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Doubletree Hotel Del Mar
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16 reviews for Doubletree Hotel Del Mar
I always hold out till the last minute to get a hotel when I come home to San Diego. Its just not something I think about since I've grown up there. It's home. Who stays at a hotel when they're home?! Unfortunately... me. But its San Diego so it all evens out.
I, too, lost my Priceline virginity to get this place. At a steal for $51/night. WOW! I was ready to slap down $45/night for a shady motel in the hood. The hotel is located in Del Mar (or really, Carmel Valley). Its right off the freeway and easy to get to and honestly, only a 5 min drive to Del Mar if you really wanted to go to the beach. It's in a business center and there is an AM/PM and a Taco Bell across the street if you need some brews and chalupas.
I called to ask for an early check-in and was given the okay without hesitation. When I check in, they greeted me with a warm freshly baked scrumptious cookie for my walk up to the room. Best part!
The room was a decent size, modern and clean. The blankets, sheets, pillows and towels were clean too. Best sleep I ever had.
The cleaning service was great. They made my bed so tight you can bounce a quarter off it and replaced all the free Neutrogena toiletries every day. I love Neutrogena!
I stayed 3 nights and loved it. The price was great!
Downside, the parking lot filled up at night and they had pretty small spaces. Most people double-parked. Oh yeah.. and no continental breakfast?! I Even a Motel 8 offers that.
Great place to stay, especially considering I got it on Priceline for only $48/night on a weekend. Sweet deal! Too bad we didn't get a chance to use the pool....it was really neat looking and even had a little 1 foot wading pool for the little ones. I'm deducting a star since my coffee maker didn't look like it had been cleaned out very well. :( Not a welcome sight at all. Other than that, it was a good stay with super yummy cookies upon check in.
Thanks, Priceline! I was very comfortable here during the San Diego stretch of my vacation. The beds were comfortable and the TV had good channels. Parking was free and plentiful. My one gripe was that the internet was slow. However, the hot fresh cookies made up for that.
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I stayed the Doubletree in June of 2009 with my girlfriend when visiting from Vegas. We booked the room on Priceline for $69 + tax, which was a great deal for the area. It wasn't exactly in Del Mar, but it was very close and the hotel had a free shuttle that took us to the fair. Of course the cookies are great at the front desk. My only real complaint was that the room had a queen sized bed and not a king. Oh well.
My first SD hotel. I can't wait to come back.
I requested for a LATE LATE check in because I knew we were gonna go out and party that night. When we got there, the Night Auditor didn't have a problem at all. He knew we were tired, so he gave us our keys and COOKIES. oh so damn good COOKIES.
I was so coocoo for their Cookies, I asked for 5 more that night plus another 2 when I checked out.
The room was clean and smelled like any regular hotel room. They did accomodate our late check out but still had Housekeeping knocking on our door @ 12noon.
Looking forward to those cookies again ; )
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We stayed here overnight on a quick trip down to SD to meet up. Checking in was a breeze and considering that I got this place on Priceline for 90 bucks I couldn't really complain. The chocolate cookies were amazing upon check-in. I really enjoyed the gooey ghiradelli chocolate chips in there. The only downside is that the hotel is located right off of highway 56. Seriously right off of it. Like the majority of it borders the freeway which accounts for a lot of noise. Fortunately when traveling, I always have access to a huge supply of green earplugs so noise usually isn't an issue for me.
The two things that really made me dock stars was that when we checked in, the room that we were originally given had soap in the bathtub. Used by the last occupant with their hair stuck on the soap type of soap. Really made me wonder on how well they cleaned the place.... like REALLY. It was annoying since we checked in completely exhausted from a day of running around SD on a freakishly hot day and we had to wait for the concierge/front desk to reassign us a room.
Another negative star goes to the fact that they don't have king beds in the regular rooms. They're all queens. EH!? Hmph....
Honestly I've had better luck with Priceline... Last time we got La Jolla Hilton for 75 and the view was awesome!
Plus side to this hotel is that the parking was FREE. And that bodes really well with my cheap asian side.
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I love going on Stay-cation! This past weekend we decided to gamble with Priceline and ended up at his hidden gem. We never get up to Del Mar/North County in general so we were looking forward to spending some time up there.
you win points just because we got a ridiculously cheap rate so we felt like we were getting a good deal.
you lose points because we are big fans of customer service and left believing that the front desk agent really was going to call us as promised when our room was ready. Since it was the day after the 4th of July we understand that you were sold out and we couldn't check in early but we showed up after check in time and the agent looked at us like he never saw us before.
They also offer free shuttle service within 5 miles, so we were able to head out for dinner and the bars that night knowing that we would be brought back in one piece by throwing a tip to the driver.
Also, on a positive note- the room was cute, clean, and the perfect size for us. The bed was very comfortable and we didnt really hear much highway noise from our room.
The pool was a plus as well- I have never been in a salt pool before versus chlorine so that was a change. There was a small wading pool for the kiddies and also a hot tub, outdoor showers, beverage service-- and also NO special key or code for guests to enter and lounge out. I think they may be seeing us again soon!
