5480 Grand Pacific Drive, Carlsbad, CA 92008, United States
#39 of 51 hotels in Carlsbad
Guests' ChoiceBased on 71 hotel reviews
7.2Cleanliness
8.2
Comfort
8.6
Location
8.9
Facilities
7.9
Staff
8.1
Value for money
6.9
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Reviewed: November 26, 2024
Maria
United Statesthere was one server for the whole restaurant on a holiday weekend. poor staffing. the pool was covered in trash with drinks from night before and discarded towels
the room was great
Stayed in November 2024
Reviewed: June 21, 2024
Buijs
QatarThe main downside is there was a disconnect between the booking and what was shown in their system. For example, I had booked breakfast included and had to request that the staff didn’t charge us all 2 days. It would have been nice not to have to keep asking for our breakfast to be comped.
The property was clean and the staff was super helpful.
Stayed in June 2024
Reviewed: March 31, 2024
Yali
United StatesI had booked the reservation including breakfast, but the front desk said exclude it. I doubt checked again and showed to him. He gave me the breakfast ticket only for two people so I went to there again and got two more tickets.
The breakfast is good and the location is great
Stayed in March 2024
Reviewed: February 20, 2024
Allison
United StatesNo staff member at checkout Monday AM.
Great front desk staff member on Sunday and solid room service staff Sunday night!
Stayed in February 2024
Reviewed: June 13, 2023
Greg
United StatesSprawling layout was disorienting. $35/day parking excessive.
Stayed in June 2023
Reviewed: May 22, 2023
Tom
United StatesI was shocked to find a fairly small TV by todays standards, and no USB charging outlets in the room. The king room was ample but the designer colors and styles are out of date. I’ve had better rooms at a newer Holiday Inn Express!
The hotel lobby is beautiful and the bed was super comfortable. The king room was ample. The front desk staff was very polite and professional.
Stayed in May 2023
Reviewed: April 8, 2023
Jeanette
United StatesMy room wasn’t ready to check in, not properly staff, and room wasn’t 100%. The water they provided was opened from the previous guest.
location
Stayed in April 2023
Reviewed: September 27, 2022
Patel
United StatesI don't understand why they have to charge $28 per day to self park my car! There is plenty of space on the entire property, just another way to gouge.
Stayed in September 2022
Reviewed: August 5, 2022
Netto
United StatesRoom cleaning could happen more often, it was a bit noisy sometimes with kids running around at night. The door on the room was super heavy to open. 28/day parking seems expensive.
Friendly staff, pool is very nice, room is big, location is ok
Stayed in August 2022
Reviewed: June 6, 2022
Alma
PhilippinesI was so surprised when the hotel staff initially told me that I had no booking under my name. It was frustrating since I booked through booking.com and I made sure I had my confirmation number and an email sent by booking.com. Apparently, booking.com wasn’t able to fulfill their role of booking my family a room. So we had to wait until someone could help us find a room. Another frustrating experience is not getting my request for an extra blanket, despite calling them the entire evening multiple times and being told that it was on the way to my room already. I called again when I woke up the following day and that was the only time they gave me a blanket which was useless since we needed the blanket during sleep and not when we were all off to Legoland.
I commend one of the staff named Hunter who tried to give us a room despite not seeing any room booked under my name which was really frustrating since I got a booking confirmation through booking.com.
Stayed in June 2022
Reviewed: May 31, 2022
Judith
United StatesI booked for queen beds and they gave my full beds
Stayed in May 2022
Reviewed: December 24, 2024
Farzad
United StatesVery clean
Stayed in December 2024
Reviewed: November 27, 2024
Glenn
United StatesThey charged my card $38.00 per day for parking but it says on their parking policy (Booking.com) that it's $28.00 per day. It was a complete rip-off
Proximity to Legoland
Stayed in November 2024
Reviewed: November 21, 2024
Jose
United StatesThe staff never clean or made our bed or removed the garbage from our room.
The closeness to Legoland and private entrance.
Stayed in November 2024
Reviewed: September 19, 2024
Natalia
United StatesGreat for staying with kids. Walked to Legoland as hotel has a separate entrance to avoid crowds. Nice breakfast.
Stayed in August 2024
Reviewed: July 17, 2024
Danette
United StatesOur toilet was broken for a whole morning and we had to call The front desk 4 seperate times to finally have someone come up. The elevator was also broken half of our stay.
The location
Stayed in July 2024
Reviewed: July 2, 2024
Judith
United Statesnothing
large rooms nice pool
Stayed in April 2024
Reviewed: March 16, 2024
Reagan
United Statesthe first night the toilet backed up and the heat and air did not work so they gave us a portable heater, there was maitance working in the hall way with too and ladder and working on something the whole time now the worst was we wanted to stay another night because it was raining the day we were going to a outside event they advertise they match prices but they would not match price with booking so they charged for one night 259.00 resort fees again 59.00 parking per night 38.00 plus they made us change to a different room plus it was supposed to be one breakfast incl but they charged 76.00 for breakfast unbelievable oh yea he whole reason to stay here was because of heated pool it was very cold but beautiful
I liked that it was very clean
Stayed in March 2024
Reviewed: November 30, 2023
Rick
United StatesHorrible customer service
Ok
Stayed in November 2023
Reviewed: September 4, 2023
Timothy
United StatesRoom had a really bad odor like mildew carpet
Exceptional customer service Beautiful resort
Stayed in September 2023
Reviewed: August 24, 2023
Heather
United StatesWe didn't enjoy the majority of the experience when at this hotel. The staff were very uninviting. No activities for kids other than a pool slide that closes early. Onsite restaurant was expensive and exotic for our taste. Coffee in our room was not replenished when cleanings were done. Bathroom was mediocre for a resort. TV channels were very limited especially for younger kids.
The beds were comfortable and the facility was clean.
Stayed in August 2023
Reviewed: August 14, 2023
Mario448
United StatesHouse keepers too loud when they clean and constantly yelling at each other in the hallway super early in the morning
Stayed in August 2023
Reviewed: August 9, 2023
Brad
United StatesGreat staff. Johnny at check in was spectacular
Stayed in August 2023
Reviewed: August 3, 2023
Tally
CanadaOnly strange part was at the Sheraton side of the resort you could not get coffee until 6:30 am but if you walked over to the Westin that’s attached you could get a coffee at 6 am. When you are coming from the east coast with the time difference - you need an early coffee!
Johnny Johnny!! Since the moment we checked into the hotel he took such good care of us. Professional and would go out of his way to make sure we were happy. Made the experience over the 9 nights for my family smooth and enjoyable. Hope to see him when we return.
Stayed in August 2023
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