Fairmont Grand Del Mar Review

I would give this resort more than 5 stars if I could. Absolutely every aspect was top-notch. Every employee you encounter is exceptionally courteous and friendly - they really go out of their way to ensure that your stay is special and memorable. Sure, this isn't the cheapest resort, but you will absolutely leave your stay feeling that you got your money's worth. This was my first stay at the resort, but I can't wait to come back again soon!

Absolutely a wonderful spot. Amazing restaurant golf and great service with a smile

Deluxe accommodation!!! 5 star service for food and facilities

Very relaxing stay with impeccable service by knowledgeable staff. It was ni e to enjoy late night drinks by the pool watching night sky. I would bring my family back to this lovely place for a special occation. Specifically i had enjoyed excellent California wines! Staff - thanks for making our stay so enjoyable!

Grand setting. Felt old world, perfect setting for a wedding or any event.

Very friendly and helpful staff. Rooms were a good size and cleaned often. The bathroom was nice minus the shower. Not enough water and pressure. The pool and hot tub were nice. The gym was very well equipped with equipment. Overall very nice place.

Absolutely beautiful hotel, excellent service, delicious meals and spacious, comfortable rooms.

Stayed a couple nights for our honeymoon. It's outside our regular price range, but it was worth it for this weekend. Everyone was exceptionally helpful and made sure everything went smoothly for us!

Course layout is very challenging and well designed, but extremely overpriced. It was helpful to have a caddie. Great practice facility. Facility is well maintained, but there are no views of anything besides houses, so this was disappointing. Staff are extremely courteous and friendly. It was a good one time golf experience, but not likely to return.

What a beautiful hotel. They hosted an event I attended and it was absolutely beautiful and everything seemed to go perfectly.

Absolutely stunning! Elegance and beauty surrounds you at this glorious resort. Can't wait to return.

First night...Magnificent!!! I have not gone to bed yet but if the service continues to be this good and attentive, no to mention a GORGEOUS property, this will be my favorite hotel. I have traveled extensively in my life and The Grand Del Mar has taken the spot for 'best hotel' period!

Excellent Food, Drinks and Staff. I basically live at this place its so great!

Stunning grounds, great staff. The rooms are gorgeous and very comfortable.

We had an amazing one of a kind experience at Fairmont Delmar . We enjoyed the world class spa and food is outstanding. All the rooms are very very luxurious, spacious, suite-like & grounds are meticulously kept. We felt like we had the place to ourself , but learned they were full capacity! Definitely will be back next time we are in San Diego !!! There is absolutely nothing negative to say about this property.

Elegant rooms, beautiful pools, all-around great place to stay.

Room service is absolutely amazing and the beds are heaven! This was by far the greatest hotel i have ever stayed in.

I just tried to cancel my reservation for a (2) night stay and they refused. Call them (2) days before my arrival and they said it was a 7 day can policy. Still charging me one night stay. ($545). I will now have to stay there for one night. It just what you would expect from a 5 star hotel. Just a shame to start off a short trip with a negative.

Will definitely be back. Staff are extremely friendly and attentive. Love the holiday events.

Very elegant property. Great restaurants and bars.

The Grand Del Mar is not the same since Fairmont bought it. The Amaya Restaurant was more elegant and the menu had a better selection. The staff has changed a lot, and the stay is not the same. The rooms are still nice. The glasses and plates at The Amaya Restaurant seem very inappropriate for the ambiance.

Beautiful area with a wonderful staff that will do whatever it takes to make your time there as stress free as possible.

Definitely had points where the service truly went above& beyond even what would be expected of a 5 star resort. The food was excellent at every venue we tried (Amaya, the pool, room service), and the spa was top notch- although I'd expect that considering the prices. However, they really need to do something about signage or at least give guests a resort map & orient them during check-in. We spent the first few days of our trip getting lost trying to make it to the lobby or the pool & we weren't the only ones. I chuckled to myself every time I passed another guest with a confused look on their face. It took us a day to remember that the lobby was on the 3rd floor- we kept pushing the down elevator button.

