Unacceptable Standards
Firstly, this is my first review on TripAdvisor as I usually tend to call the hotel's General Manager with either praise or disgust. I certainly do not have time this week to offer suggestions over the phone so here it goes:
Hotel is located in downtown sector near financial buildings with bars and restaurants nowhere near actual hotel. If you walk within 15 minutes I am sure you could find something however.
Pulled up to the entrance of the hotel and became confused because it does look like the entrance of a restaurant instead of a hotel. No one from valet was in sight, so we went inside and let Danielle know that no one was outside. She didn't comprehend as to what I was saying for at least 3 minutes until I literally had to state "you know the guys that take our car for valet and drive it?? Yeah, they aren't outside." At that point everything clicked and we got a valet.
Check in was nothing short of terrible, very confusing, long, and not welcoming. She authorized around 700.00 on two cards (mine and my friend's card), instead of doing what she was supposed to do, charge room and tax to his and have mine authorized for incidentals. 
Whatever, we didn't make a big deal of it for the simple reason I was there for my Bachelor party and we both had plenty of $$$ on our cards. I asked if there were any upgrades, she said the hotel was at capacity. I asked if there was any upgrades for purchase and we were offered a BayView room at 20.00 more a night. At this point, I thought we were in a W so maybe they would offer a bellman, nope!!
Got to the room, which was average, nothing special and nothing over the top. "BayView" was blocked by at least 5 larger buildings so the 20.00 was pretty much donated to the hotel for no reason. Saw a white stain on the comforter, threw that in the corner of the room, disgusting. Carpet looked like someone had spilled something or been damaged heavily. Again, tried to ignore it so we could make our dinner reservation and our yacht departure in the harbor.
Went downstairs for any suggestions on dining, young gentlemen was nice enough but did not know about anything in the area that was good for us to see. He mentioned that it was Tuesday at least 4 times until I stopped him and said: yes I am aware that it is Tuesday, we just want a good bar to go to later, that is all. Anyways, long story short he didn't have any suggestions.
Went to dinner and on the boat, got back to the hotel and was HOPING for some sort of recognition that I was going to be getting married this weekend, maybe like a card or something that said congratulations? Nope, nothing at all.
Went to the pool (which is 24 hours), it was OK, not a rooftop pool, just a side area of the hotel that happened not to have a roof over it on the second floor. Pool was nice but...NO JACUZZI?? At a W? I thought we were at the coolest hotel chain ever?? That is how they portray themselves and there isnt even a spa or jacuzzi? To use one of their words...wow.
Anyways, the AAA rate we got apparently was a good deal, but the parking at $35.00, movie charge at 17.99, stains on the carpet and bedding, terrible FD check in, terrible concierge service, no valet at check in, no jacuzzi, no recognition of a special occasion was all combined a huge failure on W San Diego's part. 
I let the girl in the morning understand my level of disappointment with my stay and all of the before mentioned lapses in service and asked if we could receive a little later checkout because I needed just an extra half hour to an hour, she said we are at capacity and no late checkouts will be given today.
Needless to say...W San Diego, you won't be seeing me again.