Ocean Park Inn

We really like it. Near everything. Underground parking for a few bucks extra. Walk to CVS pharmacy and Ralphs. Good free breakfast saved the family some dough.

We stayed in Pacific Beach for the first time this week, in fact it was the first time in San Diego ever. I think for the price this hotel is worth staying at very affordable and the staff is super great. Room was awesome with a beautiful ocean view! My only complaint was that there are «beach bums» all around the hotel, it is like the hangout spot. The public restrooms are right next to the hotel so I think that why they are there. They were very loud and obnoxious the whole time. I will not stay here again just for that reason only.

My husband and I stayed at the Ocean Park Inn for our wedding night on 10÷6÷15. We booked a suite and expected it to match the amount we paid to stay one night here.
Pros: The room was large and clean. The bathroom had a large roman tub and a separate shower, which was nice. We had a small balcony that overlooked the ocean and boardwalk.
Cons: Parking was a bit of a cluster, having to wait to check in before being able to park. Water bottles in the room were extremely costly at $ 4/​each. The breakfast was nothing special. There were made-​to-​order waffles available but the hard boiled eggs seemed old. However, my biggest problem with the room that we were given was that it butted up against the elevator. All night long we could hear it dinging and the doors opening/​closing. Why would you place one of your most expensive rooms up against the elevator? It was really disappointing to spend what is supposed to be one of the most romantic nights listening to the elevator ding nearly the whole time.
Maybe another room would have been better, however from what I understand, there are only limited suites and they were all booked that night. I just really expected something more staying here and feel let down by what we experienced.

Die Lage ist hier Trumpf!
Mitten in Pacific Beach gelegen, in unmittelbarer Nähe des Crystal Piers und der gastronomischen Vielfalt, kann man vom Ocean Park Inn alles zu Fuß erreichen.
Die Pool Area ist sehr schön im Innenhof angelegt und es gibt genügend Liegen und Loungesessel zum Entspannen. Der Pool ist prima für eine Abkühlung, der beheizte Whirlpool klasse, wenn es doch mal etwas frischer ist.
Der Service war zu jederzeit freundlich und sehr zuvorkommend! Der Zimmerservice ist prima. Sogar die Betten werden bei Bedarf jeden Tag frisch bezogen und man bekommt täglich neue Kaffeepads.
Lediglich die Zimmerausstattung und –gestaltung könnten eine Generalüberholung gebrauchen. Wünschenswert wäre auch eine kleine Kochniesche bzw. Geschirr & Besteck, um sich mal ein Sandwich o.ä. machen zu können.
Für das Preis– Leistungsverhältnis hätte ich 3,5 Sterne gegeben. Da wir jedoch ein kostenloses Upgrade für ein Zimmer mit seitlichem Meerblick bekommen haben, von mir 4 Sterne.

I would give it 6 stars if I could. This hotel is right on the boardwalk of pacific beach. The staff is amazingly friendly (Mercedes is a sweetheart), they have very clean rooms with comfortable beds and a beautiful pool.
They give you beach towels to use, laundry rooms (machines take quarters) parking is only ten dollars and it’s secured/​underground. The patio overlooks the ocean and it really adds to the overall experience.
The location is perfect for a vacation on the beach with the family or friends.
Side note, they let you use the pool and parking on the day you check out for a few hours, so you don’t feel like an outsider the second you check out.
They have a nice continental breakfast in the mornings and they have a different refreshing juice and fruits in the lobby all day and night for the guests.
I cannot think of one negative thing to say about this hotel. Even the price was good compared to other hotels in the area.

