Avoid this hotel.
I recently attended a conference here while staying with a friend so thought I would stay here the next time I came to San Diego. I used to stay here from time to time and was surprised to find how downhill it has gone. I remember large spacious rooms but it looks as if the rooms have been cut in half. Strange size room for Southern California- reminded me of a Japanese business hotel or train compartment. Small cramped, dark, smelly rooms making it difficult for two people to function without bumping into each other. The dark claustrophobic decor looked fairly new but the taste was outdated; cleanliness questionable. We were instructed to unload & schlep our luggage because our room was off the lobby and then go back and park our car somewhere. Parking in their huge empty parking lot is an extra $15 per night. A convenience of this hotel is being able to park by your room and unload luggage. I requested a room we could park in front of, as this huge hotel seemed virtually empty (a bad sign in August), I did not think it would be troublesome for the receptionist to pick another room on the computer. The smell of mildew in the room they gave us was overpowering. We asked for another room, we did not need the pool, we just wanted quiet. We were then "upgraded" to a "garden patio" room. Same tiny size, same decor, same bad smell but with added view (and smell) of the hotels garbage dumpsters, the loud 24/7 humming of the all the electrical equipment that runs the hotel and yes a 4 foot strip of grass that was loudly mowed first thing in the morning. An interesting parade of employees driving large maintenance vehicles streamed past our window. If they have good rooms we were unable to get one after 3 attempts.There are much better and less expensive hotels in hotel circle for business people and tourists who do not expect anything fancy just decent. I used to enjoy staying here many years ago but it has really become substandard and has way too much nearby competition to get away with it. On a positive note- the bed was comfortable.