If you haven't been to la jolla, go. We have been 3 times and have traveled the entire coastline of California several times. La jolla is gorgeous with great restaurants and to die for views. Only big sur and Carmel are close.

The lodge is a very nice hotel with surprisingly reasonable prices for a 5 star hotel, at least off season. The service is top notch and the golf course is the bomb.

The only complaint I have is that the hotel was fairly empty as it was just days before the big Farmers PGA tourney. Despite that, I called ahead and asked for a fridge for my wife because she had meds that must be kept cold. They forgot. I asked for a golf course view since the hotel was sparsely populated. Didn't get it.

Mini bar fridge was broken and there was no way to buy a soft drink or get ice without calling room service. They did bring a fridge quickly upon request and the rest of our stay was excellent.

We stayed in the lodge while a family member was having heart surgery at Scripps Memorial Hospital. Absolute sanity saver! The lodge is within walking distance of the hospital. The bartender and the martinis were wonderful!! The servers at the restaurants bent over backwards to feed us whatever we desired (on the menu or not)! We were continually treated with kid gloves which felt so good under the circumstances. I highly recommend the Lodge at Torrey Pines!!!

Having had the privilege of staying at many of the world's finest (and some of the worst) hotels, I was still knocked out by the beauty, splendid design and attention to detail of this establishment. For my tastes and my wife's, the Lodge was close to perfect and we absolutely would go back, if the travel gods took us near La Jolla again. That said, I must be clear: If your tastes run to the Pierre or Sherry in their heydays, the Lodge isn't for you. There's no glitz. Instead, you get a masterful take on California Craftsman-era architecture and interior design: Greene and Greene, but with more light. The rooms are stunners, furnished with Stickley and Roycroft-style items (and William Morris wallpaper in the bathrooms). The spa, in a nod to Scotland's golf tradition, uses Charles Rennie McIntosh reproductions. Artwork, both real and made-to-order, is handsome--with some truly superb California paintings here and there...plus a hallway of original framed German Jugendstil "Jugend" magazine covers. Brilliant design and workmanship throughout. For me, this is the ultimate "upscale male" type of furnishing, but my wife found it remarkably seductive, as well. Okay, so you're not into Craftsman stuff or architecture. Well, you've got the best public golf course in the USA (not my thing--I go in for real sports). The restaurant, Valentien's, is terrific. The entire staff is gracious, helpful and seem to actually like working there...if only this lodge were in a true rural setting, it would be perfect. Only downside for us is that it's sandwiched between the golf course--which keeps you from approaching the cliffs and the sea--and a busy main road and research park. While the Torry Pines State Park is only a three-quarter-mile walk to the north, it's a small and very crowded park (great for morning runs, though). All that said, this is a marvelous hotel, an instant favorite with us, a grander version of another favorite of ours, the Stephanie Inn in Cannon Beach, Oregon, and a grandchild of my favorite hotel in the world, the Ahwanee in Yosemite (for the authentic architecture and design--and the magnificent location--Sorrento, eat your heart out). Really, the Lodge is an amazing place--and an astonishing monument to fine taste, given that this is, after all, La Jolla, the land of glitz, golf and Spandex. I should add that my wife and I generally maximize our time outdoors, but loved this hotel so much we spent extra hours in the room--very romantic place, too.

We were headed for the hotel next door, but when we saw this place it was love at first sight.
Check in without reservation was a bit akward as we had to call the reservation department from the lobby to get a reservation. After having fullfilled all the paperwork we finally got our room.
Very attentive and friendly, helpfull staff. The doorman in his quilt gives that little extra to the lodge (reminded us of the doorman at the Old Course Hotel St. Andrews).
Super room with a large fireplace and a terrace overlooking the golf course and the Pacific. We could not get enough of the beautifull sunset. Very comfortable in every respect. Turn down service perfect. Grounds and pool area a dream. For us a hotel that you wish for.

Important! When you want to play golf, you must book a tee time well in advance (see details on the internet).