http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Embassy_Suites_San_Diego_-_La_Jolla/hid32444 TravelPost.com - Hotel reviews, information, and rates from thousands of websites http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Embassy_Suites_San_Diego_-_La_Jolla/r1120851 I love the location of this hotel. It's right across the street from a major shopping mall and there is also a PF Changs next to it. The main atrium area has been recently renovated and looks really nice. I love the koi pond too. The service is excellent! http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Embassy_Suites_San_Diego_-_La_Jolla/r1120851 http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Embassy_Suites_San_Diego_-_La_Jolla/r504446 We always stay here when we visit San Diego, we've been at this place at least six or seven times in the past few years. We used to live in S.D. and love LaJolla so the Embassy is a good choice for families. My hubby also picks this place when he goes to S.D. for business. In regards to the last post, personally I LIKE the fact that the staff keeps an eye on teens and kids roaming the halls. I'm on vacation with little kids, I don't want or need loud noises or drunks outside my door. We've always enjoyed our stay here. In fact, we go back next month. Clean, friendly, professional...nice pool, great Koi pond, good breakfast and happy hour...I'd definitely recommend it. http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Embassy_Suites_San_Diego_-_La_Jolla/r504446 http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Embassy_Suites_San_Diego_-_La_Jolla/r750479 Good hotel, convenient location.Poor local Avis service, limited parking. Good hotel, convenient location. Walking distance to the local mall. Do not use the AVIS car rental there. The lady who owns that office does not communicate well and overcharges for car rental. Poor service. http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Embassy_Suites_San_Diego_-_La_Jolla/r750479 http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Embassy_Suites_San_Diego_-_La_Jolla/r750480 Friendly staff & the free buffet breakfast.Expensive parking garage ($17.00). Great location, close to colleges, & entertainment. Outdoor lounge area great with fire pits & big screen TVs (watched Olympics) with 68-75 degree weather. Pool & hot tub open until midnight is nice after long busy days. http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Embassy_Suites_San_Diego_-_La_Jolla/r750480 http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Embassy_Suites_San_Diego_-_La_Jolla/r750481 Nice sized rooms.Space in restaurant and service not good on weekend breakfast. Too crowded in restaurant area. Nice sized rooms but weekends turned into zoo. The restaurant on weekend was way too crowded resulting in long waits and shortages of tray dishes etc. http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Embassy_Suites_San_Diego_-_La_Jolla/r750481 http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Embassy_Suites_San_Diego_-_La_Jolla/r750482 Free breakfast and evening happy hour; suites.Couch/bed was very uncomfortable. The hotel is very convenient to anything you want to do in San Diego; the food at the breakfast was very good. The only complaint is that the mattress in the convertible couch was very uncomfortable to sleep on. http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Embassy_Suites_San_Diego_-_La_Jolla/r750482 http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Embassy_Suites_San_Diego_-_La_Jolla/r504447 This hotel was clean, and had a great atmosphere. Everyone seemed welcome here and everyone seemed happy. Or so it seemed. My friend and I were siting in our room one night and we were really bored. So we figured we could go outside our room to admire the rest of the hotel. The best place seemed to be the elevator, because we could see almost everything since they were made of glass, and we could talk to people, we even knew a couple of people staying at the hotel. We went into an elevator and went where the people went. We didn't press any buttons, because we didn't want to be annoying. We just stood there and talked to the people who came in the elevator and looked out the window. We even witnessed a group of drunk women who were being really noisy. A worker popped his head in and told them that they should stay quiet, in a nice and flirting way. We continued to ride the elevator meeting people when a man who worked at the hotel came in and went to floor 1. When we got there, he asked us if we were getting out, and we said no, then he asked us if we were riding the elevator, and we said yes. Immediately, he called over two security guards who threatened to take our pictures and made us go back into our room. We had done nothing wrong. We hadn't broken our curfew, we were quiet, we were just being friendly and admiring what seemed to be a perfect hotel. Later, we went out in the hallway, since we couldn't view the hotel from the elevator, and the same security guards were watching us. We realized that we were being punished because we were 16, and not over the age of 21, so they couldn't make money off of us by selling us drinks. Every other time we went to used to elevator, simply to go have breakfast or go back to our rooms, there were security guards watching us, making us feel uncomfortable and ruining our stay. Had we been 21, we would have been welcome, and we could have screamed at the top of our lungs in the hallways, but since we were underage, we couldn't even ride peacefully in the elevator. We see this as insulting, and now we look at embassy suites workers in an entirely different way, as if they don't want us there. http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Embassy_Suites_San_Diego_-_La_Jolla/r504447 http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Embassy_Suites_San_Diego_-_La_Jolla/r443365 My husband and I stayed in this hotel over a one-week period in late February 2008, spanning one weekend. Although it said on the website that portions of the hotel were under construction, they did not disclose that the hotel restaurant was closed (though the kitchen was still open), and that therefore they were running the morning breakfasts out of the lobby. There were many undisclosed renovations, in fact, which along with being overrun by children over the weekend, ruined