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I lost my http://Priceline.com virginity to this hotel--it was the only SD-area hotel that accepted my offer of $90 per night, and it was a nice, clean, 3-star hotel. It's a little confusing to get there from the 5 freeway as you have to get on the 56 going one way and then get off and go the other way (very strange, but it worked), but the parking is free and the room was good-sized and very clean. And they offer you warm chocolate chip cookies when you check in! Nice touch. My only complaints (besides the slightly confusing location) are that the pool closes early (11:00 pm--we came back to the hotel from a wedding at the San Diego Yacht club at around midnite and really wanted to go in the hot tub, but the pool was closed) and that there's no free continental breakfast. Is it just me, or do most hotels offer free breakfast? Maybe I'm living in la-la land.
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$80 on priceline when I named my price. Not exactly the top area of my choice though, but i'm so glad Priceline exposed me to a new area other than my usual Downtown/Gaslamp. My room had a view of their gorgeous pool. The hotel was sold out for the night, but the hotel didn't seem too crowded, which I liked. I think they were having a soccer tournament because there were a bunch of teenagers there.
The chocoloate chip cookies are one of the best. They give you one at check-in (for each guest), but I was able to ask for one each day (thanks!). The location is a bit far if you want to go to Downtown/Gaslamp area (about 20-30min away). La Jolla is about 5 min away. The staff was friendly and the rooms were clean. They have a business center with free internet.
My favorites are the pool, closes at 10pm though, free parking and the cookies. Least favorite is the elevators, they only have two and can take long.
I'll definately stay here again.
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Doubletree Del Mar made our track team's two night stay in San Diego immensely comfortable. In addition to providing small luxuries such as cookies at check-in and 200-count bedding, Doubletree's staff really went out of their way to take care of us. For instance, when I was doing some late night reading in the lobby, one of their attendants graciously offered to turn down the music in the main room. And when, following our Friday afternoon victories at the UCSD track, my teammates and I shyly requested a few more of Doubletree's delicious chocolate chip cookies, the man at the front desk happily obliged.
A few small snags along the way kept this otherwise fabulous hotel from a 5-star rating. They charge $10 for wireless internet, a ridiculous price when one considers the fact that it is free in so many other locations these days. And the shower controls are, without a doubt, the most bizarre I've seen: one lever for temperature control, another to switch from shower to bath, and some kind of two-step sequence required to turn the thing on or off.
Still, Doubletree Del Mar is a gorgeous hotel, impeccably staffed and situated conveniently close to I-5; definitely worth a try if you're in the area.
Stayed for a business trip for my company. All the business amenities you'd expect, TV, internet, iron and ironing board, hair dryer, coffee maker, automated voice mail and wake up calls. Located a couple miles from the ocean but far enough away from the main city that it's a relaxing stay.
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This hotel definitely sucks big time. All they offer is free cookies. The customer service is horrible. I checked in and was supposed to get meal coupons but they ran out. The guy said they would get it to me in the evening. Lo and behold, nothing ever came and I had to go back to the front desk in the morning to get them. Horrible!
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This is a very clean hotel. It has free parking which is a plus. The chocolate chip cookies are great - just ask at the desk. I wish they had in room safes and free internet - I think they charge $10 a day for internet service. The walls seem a little thin as you can here your neighbors. Ask for a room away from elevator and parking lot.
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If you work for a law firm and need to go to San Diego, you'll likely end up staying here. The immediate area is just one major firm after another all lined up in a row - kind of disturbing actually. The Doubletree was really nice. I, as a vegetarian, will readily admit that the bed was comfy - down and all. The alarm clock was really easy to operate (they still do wakeup calls for the really lazy or wildly ostentatious). The products in the bathroom are all from Neutrogena. I actually liked the moisturizer so much that I have since gone and bought a full-sized bottle of it. The restaurant downstairs, Sydney's, is good. I totally recommend their french toast for breakfast. It is made with nice fluffy bread and has blueberries on top! Yum. The warm chocolate chip cookie that they give you upon check in would have been better without the nuts, but I think all cookies are better without nuts. I think the only real negative of the hotel is that you have to pay for in-room internet access. You'll probably be here on business though, so just expense it.
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a nice hotel in a completely suburban part of san diego. the restaurant is good and the rooms clean and spacious.
very clean, nicely situated.. I was under the impression that everyone there was on a business trip or a meeting.. room service sucked though, the phone would ring for minutes and noone would pick up. we did appreciate their freebee chocolate chip cookies, infact we ended up buying a tin! their restaurant food was not so great however. i ordered a french onion soup, which had about 5 kg of salt and yucky bread that tasted like you know nothing could taste good with so much salt. they had a kiddy pool, which was nice, and a jacuzzi along with an adult sized pool. the bathroom was spaciooooouuss. but what i especially liked was that they placed neutrogena sunblock in the bathroom!never seen this anywhere else. there was no fridge, which again makes me think that the hotel ammenities are really made to cater their business clientel. i thought the $3.50 for a bottle of arrowhead placed in the room was a joke. it said something like "if you consume this bottle , you will be charged..." Yeah right. We walked half a mile to Jimbo's I believe it was called, a very trendy healthfood store and I bought my 1.5L bottle for 79cents.
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