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El Capitan Hotel

4.0 star property

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Indoor wedding
Meeting facility
Premium bedding, down comforters, in-room safe, desk
Lobby sitting area
Exterior detail

Reviews

9.6 out of 10
Exceptional

Popular amenities

  • Parking available
  • Bar
$141
includes taxes & fees
Dec 14 - Dec 15

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609 W MAIN STREET, Merced, CA, 95340
  • Place, Merced County Courthouse Museum
    ‪5 min walk‬
  • Place, Mercy General Hospital
    ‪17 min walk‬
  • Place, Merced County Fairgrounds
    ‪18 min walk‬
  • Airport, Merced, CA (MCE-Merced Municipal)
    ‪9 min drive‬

Room options

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Premium bedding, down comforters, in-room safe, desk

Arbor Lane Queen

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(11 reviews)
  • 350 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Premium bedding, down comforters, in-room safe, desk

Arbor Lane King

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(33 reviews)
  • 302 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Main Street King | Premium bedding, down comforters, in-room safe, desk

Main Street King

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(24 reviews)
  • 350 sq ft
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Main Street Double Queen | Premium bedding, down comforters, in-room safe, desk

Main Street Double Queen

9.6 out of 10
Exceptional
(20 reviews)
  • 350 sq ft
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Premium bedding, down comforters, in-room safe, desk

Junior Suite

9.8 out of 10
Exceptional
(6 reviews)
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

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Suite

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(2 reviews)
  • 560 sq ft
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

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Premium bedding, down comforters, in-room safe, desk

Suite - Accessible

  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

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About this property

El Capitan Hotel

4-star Merced hotel walkable to Merced County Courthouse Museum
This smoke-free hotel features 3 restaurants, a 24-hour fitness center, and a bar/lounge. WiFi in public areas is free. Other amenities include a 24-hour business center, a coffee shop/cafe, and valet parking.
El Capitan Hotel offers 114 air-conditioned accommodations with laptop-compatible safes and coffee/tea makers. Beds feature down comforters and premium bedding. 49-inch flat-screen televisions come with cable channels and Netflix.

Bathrooms include showers, bathrobes, slippers, and designer toiletries. Business-friendly amenities include desks and desk chairs, as well as phones; free local calls are provided (restrictions may apply). Additionally, rooms include hair dryers and irons/ironing boards. Housekeeping is offered daily and hypo-allergenic bedding can be requested.

Recreational amenities at the hotel include a 24-hour fitness center.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Dining is available at one of the hotel's 3 restaurants and guests can grab coffee at the coffee shop/café. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. This 4-star property offers access to a 24-hour business center and 4 meeting rooms.

Wireless Internet access is complimentary. This business-friendly hotel also offers a 24-hour fitness center, concierge services, and a front-desk safe. Parking is available onsite for a surcharge.

El Capitan Hotel is a smoke-free property.

Cooked-to-order breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 6:00 AM and 11:30 AM.
Rainbird - This restaurant specializes in Californian cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Reservations are required.
Native Son - This café specializes in Californian cuisine and serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. Open daily.
The Courtyard - This bistro specializes in American cuisine and serves lunch, dinner, and light fare. Guests can enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). Open daily.
Mainzer - This diner specializes in American cuisine and serves brunch, lunch, and dinner. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar. Open daily.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Height restrictions apply for onsite parking
  • Covered valet parking on site (USD 15 per day)

Food and drink

  • Daily cooked-to-order breakfast available 6:00 AM to 11:30 AM for a fee: USD 20 per person
  • 3 restaurants
  • A bar/lounge
  • A coffee shop/cafe
  • Couples/private dining

Restaurants on site

  • Mainzer
  • Native Son
  • Rainbird
  • The Courtyard

Things to do

  • 24-hour gym

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Porter/bellhop
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • 24-hour business center
  • 4 meeting rooms

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Assistive listening devices
  • Braille/raised signage
  • Elevator (80 inch wide door)
  • Low-height door lock
  • Low-height view port in door
  • Sign language-capable staff
  • Stair-free path to entrance
  • Valet for wheelchair-equipped vehicles
  • Visual alarms in hallways
  • Well-lit path to entrance
  • Wheelchair accessibility
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible business center
  • Wheelchair-accessible concierge desk
  • Wheelchair-accessible lounge
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel
  • Wheelchair-accessible path to elevator
  • Wheelchair-accessible public washroom
  • Wheelchair-accessible restaurant

