Great building but poor experience
We reserved a room for two nights using our airline points. I had reserved a room with a king size bed however upon check in was told that they did not have any available. This was the first vacation my wife and I have taken without our children so I was not happy that my reservation was not properly honored. I was told that the next day a room with a king size bed would be available and we could move. So we went up to our room with two double beds and found that it was two floors above a patio area that was being used by a wedding party that night. To say the least I was not happy about the noise. My wife and I decided to go out for a few drinks and we returned later in the evening deciding to go swimming and use the hot tub. I checked the hotel information booklet regarding the pool operation hours. It mentioned that the exercize area is open 24 hours but made no additional mention of the pool hours. We headed down to the pool, which by the way we made our way through the front part of the room were the wedding reception was happening to be stopped by hotel staff saying the pool closes at 10pm. I told them that their booklet made no mention of a closing time but we were not allowed to use the pool or hot tub. At this point we decided to call it a night. The next morning I confirmed with the front desk that a king size bed room would be available and was told we would be moved during the day. We headed out to spend the day at the San Diego Zoo which was an excellent experience. Upon our return to the Omni we were informed that we had been moved to the king size bed room on the 20th floor. After entering the room we noticed the size of the room was much smaller than the previous room. Also the TV was an older tube style instead of the plasma flat screen in the other room. Also our view was of the city which was ok. I was hoping they would give us a room with a better view. We did eat at McCormick & Schmicks restaurant for breakfast and dinner. Both times the service and quality of food was excellent. This was probably the best part of our stay at the hotel. As for the location the hotel is right next to Petco park home of the Padres baseball team. It's super busy when a game is on which we found out during our arrival for check in. We did walk around a bit during our stay and the hotel is close to the strip of bars/restaurants and other shops. I'm not sure if I would stay here again based on our experience here. The staff were all very friendly however I have a feeling that because we used airline points to book the stay that we were treated as 'second class' guests. Also the valet parking was $35 per day which I thought was a little steep.