Palomar San Diego, A Kimpton Hotel

Nice wine/ beer reception. Room with no view did not matter , great spa, book early!

This place is fancy in a way that made it lose all of its initial appeal from our first look. The deeper you got into the place the more dark it became. Very dark all over making it non inviting. 4 stars for sure, but these 4 made this hotel very inconvenient for me and my family. Lots of staff looking to help, but each was only in that for a big tip. If you gave a too small of a tip they clearly had you labeled and could feel them looking down upon you for the rest of our time. The pool was again moot due to it being outside and having the chill. I think this is a very artistic place to stay, but not for the family stay in my opinion. We just never seems to fit in anywhere. Right out of the gate they also stuck us in one of the handy capable rooms with the low hung shower and oddly made tub and bathroom to accommodate. This practice by the way is something I find typical of places like this. 4 stars that take our bids made upon price line trying to low ball your experience. I wish they would just not take the bids and be serious about the system. The overall experience felt compromised from start to finish. Two of the staff were very helpful starting with the receptionist, but again she stuck us in the room we just did not fit in. She seems to feel guilty and comped us two of they way over priced drinks with two tickets. The bartender rang up 13.00 dollars a piece for a couple glasses of wine you could buy an entire bottle of for 8 dollars just at the corner CVS so I thank her for helping not have to pay for finding that out. This is a p-lace that provides that polite snobbery that some folks really crave. It is a place the will make sure you know right away that you don't belong and keep doing a great job making you feel exactly that throughout your stay. This is why we left the hotel every chance we could to buy our food and drinks elsewhere. ...read more

Parking with Vallet is close to $40 if your not going in and out w/ your car park it across the street $20 for the day.

A father daughter and best friend were so excited to arrive at the Kimpton in San Diego. Immediately we realized we were given a tiny room with 1 bed. i asked the hotel clerk about this and she said I booked through a 3rd party so she could not accommodate us. We were flabbergasted, 3 people in one bed? We were staying for 6 nights? This couldn't be true. They offered us a roll away bed for free that they normally charge 25 per night for. They were not kidding. I told her I was greatly disappointed and she offered a bigger room but still with 1 bed for 100 per night extra. I tried to haggle the price with the manager with no avail. We proceeded to our quarters which was smaller than my bathroom with only 1 bed. i reluctantly took her offer for the bigger room but would not stay with Kimpton again. ...read more

Not a family place. I wouldn't stay here with my kids again. Somehow our room was only booked for two adults and we have four kids. They brought a twin cot and we had a king-sized bed so we fit but we were stuffed in the room like sardines. My husband felt like they didn't have self-service for a lot of things (i.e. ice) so you would have to tip the staff when they brought it to you. If you want reasonable parking prices, be prepared to walk. We parked at park it on market. .75 mile which was not bad and allowed us to see the city. There are some neat businesses/ eateries close. I actually didn't notice that it was right next to a bar until Thursday night when the bar opened. It wasn't bother some or anything and if We hadn't been there with the kids might have been convenient. The room was nice and clean, just not the right place for us. ...read more

No where was it mentioned there is or was a 38 dollar a night fee for valet parking, the only reason I used valet was because this was not a vacation but business so I wasnt paying, otherwise would have been rather upset that the closest overnight parking was 4 blocks away really 38 DOLLARS okay 20 25 dollars okay its fine but roughly 40 if I only park my car once once I add tip we are talking 45-50.All I can say this is very expensive ...read more

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