my experience. The Hotel: The Embassy Suites LJ is centrally located sports many niceties, including a business center with three computers and a couple of extra plug-in spots for a laptop. Use here is free. A small indoor pool and jacuzzi allow year-round playtime. Hotel boasts a small exercise room with all the standard equipment and TVs, looking out over a view of the driveway out front. Several large meeting rooms are available for rent. I saw one used for a wedding and meetings. Unfortunately, the lobby was also under construction, the koi pond was drained and very unattractive, and contractors worked on it daily. They didn't disclose the planned carpeting re-do either, which took place beginning on Monday of our stay. They didn't disclose it until the Friday before the work began on Monday, then only by slipping a memo under our doors. By then of course we had no way of getting another hotel for the weekend and following week. The Suites did not post signs anywhere warning people about the various renovations taking place. They did put up warning tape and cones around the pond. A parking deck next door is not exclusive to the hotel, but shares with PF Chang's next door, or anyone who wants to pay to park there. Parking fees apply to hotel guests (daily fee). Your room key can be set to let you in and out, but we had several problems with this system. We had to get new room keys at least three times because the keys "broke" while we were there (for the parking only). Occasionally, the hotel just lifted the exit bars because they were having so many problems. Two stacked Washer/Dryers available for guest use, on floors 5 & 12, by the service elevator. These were very small units. The front-desk convenience store sells small boxes of Tide and Bounce, among other amenities. The Room: The hotel room we were given was clean, appeared recently renovated, and was nicely appointed, though it was on a corner next to the service elevator, which was distractingly loud. A room includes two plasma TVs, free HBO, mini-fridge for your free use, microwave, bar sink and coffeemaker in the front room. Large bathroom, one closet, and dresser with vanities. Plenty of storage. The interior door separated the front room from the master suite, which is to say the bathroom was on the wrong side of the door. I think this would be inconvenient for those staying on the couch-bed in the front room having to go into the back bedroom for a bath; there's less privacy. I did like that the interior door was a solid door with a lock, not a shutter-style or bi-fold door. The hotel offers wireless and wired Internet access (for a charge) in the room. The cleaning crew did a fine job, but did not vacuum daily unless asked. Standard toiletries. Breakfast and Room Service: Because the restaurant was closed, they served all meals in the lobby area, which included a couple of large plasma TV's. These ran constantly, usually on a sports or news channel. Children ran fairly wild. Full room-service menu of Hilton standards available. Embassy Suites includes a full breakfast with your stay, offering several types of eggs (including an omelet bar), full set of hot and cold cereals, fruits, potatoes, and a selection of breakfast meats and breads (sausage, bacon, pancakes, French toast, etc). The breakfast varies slightly day-to-day. The hotel's kitchen was still in service, and serving meals both in-room and in the lobby area. We ordered some of the Hilton's standards in-room (hamburgers, pizza). The food was ok, though not stellar for the exorbitant prices. When we called to have them pick up the tray, the staff told us to just set it outside. It took them a long time to retrieve trays from the halls. Cocktail Hour: Daily during the business week, Embassy Suites LJ offers free sodas, liquor, wine, or beer in the lobby. Free potato or tortilla chips with salsa, sour cream or cheese sauce. Goldfish crackers. Nothing spectacular. Atmosphere: Like many Embassy Suites, the business week belongs to businessmen. Unfortunately, the weekends belong to the kids. A city-wide little-league hockey tournament filled the hotel with kids, and the staff made no effort to control the wildness of these 75 kids despite our complaints. They ran in the halls, yelled across the atrium, and played hockey in their stocking feet in the halls, the atrium, and outside. It is untenable, especially because the atrium structure only serves to magnify sound exponentially as the sound rises. I'm sure the atrium will be lovely when they finish it, but during our stay it was an empty concrete pool with big hoses across the foyer, leading to the cement truck out front. Once the kids left, the entire first floor was rented out for a job fair. I just gave up on quiet at that point -- I'd been trying to work in my room -- and went out. For some unexplained reason, the AC stopped working the last day we were there, and though the engineer responded quickly that it would be back on shortly, it was not. Then it took 30 minutes for the engineer to even respond to a second call. Even with the occasional availability of the low-priced rates, I would not stay here again. They just don't disclose the truth about the state of the hotel far enough in advance. On the plus side, it is centrally located, across from UTC shopping center and lots of eateries. It is more than a mile from the beach. Recommended: No http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Embassy_Suites_San_Diego_-_La_Jolla/r443365 http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Embassy_Suites_San_Diego_-_La_Jolla/r430337 The renovations have made this into a nice hotel, with exception that the restaurant was still being worked on while we were there, limiting usage. It's location in La Jolla made for easy access to everywhere we wanted to visit-Torrey Pines, the beach, San Diego, Shadow Mt Community Church . Very clean, and front desk staff/concierge very congenial and respectful. It is disappointing, though, to have to pay $17/day to park. We paid more for parking per day than our daily rental car cost us! http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Embassy_Suites_San_Diego_-_La_Jolla/r430337 http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Embassy_Suites_San_Diego_-_La_Jolla/r356806 http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Embassy_Suites_San_Diego_-_La_Jolla/r356806