If you like a slower pace, Morro Bay is great. Small shops, ocean breeze, and that huge rock…read morestaring at you everywhere you go. It's not a big tourist scene, which I actually loved. The beaches are clean, people were pleasant & mellow, and the bay views are beautiful. We spent most of the time just walking around. Plenty of parking too. While strolling the pier, you can find numerous seafood and waterfront dining options. If you live in California, it's a 3-day weekend escape, including the hours on the road.

Love this quiet little sleepy beach town! Morro bay is such a hidden gem off the 1, and one of my…read morefavorite spots in SLO county. There are lots of adorable little shops and boutiques, dog friendly restaurants, seal / otter watching, and a great beach for surfing or relaxing. A great spot to get fresh seafood. Highly recommend also getting a kayak or stand up paddle board to explore the bay while enjoying the great bay weather or catching a sunset.

Just love going to Libraries. Each one has its own unique style. Morro Bay is a bit smaller than…read moreNorth County but just as informative. Love their bulletin board that posts upcoming events and current happenings for the community. Haven't been to this one in quite some time. Oh..... you must ASK for the restroom key from the Librarian for use. Apparently, there are guests who probably use this as their "Wash 'n Go" so it is monitored with signs on both the Men's and Women's Rooms stating to go see the LIBRARIANS, plural.

The librarians are talking to each other REALLY loudly. I…read morewouldn't even care about this, but when I had to make a quick phone call and I started talking QUIETLY for no more than 5 seconds, one of them comes over to me all rude and says "Hey, you can't be doing that in here. You can take it outside!" Really?!? They want the public to STFU at all times, but they keep yapping? This place is a joke.

Morro Bay is a must stop if you visit the Cambria area, up on the Central Coast. It was a foggy day…read morewhen we checked it out, pretty atmospheric. The Rock is cool to see. Small, quaint atmosphere, cute shops and restaurants around, nothing fancy, just a laid back vibe. California at its best. No crowds, just a nice place to walk around for a while, grab some lunch or coffee near the water, relax, escape your daily life and enjoy a tranquil, small town place with an unique flavor!

We passed by here yesterday before heading home. We were in Cambria which is a short drive north of…read moreMorro Bay. Morro bay is a beautiful seaside town. They have nice places to eat and shop at. Some of our favorites are Dorn's, Giovanni's and Dockside to name a few. Cal Poly is not too far away, in San Louis Obispo. It's definitely worth checking out. You will see lots of surfers at the beach close to Morro Rock.

If you're a fan of art and you like the idea of a self-guided tour then this one's for you…read more I discovered the Morro Bay Mural Mile from my airbnb host's guidebook and since she was kind enough to lend my friend and me her pair of beach cruisers, it made for a great way to take in some fresh ocean air and see some local art. The Mural Mile is actually 2.25 miles long if you follow the recommended directional path and covers 23 murals, most of which are painted on the side of buildings in popular places in Morro Bay. I really enjoyed biking around Morro Bay to see some of these murals and plan to finish seeing the rest next time I'm in town. Pro tip: Plan to skip #3 (Treasures of Morro Bay) unless you feel comfortable walking up onto someone's residential porch to actually see it.

The Morro Bay Art Center has been a part of Morro Bay since it's inception seventy years ago…read more Located downtown on Main Street, one cannot miss the bright purple building which serves as a gallery of local member artist's creations, as well as offering art classes, demonstrations & workshops. The two-story building has changed over the years, with the addition of a classroom and kitchen, as well as a second floor gallery. MBAA is celebrating it's 70th Anniversary with MBAA SALON 2021 - Show & Sale which runs through July 12, 2021. The two story art center is presently showcasing a large number of member artist's approaches from Pop Art to Contemporary, in medias of acrylics, glass, bronze, mixed-media and much more. Their current hours are from noon until 4 pm, except Saturdays they have extended hours to 6 pm. This member supported volunteer organization is an asset to the Central Coast community.

This Art Center is calling for artists! I had noticed many lessons being given at the Art Center…read morein Morro Bay, which piqued my curiousity. Then the bird show started calling me. The New Times ran a feature showing some of the work on exhibit, so we drove out to the coast for the day and sauntered in. The gallery is refurbished since days of old, and features a nice exhibit space on the first floor, while a second large art gallery is somewhat hidden up a set of stairs. The bird drawings paintings, and prints were uniquely evocative of our central coast area and the works also drew upon the beautiful surrounding environment. Since January and February are primo "Birders" months, and Morro Bay now has an ongoing Birders Festival each year, this was a perfect match. We enjoyed the display and the ceramics and jewelry that the upstairs had. We will return to more shows in this gallery.

