Embassy Suites, Downtown San Diego Reviews

Nicest ES I've been at. Great night rooms, breakfast and great location. Wish the parking was not so expensive.

They accommodated a bunch of dorks playing a phone game well.

Entertainment staff were great around the pool and then mini disco each night but a Friday and always a singer or act on.

There is a 50 dollar parking fee that doesn't show up on Google. But parking is expensive downtown. Overall good experience and service.

Great customer service. Somewhat dated, housekeeping could be improved, breakfast is top notch, as is the chefs/staff involved in the Breakfast. Basic maintenance could be improved. Our room keys were temperamental, took at least 2 tries sometimes 4-5 times.

Awesome environment! Even for introvert individuals! Staff is doing an awesome job, especially the guys working the omelet bar

Great breakfast and happy hour! Great on the bay location with easy access to the water.

One star for they "forgot" to let us and other guests know there was massive construction going on from early morning hours every day across the street and noise with vibrations was unbelievable. The building was literally shaking. It was impossible to sleep after 7am... And staying in the room until 4p.m. was a torture too. The management never warned us about it..
Hotel itself okay. Mediocre breakfast.

Amazing place, rooms are renovated and really modern, the view and location is amazing

Amazing staff and hotel. Wish the valets would refrain from changing my presets on the radio, seat, and mirrors (not just adjusting them, but actually changing the stored positions). Breakfast was superb!! Room was super clean!

A very beautiful hotel near many tourist attractions and restaurants.

Very great service room was top of the line in readiness and cleaned. Had a great night sleep

Great location. Walking distance to the gaslamp district and seaport village. The Midway is a couple blocks away. The staff is kind and helpful. Valet parking guys are quick.

Great stay! Wonderful location and spacious. Thoroughly enjoyed complimentary breakfast and made some new friends during happy!

Location is great! Right by the water and lots of restaurants and shops. I always felt safe and their is an evening social every night! The breakfast is mto and was awesome

My wife and I arrived at this hotel immediately after flying in from Philadelphia to begin a one-week vacation in San Diego and Palm Springs. I had reserved my room on the Embassy Suites website, choosing a bay view room with balcony, at extra cost. I also paid extra to request a high floor. But when I checked-in at the hotel, they seemed to have no knowledge of the balcony or the high floor. I had to argue with them, to try to get something I thought was already a sure thing. After 15 minutes of unpleasant wrangling with the staff, I finally got the room I wanted. But this initial experience was a very bad way to start a vacation. After that mess, things got much better. Our suite was excellent. There is a door you can close between the two rooms of the suite, enhancing privacy if needed. The rooms were spacious and loaded with all the bells and whistles: fridge, microwave, kitchen, 2 sinks, 2 TVs, in-room coffee, a good-sized balcony and a terrific view of San Diego Harbor. The free breakfast was outstanding, including the made-to-order omelettes and eggs. The hotel's breakfast room is very large and this main public room is used for a variety of events. The late afternoon happy hour (free wine, beer and cocktails!) was very popular, although we did not attend because we were usually outside sightseeing during that time of day. We just noticed what a great time everybody was having. I enjoyed using the outdoor hot tub, but did not use the indoor pool. The Embassy Suites concept, where the hotel has a gigantic atrium in the middle, is an old concept, but this hotel does not feel terribly out of date, and there is a nice sociability created by the breakfast and happy hour, which take place in the atrium each day. The hotel is in good condition. The location is great in terms of the waterfront, but not great in terms of fun neighborhoods to explore on foot. Near this hotel there are nice places to walk to, including large shopping centers and the waterfront promenade, but there is no funky neighborhood nearby with sidewalk cafes. We wanted the water views, so we chose this hotel. The hotel has plenty of conveniences: there is a well-stocked convenience store/ sandwich shop in the building, and a Baskin & Robbins store and a Dunkin Donuts, and a gift shop for souvenirs. Our room was an excellent value considering we got a fabulous view from the 10th floor balcony of our suite, all for about $245/ night including tax and fees. Based on my extensive travel experience, this is a very low price, when you get all these amenities. We greatly enjoyed staying here, after the bad experience that greeted us.

Great breakfast, nice rooms, and great social times.

Here for a conferance. Very nice and good hospitality.

Great hotel and location to relax. Wonderful views from any side of the hotel. In the winter time they have a ice skate outside of the hotel. The staff is very friendly.

