Paper-Thin Walls & Poor Night Sleeping
I stayed at the Palomar this past spring and was disappointed with my visit. I was there due to work, so I might have enjoyed it more as a vacation hotel. When I arrived, it had almost a club-like attomosphere, loud music and tons of people in the lobby. My biggest concern was that I could hear people in the adjoining rooms talk on cell phones as well as hear them clearly when they used the bathroom. As I was trying to go to sleep, two people entered the room next door and it sounded as if they were entering mine. I could then hear them have a conversation. They weren't talking loudly; the walls were just that thin. It was so unnerving that I did not sleed well.
Colleagues who stayed in other rooms at the hotel didn't seem to have the same problem. I was on a lower floor at the end of a hallway where several doors were close together.
I mentioned the problem to the front desk as I was checking out and received a very bland "sorry to hear that" response.
All that said, the hotel seemed clean and it is in a great location.