We stayed here during the 2011 Thanksgiving holiday, and had a wonderful experience. Simple, clean, quite and great location. Check in was a breeze. This place is an affordable gem in a high-priced environment. Highly recommended!!!

Yes, the hotel is dated and reminiscent of the sixties, but it is about three hundred yards from the Windansea beach. The rooms are clean and good sized with refrigerators and microwaves. Parking is free. It can be noisy in the morning when nitwits think that they need to warmup their cars for ten minutes because the temperature hit the forties. Easily fixed by earplugs for me, but not for them due to lack of sense.

For the price, I think this is a great value. Don't expect a five-star, this is a very basic hotel but, in that range, this is definitely worth reserving. Here are the pluses: (1) the staff (they went FAR out of their way to try to get my boarding passes printed, for free, and never complained after I tried with them 9 times [a comedy of errors]), (2) location is perfect, easy to access off the main La Jolla street, parking easy and safe (well-lit, in front of rooms), about 20 min from airport, (3) breakfast (yes, very basic, but good value in the room price including coffee, orange juice, bagels and bread with toaster and jams, danishes, bran and kids cereal with two kinds of milk, apples and oranges available all day), (4) room is clean, functional, had no noise problems but wore earplugs so there could have been and we didn't notice (always where earplugs and you'll sleep anywhere great). And the pillows were clean and plush and the bed very comfortable. There weren't any minuses, just a lower standard to expect. So if you visit, drop off your stuff, go touristing, come back to sleep and have a light breakfast to start your next day, then why pay more?? Spend your savings on a great dinner or seeing the sights (George's restaurant, top floor, VERY recommended).

We stayed for three nights on Dec. 3rd weekend. While this motel is far from new it's clean and in a great location. The staff was very friendly and helpful. I'm not a big breakfast person so the continental breakfast was adequate indeed.It has a good sized pool and spa which is in a private location. The free parking is a bonus as some places in the area charge $20 a night just for parking! I would definitely return if I were staying anywhere around San Diego as La Jolla is a very pleasant location and only minutes from the airport and other places of interest.