Very clean and adequate rooms. Stayed here for a night to surf in the area. Not the Ritz, but hard to beat the price. Breakfast was ok, and did have a few options. Including fresh fruit.

Nice clean room and great location, staff knowledgable and friendly. Would stay again

I booked a KING, GROUND FLOOR room at the Carlsbad La Quinta from 10/31-11/7. Due to a change in plans I arrived on 10/30. They could not accommodate me in either a KING or GROUND FLOOR room, and put me in a room at the corner of the building above the pet area - the front desk told me to check in the next day after 2pm for a different room. The air/heat unit DID NOT WORK (it made a SHRILL WHINING SOUND) and I could not sleep the whole night due to the freeway noise. When I checked with the front desk the next afternoon, they said there were still no KINGS available (I had booked my reservation WEEKS ahead of time) and they put me in a room RIGHT NEXT DOOR to the HOUSEKEEPING area. There were carts, laundry and people coming and going all day long. Everyone I ran into was pleasant but the hotel was not at capacity so why was I stuck there????

I decided to check out early on Friday 11/4. I notified the front desk and asked for a late check out that day, the woman said no problem you can check out at 2PM.

At 1PM on Friday the front desk called my room and ask me if I was checking out late on Sunday? I told her AGAIN that I was checking out TODAY (and in the next 15 minutes). When I left I notified the five (5) housekeepers that I was leaving, and they could change my room. As usual, I left my room keys inside the room.

About two hours later, a pompous front desk clerk left me a voice mail saying, "it was 4PM and when was I checking out???" I was already in Manhattan Beach (2+ hours away) by then! I called back TWICE but he would not help me because he said there were customers waiting in the lobby. I have never been treated so rudely on the phone when calling a hotel.

I called back and asked for the manager, he transferred me to the managers voice mail where I left a message. To date, no one has called to apologize or ensure I was not charged for Friday night! I will not be staying here again!

P.S. I was in room #109 - the (dark blue) carpets were stained and the duvet cover had a rip in it. The bed was so uncomfortable I had to buy some Tiger Balm.

We stayed last December and had a great time so we went there again last week. It's really nice to be able to take our dog and not have to pay an arm and a leg for her to stay with us. The weather was wonderful and the La Quinta once again made us feel very comfortable. My pillows were a bit hard but I asked the housekeeper and she cheerfully gave me some new fluffy pillows with a smile on her face.

Bofeb14 was right. If you have dogs take them down to Del Mar Beach. If you go south on Pacific Coast Highway you will go until you see the Del Mar Racetrack on your left. The beach is right where the river comes out to the beach and when you go out to the water you will see many dogs running and swimming and having a ball.

There's a restaurant just south of the hotel called Pick up Stix that has the best chinese food with large orders. We had dinner one night and kept the left overs in the in-room fridge and used the in-room microwave to heat them up for lunch the next day.

There is a small coffee maker and we found the closet space to be great. We asked for a ground floor room by the dog area and were able to go out and our Doxie (Matilda) made friends with a very nice Bichon (Ridley).

Don't listen to the bad reviews. We've stayed there twice and have had a great time. Most of the negativer reviews are from people who are apparantly not used to staying in motels and have to complain about everything. By the way the water pressure while not the strongest is adequate and our room had a large shower head that felt heavenly. The soap and shampoos in the room were very nice as well.

This is becoming our home away from home win visiting family in Carlsbad.