We stayed at the Woodfin Suites for two nights. Could be a great property if they had treated the property as they advertise it; the upscale suites of the Chase hotels.
The Hotel is not upscale. There are positive points and negatives points:
Positive points:
- Rooms are large and clean.
- Staff is very friendly.
- Location is actually pretty convenient. It's 5 minutes to the 805 which means less than 20 minutes to Seaworld, 15 minutes to Mission Valley and 20 minutes tops to downtown San Diego.
- There is a DVD player in each room connected to the TV.
Negative points (why the hotel is not upscale):
- Mattress is a bottom line mattress only about 6 inches high. One review described it as soft. Don't be mislead by that. It is not soft it is mearly cheap. You can hear the springs as you roll on the bed.
- The sheets on the mattress are Polyester/Cotton percale sheets! When is the last time you were in an upscale hotel that had percale poly/cotton sheets on the bed?
- The pillows on the bed are are the hard core poly fill variety that you find at Walmart for 2 for $10.00. We went to Macy's and bought a travel pillow to sleep on the second night.
- The TV's in the rooms although this is a minor point are an inexpensive 20 inch Zenith. I would have at least expected a larger TV in the living room in an upscale suite.
- Beware if you book a two bedroom suite. The picture on the website shows two beds in one bedroom, a sleeper sofa in the living room and one bed in the other bedroom. Your booking confirmation will only say 2 bedroom suite. They have two different types one with only one bed in the second bedroom. The staff again was very nice and quickly sent up a roll away bed.
It's too bad. The property has a lot of potential if they furnished it better. They have eliminated the free morning breakfast and have instead put in a full service restaurant. I did not mind this at all in fact I would expect that from a self described upscale suite.
Hotel unfortunately is not consistent in it's desribing itself as upscale.
Next trip I would go back to Residence Inn at Hotel Circle. The rooms might be slightly smaller but they are more comfortable.
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