Hotel del Coronado

We stayed in the Shores in 2019 and it’s been beautifully renovated. We stayed 4 nights on Amex rewards and had a complicated booking, but Jovan and Monse truly took great care in streamlining us, ensuring we didn’t have to change rooms. Lourdes in the shops, Aida at Eno, and the lovely gems in the Spreckles shop all seemed to truly enjoy their jobs and were absolutely delightful. This level of customer service feels hard to find post Covid. Will be back soon!

Del Coronado is a great hotel, in a great oceanfront location, with excellent restaurants. A lot of work goes into keeping the buildings and grounds in pristine condition. Many of the staff we encountered were great too (the guy at the pool was extremely friendly and accommodating). All the food we had was of very high quality, but at a price - the cost of food and drinks is indeed quite high (sushi at Dell was good, but it cost 2x what we pay at our local restaurant back home, and in our opinion it was not any better.) While the oceanfront location and beach access is nice, hotel Del is not actually in San Diego - and just getting to your car and getting out of the parking is a bit of a hassle. So if you want to experience the city, you’d be better off at a hotel in San Diego. For $1000 a night, one expects a lot - Del does a good job overall, but there is room for improvement. * The WiFi was lousy. * I had difficulty getting out of the self-parking garage on two occasions (extremely frustrating.). * We left a note for housekeeping to please leave more coffee pods (instead of tea and decaf) - they took our note (it was gone when we returned to the room), but they ignored it. And, for some inexplicable reason, they also absconded with several sugar packets we had in our room. So instead of enjoying in-room coffee, we had to trudge to the Hotel’s market at 6 am and spend $7 a cup for coffee (ah, but perhaps that is their strategy, eh?). I am glad that we spent some time at Del Coronado, overall it was a good experience, but I doubt we’ll be back.

I have stayed here twice now. Once during the holidays which was an absolute disaster. Went most recently hoping for a better time. Here’s the thing they won’t tell you. This place is Disney world year round. The ocean is off limits. You can get in it. The water is contaminated with Mexican raw sewage. The pool is hidden and tiny and exacerbated by being over run with tiny children. The rooms are either tiny or typical Hilton cheap towels and amenities. Are there any pluses? Yes. The restaurants are decent. Although better to eat off sight. There is a nice path to walk along the beach. The useless beach. This hotel is famous for being famous and that’s about all it has going for it.

Wendy was wonderful! We booked a cabana on the beach and she had excellent beverage service! Met all of our expectations, beautiful view! Highly recommend!!!

The Del is always an amazing experience! Phenomenal service, location and rooms!