Lafayette Hotel & Suites - San Diego, USA 

Dont book a room here!
Posted: Sat, May 23 2009
Our first room:The water in the shower went from ice cold to scalding hot without warning. The nice young guy at the front desk offered to upgrade our room for free. We were given a room up stairs and behind the "pool side" rooms. It was Friday, and the people traffic entering their rooms was loud all night.Okay, so just a bad night we thought. We left for the day, and when we came back about 3:30 there were about 30 college age kids partying and listenng to very loud music. Well, we couldn't hear the talking so much from our room, I was still able to take a nap but we could hear music, and at 6:00 the music stopped. But it became apparent that the "Kids" were not paid guests at the hotel. And, there was a full on DJ set up at pool side. A new clerk (who's name I now wish I had asked) was at the front desk. My husband asked "does this music go on all night and it looks like you let people who are not guests use the pool?" The new guy said "well Sir, when you book a pool side room you have to expect this and the music is supposed to stop at 6:00 and it did. And yes we do allow non-guests to use the facilities on the weekends" his attitude made my husband angry as we tried to explain we did not book "pool side" and that we are on our second room..that all we wanted to know is if it would be loud all night, because if so we would check out and expect a refund. Judging by the attitude of the clerk, they are asked these questions A LOT! very unpleasant stay, unprofessional clerk.

Hotel Lafayette
Posted: Sat, Oct 04 2008
I checked in on August 8/2008 Desk clerk was wonderful. Got into my room and latter picked up phone to call desk. The phone in room did not work, had to use my cell phone ( long distance call). I complained four times about that phone it never was properly repaired, meaning constantly using cell phone. This included room service which they do not have. Location of in hotel restraunts, only two of them. We turned on the air conditioner in the room it smelled like mold, turned on water in bathroom sink to rinse mouth after brushing tasted like mold. Turn on shower the water smelled like mold. Called and ask for extra pillows had them in less than five minutes. The room was spotless no sign of dust. even the windows were clean. Early morning brunch was wonderful, loby is beautiful. My parking was locked under ground parking, My room had two bed just as I asked. There isn't shuttle service to any place, and MacDonalds is right on the corner. And the walls in the Red Fox Restraunt were carved in 1560 in England so beautiful. The staff was really wonderful.

CG
Posted: Sun, Sep 28 2008
Room was small. Fridge did not work and smelled bad. Bathroom was moldy and water temperature/pressure was horrible and you got scalded/frozen at one minute intervals. One of two phones did not work in room, but local calls were free. Listing said hotel offered shuttle service from airport but did not. Pool area is lovely but they allow non-guests to use it and it was overcrowded and quite rowdy and we didn't get to use it much as a result, no priority is given to hotel guests. Staff were friendly and tried to be helpful but were slightly clueless. Note WIFI only available from lobby, no other areas.

Do Not Know Where To Start
Posted: Mon, Sep 22 2008
The pictures and the description made the hotel sound nice. A little more expensive than I was looking for but sounded nice. I read the reviews, which were mixed, but thought you can't please everyone. I should have booked somewhere else. My families first room had an ac unit that barely worked and mildew in the bathroom. After going to dinner and returning to a hot room that the hotel staf had supposedly fixed, we finally had to ask for a new room, The second room we received was a large 2 room suite, which sounds great. However, it wasn't. The place had huge dirty spots on the carpet, curtains that would not shut properly and a shower that could scald you or freeze you at a moments notice. But at least the ac worked well in the new rooms. If the property would spend ALOT of money to update and renovate it would be nice. The area of town isn't the best, but it is close to Hotel Circle and quite a few restaraunts, etc. But, as is I would NOT recommend that anyone stay there especially for over $ a night. I will say that the staff was pleasant and we did have some decent towels.

Do Not Know Where To Start
Posted: Sat, Sep 20 2008
The pictures and the description made the hotel sound nice. A little more expensive than I was looking for but sounded nice. I read the reviews, which were mixed, but thought you can't please everyone. I should have booked somewhere else. My families first room had an ac unit that barely worked and mildew in the bathroom. After going to dinner and returning to a hot room that the hotel staf had supposedly fixed, we finally had to ask for a new room, The second room we received was a large 2 room suite, which sounds great. However, it wasn't. The place had huge dirty spots on the carpet, curtains that would not shut properly and a shower that could scald you or freeze you at a moments notice. But at least the ac worked well in the new rooms. If the property would spend ALOT of money to update and renovate it would be nice. The area of town isn't the best, but it is close to Hotel Circle and quite a few restaraunts, etc. But, as is I would NOT recommend that anyone stay there especially for over $ a night. I will say that the staff was pleasant and we did have some decent towels.