02.21.2024 - Spur of the moment piercing…read more I hate that I have to leave this horrible review, especially because Jeremiah was really nice and awesome. But I feel as though I have to do my due diligence to make sure that this doesn't happen again and to help others avoid the same situation that I'm in now. Before heading back home from Santa Barbara, I take a quick shower and suddenly, one of my forward helix piercing fell out. With its awkward position, I tried putting it back in, but there was no way I could. I needed professional help. I called multiple places within Santa Barbara's vicinity, but all tattoo and piercing shops open late. Since I'll be passing by Morro Bay and it's about 1.35hrs away, the timing seemed to be perfect. So I hit the road and waited to call around some of the shops in that area. The first place that popped up on Yelp was Central Coast Tattoo. Since it was a tattoo and piercing shop, without any hesitation, I called and let the shop know I was on my way. I've been wanting to complete a certain piercing look on my right ear, so I decided to get 2 piercings along with reattaching my forward helix piercing. It was definitely a spur of the moment decision. Jeremiah was super nice, easy going and he was patient as I was looking through the jewelry collections. I asked if the earrings are surgical steel or medical grade steel. Jeremiah confirmed they were. After choosing my earrings, I waited for him to set up his station. Everything was fine, I was excited, but felt at ease. He drew the dots on my ear, showed me a mirror and adjusted them as needed. I have to say, I've had 12+ piercings throughout my life and never have I had excruciating pain during piercings. But this time, it was the first. Both piercings were extremely painful when puncturing and it ended up bleeding too. But even then, I didn't think anything of it because sometimes, the condition of our body's can feel off than normal and the location of the ear could be more sensitive than usual. Since getting it pierced, my ears started to swell badly, got red and felt hot. By the next day, just getting a whiff of air touching my right ear, I felt stinging pain. I started my aftercare regimen religiously. Warm salt water soak, clean around the piercing with saline, warm compress, ice pack...it got so bad to the point that I couldn't sleep all night from the throbbing, stinging pain. I felt like I was going to come down with a fever. My lymph nodes started to get bumpy and painful. My head started hurting. The nerves connected to my right ear all started radiating pain. It got pretty bad by the 4th day. Even with my aftercare routine, it just got more angry and irritated. When I got up on 2/25/2024 morning, I rushed to the mirror to check if the swelling went down, but my heart dropped and I was in absolute distraught mode. One of the two piercings got eating by my skin! (OMG!!!!) The front part of the earring is nowhere to be seen. I gently touch the back to see if the post was still in my ear, and it barely was. I thought my skin popped the front part off so I started checking my bed, around my bed, under my pillow, but I couldn't find it... Great, my skin at ate the earring...I never experienced this in my life...I'm panicking while trying to stay calm...my husband tried to push the back post forward to check and he saw the front part deep within my ear...My husband started searching for the best, cleanest and reputable piercing shop in the city and he found Body Manipulations. There's no time to delay and to beat the crowd, we get ready to drive down to the shop as soon as they opened. Just one look, the piercer knew what needed to be done. She had to forcefully push the embedded earring out to clasp it. Both piercings needed to be removed and I must say, this was the most painful 45 seconds of my life! She noticed that the embedded one was pierced at an angle, creating tissue damage. This explained the sharp pain with blood when Jeremiah pierced me. Also, remember I mentioned that I confirmed whether the earrings were good quality? Well, it turned out that each piece, the front and the back post were made of very poor quality metal. This added to my ear getting really angry because my skin is very sensitive. At this point, I'm pretty pissed. I spent money to get my ears infected. My other healed piercings were also getting affected from my ears swelling up so much that I had to get a longer post for them. Spent unnecessary money. Within 4 days, my ears went from looking normal to looking like dumbo with red, angry, inflamed ears. Unfortunately, this establishment does not use good quality jewelry. Although most tattoo + piercing shops are managed by professionals who are trained and skilled at performing legit piercings, I don't believe Central Coat Tattoo meets that criteria.

My wife and I did it!!! We got our first tattoos and we couldn't be happier. Thank you first to…read moreour friend Mel from Taco Temple who referred us to Central Coast Tattoo. A big THANK YOU to Chyrs and Cynthia for helping us with our initial inquiry a week earlier and for making the tattoo process so memorable. Chrys is a true artist and a top notch tattoo artist for sure. She guided me and my wife through the process after reviewing the artwork that we wanted applied. Today, on two sessions my wife had a tattoo of three birds applied to her arm as a tribute to her and her two recently departed sisters. My artwork was a nod to my favorite pastime, golf. We occasionally would talk about getting a tattoo but today we talked the talk and walked the walk. I don't know if we will be inspired again to get another tattoo but if and when we do, we will stop in and see Chrys and Cynthia.

David's art is outstanding. It was a pleasure to view his art in person in his gallery and to have…read morean opportunity to talk with him. Definitely inspiring!

Went in after eating at Shine next door and was glad I did! They have a huge selection of…read morelandscapes and seascapes featuring local areas. They even have an entire collection of dog art! And the staff is great!!

One of my favorite shops on the Embarcadero. They have the most beautiful jewelry and gift items…read more Last time we were here I bought beautiful ring made out of old unique Japanese button. The owner remembered us when I told her about the ring I had bought last visit. That same jewelry designer had other button jewelry on display here. They were having a sale on everything there, which was great. I ended up finding a cute mini wallet as a gift for a friend and a tiny stuffed cat that resembles my own cat. Both items were a great price. I'm so happy we stopped by here.

I thought they were closed when I was admiring something in the window the other day. It was a…read moreweekday and most other stores had closed at 5PM. I told the hubby we'll have to come back the next day, when he noticed the door around the corner was open!! We went inside and were greeted by the nicest lady there! She said she stays open until 6PM...hooray! I got the item I was after and looked around a bit. Super cute stuff there. They're just getting ready to start putting out their inventory for the holidays, so everything was sale. Score! I love to save money...who doesn't?! Since the item was a gift, I was given a cute bag and even tissue paper. Can't wait to go back the next time we're in town!

Great place, educational, worth the trip. I go every time I'm in town. And I spend a ton of money…read morein the gift shop because I want to support the museum. Don't miss this opportunity to learn and have fun doing it. Great for the whole family.

This nice little museum is located just south of the town inside the state park. It's situated on…read moretop of a hill overlooking the bay, so you get a very nice view of the bay and Morro Rock from inside the museum. The museum charges $3 admission and contains exhibits related to the ecosystem and wildlife of the bay and surrounding area. It's not an extensive museum so plan on approximately 30 minutes or so to see what they have inside. It's definitely worth the $3 to pay a visit inside. Parking is free in the adjacent lot.