This is the second time we've been to San Diego. Last time we stayed at a hotel on Shelter Island but this time we were on a budget. After reading many positive ratings here, I've decided to book a room with kitchenette for a few days we stay in San Diego.
Pros:
We arrived right on time the hotel allows to check in, the receptionist was a little cold but he was prompt and efficient. We did not wait long to enter our room.
Our room was small but well managed. The table with 2 chairs are very useful for our diner - not very convenient to watch TV at the same time though.
The cleaning ladies were very helpful with my request to have a new bottle of dish soap
The location is great : close to everything we wanted to visit : the Zoo, Sea World, minutes to downtown and Cabrillo. I was in need of a new pair of jeans at 9PM to wear to the Zoo the next day, and Fashion valley mall is only 2 minutes driving away.
Wi-fi is free, and slow but it was okay for our basic internet uses.
It was very quiet at night. We had no problem sleeping and I am the kind of person who is very hard to sleep.
Very fast check out
Cons:
The kitchenette was very small and not very convenient - located on the right of the toilette sink - so very cramped and no place to prepare the food prior to cooking.
I do not like the sliding door of the toilette, it was very heavy at first and made me feel claustrophobic.
The room was a little bit dusty in my opinion. I have sinusitis so my nose is very sensitive to dust. I coughed the whole night after touching the TV remote control.
Pillows were hard and stiff. But it was my fault for being too lazy to call the reception. I will do it next time.
Overall this hotel is a great value and I recommend !
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