Lafayette Hotel & Suites - San Diego

3 star Hotel San Diego

2223 El Cajon Blvd - San Diego

877-662-6988
$ 59 Avg Price
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The Lafayette Hotel & Suites is a recently renovated inexpensive San Diego boutique hotel located only 1.5 miles/2.4 km from Balboa Park and the San Diego Zoo. Situated on El Cajon Blvd. this bargain uptown San Diego hotel is only 4.4 miles/7 km from the Downtown San Diego Waterfront area, the Broadway Pier, and the Gaslamp Quarter. This unique hotel is also only a short walk from all the fun restaurants and bars around University Heights and the community of Hillcrest, and conveniently located on a bus route that leads directly into downtown.

With a Colonial mansion-style architecture this historic 4-story San Diego landmark hotel features a designer Olympic-size terrazzo tile swimming pool with elegant patio sitting areas and boasts an ambiance that harks back to the era of classic crooners, Big Bands and zoot suits. While retaining all of its original charm, the Lafayette Hotel & Suites also offers spacious, comfortable, and clean rooms with an extensive array of modern amenities including wireless Internet access, multi-phone lines with free local calls, and electronic locks. Some rooms have French doors that open up to a lanai with a fabulous view of the pool.

The Lafayette Hotel is also the ideal San Diego location for special events with versatile meeting space capable of accommodating up to 500 people, and an experienced staff capable of offering full-service catering. Business/event amenities include, audio-visual equipment, a 24-hour business center, computer station, and Internet point. Garage parking is provided (surcharges may apply).

For lunch and dinner try the "L" Bar and Grill with Poolside Terrace, or experience American Cuisine in a casual atmosphere at the long-established Red Fox Room and Piano Bar which features nightly entertainment.
Hotel Guest Rating
6.7
Based on 10 hotel reviews

This was the worst hotel I have ever, ever stayed in. The location was in 'the hood' and very scarey. The rooms were old and smelly, they were dirty, the furniture w...

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Hotel Facilities at Lafayette

  • Air conditioning
  • Entire property is non-smoking
  • Gift shop
  • Laundry service
  • Lift/elevator
  • City tour
  • Concierge
  • Front desk - 24 hour
  • Front desk - safety deposit box
  • Luggage room
  • Multilingual staff
  • Newspapers
  • Personal newspapers
  • Business Center
  • Conference room
  • Meeting Room
  • Billiards / Snooker
  • Gym
  • Outdoor swimming pool
  • Free parking
  • Garage
  • Limousine service
  • Private parking
  • Internet/Email services
  • Night club
  • Bar
  • Cafeteria
  • Pool bar
  • Restaurant/Dining

Know before you go

  • There are no room charges for children 13 years old and younger who occupy the same room as their parents or guardians, using existing bedding.

Check-in: after 3 PM.

Check-out: before 11 AM.

Policy

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.

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Cancellation Policy

you may cancel a booking without incurring a penalty til one day before arrival. In case of late cancellation or no show 100% of the first night per room + local tax will be charged on your credit card. Local tax 12.50% not included in the price Check-out time on 11:00am
You may cancel your reservation without penalty up until 1 day before your arrival date, by accessing the Your Reservations page. It is not possible to cancel your reservation if you selected and booked a room indicated as "PREPAID/NOT REFUNDABLE".

Renovation and closures

This property is undergoing renovations until 31 January 2012.
Completion dates are subject to change. Every effort will be made to minimize noise and disturbance.
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Cleanliness of rooms

6

Quietness of rooms

7

Spaciousness of rooms

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Quality of service provided

6

Hotel surroundings

Lafayette Hotel reviews

  • October 2010
  • Anonymous Guest
  • Family with young children
  • USA
0.9

This was the worst hotel I have ever, ever stayed in. The location was in 'the hood' and very scarey. The rooms were old and smelly, they were dirty, the furniture was burned and falling apart, the curtains were torn, the carpet was not vacuumed, there were disgusting spots on the floor, the security locks on both rooms were broken. I just can't say enough bad things. We go to SD very often and this 'read' like a nice place. It was horrible. My husband and I were their with our daughter and her 2 young children. It was a very negatively intimidating property.

  • April 2010
  • Wolfgang Hoetzl
  • Young couple
  • Germany
9.9

A great hotel and pool - top services - very cleanliness an a very warm welcome

  • September 2009
  • Marco Muzzioli
  • Young couple
  • Italy
4.8

The breakfast is very poor and the staff dedicated not very nice; the hotel is not in downtown so is necessary a car;good the hydromassage with hot water;the hotel offer a room with personal computer;the pool is large.

