I took 23 friends to this hotel this past Saturday. We were participating in the MS 150 Bay to Bay Bicycle Tour to raise funds to fight Multiple Sclerosis. It is a two-day 160 mile bicycle ride and of course we wanted nice accommodations after riding 110 miles day one.

Check-in was swift and painless. My room was clean and inviting. Keep in mind we did not spend too much time in the rooms.

I heard not one complaint from any of the 23 other riders and many compliments on the hotel and the rooms. That must speak volumes.

They had a nice array of items available at the continental breakfast; the room where it was served was pleasant.

The hotel is adjacent to the freeway but with the window closed, it had no impact.

This is not the Ritz, but very nice for what it is. I would not hesitate to return to this location.

Just a footnote, other Inns of America may not be of this caliber.

Thank you Inns of America Suites, Carlsbad.

We recently stayed there for three nights during a trip to visit Legoland and the beach.

The location is very good. Legoland is just up the hill on Cannon drive. It's a short walk to the beach and close to the outlet mall as well.

We booked a suite with separate bedroom and two queen beds. It's one of the few properties in the area that offers true suites (separate bedroom). The unit we stayed in #310 (top floor) was spacious with an above average sized shower/tub/toilet room. It's nice to have a kitchen as well. We cooked two hot breakfasts and saved alot of money by buying a few groceries instead of eating out. The continental breakfast is standard and we supplemented out own hot breakfasts with food from the hotel. The pool is decent sized and nicely heated. While not noise free, I noted the windows in our room were actually two sets of windows which kept out the noise from the outside very well. I heard little to no noise from the other guest rooms.

Service was fine. We asked for a late checkout at 1:00pm and were granted it. We had no problems with the room. In addition to free wi-fi they also have a complementary business center where you can surf the internet if you didn't bring your laptop.

Overall, a nice place at a reasonable price. We've stayed a a number of places in the area (Holiday Inn, Hilton Garden Inn) and this was as nice a place as the other two. We like staying in suite hotels, so we'll be back.

My husband, seven year old son and I stayed here for 3 nights while going to Legoland. The room itself was clean and roomy. It was nice to have a refrigerator, microwave, sink and toaster. Convenient location near restaurants.

However, it was too noisy to sleep each night. We had the air conditioner/fan going all the time and we could still hear the people above us walking around, as well as the people to the side of us. (We were on the 1st floor) Our windows faced the train tracks and it was LOUD. We are even used to trains where we live, but we heard them about 5 times during the night and it was enough to wake you up each time.

The breakfast buffet was ok- no hot items and the same bagels, bananas/apples, sweet rolls/ cereal each AM. Nothing fancy.

We stayed for 5 nights. Had no problems. Clean rooms, public areas well kept. Breakfast in the morning had the basics and was continually replenished. We didn't have any problems with noise from the freeway. Could hear occasional trains, but it did not interfere with sleeping. Did not try to walk to the beach, but it did seem like it was a long walk. No views of the ocean from hotel. Only negative we experienced was one night we could smell cigarette smoke in our room from next door or outside.