Booked the hotel through Priceline.com for $72 USD/night. ($82.13 including all taxes and fees). Arrived at San Diego International Airport at 10:30 p.m.
Took the MTS (“City Bus”), route 992 “Airport via Harbor Dr/Cruise Ship Term. (there is only one city bus route that serves the airport) The MTS bus stop is located under the escalators that lead to the sky bridge. Do NOT take the sky bridge to “ground transportation”, instead walk under these escalators and proceed outside. There is a clearly marked rectangular sign post with “MTS” written on it. There is a schedule on the pole and information regarding the bus fare. The fare is $2.25 exact change (bills or coins). The bus took approximately 8 minutes to get to downtown. Get off the bus at the stop located at 4th and Broadway. (It is the LAST stop on the route and thus not hard to locate, it is located beside Horton Plaza). Walk down 4th street for approximately 10 minutes to “K street”. Turn left. The hotel is on the left side at number 660.
Check-in was quick, less than 5 minutes. The room key is required to access the elevators. No more than a 15-30 second wait for the elevators both in the evening and the following morning.
My room, 1726, was located at the far end of the hallway. The room was attractive, comfortable and impressive.
The bathroom had a sliding, wood door that does not lock. Standard bath tub and shower with lots of water pressure. The bath products were quite nice and well supplied with a few extras. There is a coffee maker with stainless steel pot and Starbucks coffee products. The unit made a nice, hot, cup of coffee in the morning. Both paper cups and black, ceramic mugs were provided. No issues with cleanliness.
The room had one king bed, a wardrobe that contained drawers and the T.V., a cupboard, wing chair, and large corner unit work desk with rolling chair. The windows both opened onto the street, that was relatively quiet. The view was of downtown, the convention center and the ocean in the far distance. The 17th floor allowed views over most of the surrounding buildings so that quite a grand vista was afforded.
The bed was comfortable with several types of pillows and a duvet that was very warm without being too hot.
The alarm clock was a bit difficult to figure out, but there are helpful instructions on a sticker on the front of the clock. The button on the telephone that was supposed to connect to “wake up calls’ actually always connected to the hotel’s messaging service and needs to be reprogrammed.
The carpet was clean, the furnishing in excellent condition and the room very well maintained.
Any staff I had contact with were friendly and helpful. The common areas of the hotel were modern and attractive. Bowls of salt water taffy were placed on the front desk for guests to help themselves to. The hotel is directly beside Petco Park, and across the street from the Hard Rock Hotel. The hotel is located in the Gas Lamp Historic Quarter, but more to the edges. A street or two over are where most of the restaurants, pubs and clubs are located. The light rail line (ORANGE) is within easy walking distance (3-5 minutes) as is the convention center. Parking in a private parking garage is located across the street.
Overall a quality property worthy of the four stars it has received.
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