  • August 2008
  • Anonymous Guest
  • Group
  • Canada
5.5

Room was small. Fridge did not work and smelled bad. Bathroom was moldy and water temperature/pressure was horrible and you got scalded/frozen at one minute intervals. One of two phones did not work in room, but local calls were free. Listing said hotel offered shuttle service from airport but did not. Pool area is lovely but they allow non-guests to use it and it was overcrowded and quite rowdy and we didn't get to use it much as a result, no priority is given to hotel guests. Staff were friendly and tried to be helpful but were slightly clueless. Note WIFI only available from lobby, no other areas.

  • August 2008
  • Anonymous Guest
  • Mature couple
  • Ireland
5.1

The housekeeping needs to be supervised and checked. Our room was not hoovered and grit from the balcony was left on the carpet for two days. The rooms need an upgrade small things like a loose shelf in the bathroom no bedside table at one side of the bed and nasty grit on the balcony took from what was a nice place. Lovely pool but rooms need info pack re standard info regarding hotel. Restaurant Red Fox too dark to be enjoyable. Hotel has potential to be really good with some improvements.Be aware that pool open to public for part of day 11.30-6.30.

  • June 2008
  • Laura Ollis
  • Mature couple
  • USA
9.6

The room was excellent and service great. Everyone was sooooo nice.

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Room Details

The Lafayette Hotel San Diego features 129 non-smoking guest rooms located on four floors. All rooms offer either one king bed or two queen beds with private bathroom and hair dryer and are equipped with high-speed Internet access, AM/FM clock radio, work desk, multiple line telephone with free local calls and voice mail, cable TV with premium channels, electronic locks, iron and ironing board, and individually controlled air conditioning.

The Standard King offers a king sized bed with all standard features.

The Standard Queen Queen offers two queen sized beds with all standard features.

The Superior Pool-side Queen Queen offers two queen beds with French doors that open up to a lanai that overlooks the swimming pool and all standard features.

Accommodation Services

  • Air conditioning
  • Baby cots/cribs available
  • Cable TV
  • Desk
  • Direct dial phone
  • High speed Internet access
  • Individually controlled air conditioning
  • Non-smoking rooms
  • Pay-Per-View
  • Radio
  • Safe
  • Wireless Internet access

How to reach Lafayette Hotel & Suites

By car
From San Diego International Airport:
Head north toward Airlane Rd and then take a slight left toward North Harbor Dr. (follow signs for Parking/Terminal Return/Airport exit). Take another slight left toward North Harbor Drive (there will be signs for Commuter Terminal/Point Loma/Harbor Island). Turn left at North Harbor Dr. and then left at West Grape St. Turn right to merge onto I-5 South, and then take exit 16 to merge onto CA-163 North toward Escondido. Take exit 2B for Washington St East. Merge onto Washington St. Take slight left at Normal St., and then slight right at El Cajon Blvd.

Distances from Hotel Lafayette

The Lafayette Hotel & Suites is within walking distance of the world famous San Diego Zoo, where the most elaborate and ambitious animal habitat in the history of the zoo is now open, the Joan B. Kroc's Monkey Trails and Forest Tales is the naturalistic home to more than 30 species of African and Asian birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians. Keep an eye out for the rarely seen, secretive and mysterious clouded leopard. Or visit the Polar Bear Plunge where you will discover that polar bears are right at home, in Southern California. This exhibit brings the Arctic tundra to San Diego. From an underwater viewing room you can see how agile and playful the polar bears really are. In fact, the bears are known to swim right up to the glass to check out all the humans on display! San Diego Zoo - 2 km / 1.2 mi
Starlight Bowl - 2.5 km / 1.6 mi
Spanish Village Art Center - 2.5 km / 1.6 mi
Reuben H. Fleet Science Center - 2.7 km / 1.7 mi
San Diego Museum of Art - 2.7 km / 1.7 mi
Old Globe Theater - 2.7 km / 1.7 mi
Museum of Photographic Sciences - 2.8 km / 1.7 mi
Spreckels Organ Pavilion - 2.8 km / 1.7 mi
Mingei International Museum - 2.8 km / 1.7 mi
Balboa Park - 2.8 km / 1.7 mi
Museum of Man - 2.8 km / 1.8 mi
House of Pacific Relations International Cottages - 3 km / 1.9 mi
Centro Cultural de la Raza - 3.1 km / 1.9 mi
Japanese Friendship Garden - 3.1 km / 1.9 mi
San Diego Hall of Champions Sports Museum - 3.2 km / 2 mi
The preferred airport for Lafayette Hotel San Diego is San Diego, CA (SAN-San Diego Intl.) - 5.9 km / 3.7 mi.

Distances are calculated in a straight line from the property's location to the point of interest or airport and may not reflect actual travel distance.

Distances are displayed to the nearest 0.1 mile and kilometre.

Transportation services Lafayette Hotel & Suites

  • Free parking
  • Garage
  • Limousine service
  • Private parking

Your hotel features free parking.

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