Old, dated 'motel feel' room
We were surprised this is rated as a 4 star resort. It is more like a decent motel. The staff was very nice and upgraded us to a villa room, one of their 'better rooms'. The 2 story building we were placed in was a decent walk from the main lobby and the outside had a motel feel, with outside stairs and doors. no elevators so we had to drag the luggage up the stairs, which were dimly lit and in need of a paint job. The outside hall looked dingy. The room it self was very dimly lit. It looked like it had not been renovated in decades. The common area looked much nicer and updated.
The location was pretty isolated, we were a 10 min car ride from old town, or was could have taken a $10/person shuttle to old town that only ran once a day. The water view was really of mission bay which did not look very clean to even swim in, the entire property is located in mission beach state park. Even though there looked like there was ample space we were still charge $27/night for parking
The staff was very friendly but the property itself is old and very dated. We ended up moving to the much newer Hilton Bayfront which had a great location on the San Diego bay and right in downtown.