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Empress Hotel of La Jolla

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Superior Room, 2 Queen Beds | Premium bedding, pillowtop beds, in-room safe, desk
Lobby
Terrace/patio
Exterior
Dinner served, Italian cuisine

Reviews

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful

Popular amenities

  • Room service
  • Bar
  • 24/7 front desk
$219
$190 nightly
$219 total
Total with taxes and fees
Dec 17 - Dec 18

Explore the area

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7766 Fay Ave, La Jolla, CA, 92037
  • Place, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego
    ‪3 min walk‬
  • Place, Cuvier Park
    ‪7 min walk‬
  • Place, La Jolla Cove
    ‪9 min walk‬
  • Airport, San Diego, CA (SAN-San Diego Intl.)
    ‪16 min drive‬

Room options

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Superior Room, 2 Queen Beds | Premium bedding, pillowtop beds, in-room safe, desk

Superior Room, 2 Queen Beds

8.8 out of 10
Excellent
(27 reviews)
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Flat-screen TV

Superior Room, 1 King Bed with Sofa bed

9.0 out of 10
Wonderful
(77 reviews)
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

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Premium bedding, pillowtop beds, in-room safe, desk

Superior Room, 1 Queen Bed

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Free toiletries, hair dryer, bathrobes, towels

Superior Room, 1 Queen Bed, Accessible

  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 Queen Bed

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Free toiletries, hair dryer, bathrobes, towels

Superior Room, 1 King Bed, Accessible

8.6 out of 10
Excellent
(4 reviews)
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

Superior King Room

  • Sleeps 2

Superior Queen Room

  • Sleeps 2

Superior Room With 2 Queen Beds

  • Sleeps 4

King Room-Accessible

  • Sleeps 2

Accessible Superior Queen Room

  • Sleeps 2

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About the neighborhood

La Jolla

With a stay at Empress Hotel of La Jolla, you'll be centrally located in La Jolla, a 3-minute drive from La Jolla Cove and 7 minutes from Mission Bay. .This hotel is 11 mi (17.8 km) from Hotel Circle and 4.6 mi (7.3 km) from Mission Beach.

What's nearby

  • Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego - 3 min walk - 0.2 miles
  • Children's Cove - 7 min walk - 0.4 miles
  • Cuvier Park - 7 min walk - 0.4 miles
  • La Jolla Cove - 9 min walk - 0.5 miles
  • La Jolla Tide Pools - 10 min walk - 0.6 miles

Getting around

  • Nobel Drive Station - 8 min drive
  • San Diego Coaster Sorrento Valley Station - 10 min drive
  • San Diego Intl. Airport (SAN) - 28 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Better Buzz Coffee - ‬3 min walk
  • ‪Sugar and Scribe - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Girard Gourmet - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Public House La Jolla - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪The Cottage La Jolla - ‬2 min walk

About this property

Empress Hotel of La Jolla

Hotel with free breakfast, near La Jolla Cove
Empress Hotel of La Jolla offers 74 accommodations with safes and coffee/tea makers. Pillowtop beds feature premium bedding. Flat-screen televisions come with premium cable channels. Guests can make use of the in-room refrigerators and microwaves. Bathrooms include bathrobes, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and desk chairs; free local calls are provided (restrictions may apply). Additionally, rooms include irons/ironing boards and blackout drapes/curtains. Housekeeping is offered daily and hypo-allergenic bedding can be requested.

Recreational amenities at the hotel include a fitness center.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Make yourself at home in one of the 74 guestrooms featuring refrigerators and microwaves. Your pillowtop bed comes with premium bedding. Flat-screen televisions with cable programming provide entertainment, while complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected. Bathrooms have complimentary toiletries and hair dryers.
Enjoy recreation amenities such as a fitness center or take in the view from a terrace. Additional amenities at this hotel include complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and wedding services.
Enjoy Italian cuisine at Manhattan of La Jolla, a steakhouse which features a bar/lounge, or stay in and take advantage of the room service (during limited hours). A complimentary continental breakfast is served daily from 7:00 AM to 9:30 AM.
Featured amenities include express check-out, dry cleaning/laundry services, and a 24-hour front desk. Planning an event in La Jolla? This hotel has 450 square feet (42 square meters) of space consisting of conference space and 2 meeting rooms.
A complimentary continental breakfast is served each morning between 7:00 AM and 9:30 AM.
Manhattan of La Jolla - This steakhouse specializes in Italian cuisine and serves dinner only. Guests can enjoy drinks at the bar.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Food and drink

  • Free continental breakfast available daily 7:00 AM to 9:30 AM
  • A bar/lounge
  • A restaurant

Restaurants on site

  • Manhattan of La Jolla

Things to do

  • Gym

Family friendly

  • In-room crib
  • In-room microwave
  • In-room refrigerator
  • Laundry facilities

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Vending machine
  • Water dispenser

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff
  • Porter/bellhop
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • 2 meeting rooms
  • 450 square feet of conference space

Outdoors

  • Beach loungers
  • Beach towels
  • Beach umbrellas
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Assistive listening devices
  • Braille/raised signage
  • Elevator
  • Handrails in stairways
  • Phone accessibility kit
  • Thin carpet in public areas
  • Tile flooring in public areas
  • Valet for wheelchair-equipped vehicles
  • Vibrating pillow alarm
  • Visual fire alarm
  • Well-lit path to entrance
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible gym
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel
  • Wheelchair-accessible path to elevator
  • Wheelchair-accessible public washroom
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk
  • Wheelchair-accessible restaurant

