First of all, my wife and I ordered a king size bed through travelocity. We got there, then we were informed we had to PAY $14 A NIGHT FOR PARKING! We agreed, since there was nothing we could do, and the hostess gave us our keys. We took the elevator, which felt like it was about to fall apart at any moment, and walked into the room. To our suprise, there were two queen beds! We went back to the hostess who told us that no king beds were available and since we did the reservation through a third party, it was based on availability. We called travel website who called the hotel and finally we got a king bed. Mind you this is all at 11:30 to midnight. I WILL NEVER STAY AT THIS HOTEL AGAIN AND I SERIOUSLY ADVISE EVERYONE TO STAY AWAY FROM THIS HOTEL.

Besides the terrible smell coming up from the stairs next to the restaurant all three days that we were there, the personel appeared to hate their jobs and seemed miserable to be there. From the front desk to the restaurant bar.

My wife and I chose this hotel for the King size bed we were assured we would get, and after speaking to the hotel on the phone we chose it for the refrigerator and for the 24 hour room service. When we checked in, we were told that there were no refrigerators in the room, no king size beds were available and that since we booked through the travel website no guarantess of anything we asked for. In addition to being lied to about amenities that were the whole point in going there, parking was horrible! The construction workers were allowed to take the only good parking there was, and even though I have problems walking, we had to park in their tiny garage which really didn't fit SUV's and walk a long distance to our room. Even the manager was rather rude and argumentative, telling us tough since we booked through the travel website, nothing was guaranteed, but finally agreed to comp our internet since we explained we had called and spoke to them personally ahead of time. As it turns out, there is also no room service after 10 pm so they had NONE of the things we had asked for!! In addition, my wife was recuperating and there was extreme construction noise from below us, next door and all over the hotel, with construction workers constantly taking the elevators when we needed to get to our room. Horrible experience! We will never again stay at any Doubletree Club anywhere at all and certainly never book with the travel website again.

Our stay at the Doubletree was very comfortable. Finding the Lobby entrance at first was challenging, but we soon discovered the primary access road. We chose it because of location to family we were spending the holiday with (Mission Valley) and because they had themselves listed as Pet Friendly. This was a big plus for us. The hotel was very nice, the staff courteous. The valet parking was a steal at $15 per day, since the self-park was $12. The room was kept well, our bell captain and valets very friendly. Breakfast in their cafe was quite good, we arrived before the crowd. That turned out to be a very good idea, because the service slowed to a crawl when they got busy. We would definetly stay there again in the future.

We stayed 2 nights. Check in was a little rough, with attitude (reservation changed by me and not properly altered). Lobby nice; hall and room rugs in bad shape; some wallpaper off bathroom walls. Yet bathroom was very clean, nice tile. Separate sitting area nice. THEN, I reclined on the bed!!! Pure heaven for someone with back problems. I never moved all night. Pool nice, very clean and warm on a cold San Diego night. Hot tub was awesome. There was a fire pit with seating around it which was a nice touch. There could be esthetic improvements, but we woke refreshed and energized. (And painfree!!!) There a great restaurant for breakfast a short walk away "Ricky's" (I think), world famous apple pancakes; try the strawberry and banana souffle; delicious and enough for two meals- in business for 40 years and I know why; hugh portions, friendly staff.