front desk and free Wi-Fi in public areas.
Hotel Mac Rae offers 26 accommodations. Housekeeping is provided on a daily basis.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on-site or nearby; fees may apply.
During your stay at Hotel Mac Rae, you're just a quick walk from Avalon Pier. You'll find features such as free WiFi in public areas.
Free Wi-Fi in some public areas
Services include luggage storage
Steps from Avalon Pier and Catalina Island Visitor Center
Public spaces have free WiFi.
This Avalon hotel is smoke free.
Property amenities
Internet
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Conveniences
24-hour front desk
Luggage storage
Guest services
Housekeeping (daily)
Outdoors
Pool loungers
Accessibility
No lift
More
Smoke-free property
Policies
Check-in
Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; check-in end time: anytime
Minimum check-in age - 21
Check-out
Check-out before 11:00 AM
Special check-in instructions
An adult aged 18 or older must assume all liability for the booking
Pets
No pets allowed
Children and extra beds
Children are welcome.
Payment types at the property
Important information
You need to know
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards
An adult age 18 or older must assume all liability for the booking.
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Reviews
Hotel Mac Rae Reviews
8.4
Very good
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8.6/10
Cleanliness
8.8/10
Staff & service
7.6/10
Amenities
8.0/10
Property conditions & facilities
8.4/10
Eco-friendliness
Rating 10 - Excellent. 476 out of 1000 reviews
10 - Excellent
476
Rating 8 - Good. 311 out of 1000 reviews
8 - Good
311
Rating 6 - Okay. 127 out of 1000 reviews
6 - Okay
127
Rating 4 - Poor. 47 out of 1000 reviews
4 - Poor
47
Rating 2 - Terrible. 39 out of 1000 reviews
2 - Terrible
39
Reviews
6/10 Okay
Charles
23 Aug 2025
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Quaint
Small
Charles
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025
6/10 Okay
Erika
23 Aug 2025
It is a cute family hotel, but it needs to be a bit modernized! Overall service was good!
Very nice ambience. Would not recommend if walking up stairs is an issue. Close seafront and shops. View from room was courtyard and very pretty. Some rooms do have sea view. Would stay again.
Overall perfect hotel for a quick weekend visit to Catalina. Bed was reasonably comfortable. Bathroom was a little dated and small but for a 2-3 day visit it was fine.
Jackie and Daniel were the receptionist working while we stayed there and they were so sweet and nice about everything. They made our stay easy and comfortable my husband and I both agreed we would stay there again. Room was a little small but it wasn’t a big issue, other than that we loved it. Yes you can hear people hanging outside in the chair by the room but we are heavy sleepers so that didn’t affect us either
I really liked how the people at the front desk were very friendly. Explained everything of our stay, how our room keys would work,etc.
I liked how they had a free breakfast during our stay. Not a whole breakfast station but it had pastries, fruit, coffee, juice and yogurt. Very nice and well stocked. Clean room and comfy bed.
I'll return to this hotel for sure.
For $800 for a weekend, I was expecting a little nicer amenities. The gentleman who checked us in was very nice, he was great. But the hotel is more of an inn that hasn’t been updated in a while. The pictures are very deceiving. The doors to the rooms need a shoulder nudge to open and close. The room was tiny with maybe a 18” in tv, old carpets & smell of mildew. The bathroom door also doesn’t close, shower was the size of a shoe box. One night was almost $500. I expected a lot more.
We loved our stay, the staff was super nice and the room was clean and had everything we needed. We loved that the hotel gave us towels for the beach, nice extra touch. The location was perfect, right in the center of all of the activities and steps to the beach. Will definitely stay again!
Like the fact that hotel is feet away from the beach and walking distance to all the dining and shopping stores. Just FYI no elevator. Daniel at the front desk is great
We loved the location of this property. The room are perfectly adequate and the water was hot. One major problem was that the after hours phone number was not working. When our kids locked us out of the room, we had to search for someone who could call the people working. It turns out they stay there and one can just bang loudly on the door to try to get their attention. But we did not know this for a few hours. Otherwise, this hotel is good as a home base for exploring Avalon.