This Mission Beach location does not disappoint. If you are looking for a quiet, clean, neighborly place this is it. Janet and Scott are top notch hosts. They are knowledgeable, friendly, and readily available if needed. The bikes, chairs, beach towels, and garage were huge bonuses. If you do rent a car and want to fit in the garage, keep it on the compact side. The availability to launder was also fabulous because we were traveling light and headed on to our next city with clean clothing at a cost of .50 cents a load.
There are many restaurants and bars to eat and watch NCAA March Madness games. The Guava Bar (great nachos) and Miss B's Coconut Bar (yummy burgers) are close by and not too crowded. Some more crowded places located south are Draft (micro beer bar), Cannonball (upstairs nice place to eat expensive sushi), and Beach Bar (corn hole, music, & basic outdoor beach vibe). North is also crowded with many places to stop in for food or drink. We enjoyed The Grass Skirt (it's a tiki bar a couple blocks off the beach with an odd entrance. Reservations are suggested. Monday is all day happy hour). The Olive Cafe (a few blocks away) and Konos (a ten minute bike ride) are our breakfast favorites. The Mission offers a more full service breakfast experience and is good too. We rode around the entire bay; it's a flat windy loop (as in wind), so take water and allow a couple hours to complete the loop.
We have experienced most San Diego tourist attractions over the years. So this was a trip to just sit by the beach, relax, read, ride bikes, walk, and eat out. San Diego suggestions of past visits would be San Diego Zoo (our kids always loved it), The Midway (allow several hours to take it all in), and Old Town for great Mexican food and shopping.
The mid Mission Beach location of this property is awesome. The boardwalk/beach is just two blocks away across the main road and the bay is the opposite direction about a block and a half walk from the unit. It is close enough to walk or bike to the busier parts north or south along the long flat boardwalk. The place was perfect for two and we love how clean everything is! We would definitely book this place in the future.