Amazing place. Took the family and loved it. Will be back for sure!

Incredible resort, exceptional service. I highly recommend this hidden gem for a great get away or company meeting!

Without doubt one of the most beautiful hotels in the world. The attention of its collaborators is warm, efficient and cordial. I will never forget my stay at Fairmont Gran del Mar.

This is a good up scale hotel near del Mar. The service is good. The facilities are very opulent in traditional style. There are some private houses in the complex.

The hotel is beautiful and charming, staff is very attentive and professional, overall a great place to stay and service is exceptional.

Have standard and quality and staffs are courtegious and professional.

Beautiful location and the event was a fantastic venue! Great hotel! Cheers

amazing hotel. the luxury place to be. everything is too of the top

This place is mind blowing! Every little detail is prefect from the robes to the chocolates on the pillows! Pool areas are awesome, guest services/staff is so kind and helpful, rooms are magical!

I worked an event there at the hotel. Beautiful surroundings for special events and weddings. They do it up big.

Outstanding resort! Perhaps the nicest we have ever stayed. Staff is obviously well trained and enjoy their jobs. Just wish I had brought my golf clubs.

beautiful resort, one of the best fairmont's i've ever stayed at. the service is impeccable, and the food is amazing! highly recommend

Absolutely love this hotel. One of our favorites in the San Diego area. Staff if wonderful and the rooms amazing.

Genuine and personable staff in every aspect of this resort make for a really relaxing and pleasurable stay. We had a dinner party on the wine cellar, which was delicious and very special, with attention to detail that was subtle, not showy, and made for a very memorable birthday for my husband! Highly recommend.

If you're looking for traditional luxury this is it. They get all the details right every time. Beautiful resort with top notch service. The Del Mar area around the hotel is fantastic, great restaurants, golf, and downtown San Diego about 30 mins away.

This hotel was amazing. My husband and I came for our 10th anniversary and every detail was followed our wonderfully. The staff anticipates needs like you've never seen. I cannot recommend this place enough. It's beautiful with amazing service. You can't beat it. It's a fairly pricy hotel but totally worth what you're paying...........

Had a wonderful experience. Beautiful place with great staff.

Enjoyed my lunch with friends in a beautiful environment. Their Cob Salad is very, very good. Highly recommend this place...peaceful and very comfortable.

Lovely hotel, superior service and beautiful grounds. A bit away from everything but that is needed sometimes.

Beautiful arquitectural place. A truly five star resort.

Excellent service. We had a few events there and very good service. They also were very kind and responsive to a last minute request we had. Lovely grounds, beautiful rooms and great staff. Great place for a event

Wonderful people not your average hotel , little pricey but very nice

Exceptionally comfortable luxury resort property. Extensive activities, terrific golf course, outstanding food and service levels. Looking forward to going back.

Beautiful buildings, gorgeous setting, serene atmosphere.

A high-end resort that provides all of the services and amenities that you would expect. Great golf course and lessons. Looking forward to going back.

Beautiful Property! Great time for the Grandson and us as well. Lots of fun!

Played golf at the Grand Golf Club - this place is such a gem. It's the most well taken care of course I've ever played. The staff are incredible and really go above and beyond to make you feel welcomed. It is a challenging course - the fairways aren't super narrow, but you definitely need to hit them because there are a lot of hazards running down the sides of most holes. I will definitely be playing here again!

For the price of this place there were a lot of issues:
1. When we checked in room was not cleaned and contained note paper from previous guests.
2. Counter tops were dirty with stains
3. In the restaurant we were given broken glass, good thing we didn't drink from it.
I should point out that staff are excelent in their industry, but due to all issues my recommendation are low.

The Fairmont Grand Del Mar says it is a five start hotel, some argue that it maybe the best hotel in California.

