My husband and I live in Carlsbad, California and drove 1 1/2 hours to Jacumba Hot Sprngs Hotel to spend the day soaking up sun, basking in the warm waters and having a few drinks and a nice meal...reality check....we paid our $15.00 each walked in and were suprised at how rundown the place was. It is not well cared for. The pools were not clean and the outside pools temperature was cool to cold and mostly in the shade around 10:30 a.m. There were only a couple of odd wooden lounge chairs and people had a dog by the pool. There were some sort of odd swimming bugs in the pool. In the bar was an old man and two scroungy looking dogs. The room with the jaquzzi is so gross the bathroom has a plastic shower curtain for a door. It looked like something out of the movie Psycho but with less charm. We stayed for 15 minutes and were horrified and left. I am not a snob and I don't require 5 star service but this was truly just awful.

My stay at Jacumba Hot Spring's Spa And Lodg'e was horrible. The're is a staff member. I ask'ed him nicely as i was sitting at the bar waiting for Brian to make my fav drink. "Ser can u take you're smokeing out side." An he Said, " You dont like it well [--] Leve. " He was relly rude and not easy to get along with. The meals were great. The room I stayed in the toilet ran all night. I was relly happy to see that the pool's were keep clean and fresh. But I wish that man treted me better. Because of him I dont think i'll ever be back.

The place is an older slightly rundown desert motel in the middle of nowhere with a "manana" mentality, but we really enjoyed it. It was like going back to the 50's and stopping at an old place on route 66 with the bonus of the hot spring and pools. Definitely not a five star place, but the room was clean and comfortable and we thought a little bit fraying around the edges added to the atmosphere . The trip out along old highway 80 and 94 was great (DO NOT take the interstate) and put us in the mood for this funky spot. The restaurant was fine and the cantina seem to be a local hangout, but friendly and casual. I would recommend it to anyone who can be a bit flexible and who is looking for an unusual overnight trip.

A must for a great massage and michelada. Brian makes the best michelada west of the 5 and Sue gives an awesome massage. Great food and staff. On Saturdays, the place fills up with quite an eclectic group of locals and touristes. Super friendly place !

Dawn and Kurt Dose