More

  • 2 buildings
  • Ballroom
  • Built in 2021
  • Communal living room
  • Smoking not allowed

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Blackout drapes
  • Down comforter
  • Hypo-allergenic bedding
  • Premium bedding

Bathroom

  • Bathrobes
  • Designer toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shampoo
  • Shower
  • Slippers
  • Soap
  • Toilet paper
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • 49-inch flat-screen TV with cable channels
  • Netflix
  • Streaming services

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Desk
  • Desk chair
  • Free local calls
  • Heating
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Laptop workspace
  • Laptop-compatible safe
  • Phone

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 3:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11:00 AM

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets stay free
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees
Welcoming dogs only
2 total pets
Pets cannot be left unattended
Food and water bowls are available

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Children can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Cribs (infant beds) are not available

Property payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • Service fee: USD 5.61 per accommodation, per night

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

  • Fee for cooked-to-order breakfast: approximately USD 20 per person
  • Covered valet parking fee: USD 15.00 per day

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

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; cash is not accepted
This property affirms that it follows the cleaning and disinfection practices of GBAC STAR (Hyatt)

We should mention

Parking height restrictions apply

Property is also known as

El Capitan Hotel Hotel
El Capitan Hotel Merced
El Capitan Hotel Hotel Merced
El Capitan Hotel part of JdV by Hyatt
El Capitan Hotel Merced a Joie De Vivre Hotel

Reviews

El Capitan Hotel Reviews

9.6

Exceptional

9.8/10

Cleanliness

9.6/10

Staff & service

9.4/10

Amenities

9.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.4/10

Eco-friendliness
Rating 10 - Excellent. 1289 out of 1572 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 192 out of 1572 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 54 out of 1572 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 12 out of 1572 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 25 out of 1572 reviews

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Jeremy

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The El Capitan is the best hotel in Merced. It's downtown with easy walking to shops and restaurants. There's a parking garage with self-parking and valet options. We stayed in a suite, which had a separate room for our son. The bathroom is huge with a clawfoot tub. The bottle fillers provide still and carbonated water. There's a well-equipped gym. The patio bar had good beer and whisky and was not crowded. We didn't eat at Rainbird this visit, but we have in the past and it is excellent. We enjoyed going to SUPR MRKT (a monthly swap-meet). We also enjoyed the downtown cafes that are within easy walking distance (we went to The Sensory Lab and Coffee Bandits).
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Tingkham

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

MC

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place to stay The hotel looked like it had gone through
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Michele

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

8/10 Good

Gregory, Clovis

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Gerardo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Ming-Hsuan, Cupertino

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
the wall is thin and the hotel is next to major streets... quite noisy (can hear noise from next door and from the streets)... clearly this is a common issue as there is even ear plug in the hotel room...
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Abigail

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Givon

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Yesenia

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Favorite hotel!
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Yesenia

Business traveler, Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Always enjoy staying at El Capitan in Merced!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Robert

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Suzanne

Traveled with group, Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We love this hotel. It is adorable, the rooms are well appointed, the staff is excellent and the dining options are fantastic. It’s an old building and the windows let in sound. Use the complementary earplugs and you won’t be disappointed.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Tommy

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very nice hotel staff was very nice. Good drinks at the bar. Great location downtown to shops and cafes.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Antoinette

Traveled with family and small children, Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very nice and charming boutique hotel. This is not a hotel chain which made it even better. Staff and Service were awesome and our room was very nice. Bed was very comfortable and the bathroom was spacious. Breakfast at the Rainbird was good and the drinks at the Native Son were on point and delicious. We would definitely stay here again.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Michael

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Nice safe place to take your partner.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Angela

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Loved this hotel! It was super pretty and wasn’t close to just about everything. Definitely would stay here again
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Casandra

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Patrick

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Patrick

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
What a great GEM to find in the middle of nowhere!
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Dan Dan

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Marshall

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Kurt, Agoura Hills

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Best hotel in Merced. Fun location downtown, great staff, very clean and well kept.
Stayed 1 night in May 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jayakannan

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025