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Best hotels in University City (San Diego)
"Located in University City, this hotel is 0.3 mi (0.5 km) from Westfield UTC, and within 3 mi (5 km) of University of California-San Diego and Birch Aquarium. Torrey Pines State Beach and La Jolla Cove are also within 9 mi (15 km). University Town Center Station is 10 minutes by foot and Voigt Drive Station is 24 minutes. "
Overall 8.6 Excellent
Based on 577 reviews
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Excellent
9.1
Pros: good distance to SD downtown, Torrey Pines Reserve and several beaches; also a gigantic outdoor mall across the street Breakfast & Happy Hour were very nice (included in room rate) Clean hotel & room
Cons: traffic in immediate area gets very congested during rush hour $30 for daily parking is steep!
Excellent
8.0
Excellent
8.2
Excellent
9.4
Pros: Great for families, rooms are big enough for 4
Cons: Carpet is old and not that great housekeeping
Excellent
8.2
Excellent
8.8
Excellent
10.0
Excellent
9.4
Excellent
9.4
Pros: Water and snacks included
Cons: Sofa bed very incomfortable. I had two rooms so we took mattress from one room to place on the other sofa bed
Excellent
8.8
Cons: Our kids were told they can't hang out outside their room without grownups but that is so nonsense! Kids can be independent!
Excellent
8.2
Pros: Free cocktail hour & breakfast = awesome
Excellent
9.1
Pros: The lobby is beautiful with Koi ponds and waterfalls. The front desk staff was super nice and accommodating, which was fantastic. The hotel was clean and comfortable. Room service was delicious and fast, and the staff that delivered it was so friendly! The complimentary breakfast was awesome as well, with made to order omelettes and such. There was also a free happy hour, which made it very easy to stay at the hotel to enjoy dinner and drinks.
Cons: The bathroom. While it was clean, it was just "eh". For the price of our stay, I expected a bit more. It had a standard tub, with a standard shower head, that did have a few settings. It would have been nice to have a larger tub, or a jetted tub, with a removable shower head. It also seemed that the room above us was not carpeted, so we were able to hear luggage rolling around up there occasionally.
Excellent
10.0
Cons: Very good staff
Excellent
8.0
Pros: The hotel staff were friendly and the complimentary breakfast and evening cocktails were great.
Cons: The second day of our stay there was no maid service for our room. It was a disappointment.
Excellent
9.4
Pros: Breakfast is good. Nice, quiet, clean rooms. Comfortable beds
Cons: Parking should be included in rate - especially for self park.
Good
6.2
Cons: The cleaning staff started they vacuuming right outside of the rooms at 5am. Also, none of the promises that were made to me in terms of service were taken care of. They lied to appease me and then no follow thru.
Excellent
9.7
Pros: I love the embassy suites, awesome breakfast, and happy hour.
Cons: Downsides are parking is $30, which is ludicrous, and you have to pay for WiFi, it’s 2018, that should be included for free
Good
7.4
Pros: Love the hotel in general and rooms
Cons: Called ahead for an early check-in but ended up waiting about 3 hours before finally getting into a room and we were in a time crunch to make it to a wedding. Also we paid for parking but there was no parking available so we had to call someone to help us who instructed us to park in the handicap parking
"Located in University City, this eco-friendly hotel is within 1 mile (2 km) of VA Medical Center, University of California-San Diego and Westfield UTC. Birch Aquarium and Black's Beach are also within 3 miles (5 km). University Town Center Station is 16 minutes by foot and VA Medical Center Station is 20 minutes. "
Overall 8.4 Excellent
Based on 1,108 reviews
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- Families with older children
- Families with young children
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- Mature couples
- Young couples
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- Solo travellers
- Business travellers
Okay
5.7
Excellent
8.2
Excellent
10.0
Excellent
10.0
Excellent
10.0
Pros: I really like everything. Breakfast was very good and everyone was very friendly and helpful. They answer all your questions.
Excellent
8.0
Excellent
10.0
Excellent
8.2
Excellent
10.0
Excellent
10.0
Excellent
9.7
Excellent
10.0
Excellent
8.0
Excellent
10.0
Excellent
10.0
Excellent
9.7
Excellent
9.7
Excellent
9.1
Excellent
10.0
Excellent
8.5
Excellent
8.0
Excellent
8.0
Cons: They charged my card twice for checking in
Excellent
10.0
Excellent
10.0
Excellent
10.0
Excellent
9.1
Excellent
8.5
Excellent
10.0
Excellent
8.8
Okay
5.1
Pros: Nothing.
Cons: When I arrived, the hot water and the customer service of the staff left for vacation.
