Everything is OK with the motel: staff, room quality, bath-room, but the noise from airplanes flying 50 meters above is incredible!!! Add to it a railway behind the motel...
If you are very tired or have to get up rather early or don't have another option - then the place is OK.
It's close to the Maritime Museum and about 25 minutes walk from Gaslamp street.

Motel 6's website stupidly lets you book into the sister property (Downtown) with a child in tow, even though the rooms don't have the ability to put them up. So, we ended up here by default as they do have enough room for couples with children.

At first we were alarmed by the reviews before coming here, but actually it's much better than expected and I'm really glad we were forced to move. We had a massive, newly refurbished room with a fridge. It was also cheaper than Downtown and had free Wi-Fi too.

Granted, it's next to a strip club, railway line and beneath the flight path of the airport (so close you can almost see the passenger's faces) but we weren't bothered. Never saw any trouble from the strip club (it's far away enough next door and you can't see it from your room) and the planes landing was very exciting. I personally loved being so close to an airport and I'm not even a plane spotter! Most flights have landed by around 10.30-11pm, so noise isn't really an issue from the airport. The departures runway is away from the property, so early morning noise didn't really happen for us. You might get train horns sounding if you're unlucky until about 1am, but that's about it.

We didn't use public transport and drove to most places. In particular I would recommend a trip to 'Old Town', which is about 5-10 minutes up the road. We ate out here and loved every minute of it - the ambience is incredible.

This isn't as bad as other reviews make out we have stayed in far worse places.

Arrived on a Saturday via Amtrak from L.A. Got to Motel and went to check in. The girl at the front desk was not very friendly. Almost like she did not want to be there. The room was nice and clean. It was good size room, but the bathroom was kind of small. Like others have stated the Motel is next to the San Diego International Airport runway. Which means there will be some noise with the planes. But I can sleep thru almost anything so it did not bother me at all. I stayed at this Motel for 2 nights. Price was good, room was clean. Over all expierience good.

$71 for one person on a Saturday night, Outdated but clean. Ignore the snobs reviews. I would rate this on the lower end of the Motel 6 motels I have stayed at.

Walk to the bay, shops, downtown. Feels pretty safe here.