We stayed at this hotel over the past week and a half, and I have to agree with the other writers that the hotel needs some refurbishment in a multiude of ways. The water was shut off to our side of the complex for three days. The management left a note on the door at the beginning of each day to let us know that there was going to be an issue. The frustration with this is that if they knew that there was an issue that was major, they should have moved people or offered a discount immediately which they did not. They did not offer additional bottled water for drinking or any optipons, which showed that they cared little for the comfort of guests. There also was no notice that there would be jackhammering going on at 8am in the either, which just added to the annoyance of this stay. Considering that we could have stayed at the Sheraton up the street (which is a far better calibre of hotel) for $99 a night versus the $179 we were paying at the Residence, things should have been handled better. Needless to stay we ended our stay at the Residence and went elsewhere.

We had a loft room, which I do not reccomend as the downstairs bedroom has french doors with sheers on them and the upstairs bedroom is an open loft. With this configuration, you cannot use the room when others are sleeping as light and noise passes throughout the suite. You are paying for multiple bedrooms but you can't use the room any differently than if you had a studio.

Breakfast is 7 days a week in the lounge area and is average for an included breakfast. Three evenings a week the hotel hosts a "snack" of wings, or nachos or a bar-b-que. We've stayed at other residence inns and the food here is quite poor compared to other residence inns.

On the plus side, you can easily walk to the La Jolla Mall which has multiple dining and grocery options as well as two theatres.

My wife, 9-month old daughter, and i stayed for one night. The room was very nice and clean and comfortable. We had a Baby Shower to go to the next day at 3pm, and we were given late check out to get the baby ready in the room before we left.

The buffet breakfast was very nice. It had many choices for Vegetarians, as well.

We asked for a Pack-and-Play for the baby when we checked in 9pm and it was brought to us right away (very important when you have a sleeping infant you want to put down for the rest of the night). We also asked for dish washing soap to clean baby supplies and it was delivered without any problems.


I would look to stay there again as my first choice when back in the La Jolla area.

I was staying in this hotel for a few days. The first couple days I noticed a spider and a couple ants on the walls, no big deal I killed them, but when I was laying in bed last night I had about 5 ants crawl on my arm before I switched to the couch. I pulled the covers off the bed in the morning and there were several ants crawling on the bed, on the pillows and on the headboard and under the covers. After I saw that I had to check out. There were also several stains on the floors and walls. Just was not very clean. I am very disappointed, this hotel should not be a Marriot

Had a fantastic stay at the Residence Inn, La Jolla with my dogs. I travel regulary with my dogs and this was definately one of the better experiences. Rooms were spotless, staff very friendly and helpful. Good location. They even have a small grass area at the back of the property to walk your four legged friend. Will stay here again when in the area.