First let s start with the good. The staff are gre...

First let s start with the good. The staff are great. For the most part extremely helpful and friendly. Kind of like if the employees at Chick Fil-A were also working here. Haha. The lobby with its waterfall and the front of the hotel facing the bay has a very tropical vibe. Almost feels like Hawaii. If you stay here the Oceana restaurant is surprisingly good. It s the type of restaurant that could easily be a part of a 5 star hotel. I highly recommend any of the sushi rolls and the swordfish, which was the best swordfish I ve ever had. <br/>In regard to the negatives, as others have written, the rooms are extremely dated. Like circa 1960 s and 70 s dated. If you come here I would ask for one of the rooms facing the bay at least. Otherwise though the rooms are very small and don t have many of the amenities a modern hotel would have except for a flat screen tv. I didn t find the walls paper thin as others have pointed out though so noise was not an issue. If you are looking to take advantage of the wi-if it is extremely slow, almost to the point of being useless, though my wife s iPad had a better connection than mine for whatever reason. The shower, though never cold, was never hot either. Probably not a big deal in sunny San Diego, but when we were there it was in the mid-to upper 60 s and that was the high, so yeah, would have been nice to have hot water. Also, as I indicated above, the staff are great, but when we first arrived we noticed that one of the two lamps near the bed did not work so I called the front desk who told me they would send someone over to replace the bulb which they never did.<br/>All together, this is a nice hotel that is in desperate need of a facelift. We enjoyed our time here, but I wouldn t stay at the Catamaran again unless it received that facelift. Simply too many other nicer hotels in San Diego and in all honesty the Catamaran might have been a 4 star hotel back in the day, but is really more of a nice 3 star hotel at this point.