Retrotica Girls Reviews - The Madonna Inn

Information: A landmark on California’s Central Coast for over forty-five years! The world-renowned Madonna Inn offers 109 rooms, uniquely decorated with a special theme and color scheme, no two alike! Enjoy your favorite meal in our Copper Café & Pastry Shop or Alex Madonna’s Gold Rush Steak House. Dance the night away in the Silver Bar Cocktail Lounge. Shop in one of our three specialty stores: Classic Gourmet and Wine Shop, “My Favorite Things” Boutique, and The Brass Tower Men’s Clothing Store. Indulge in a bit of pampering in the Whispering Hills Massage Center. We welcome your visit to our first-class resort located halfway between San Francisco and Los Angeles.

Lisa’s Retro Review: This one you've got to see for yourself. The creative imaginations of owners Alex and Phyllis Madonna gave birth to the wildest -- and most superfluously garish -- fantasy world this side of Graceland. The only decor consistency throughout the hotel is its color scheme, which is perpetual pink. Beyond that, it's a free-for-all. Although tongue-in-cheek, this place can seem tired and tacky, and some of the rooms could use updating. However, the lobby men's room with its rock-waterfall urinal and clamshell sinks is a must-see. One guest room features a trapezoidal bed -- it's 5 feet long on one side and 6 feet long on the other. "Rock" rooms with zebra- or tiger-patterned bedspreads and stonelike showers and fireplaces conjure up thoughts of a Flintstones's Playboy palace. There are also blue rooms, red rooms, and over-the-top Spanish, Italian, Irish, Alps, Currier and Ives, Native American, Swiss, and hunting rooms. The cocktail lounges are also outlandishly ornate. Even if you don't stay here, stop by and check it out. One caveat: The Madonna Inn, surprisingly, lacks a swimming pool.

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