Super location and service, but rather a tired property
Stayed three nights to visit with family and attend a graduation. The parking was so expensive ($29 a night) that we just took cabs the whole time and came out ahead. The staff was very good, helpful, flagged cabs for us etc. Wi fi is not free in the room, ($12.95 a day) which I find annoying. The view was amazing, we could see the water and the USS Midway which had Christmas lights on it. The location of the hotel was nice, close to some restaurants and a very cute outdoor mall. The room appeared older, and a little tired. Popcorn ceilings, scuffed up walls and doors, that sort of thing. But the food experience is where I was truly disappointed. In the past, we have stayed at Embassy Suites and found the happy hour and the breakfast (included) to be a wonderful and elegant experience. The happy hour was in a corner of the atrium (not in a bar-type room) and the beverages were very inexpensive no-name type drinks. The 'appetizers" were carrots and cauliflower and dip, potato chips and corn chips and popcorn. The breakfast was just a step above the kind of hotel where they have a room with a waffle machine, whole fruit, yogurt, cereal etc. In the past, both the happy hour and the breakfast were wonderful experiences--to be looked forward too. These were just kinda blah. i might stay again if the price was right, and I would know not to expect too much.