The hotel is cute. It is located close to the Gaslamp district but several blocks away and there's a nice hefty hill to tackle when you are coming back. There is an extra charge for parking. The rooms are nice yet very small. We had a room with 2 doubles and there wasn't much room to walk around. The bathrooms are very small. The comp. breakfast was mostly continental items along with some cold and untasty eggs. The rooftop has a cool gazebo with lights ( we think) but they didn't work. The hotel staff are impolite and very slow. Very very slow.

stayed late october 2005 as part of family tour (2adults, 2 children) of southern california - booked via best western but paid highest room rates ($140/night if you add the PARKING charge) of our tour for smallest rooms!
rooms are too small as family rooms with little storage for more than weekend luggage for a family and tiny bathroom with only shower facility.
also breakfast seating area very limited.

The location is fine - only a few easily walkable blocks from the center of the Gaslamp area. The breakfast was good (contrary to what I've previously read here)-eggs, bacon, homefries, muffins - and if it's nice, you can sit outside. The bathroom was nicely redone recently it seemed. The weather when we were there was heavenly. The staff was very courteous.

A few negatives - our room while not large was very comfortable, but the carpet needed some serious cleaning. I resented the fact that the hotel jacked the room rates up for the time I was there for a big conference (and at those rates, not a good value). I also resented paying the parking fee when the lot was mostly empty (most of the time we were there.) The hotel is near a busy intersection, but in all fairness, as a former New Yorker, I found all of downtown San Diego very noisy, lots of construction everywhere and trucks, etc. Also, SD has a substantial homeless population and lots of flop-house hotels scattered around. The traffic in the city is not bad, but outside the roads are constantly congested.

We spent 3 days here beginning of November. I'm afraid I was a bit disappointed. The website gives you the impression it is a "luxury inn", but it's really just a nice little motel. You could hear the people talking in the next room, which always disappoints me. The furnishings were very ordinary - the pictures on the website aren't really indicative of what you get. But as long as you don't expect too much, just want a place to spend the night, it's fine. I wouldn't stay there again though. It was our first trip to San Diego, but I realize now that there would have been better locations to be at. The gardens and gazebo provided a nice view of San Diego. I paid $83 per night - but I wouldn't pay more for what I got there.