Jo’s place is in a prime location for all the restaurants and bars! I walked everywhere and had amazing food at every place I went. I had a conference every day I was there and walked to the convention center (8-10 min). You could easily use thefreeride.com app, but I preferred the walk. I’m into fitness and there is a good gym roughly 4 blocks away (Balanced Fitness and Health) which was $35 for the week and had everything I needed. Ralph’s grocery is also within walking distance (4 blocks). Would recommend Jo save any plastic bags from there in the apartment so you can use them when you go. Otherwise they charge you $.10/bag. For being an Airbnb I’m surprised there wasn’t more food staples left from prior people. If you plan on cooking in, know you will need to buy the basics (butter, pan spray, spices, etc...)
The place is above a bar, but I never had a problem with noise from there. There was a huge party going on in the building on Friday night which was when I heard the most. I’m a sound sleeper so that didn’t bother me much. If marijuana bothers you there might be a problem since the apartment building did smell of marijuana several nights I stayed there. I took a trip to Pacific Beach one night via Lyft share ($8) and had a great time at Crushed and watched the sunset. Highly recommend the walk along the board walk!
I did see two cockroaches, but I did see evidence of this issue being addressed so I wasn’t to concerned about it. The apartment is in good condition, the bed was comfortable, temperature of the place was good for that time of year. Know there is only one AC unit in the bedroom, but there is a fan provided.
Overall, I would stay there again because most of the issues were super minor to me. Jo was great to work with and responded to all questions before my trip and during in a timely manner. Thanks for the great time! I will be back 🙂