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The Balboa Bay Club and
Resort
The
Balboa Bay Club and Resort, 1221 West Coast Hwy. Newport
Beach CA 92663 .
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Originally opened as a private club
in 1948, the hotel has hosted five U.S.
presidents, business leaders, and A-list Hollywood
celebrities. Set on 15 acres alongside Balboa Bay
in Newport Beach, the resort—which still contains
a private club—opened to the public as a hotel in
2003 after a $65-million
renovation.
Dining
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The First
Cabin Restaurant
Phone: 949-630-4145
located
at the Balboa Bay Club & Resort, on the
waterfront of Newport
Harbor.Call for parties of 6 or more.Balboa Bay
also offers a private dining room that seats up to
15 people.
Dinner
menu
Dinner
Deserts
Wine List -
PDF
Duke's
Place
To experience
the best live jazz in town, look no further.
Duke's Place is an upscale entertainment bar and
lounge. Duke's Place offers different live
entertainment every night of the week. Experience
great food and great entertainment.
Property
Amenities:
Marina on
site
Swimming pool -
outdoor
Massage - treatment
room
Steam room
Sauna
Full-service health
spa
Spa
tub
Airport
transportation(complimentary)
Concierge services
Technology
helpdesk
Concierge
desk
Health club
Fitness equipment
Restaurant(s) in hotel
Bar/lounge
Room service (24
hours)
Breakfast available
(surcharge)
Limo or Town Car
service available
Parking
(secure)
Parking
(valet)
Parking
(surcharge)
Conference
room(s)
Event catering
Meeting rooms
Business center
Exhibit space
Ballroom(s)
Banquet
facilities
Internet access
in public areas - wireless
Internet access in public areas - high speed
Audio-visual
equipment
Secretarial
services
Internet access in
public areas - surcharge
Business
services
Number of rooms:
160
Express check- in
Safe-deposit box - front desk
Porter/bellhop
Express
check-out
Security
guard
24-hour front
desk
Multilingual
staff
Number of floors:
3
Gift shops or newsstand
Shopping on site
Hair salon
ATM/banking
Tour
assistance
Beauty services
Dry cleaning service
Video
library Clubhouse
Shoe shine
Patio
Air-conditioned public
areas
Elevator/lift
Wedding
services
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The
Balboa Bay Club and Resort
 Hotel
Class
General Information
What to expect: The resort,
housed in two three-story buildings, mixes
Mediterranean architecture with beach-inspired
California décor to create a contemporary, upscale
atmosphere with a casual seaside feel. Travelers
in search of a weekend away pull into a porte
cochere and around a fountain to the valet stand.
The lobby’s seaside-inspired décor includes a
painting of footprinted sand behind the concierge
desk, a compass rose in the middle of the mosaic
floor, rattan chairs, and a large-scale painting
of sailboats behind the front
counter.
Amenity highlights:
The hotel’s rich history of catering to politicos
and celebrities is a draw for many
guests—performers Lucille Ball, John Wayne,
Natalie Wood, and Humphrey Bogart have stayed
here. But additional boons at the now-public
resort include its bayside location, attractive
outdoor pool, marina, interior renovated in 2003,
restaurants and lounges, and a 17,000-square-foot
spa.
Insider
tip: Newport Beach offers lots of
recreational activities, including from hard-core
shopping (at nearby Fashion Island), to
body-surfing at the Wedge, an area at the south
end of Balboa Peninsula. Resort guests can head to
tiny Balboa Island and take a ferry to the Balboa
Peninsula, or stay at the resort and rent small,
electric Duffy boats, which can be driven like
cars.
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The
Rooms
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Experience
Newport Beach lodging of the highest caliber,
with amenities that
include:
- Luxurious bathroom, with dual sinks
- Marble and granite bathrooms, with deep soak
tubs and separate shower stalls
- Custom bath amenities
- Picture-window-sized, beveled-glass mirrors
- Crisp, down duvet and oversized pillows
- Cordless dual-line phone with private
voicemail
- Plush bathrobes and slippers
- High-speed wireless Internet connection
- Safe-deposit box
- In room safe, able to fit lap tops
- In-room movies and DVD players
- In-room coffee maker
- In-room refrigerator
- One day valet and 24 hour pressing
- Express in-room checkout
- Twice daily maid service
- Imported bath linens
- Complimentary shoe shine
The resort’s two three-story buildings
contain 170 guestrooms, all with balconies, and
all renovated and refurnished in 2003.
