Sweetwater Inn, National City

.dennys taco bell 7-11 the plaza bonita or i guess its the westfield shopping mall is very close. We stay here when we are going to go to the club across the street. Although i will stay when i need a break from everyday life, i have stayed here several times in the 2nd floor suite. Price is great- clean. Worth the money :) the pool is clean too

The WIFI is not giving out to everyone staying at the hotel. They print receipts out for one person and the maximum is two people per room. The whole place reeks of cigarette smoke and the mattresses are pretty uncomfortable. The shower has no pressure and very hard to get hot water to come out of it. There are only three outlet plugs through the whole room and sometimes they do not work.

If you don't like it look somewhere else....The room was clean... not high class but it's a place to lay your head after a night partying...DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE.....(great place right across the street from the Ncity lounge if you like some male or female chocolate eye candy)...the 7-11 is right there to for munchies after the bar too...can't beat it...and Denny's is right down the street!!!

I've been there and use to live in San Diego. If you notice the two bad reviews were done in 2005. That's because the Hotel has since been renovated top to bottom all the way down to the drywall, they had just finished when I was there in Feb 2006. The bathrooms have been redone, old carpet all ripped up and new carpet put down, new mattresses sheets etc. The Hotel is now spotless. That's why the reviews prior to 2006 are like night and day. It's a good clean place to stay with easy freeway access if you wanna save a buck but definitely not the Four Seasons. The only thing that could still be considered a down side to some people is there is a local bar next door to the hotel that get's busy on the weekends. Some may find this a plus if you're single and bored. I'm headed to San Diego this week with my wife and plan on staying there again. And just so you know my wife is as picky as they come. She once wouldn't take her shoes off at a hotel we booked once because she didn't like the looks of the floor (we left the next day), but she's totally comfortable at the Sweetwater Inn. Hope this helped clear things up.

Whoever wrote the second review was obviously staying at a different hotel. You really would be better off sleeping in your car!!!!!! The hotel is unsanitary!!! Nothing against the hard working owner, but I think it's fair to warn consumers about what they're spending their money on. I'd almost guarantee that if the staff were to show people their rooms before they pay, they'd be disgusted. Makes you wonder if the second review was written by a relative of the owner or the owner himself.

I recently visited San Diego was a little romance-on-a-budget. My experience at this inn was very different from the man who believed he was sleeping next to a "crack house" (my my, somebody got up on the wrong side of the bed, didn't they?). So let's start there. Could our fussbudget have been referring to the quiet, single-family home with the well-kept swimming pool next door? If the residents are in the drug biz, they're going broke, because the only activity I saw was some children's inflatable toys appear by the pool one afternoon. The neighborhood is working class Latino. It is safe and characterized by Sweetwater Blvd, which is lined by a middle-brow assortment of shopping centers and businesses, including Robinsons, JC Penny, Outback Steakhouse, Appleby's, Dennys, and Starbucks. Now the hotel itself. It's a modest, no-frills sort of place with faux Cape-Code exterior styling in pale gray woods built in the mid 80s. My room was clean and tastefully decorated with a reasonably firm, sleepable bed. Other furnishings included the usual bedside tables and wall lamps, a chest of drawers with a 20-inch color TV on it, a conference table with two padded, black lacquered chairs, and an attractive floral print over the bed. All furniture except the chairs had matching pale oak veneers with about average wear for a hotel. The ceramic-tiled dressing area and bathroom were spotlessly clean with no hint of mildew whatsoever. The tub's water faucet (yes, the one that baffled our grumpy traveler) is one of those two-part deals that any moron (who reads) could figure out: the larger knob nearest the wall was labeled "Temp" with arrows pointing in opposite directions and labeled, appropriately, "HOT" and "COLD." The small knob in front was labeled "Volume." This allows the traveler to set the temperature once and then turn on or off the water with the "Volume" knob. For the cognitively unimpaired, it's a convenience, not an ordeal. The thermostat-controlled air conditioner/heater worked flawlessly. I didn't know San Diego was experiencing a 110-degree heat wave until I stepped out of my room. The staff was uniformly solicitous, friendly, and helpful. All rooms have internet ports. There is a small-but-clean swimming pool available with lounging chairs. The 7-11 next door surprised me with some very nutritious, pre-packaged, meals (sushi, stir-fry shrimp, creole-cajun, organic sandwiches, etc) and they have a microwave available if needed. The inn is privately owned by a nice man who probably has most of his life savings tied up in his investment. He deserves better than to have Wayne Whiner (most likely a corporate clone or public employee who has never risked anything) come along and hurt his business with nasty, below-the-belt comments. I hope this review sets things straight.