We booked this after much procastinating about which hotel to stay at for a short get away with little advance preparation.
The location of the hotel is great. Being it is on Shelter Island it is a nice relaxed atmosphere with lots of walking available and water all around. The free parking and internet was what decided in our booking here. There are some good places to eat within easy, less than a mile, walking distance. The breakfast offered onsite at the Blue Wave was very reasonably priced and the food was good. It is an easy drive to get to the downtown area and there is a free shuttle for the airport. The pool and pool area is very small and the pool is not heated. Capacity for the pool was stated at 60 but it would have to be SRO. Not a lot of room for loungers either.
There is an old section and a new section of the hotel. The old section has been remodeled but the walls are thin. I am hard of hearing, Viet Nam, and I could hear the people in the next two rooms urinating...UGH! Each time the shower was used, the toilet was flushed, etc, we could hear it. Not what we were really looking forward to for a short get away. The room we were given was small, just about three feet longer than a standard cruise ship cabin and even though painted a light color was dark and dreary. The bathroom was nice with a nice shower, even though there was no light in the shower itself, there was one right outside the shower door. The hosekeeping staff were very good and the room was kept very clean. There was free internet, bring your own cable. The room had a large flat screen TV, a microwave and a small refrigerator. The box spring on our bed made so much noise, creaking and groaning from just sitting down, rolling over that my wife went to a CVS and bought ear plugs. We mentioned this to the front desk, thinking that maybe the frame was busted, but nothing was done. Later we talked to Chris at the front desk and he offered to move us to another room but when we tried the other room in the old section of the hotel it was just as bad so we stayed where we were. we did look at one of the rooms in the new section of the hotel and they were nicer but we forgot to check out the beds. Thank you Chris for trying to make our stay better.
There are certain rooms to avoid at all costs:111,117,122,144,157,168 our room,169, and 170. These are not good ones to stay in as there is no view and they are dark. There are Four rooms that are right across from the loading dock for the hotel and restuarant, plus along the walk way for the boat owners at the marina. This means lots of noise and foot traffic at all hours but especially very early in the morning. They are rooms: 134,135,136 and137.
Overall it is a nice place but we will stay somewhere else next time we drive into San Diego.
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