Contemporary, beach-inspired décor includes
rattan decorative elements. Cherry-wood-and
rattan armoires contain TVs, and beds with
feather pillowtop mattresses, down duvets, and
white linens have headboards of a dark-bamboo
weave. Bathrobes and slippers are provided, as
are cookies and complimentary bottled water at
nightly turndown.
Views are of the surrounding
area or the inner courtyard and pool. Smoking is
allowed only on balconies. Windows are
double-paned with Southern-style shutters, and
guestrooms provide refrigerators, CD/DVD
players, a bowl of apples, and magazines in
rattan racks. In-room safes accommodate laptops,
and marble bathrooms have granite-topped vanity
areas, deep soaking tubs, separate showers,
scales, make-up mirrors, and full-length
mirrors. Twice-daily housekeeping is provided.
Guests can choose which newspaper to have
delivered daily.
Recreation
The resort sits on 15 waterfront
acres, encompassing a private marina on Balboa
Bay. The marina is reserved for club members,
but resort guests can charter yachts and small
electric boats, and arrange fishing trips
through the concierge. The hotel also offers
complimentary shuttle service to a sandy beach a
mile away.
The outdoor heated pool in the
main building’s courtyard is surrounded by
cushioned lounge chairs. A small, artificial
beach on site is available for club members
only, and is only for sunning. The resort has
two fitness centers: the smaller, complimentary
center in the main building offers towels and
TVs, a pair of treadmills and several pieces of
Paramount strength-training equipment; the
fitness facilities in the spa are available for
a fee.
The 17,000-square-foot spa
contains women’s and men’s locker rooms, each
with a living room with a fireplace, comfortable
couches and chairs, leather ottomans, and
showers stocked with spa products. The spa
provides a steam room, dry sauna, spa tub, and
nine rooms for massage, skin-care, and beauty
treatments. A pro shop with resort wear and
work-out clothes is located next to the spa.
Several golf courses are nearby,
including Strawberry Farms Golf Club, Aliso
Viejo Golf Club, and Pelican Hill Golf Club,
with two courses designed by Tom Fazio. Resort
guests receive access to the tennis courts at
the Balboa Bay Racquet Club (surcharge). See OC Golf
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Room availability
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On
Balboa Bay
Overlooking a marina on Balboa Bay, this
Mediterranean-style resort in Newport Beach is set
on 15 acres close to golfing, shopping, and
beaches; downtown is within 43 miles.
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spa |
Open
since 1948 as a private club, this landmark
resort has hosted presidents and Hollywood
icons—and now hosts the public, which enjoys its
yacht charters and extensive spa.A day at the
Newport Beach spa promises to refresh your mind,
pamper your body, and leave you feeling
rejuvenated. Learn more about the Balboa Bay
Club Resort and Spa Here
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Sand
and rattan
The
172 beach-inspired rooms offer balconies, marble
bathrooms, rattan accents, and DVD players. Beds
have bamboo headboards, pillowtop mattresses, and
down
duvets.
Nearby Points of
Interest
Newport Dunes - 1
mile
Balboa Island - 2 miles
Orange Country
Museum of Art - 3 miles
Fashion Island (shops,
restaurants) - 3.5 miles
Orange County
Performing Arts Center - 7.5 miles
Laguna Beach
- 12 miles
Disneyland - 15 miles
Downtown
Los Angeles - 43 miles
Hollywood - 53
miles
Getting there: The hotel provides complimentary
airport transportation to and from the Orange
County/John Wayne Airport on request. (Guests
should contact the hotel at least a day before
their arrival.) Taxis and airport shuttles are
also available; public transportation is limited.
Many guests rent cars. Car rentals are available
online.
Getting
around:
The hotel
offers complimentary shuttle transportation to
sites in Newport Beach within a 5-mile radius.
However, rental cars are by far the most
convenient way to travel around the Newport Beach,
Orange County, and Los Angeles
areas.
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also:
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Nearest major
airport:
Orange County, CA (SNA-John
Wayne Intl.)
Area:
Orange County
Beach Areas (Anaheim)
Here you'll find a snazzy
seaside resort ambiance. Huntington Beach remains
a favored surfing location; upscale Newport Beach
has a fine marina for yachters; and Laguna Beach
is noted for its artsy village. Orange County
Performing Arts Center, South Coast Plaza, and
Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve are additional
pleasures.
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