Excellent
9.4
Pros: Excellent location if you are going to be moving around San Diego, as you do on a vacation. Very nice pool facilities. Four excellent high end restaurants right across the street give you a choice of food (sushi,steak,fish,fondue) for business meeting, special family dinner or treating yourself. Movie & shopping mall close.
Cons: Breakfast was excellent, but expensive. Take a drive to Harry's in La Jolla for some local color.
Excellent
10.0
Pros: I am a single mother with four kids under the age of 10. The kids really enjoyed playing by the pool, the activities the hotel had planned for the kids, the refreshments set out etc. The staff were extremely helpful, friendly and quick. Rooms were very nice and up to date. Entire facility was very clean. I would take my children there again. And on the flip side, it seems like a nice place to get away with a spouse.
Cons: The ONLY downside was the $25 parking fee
Excellent
10.0
Pros: Loved the person who helped us with check-in. (Troy) Rooms were great, enjoyed the lounge, pool, and games in the pool area. Hotel's in quiet but convenient location. Will stay there again.
Cons: Valet gave very poor initial impression. We arrived for check in and the valet asked if we'd valet or self-park. Once he provided the price for each, I told him we'd self-park. He then informed me the area by the front door was for valet and we'd have to move. I told him we were there to register and unload and then move the car to self-park. He got confrontational and said if the car wasn't moved within 15 minutes he'd charge me a hefty hourly rate. I told him I was going to check in and would be back to move the car as soon as we could. He said: "If you're not back in 15 minutes I'll have to charge you." TERRIBLE FIRST IMPRESSION! (We almost asked the manager on duty to cancel our stay.)
Excellent
9.7
Pros: I loved the hotel over all! It was so very presentable, clean, comfortable, and the front desk staff were very friendly and helpful.
Cons: Our parking card didn't work and it was a hassle to get back into the parking and out of it .
Excellent
9.7
Pros: Beautiful hotel, we loved the lounge bar style and the rooms had a cool look to it. The staff was super friendly and helpful, especially Nico and the front desk. My husband and I enjoyed out quick romantic getaway and loved the proximity of this hotel.
Cons: Although the bed was not uncomfortable it seemed that the box spring was broken.
Excellent
9.0
Pros: The complimentary wifi and how the staff was prompt at attending to our needs.
Cons: Had to pay for parking
Good
7.7
Pros: Comfortable. Nice room. Accomodating.
Cons: Felt overcharged for meals. Asked for a chicken breast and brown rice was charged for an entire dinner entree and very expensive. The meal was to feed my service animal.
Excellent
10.0
Pros: Staff was very friendly, courteous, helpful and patient. Very clean and upgraded!
Cons: Parking is kind of a hassle. You have to either self park (which I always do) or valet... self park is not bad, just trying to figure out how to get to the front desk from the parking structure is confusing, if its your first time there.
Good
7.7
Pros: Spacious rooms, quiet.
Cons: The first room we checked into was dirty- hair on bed/pillows. We moved rooms. No amenities like fridge, shower cap, robes, etc. Very basic, simple but nice.. you have to ask for any of the "extras".
Excellent
9.7
Pros: Room was very nice and the service was great.
Cons: Parking is $25 per day which should be included for the amount of money to stay there.
Excellent
10.0
Pros: I love the room a lot. It is so clean and quiet at night. Staffs are very friendly
Cons: The overnight parking is quite expensive. It is $25 for self parking and $32 for valet.
Excellent
8.0
Pros: Nice room, amenities and staff. Probably the highest end hotel in La Jolla. Staff is very accommodating and definitely this is my "go-to" when I stay in La Joalla.
Excellent
8.5
Pros: The location to get to restaurants and shopping was within walking distance and there was a spa onsite.
Cons: Parking was bad. Also it was hard to relax, you could hear the neighbors conversations clearly and there was no movies to rent to just relax. Not what we imagined for our staycation.
"Located in University City, this hotel is within 3 miles (5 km) of Westfield UTC, University of California-San Diego and Birch Aquarium. Black's Beach is 3 mi (4.8 km) away. University Town Center Station is 8 minutes by foot and Voigt Drive Station is 19 minutes. "
Overall 7.9 Good
Based on 931 reviews
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Good
6.2
Mediocre
2.5
Cons: I was given a handicap room that smelled like wet dogs and my socks were covered with dog hair! I had to call maintenance to come fix the toilet as well.
Good
7.4
Pros: Location
Cons: Parking charge. Wifi charge.
