Although the location was good, and the hotel is across the street from a marina and an awesome seafood place called Point Loma Seafood, overall we did not have a very pleasant experience. The hotel is clearly very old and in need of refurbishments. The front desk staff was very nice and accommodating at check in, but the experience was all downhill from there. My friend accidentally booked us in a smoking room, which was not at all the fault of the hotel, but upon arriving at the room we discovered cigarette burns on the comforter and the carpet. Since I don't usually stay in smoking rooms I don't know if this is typical, but it certainly put me off. The bathroom fan made a weird screeching noise while operating, and while I was taking a shower the lights and fan randomly went off for 5-10 seconds... not safe and pretty sketchy.
We were also awoken at about 7:30 the first morning of our stay by what sounded like hammering and construction; we later found out that they were renovating the bar underneath our room. Maybe 7:30am is not the best time for a hotel to be doing construction near guest rooms? We headed down to the continental breakfast, which was actually pretty good and had a wide variety, but there was not enough seating in the breakfast room so we ended up eating on couches in the lobby.
The first night of our stay we found a water bottle cap left by previous guests that Housekeeping did not remove, and the second day we returned to the room to find a large bottle of cleaning chemicals left in our bathroom. The last morning of our stay while packing, we discovered a small cockroach by the bed.
Overall, the hotel was old and dirty and I would definitely not choose to stay there again. There has to be better options for the money.
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