Lafayette Hotel and Suites

I had to get a hotel room due to a change in my flight itinerary that I did not want to make, not sure WHY I had to change anyway, the entire flight home took 2 days and was a nightmare. When we checked in at the airports, both at our beginning location and at San Diego, we could not find our confirmation, it took the airlines themselves to do some research and find our reservations.

The hotel is a landmark on the Boulevard, great architecture from the 50's, in the process of being remodeled. It needs a lot of work. We asked for a room that has been redone and we ended up with a HUGE room, with 2 brand new queen bed, with new beddings and pillows, new lights, and tv. That was that. The bathroom had classic San Diegan charm, very clean. The staff at front desk was has helpful has they could. We did not have coffee/tea makers yet, or other furniture, but it did not matter. We ate around the corner where there are many mom and pop fabulous local restaurants. Lafayette hotel is located at the edge of University Heights, Hillcrest and Normal Heights area which are all amazing to hang out. This hotel has great potential and the staff the right attitude, so i will continue to support them until they are all done and hope to come celebrate with them the effort put in preserving a Great San Diego heritage.

The hotel has definitely seen better days. They say they are renovating, but we didn't see any sign of it. The hotel looks worn out, it could be gorgeous if they get if fixed up.

We stayed just for a night. We were looking for a place to sleep. For this purpose the hotel is good. If you like luxuries, then pay 3-4 times more and reserve another hotel. Everything has its price.

The best thing about this hotel is the pool- big enough for laps. Apparently they usually open it to the public on the weekends, which would have been a nuisance I'm guessing. They are suspending that right now since they are "renovating"...but for now it's great for laps. I saw someone reviewing it as terrible green water- not the case when I was there. Aside from the pool, though...this hotel is very low rent. The rooms, beds felt like a bad motel, stained carpet, cracked walls. The "breakfast buffet" was down a long hallway and in a room that felt like a bad conference room with low ceilings and a few tables set up. Cold cereal and bagels were the offerings. And, well, the coffee sucked. It wasn't a room I wanted to spend any time in. I guess the rates here are cheap, and I have heard there are better rooms by the pool. But I looked at 3 on the 3rd floor and they were all depressing. The location is near the 805, but as far as going out and walking anywhere, it's not that kind of neighborhood. Lots of cops out on a Sat. night. I was glad to have a frig and microwave, but the room just didn't have a comfortable vibe to it, so staying in it and eating food just wasn't ideal.

It is a great old building but it needs to be remodeled big time. It was perfect since it was close to the zoo for us. We stayed one night and the beds are the most horrible and hard things I have ever been on. The bathroom was nice but needed new fixtures(big rust stain coming down from the sink) and the light washard to see. The room was huge which was very nice since I could easily put up our playpen for the baby. The carpet was filthy and my baby found an old piece of cereal on the floor from who knows when and I kept a close eye on her there. The complimentry breakfast buffet was two types of cereal and juice. Not really what I would call a buffet. This could be a gret property but there need to be a lot of money put back into the place.

Everything looks very old, however everything seem clean.

This hotel is pretty old, but in a decent location with underground parking, which was great because it was raining a little bit. Continental breakfast was muffins and cereal, OJ and coffee. The room was pretty tight with 2 beds, but for an older building I suppose that is normal. Bathroom needed redone really bad, fixtures were so hard to use my kids couldn't wash their hands themselves. Beds may need updated soon too. I think they are in the process of fixing it up? The lobby has been redone and is really nice, but the rooms need a little update. It wasn't bad for the deal we got, and the short drive to the zoo and seaworld was great. It's right in balboa park area.

Checked into the hotel using it only as a place to sleep in mind so it did it's job. Hotel itself is very outdated and needs a lot of TLC. It was able to follow through on what is advertised such as free Wifi and breakfast, however the quality of such items were sub par. Possibly one of the worst hotels i've stayed in, but good for it's price I suppose.

- Go to the seaworld in San Diego - To have not a window in front of the street, it was loud and because of the few light really brigth in the room. - I would not go to this hotel again.