If you like the "little" extras, say, like, a screen for your patio door, a working bathroom vent fan, no mold on your shower curtain, or a refrigerator door that closes properly, then you will want to pass by this so called "resort". I had known that my chances were iffy staying at the Bahia as the reviews are mixed, but I thought I would check it out myself as I am usually not as negatively opinionated as others. This is the 1st time I have left a review of any hotel I have stayed at, let alone wrote the very day arriving home. Let me tell you of my stay. My girlfriend and I had booked this room for her elderly mom and my teenage son. We requested a room that was wheelchair accessible. We called several times to confirm, each time getting a different story as to whether we would be able to get a wheelchair to our room or not. Upon entering bay view suite #196, the room smelled musty. The carpet is worn and looks dirty. The loveseat & sofa has torn upholstery. The sofabed is miserably uncomfortable with a very thin mattress. It was so old & worn that you could feel the bar poking you in the back. We actually rigged it by placing the sofa & loveseat cushions under the mattress so we could sleep on it. I open the patio door at night to let in some fresh air-no screen and ended up letting in bugs. That 1st night we want to order roomservice from the Bahia Cafe but the menu is missing from our hotel book. Call the desk around 8:00 pm and ask for a menu to be brought. Was told by employee it would be brought right over, it wasn't ,so we walked to the desk, got it ourselves, walked back to the room for everyone to see what they wanted & ordered only soup & 2 burgers around 8:45. We were told it would take 35-40 minutes. It arrived in 50 minutes and the food was terrible. But, hey, we had a great day at Sea World and spending some time together, so I'm overlooking those "little" things. I noticed that the ugly instituational looking brick walls do come in handy as it appears very quiet-can't hear the neighbors above or to the sides. Sleeping was difficult on the makeshift cushions on the sofabed and also the sheet that they use for the mattress doesn't fit so it kept coming off the mattress the entire night and bunching up. Not fun. Next day notice the mold on the shower cutain, the bathroom vent fan doesn't work, and when making the sofa bed notice some black flecks around the mattress. Things that make you go "hhhmmmm"....
We spend the day at Balboa Park-have a great time, eat dinner in Old Town-wonderful Italian place. Back at the room we order room service again, thinking that the chocolate weekender & german chocolate cake sounded good. Didn't think it would take an hour to get dessert though, and again, the food is not very good. Tonight I don't get fresh air & let in the bugs, because even though the air conditioner is loud it's not as loud as the swarm of what appears to be underage drinkers & party goers that starts approximately 100 feet outside our ground level room at the PUBLIC beach around 9:30 pm. Unfortunately those previously mentioned soundproof brick walls don't come into play as this party is right behind our room. Called security directly about this around 10:30ish, was told that since it is a public beach, even though they are playing very loud music and disturbing resort patrons, they really can't do anything about it. When told I paid alot of money for this room, security then told me he "could go out there and ask for them to turn down the music" but that's all. That's pretty much all I wanted. Around 11:15 my girlfriend calls the front desk and complains again. Front desk says they will call the police. A police cruiser drives by on the public beach street behind my room . The underage drinkers scatter, but the car the loud music is coming from stays along with a few other cars . Minutes after the cruiser leaves, the party & loud thumping start again. It's around midnight I call the police myself. However, I can't find the number as the list of important phone numbers are missing from the resort book. I use my cell phone and get the non emergency SD police phone #. Then, attempt to use the hotel phone, following the directions. The hotel phone doesn't allow me to call the police directly-it states that number is "unavailable" from that phone. I have to use my cell phone to call the SD PD directly. KUDOS to the PD. The dispatcher was very helpful & also the officer who re-responded. And not a minute too soon...4 large ticked off men from the room next door were approaching the party-goers just as 3 police cruisers were literally chasing the crowd off. Hope this long review gave you a feel for this resort, specifically room #196. One more thing, upon checkout-the guy beside me was an "unscheduled" check out. He was there on business and wasn't happy that the advertised wireless internet wasn't.
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