Surfer Beach Hotel, San Diego

I booked a junior suite a month in advance, on the morning of our check in I called just to make sure all was good, and Juan said "Yes, you have an ocean view Junior Suite!"! So I picked up my kids, drove down to the beach, and we got a crummy 1-bed room. Night 2 they moved us to the suite, but my 9 yr old daughter left her Nintento in the drawer in the flurry of moving everything. It never showed up, so some adult stole it, either the maids or the next lady occupying the room. Such a total bummer. She bought it with her allowance, and cried all day. Anyways, the Junior Suite was nice, when we finally got it. Not worth at all the trouble they put us through, and I curse the adult that stole that Nintendo.

The hotel did not have air conditioning, this would have been a deal breaker to know before hand. Also the "fan" that was supposed to air the room was old and dirty and not adequate enought to cool off the room. If you are okay with not having any AC during your stay by all means stay at this hotel.

The hotel was in the best possibly location right on Pacific Beach close to tons of shops and restaurants. The rooms were surprisingly quite clean and cute (we didn't expect much because of the low cost). I can't wait to go back to the Surfer Beach Hotel!!!

Surfer Beach Hotel was a little dissapointing when I first drove up and the parking was a little difficult. I drove into town at 10am and check in was not until 3pm and when I asked about an early check in the staff bent over backwards to get me into the room by 11am. The staff was extremely nice and courteous. The room was small but looked very nice, clean, modern and deffinetly not lacking character. The shower was amazing and had a nice tub with jets. The pillow top king size mattress felt amazing after a long day at Sea World. The view was amazing from the balcony and even if you have a partial ocean view it is still an amazing view. It was right on the beach and just a few steps away from many cool resteraunts. When my girlfriend and I fell in love with it and I am taking her back in April to propose...hope she doesnt find this review. I highly reccommend it and it will be the only hotel I stay at in San Deigo...can you say ridiculous bang for the buck!

i stayed in the Jr. suite and i loved the balcony facing the beach and the way the room was incredibly comfortable! the rooms are small but i didnt mind. the only thing that i would have requested was a blow dryer, but other than that the staff was wonderful and the location was perfect! i def. plan to return :).

It would be a nice place except for fact that we couldn't get away from the cigarete smoke. They seem to allow smoking anywhere. The first room they gave us filled up with smoke every few minutes from the pool aria. Also the shower and the fold out bed in the mini suite didnt work. We asked for the same kind of room away from the smoke that was in working order, and they gave us a smaller room right above the employee smoking aria. The rooms get stuffy with the windows shut, and there is no ac or any other way to vent the rooms other than opening the windows. In that room the shower water would barely trickle out of the shower head. With the smoke and the employees yelling back and fourth to each other at all hours of the night, me and my family decided to check out early and finish our vacation next door at the Best Western, Which I highly recomend for non smokers. I will never go back to the surfer beach hotel, for about 100 more a night, the Best Western is a far better hotel.

Very disappointed with hotel service. Our bedside lamp did not work. Hotel desk said someone would fix. No one came. We were to get HBO and was told desk would find out and call us back. No one called back and complained the next day. Very disappointing in their hotel service. Highly unlikely we will go back.

This place is a total dump. How hard is to clean a room? It is filty - dust and dirt everywhere. When you pay $180/night you have certain expectations. It should be called Smelly Beach Hotel. The smell is a cross between mold, dust, swamp water, and dung. I would avoid this place at all costs.

loved the view and location price was reasonable,only dislike parking was not the easyest another thing was the sunsets they were incredible!also really enjoyed the resturant the food was great

After staying the week in Downtown San Diego, this was a breath of fresh air. We booked a one-night stay and for the price we paid I was totally surprised by the great deal! The room is a little small,but you're feet from the beach. What do you expect, it's an older hotel. We had a 4th floor non-smoking, balcony room facing the ocean...AMAZING VIEW! The bed was comfortable and what better way to sleep listening to the ocean. Good size mini fridge for storage. Contemporay theme. The pool looked clean with a large deck to lounge on, along with a fire pit. Definitely try the Seaside Cantina...right outside the pool fence. AWESOME berry muffins, cheap eats for breakfast and lunch. Great location if you are there to enjoy the laid back beach scene and cheap local cuisine. Definitely will go back!