My husband and I just returned from a week long trip to SD. We split our time between T23 and the Loews in Coronado. I was hesitant to stay at the hotel because there was no pool , however I liked that it was right on the beach. I think my husband was a little shocked when we pulled in since the hotel is literally in the back of a parking lot. After checking in we were told that there would be a party out in the deck area. What the front desk failed to mention was that the "small party" was basically an open party to all of pacific beach. So after a long flight from NY we couldn’t even relax on our balcony because there was essentially a wet t-shirt contest going on below us. Needless to say not the kind of thing you expect from a hotel that charges upwards of $250 a night. We kindly asked the front desk to move us just for the night to an ocean front room. This way we could at least relax without having to deal with the blaring music, since our room overlooked the deck area. They told us of course we would be able to do it for another $80 a night. That really set me off because they should put the comfort of their guest first., as the money wasnt the issue for us. When the party finally ended after 6, we went back up the deck area which was by now a mess and it seemed that all of the other hotel guest began emerging from their rooms also. Our next few days at T23 weren't as bad, they sent us up some free champange which was a nice effort. The food at JRDN is very good and, the view from the deck of the beach is A+. The server on the deck Drew was great and extremely attentive, he was as attentive as I thought the rest of the staff at T23 should have been. The hotel is close to La Jolla which is nice if you want a change of scenery. My last complaint about T23 is that on our last day there was a foul mouthed hotel employee who was getting wasted with one of her friends on the deck . Apparently it was her day off and she was using her discount ... I wasn’t listening to her conversation she was just that loud that I couldn’t help but overhear. Overall Tower 23 is a bad imitation of a trendy Miami hotel,they definatley need to train their staff on the art of hospitalty. They should limit hotel areas to the enjoyment of paying hotel guests.
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