Very affordable hotel with excellent service, breakfast is included. The room is very spacious, housekeeping is doing a great job

Love this place, and that was before I went to the free REAL breakfast! Will stay at again!

Absolutely gorgeous rooms and super friendly staff.

A great experience again, clean room, friendly staff and just nice place to stay. I really like their way to welcome your with a complimentary happy hour with light snacks, cold and hot drinks. The complimentary breakfast is just amazing from the omelet bar and full breakfast with the trimmings. Both very well done and organized.

Centrally located to restaurants, entertainment and the USS Midway this is a convenient hotel to stay at. Valet parking is the only option and its $41, a little high especially if staying multiple nights otherwise a great hotel.

The rooms are large and nice enough, but the only parking is valet at around 50 dollars a day, and there is no free Wi-Fi. It seems like they really get you with the hidden costs, and this is a hotel that already charges quite a bit.

On arrival this place was awesome valet was amazing it cost $50 But so worth it. Check in was really quick considering I have toddlers and they get easily bored. Walking into the open lay out was exciting. Our room was very comfortable for 2 adults and 3 kids we used the 2 queen beds and the pull out mattress. The mattresses were comfortable they have extra pillows available in the dresser if needed. They have the evening reception every night which included beverages (and yes adult beverages) and light snacks such as chips, crackers, and pretzel mix with 3 different dips. Breakfast had a good spread and my indecisive made it harder pick what I wanted. As for the pool and spa the area was clean and very busy. The gym was small dumbbells only went up to 50 so if u work with heavier weights I suggest more reps. They had 3 treadmills that are well used (bring your headphones they are noisy) also had 2 elipticals they worked just fine. a sit down bike that works great. I Highly recommend you sanitize the equipment before u use most people didn't wipe down the equipment after using it. They have a gift shop and bar and grill on the lower deck. I recommend staying here.

Definitely worth the visit and experience! Compared to the Bayfront Hilton, this place is by far, the best for breakfast, social hours, location, and friendly hospitality. They went out of their way to get my family transportation to the airport and various places in San Diego. I will definitely endorse positive reviews to this incredible hotel.

Never again! So much wrong here! Noisy, lots of homeless across the street. Food was terrible at breakfast... Stay away!!!

Would be a 4 but the parking is $50 per night. Damn! Excessive. Just saying across the street is $12. Nice atmosphere, very clean rooms, close to everything.

Excellent service, spacious, clean rooms and love the free breakfast and happy hour. The location is not only scenic, but convenient to Airport.

Staff has been awesome, water in the workout room would be nice

Service was excellent. The room has an extremely loud air-conditioning unit, the hot water handle on the sink is not attached and the toilet has a white buildup in the flush handle and tank. People are great from check in to parking to breakfast but the condition of the room was lacking.

Love the complimentary breakfast and alcohol in the evening.

Decent hotel. Close to seaport village and restaurants. Petco park is about a 15 min walk.

Good service, good included breakfast, pleasant evening reception. Adjoining Dunkin Donuts/Baskin Robins is a godsend for late night cravings. Good location. Wifi a bit weak in bedroom. Expensive valet parking as only parking option.

The breakfasts and evening free meals are very convenient and good quality. The Suites are also very nice size. Overall, a nice place to stay.

Perfect location: walk out to waterfront park, 10 mins from Gaslamp. If you get top floors- view is amazing. Great customer service.

Hotel is strategically located near conference area, public transportation and tourist attraction. Breakfast is very good.

Had an awesome room with harbour views. Made good use of the happy hour! Great restaurants nearby and a short walk to the gaslight district. Handy to the ferry to Coronado.

I had a fantastic time at this hotel. Great location central to beach attractions and the gaslamp district. Free happy hour drinks and full breakfast on the mornings was very nice as well. Had an incorrect charge on my bill after I checked out which was quickly and easily corrected with a call to their customer support.

Havent stayed as a guest. I just got about once a week to get Dunkin Donuts. Hotel lobby is always clean and the valet is always nice and personable. If I had to stay at a hotel downtown i would definitely consider the Embassy Suites to be at the top of the list.