Excellent
9.4
Cons: We left the room at 12:10 one day and they didn't clean the room that day
Good
7.4
Pros: Modern facility
Cons: Location far removed from the waterfront (about 4 miles) Impersonal business hotel Expensive fee for parking ($25 a day), not justified given the location No free Wifi available in the rooms
Good
7.4
Pros: Our view was beautiful. Food room service was delicious. Service was acceptional. The grounds were very nice.
Cons: Pillows weren't very comfortable and the walls were thin, we could hear our neighbors talking during the late night. Parking was expensive and half the time our room keys didn't work.
Good
6.0
Cons: no free wifi
Okay
4.2
Excellent
10.0
Excellent
9.7
Excellent
10.0
Pros: Everything.
Cons: Nothing.
Excellent
10.0
Excellent
10.0
Pros: the bar in the entrance, the fire in the yard.
Excellent
10.0
Excellent
10.0
Excellent
10.0
Excellent
10.0
Excellent
10.0
Excellent
9.7
Excellent
8.0
Excellent
9.7
Okay
4.8
Good
7.4
Good
7.7
Excellent
9.4
Good
6.0
Excellent
10.0
Excellent
10.0
Excellent
8.8
Okay
4.2
Excellent
10.0
Good
6.0
Pros: The lobby area and bed
Cons: The refrigerator made noise
Excellent
8.0
Excellent
8.5
Excellent
8.0
Okay
4.5
Cons: Elevators
Excellent
8.0
Good
6.2
Cons: Out of date and musty rooms
Excellent
9.7
Excellent
10.0
Pros: It was excellent I will stay ther any time
Excellent
10.0
Pros: Decor and quality towels sheets and entry.
Cons: Parking expenses
Okay
4.2
Cons: Every ammenity cost money. For example, the ad for the hotel advertises Wifi but to get this feature in the room you must pay $12.95 a day.
Good
7.4
Pros: GREAT view, access to balcony, comfy beds
Cons: Parking $25, wifi NOT free, bug smushed on ceiling, called multiple times to front desk and no one picked up. When they did, they were friendly.
Excellent
8.8
Pros: There for a wedding; venue, food and staff were great. Nice they had small frig and a little coffeemaker in room. There are some small shops and eateries (i.e. Einsteins Bagels) nearby. Room was nice. Bar was nice and open late. Pet friendly, lots of dogs around if you like dogs. Good gym, and pool was nice and warm.
Cons: $25/day parking, and $12/day for wifi (think free wifi if you reserve as rewards member). Luckily there is some street parking 2 blocks away on weekends (otherwise 2 hr 8-6) and some all day on Lajolla Village Dr. Location was in a business park area so wouldn't want to stay there except for an event.
Excellent
10.0
Pros: Our stay at the Marriott was fabulous!! As soon as we walked out of the elevators on 10th floor we could smell the cleanliness of the hotel!! Even more so when we got into our room. Everything was clean, couldn't ask for more!
Good
6.3
Pros: Room nice quiet. Balcony door opened!
Cons: Kept charging me for things they should not have.
Good
6.5
Pros: Room was very nice, hotel staff very pleasant. location was pretty close to La Jolla shores which was a big bonus!
Cons: $25 a night parking, making you pay $12 a day for internet... my phone is cheaper than that, no free breakfast, no hot tub, no sauna, the gym was very basic. Pretty disappointing paying premium price for everything but getting basic hotel features the holiday inn down the street would have offered.
Excellent
10.0
Pros: Service was super sweet and the rooms were nice.
Cons: On the other side of the 5- not beach side of La Jolla. Parking as a little expensive.
Excellent
9.1
Pros: Previously to my arrival I dealt with Ms. Adela Prada (reception) and Mr. Siamak Nassirpour (manager). They were responsive, attentive, kind and efficient and they resolved satisfactorily all the issues I had.
Cons: The room was a little bit small.
Excellent
10.0
Pros: The staff and service was excellent and very attentive. The room was clean and comfortable.
Cons: The room was a little smaller than I had expected
Set in San Diego, 6.2 mi from La Jolla Cove, Private Suite features a garden and views of the garden. Located around 8.7 mi from University of San Diego, the guest house with free WiFi is also 9.9 mi away from SeaWorld San Diego. The guest house features family rooms. At the guest house every room includes a seating area, a flat-screen TV with cable channels, a kitchenette, a dining area and a private bathroom with a hairdryer, a shower and free toiletries. The units will provide guests with a wardrobe and a coffee machine. Old Town San Diego State Historic Park is 11 mi from Private Suite, while San Diego Zoo is 11 mi away. The nearest airport is San Diego International Airport, 8.7 mi from the accommodations.
Overall 10.0 Excellent
Based on 2 reviews
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