Location is dull
I don't understand how this hotel could be so highly ranked on Trip Advisor. The motel itself is clean and the staff are friendly enough, albeit the rooms being quite small and the walls paper thin (fine if you want to listen to your neighbour's Skype conversation at 6am). The place would be super fine if you are after a sports fishing holiday, but if you want to see the real San Diego, the Dolphin is situated in probably the most soulless of locations. In hindsight, I probably would have booked my accommodation closer to the downtown area or across the peninsula at Sunset Cliffs... A little more rough around the edges but a far more interesting and genuine experience.