Residence Inn by Marriott San Diego Downtown/Bayfront

Lovely hotel with beautiful views and an easy walking distance right to the seaside! The staff was very friendly and helpful, even recommending local areas and attractions for me to check out during my trip. The views of the ocean from the lounge were incredible, and it felt very peaceful. I’d love to stay here again!

Lovely stay here. Across from the pier to catch a cruise so just walked over. Rooms are big, very clean, well appointed. Staff were excellent - welcoming, friendly, professional and efficient. Decent breakfast and the hotel has many restaurants around for other meals. Easily accessible to waterfront and can easily access other venures such as zoo, park etc. Would definitely stay here again.

Pros: rooms are clean and in good condition, great location, friendly and helpful front desk staff. Cons: breakfast and elevators could not handle the number of hotel guests: could not find a table for breakfast; expect the elevator journey down to the lobby to take up to 10 minutes if you stay on a high floor.

The room was excellent. I had a corner room and it was spacious and comfortable. Breakfast was good, although having it finishing at 9:00 am probably caters better for the business traveller than the tourist/vacationing traveller. But, it did get me up and going! The location was very good. I felt central and it seemed everything was either an easy walk or there was convenient public transport to help me out.

I was a bit apprehensive staying here--not an area I usually like to stay and my two usual hotels were not available on this trip so I took a chance. Was very pleasantly surprised. Starting with the only negative: The room could be better appointed. I had a King Suite. It had the full kitchen (great), a small sofa, but no coffee table to put your feet up or set things on. Not a huge deal by any means but odd for the suite-type of room. Other hotels generally have lots of seating/tables, as well as a small dining table or countertop bar. This had neither. Color scheme was a bit depressing and the orange vinyl computer chair and other plasticy orange chair were straight out of the 70s! These are all small things though. Postive: My room was super clean and hospitality staff did a GREAT job every other day. My bed was comfy and linens good. Towels were a little on the thinner side, but again, no big deal. The morning breakfast was better than expected and beat out my last stay at Homewood and TownPlace. There were generally two types of scrambled eggs every day, make your own waffles or pancakes, and then there were also premade waffles, pancakes, or french toast (rotating selection). Fruit was put in a cup which was nice. Love the vat of steel-cut oatmeal and toppings. Best of all--the staff monitoring the breakfast was "on it" and kept it clean and plentiful. Also super friendly and cleared your dishes away with a smile. This place gets very busy right away. I was always there at 6:30 so not sure how it looks later on. Hotel was relatively quiet. I did hear some planes occasionally as well as the Disney Cruise shenanigans, but nothing bad. The 5th Floor Harbor and Sky outdoor bar was quite nice. Didn't eat the food but what others had looked pretty good. Lastly, super impressed with the staff here--everyone seemed to be in a good mood and polite. Can't say that about every place I've stayed. Now, I did leave something behind so we'll see how the Lost and Found works out!

Great location, nice rooms, nice public areas, lousy "free" breakfast (no it's NOT a buffet but a cheap limited selection that one finds in budget hotels with soggy sausages, mushy dehydrated scrambled egg - dang, a major disappointment from what they advertise). Look for price deals, otherwise it's a little expensive. For exploring the San Diego harbor area, Little Italy, downtown the location is hard to beat. Also the Naval Museum is steps away and a worthwhile visit.