If you're looking for a great location, a walkable site, an unbeatable view with food and drinks and beach readily available, this is a great spot. The fact that it's dog friendly is a huge bonus. The apartment is well done and thoughtful, and of higher quality than other airbnbs in the area. The host was communicative, check in and check out were easy. Everything was clean. It's nice to wake up in the morning, grab coffee at Mr. Toots, and sit out on the balcony over the beach and river.
A few knocks - 1. we were really surprised to find a full sized bed, rather than a queen. This seems to be a place geared towards couples, there's plenty of space in the room - it feels like an odd choice.
2. The parking is really rough in the summer. If you're really coming to visit capitola village, you'll be fine. Parking is easy enough until about 9am in the morning and after 8pm at night. But any hours in between, good luck finding a spot. It's smarter to go park in the neighborhoods up above and walk the 10 minutes down to the beach, especially on the weekends, but obviously that doesn't work if you're loading and unloading luggage. When we first booked, the description wasn't fully transparent about the situation, but appears to be so now. Glad it was corrected. That said, there's plenty to do that's walkable, just be prepared to never be able to leave and come back.
3. The noise. For heavy sleepers, you'll likely be fine except at 7:30a when Mr. Toots brings out their outdoor furniture. But if you're a light sleeper, don't plan on sleeping much. Noise from Margaritaville goes til well after closing, and Mr. Toots employees arrive around 6am. Plus, fireworks went off on the beach, and though that's just bad luck in our case, it's definitely something that should be warned about for bigger celebratory weekends (Capitola is known for frequent festivals and events). Even with the double door, you can still hear people passing by to their storage room. Noise is the price you naturally pay for a great location, but the communication about it felt a little misleading.
Depending on what you're looking for, this could be a good spot. A single person with a dog looking for a few days at the beach is really going to like it. But for us, it wasn't quite right.