Love it it's amazing favorite hotel EVER #paperham lincoln

Happy Hour is cool as as breakfast. Employees friendly and courteous. Room needs to be a little updated. The bathroom was spacious, but the cabinet needs repair. I thought the $50 parking was a little ridiculous. The valet gave my keys to someone else who had a similar car, guy almost drove away! My kids and I would have been stranded!

Great! Honestly, I really don't understand the complaints about the construction. The outstanding room, incredible view, kind housekeeping staff and helpful concierge completely overshadow any negativity you could find in the construction. Calling the construction an inconvenience is selfish and rude- my stay here was anything but inconvenient. The hotel was within walking distance of everything and the price was incredible for the room we got. The suite was incredible and way bigger than I anticipated. My boyfriend and I will definitely be coming back to see the finished construction and are excited about it. Absolutely recommend!

A little far from convention center decent food and drinks. Close to the ocean good for a run.

The room was great, and clean, and location is awesome. Breakfast was really good. But they failed to let us know that their pool was closed we had to walk to the Hyatt hotel, with my children and elderly mother, it was terrible walking back wet , and carrying all of our stuff. I was very upset for the inconvenience , especially since we paid a pretty penny to stay there. Not cool at all.

Love the free breakfast free cribs nice friendly staff. Will go again

Good place to go for Dunkin donuts. I'm sure the hotel is nice too.

The location was great and it had great views of the ocean

The room was big but from 6 days we stayed, 2 the room wasn't cleaned. Not a good experience at all.

The room is very nice and spacious. We have a nice view of the bay. Everything is clean and very convenient. Breakfast was great and we're looking forward to happy hour!

Cons:
No mini-fridge for a week.
Self serve laundry was gross.
Breakfast options were various but none of them had any decent flavour.

Pro:
Free Drinks during a 2 hour happy hour.
Location.
Nice Deli on the same block.
Views.

Really nice place, and the rooms were nice. Breakfast was not so great and there were times I swear staff, with name badges, were asleep in the common areas. Everything else was great.

Great location! Happy hours and scrumptious breakfast make it a popular option for families.

Excellent place to stay. Staff was very friendly and extremely helpful. Best place to go for A stay which included breakfast and happy hour as part of your stay!

Great location, excellent valet parking, and nice facility overall. Close to the USS Midway exhibit / museum.

Love the hotel and location. Rooms were nice and love the bed.

This was an absolute beautiful hotel. We had a suite looking out over the bay, with a great view of the Coronado Bridge. Wonderful breakfasts. Lots to choose from. Within walking distance of the Gaslamp Quarter.

Do not stay here right now. It is 8:30 on a Saturday morning and I have been laying here for over an hour listening to hammering, banging, and scraping directly above my room. Seriously seems like they may come through the ceiling at any point. Completely obnoxious.

Only went for a conference but the staff was friendly enough and the parking was convenient.

This was by far the best Embassy Suites I have ever stayed in. The place is very well managed. The complimentary sodas and snacks are wonderful. The only downside is all valet parking, although it is free in and out. Would definitely stay there again.

What a wonderful place. The rooms are exceptional - breakfast and other food on site is too notch.

1. We paid $100 for an ocean view and were lied to and given a view of the hotel next door. 2. We were reprimanded VERY rudely when filling our cups with the coffee in the lobby that SHOULD be complimentary all day and there is no sign saying it isn t.
3. They had the audacity to start construction and POUNDING at 8am on a Sunday morning on the two rooms next door to our suite! With no warning! It was horrible!
I will advise all my guests that come visit us in San Diego and anyone that inquires to NEVER stay at one of these hotels. So disappointed especially with the price. Motel 6 would ve been more enjoyable.

Very pleasant experience with this hotel! Not a single complaint I can think of. Very spacious rooms, great breakfast, love the happy hour, and the staff was polite and helpful. I will be back!

I only came down to this location because it has the only Dunkin Donuts in San Diego lol

Excellent location, walking distance to shops restaurants, friendly staff, clean rooms with a nice view of the bay.

Beautiful hotel with great views. This hotel offers a five minute walk to San Diego's seaport village a ten minute walk to the convention center and about a ten minute walk to the USS Midway aircraft carrier museum. The hotel offers valet parking an indoor heated pool and fitness center and a small business center. In the morning there is a free contental breakfast and in the evening a reception offering light snacks a wide assortment of beverages from juice for the kids to wine and beer for the adults. The rooms are modern and quite big and come with free WiFi.