We booked four days stay at this hotel for the site for family of four.
When we arrived there, there was no one help us with the luggage. The valet attendant was not interested in helping us since we are not paying $35 a day for the valet parking. We had to lug all luggage ourselves to 12th floor lobby.
The check in was quick and friendly and we were arranged to the premier floor at 24th floor.
The bedroom had two comfortable beds. It also has a sleeper sofa in the living room. But the living room is very narrow and once the sleeper is open, there is no room to walk around. The fridge cabinet was bolt shut with no way to open it. The TV in the living room was awkward placed and it is hard to see it from the sofa. It did provide free water in the room.
The furniture looks worn. The TV in the bed room was old 27 in CRT instead of LCD.
However, it did have a relative large shower/toilet room, but a single sink was room on the hallway.
Overall, it feel cramped and worn. It did have a partial view to the San Diego Convention Center at San Diego bay between two tall building.
One of the phone with remote handset was broken that I can not call the front desk from it.
If you want to use the internet, you have to pay 10 a night, which is outrageous. But you can go downstair at lobby to get free slow wifi. It did have four free computers for looking up the information and browse the internet.
The swimming pool was small and the gym is cramped though it has a lot of walking machines.
There is a little gift shop at the lobby which is very convenient for emergency stuff.
Regarding to parking, there are free off street parking overnight between 6pm - 8am, but you need to watch out the street cleaning day. You can also park at self-prepaid parking lot with price range from $13 to $7 depends on the location. However, it allows for only 10 hours of continuous parking. Hotel valet parking is $35 but you may have to going around several floors to find the spot (makes you dizzy going around).
Only half of the building is hotel rooms and the rest are offices and San Diego Symphony hall.
It is about 6 blocks from GasLamp districts, and most of the street around the area are pretty deserted. But the area around Gas Lamp districts has a lot of people, bars and shops and is 10 minutes walk from it.
There is free WSJ, USA Today and San Diego newspaper at lobby but not by the door.
One thing I found was pretty annoying was that on check out, we were told we own nothing, and we did not get bill under the door for hassle free check out. But when I went home, I found they tagged $21 on my credit card. I had to call them to correct it.
Overall, my impression of the stay was OK. I chose it because of its downtown location and fancy outside, but it was not what it cracks up to be.
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