I am a San Diego local who grabbed this location for my cousins who came from out of town for a family reunion; I also stayed here, but only on the second night. The place was extremely clean and well kept, but there were a few features of disappointment: the beds, the automatic door lock, the door code, and finally the snack bar. We wrote this review over breakfast and posted after speaking with the host.
The beds were simply uncomfortable, to the point that a few of us slept on the couch because that was preferable. Apparently they’re all new beds, which might explain why they were hard as rock.
The door code is promised by the time you check in at 3p. We had to reach out to the host for the code as we had not received it or heard from the host, until immediately before check in.
I slept on the couch the second night and the automatic door lock went off incessantly, unlocking and then locking. My cousins heard it from their rooms on the first night and thought someone was trying to get in because it would just randomly go off.
Lastly, this didn’t affect our overall feeling of the place but it is worth mentioning: there’s a snack bar in the kitchen that isn’t free and has a completely overpriced menu. We’re talking $2.75 for a small bag of Lays Original and $8 for a COVID test… a test you can literally get from the government for free. There was a QR code on the wall to submit payment and it just felt tacky. If we wanted the experience of staying in a hotel, that’s what we would’ve booked.
We ended up leaving earlier than planned to grab breakfast because no one could get a decent night’s sleep. We talked about this review extensively before contacting the host because we understood that all the reviews prior to ours might make us seem fake or just really annoyed. We didnt take making a less than 5 star review lightly, which is why we reached out to the host prior to posting, but we had such a restless and uninspiring stay here that we felt compelled to be honest. This place is centrally located and cheap, and served it’s purpose. However, you get what you pay for and we felt that our experience reflected that.