I booked two rooms for eight nights, first room was for myself and my wife, second room was for three adult members accompanying us. Disappointingly, the hotel makes no effort to provide neighbouring rooms to parties travelling together, despite our request.

First room allocation, on the ground floor, had, at least, three separate piles of dog excrement on the grass directly next to our patio, which I encountered whilst barefoot. Please note - guests are expected to walk across grassed areas to get to the pools, so these areas should be clean. The hotel acknowledged that the rooms were used by pet owners. Since, a few members of our party have an allergy to pet dander the hotel moved us to rooms on the second floor.

The hotel management appear to lack attention to detail. In the room for three we paid for an extra rollaway bed, but only two set with two cups and two glasses, etc, not three of each. After moving us one of the rooms had significant brown stains on the carpets, which I had to request to be cleaned. On the second morning there was no hot water to the bathroom shower and faucets (only tepid) to either of the two rooms, this problem was resolved in the afternoon.

The balcony on one room was tiny, two feet wide with two chairs and a table, the balcony on the second room was even narrower, according to housekeeping, too narrow for a table and chairs, so no way of sitting outside. How an architect can design a hotel balcony with insufficient space to sit outside is anybody s guess. The family pool at 3pm on Saturday was under resourced and there were insufficient deck chairs for us. The electronics in the room are iPhone 3 generation, so all completely out of date at the time of writing. The hotel is in need of a significant update.

The Fairmont Grand Del Mar is remote from decent local eating options and they charge a fortune to eat in the hotel. For goodness sakes, $41 per person, plus tax and tip, for a fried breakfast. Since there is nothing to eat locally they know they can get away with the prices. Personally, I like eating at least breakfast in a resort hotel whilst figuring out what to do for the day, but I am not paying almost $300 for my family of five for breakfast, so our day started off with a drive in heavy traffic.

The hotel is, at least, 20 minutes from the closest interesting location (Del Mar, Torrey Pines), the traffic to San Diego is heavy and the journey a long one. The Fairmont runs a complimentary shuttle bus to local beaches, it was very popular, so much so that it was fully booked on many of the days of our stay.

The hotel staff appear to be courteous and polite. I have stayed in many three to five star hotels (including other Fairmonts) and I would say, in my opinion, that the Fairmont Del Mar sits in the middle of the three star range, apart from the prices it charges that is. I rate the Fairmont Grand Del Mar 2/5 ( for reference - I rate the Fairmont Kea Lani Maui as 5/5 ).

The hotel maybe okay if you have a passion for golf, sadly, I do not.

This hotel is one of the best resorts I've stayed anywhere. We stayed for a mother's day weekend and had a great time enjoying the spectacular pools and bike trails. Hopefully we'll all have a chance to enjoy this place soon again!

Excellent service, very friendly staff. Highly recommended

Luxury at it's best. Service is impeccable. Feels like you're in europe.

Very ornate architecture and decoration everywhere you look. Beautiful buildings and grounds. Helpful and friendly staff. Great service. Food was quite good depending on what you order. Service for lunch was good but slow. Not the place to get a quick meal, but definitely perfect for sitting outside with a nice view and taking your time with your meal. Feels very exclusive due to the gated drive leading up to the main entrance. The relaxation pool is adults only and beautifully situated away from children and noise. Huge hot tub with luxury seating. Very quiet and relaxing throughout.

Very great place , and amazing atmosphere. Highly recommended

Fantastic hotel, beautiful golf course, can't say enough about the Fairmont, it's amazing!

One of the nicest hotels I've ever stayed in. The service was nice, it was in a very exclusive location, the atmosphere was welcoming and warm, and it just wanted to make you feel happy

Consistently the best service we have ever received at a resort at one of the most beautiful properties out there

My wife and I have stayed at luxury hotels all over the country! If you are looking for ultra-luxury, perfect service and serene surroundings, this is your place! Awesome breakfast on the patio! Fountains, 4 swimming pools and GOLF!