More

  • 5 floors
  • Banquet hall
  • Smoking not allowed

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Blackout drapes
  • Free crib
  • Hypo-allergenic bedding
  • Pillowtop mattress
  • Premium bedding

Bathroom

  • Bathrobes
  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV with premium cable channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Limited room service
  • Microwave
  • Refrigerator

More

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Desk
  • Desk chair
  • Free local calls
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 4:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Contactless check-out available
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

An adult age 18 or older must assume all liability for the booking
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 35.00 per pet, per day
Service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees
Welcoming dogs and cats only
2 total (up to 50 lbs per pet)
Pets cannot be left unattended
Specific rooms only; pet-friendly rooms can be requested by contacting the property at the number on the booking confirmation
Food and water bowls are available

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
3 children, up to the age of 18 years, can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Free cribs are available on request at the property

Property payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • Resort fee: USD 17.24 per accommodation, per night
The resort fee includes:
  • Additional inclusions
  • Beach loungers
  • Beach towels
  • Fitness center access
  • In-room coffee
  • Laundry facilities
  • Newspaper

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

  • Pet fee: USD 35.00 per pet, per day
  • Service animals are exempt from fees

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted

We should mention

A car is not required for transportation to and from this property

Property is also known as

Empress Hotel
Empress Hotel La Jolla
Empress La Jolla
Hotel Empress
Empress Hotel Jolla
Empress Jolla
Empress Of La Jolla La Jolla
Empress Hotel of La Jolla Hotel
Empress Hotel of La Jolla La Jolla
Empress Hotel of La Jolla Hotel La Jolla
Empress Hotel of La Jolla A Greystone Hotel

Empress Hotel of La Jolla Reviews

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 633 out of 1002 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 235 out of 1002 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 93 out of 1002 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 22 out of 1002 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 19 out of 1002 reviews

9.2/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

8.2/10

Amenities

8.8/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Falynn

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Clayton

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Ronald

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities
Perfect in almost every way except for a strange intermittent banging noise which could have been the elevators so I would suggest making sure you’re booked as far away as possible.
A short distance from the hotel leading to the waterfront.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2025

10/10 Excellent

Bich Phuong

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

2/10 Terrible

Calvin

The bed is so soft and uncomfortable. It gave me a backache
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Jacqueline

Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Verified traveler

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

We enjoyed our stay

Nice place, but could do with some repairs. The place where breakfast was served was a bit run down. Breakfast was similar to many hotels, had expected something nicer. Also, didn’t like that had to pay extra for parking. Staff was friendly and helpful and room was clean and comfortable.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Linda

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Service could have been better.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

6/10 Okay

Deborah

Traveled with partner
Liked: Property conditions & facilities
We have always had a positive experience for several years at Empress Hotel, for some reason, they got rid of the valet. Not user friendly! Also, yes, we left around 12:00 noon on Saturday, however, no room cleaning service by the time we returned around 6:00 PM.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

michael

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Nice hotel great location. Bed was too soft for me. Would definitely stay again.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Tommie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

MARY

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Upon arrival, the front desk staff were friendly and very helpful, assisting us with securing our two-day parking pass for our stay. The location of this hotel is prime, and we easily walked to everything. Our room was very quiet, and the bed was comfortable. Dining was both excellent and convenient: daily hot breakfast included and a top-rated restaurant for dinner inside the hotel. I would definitely recommend staying at the Empress Hotel when visiting La Jolla and we plan to stay here again.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

8/10 Good

Anurag

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
The Empress is wonderfully located, an easy walk to La Jolla Cove with restaurants, convenience stores, and shops all around. That part was excellent. Breakfast covered the basics reliably: scrambled eggs, sausages, bread, coffee. Nothing fancy, but consistent. My only gripe was the juice selection: overly sweet mixes and no simple orange juice. Where the stay stumbled was room maintenance. Our bathroom door lock did not work at check-in, and engineering had to fix it. The toilet’s flush leaked and later failed on our last day. The in-room safe would not open because the batteries ran low while our documents were inside. The iron left a black stain on my shorts the first time I used it, which suggests it was not cleaned after a previous guest. None of these alone would be a deal-breaker, but together they added up.
Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Barbra

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

A Gem in La Jolla

Excellent choice for our girls weekend to La Jolla. Walkable to shopping, seals and super good food and drink. And bonus having the Manhattan restaurant on site with live music every night!
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Casey

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Mark

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Proximity to the coast and excellent food choices. Breakfast was convenient and solid.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Yoshio

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Maclay

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Pallavi

Stayed 1 night in Jul 2025

10/10 Excellent

Jaiden

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

10/10

Our experience at Empress was great from minute we checked in to check out. The rooms are clean and spacious, the complementary breakfast was delicious and the restaurant there is to die for!! This hotel is very conveniently located as well. Would definitely stay here again!!
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Keivan

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Stacy, La Jolla

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Amazing staff & beautiful rooms
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

Eliza

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Everything was good, as described. Great location!
Stayed 4 nights in Aug 2025

10/10 Excellent

DONALD

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Location and the resturant ...
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2025