It really is THAT close to the beach! My husband and I went to Southern California last month for a wedding and decided to spend a few days in San Diego. After some exhaustive research on hotels in our price range, we found a great deal for the Ocean Park Inn (OPI) on
. It was the best decision we ever made!
We were on the bottom floor in room 125, and the view was AMAZING. The bottom floor has some fairly large outdoor wicker furniture, so in the mornings we would grab a coffee from the free breakfast, slide open the glass door on our room, and sit in the morning sun listening to the waves crashing. It was a million-​dollar experience for sure! Every afternoon, we’d thrown on our swim suits and in under a minute we’d run out the door and hit the water. No fussing with parking, just take a step out your door and you have the best of SoCal!
Our rooms were also really, really nice! The room had Kohler fixtures in the bathroom (a great quality brand), nice flat screen tv, really comfy bed, and leather furniture. I didn’t feel like we skimped at all on the quality of our room v. the proximity to the beach. The free breakfast in the mornings was also pretty high quality for continental! No bacon and eggs, but they did have fresh waffles, bagels, a great assortment of fresh pastries (not hard and stale at all), yogurts, hard-​boiled eggs, oatmeal…
The ONLY negative to our experience was the parking here. You can tell it was a bit of an afterthought, because the only entrance/​exit to the garage is also the same tiny space arriving guests park to check in… causing regular traffic jams. The garage is also TINY. We rented a Nissan Altima, but anything larger (like a truck or SUV) would have some serious issues. I did see a big 4×4 truck in the garage, but lord only know how he got it in there and I didn’t see it leave too often once it arrived.
AMAZING location, great quality rooms, you can NOT do any better in San Diego!!!

Great location and great staff. Rooms are dated but who cares you’re right by the beach. Great for kids minus no bathtubs. They provided us with a infant tub which was nice though it did the trick. They have a community chest of beach toys that the kids can use at the beach. Pool and spa were nice. Complimentary breakfast was nice. Grab a banana or some toast. The coffee is not good though. Good thing Starbucks is across the street. There vending machines steal your money stop by the 7 – 11. Parking was a great deal but stalls are a tight squeeze. Overall we enjoyed our stay and would stay here again.

Just got back from another great stay at the Ocean Park. You can’t beat the location of this hotel. The staff are helpful and attentive. We had an issue with our shower head, and it was fixed right away. The front desk is very good at giving recommendations of dining and activities in the area. We enjoyed renting bikes and going to Mission Beach. I give 5 stars for the price, location, and quality.

Great place! Rates are pretty high during spring break, so use Hotel Tonight and save some cash. Fantastic location, and even the partial ocean view rooms have great scenery. Rooms are newly refurbished and the accommodations are as you would expect for the price range. Be sure to head down by 10 am for the included continental breakfast– they do a good job. Staff was friendly too!

I read all the reviews before booking here and wasn’t expecting so much from the hotel. Actually it wasn’t bad for $ 149 a night with parking and tax = $ 176. You can walk directly onto the boardwalk from within the hotel thru glass gates as long as you have your hotel key to enter back in or you have to exit thru the lobby.
The hotel didn’t stink and I LOVE that it’s 100% smoke-​free and smokers are fined $ 250 if they are caught smoking on the premises LOL.
The bathrooms were pretty big.
The partial ocean view was nice, next time I’d rather get a full ocean view on the 3^rd floor that’s right next to the boardwalk.
The Only things I did not like about the hotel were:
1. They charge you $ 10 parking a day!!!
2. They do NOT offer AAA discount.
3. The beds were too soft to my liking.
Make sure you bring your own water as the water bottles they leave are $ 4 each.
No microwave but they do a have a mini fridge hidden in the dresser below the tv.
Walking distance to 7 – 11 across the street/​paid parking lot.
Starbucks and taco bell are both across the street as well as Wells Fargo inside the Ralphs store.
Fat Taco is a decent cantina to eat.
We tried to eat at the Shore Club right across from the hotel but there was no where to sit/​eat.

We stayed here for our honeymoon and we we’re fairly OK with our stay. Granted we didn’t spend much time in our room.
So here are the positives: Amazing view of the ocean and great location.
And the negatives: Bed was a 6 out of 10, pillows same rating (u need like 3 at minimum to get comfortable), but most of all extremely disappointed in the lack of food for room service and the continental breakfast. The restaurant that they use for room service was renovating — so zero room service (and no replacement). Most disappointing of all is the Continental Breakfast!!! With all the $$$ spent at this location they could at least serve fresh boiled eggs, is that too much to ask!!! I mean I just spent $ 800 to stay here and besides the waffle maker, the only other hot food option is toast/​bagels. The eggs were old and dry making it ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE to peel (I definitely ate some shell). The Fairfield Inn Marriott servers better continental breakfast then that!
Overall: Spend $$$ for the view and location, because you’re in such a central location you can walk to get better breakfast (Go to Konos!) and most any meals. I suggest World Famous for Happy Hour and Dirty Birds for the best wings in Pacific Beach!

I’ll start by saying we will definitely stay here again.
We’re pretty familiar with the PB area, but now that we live in Vegas we had to look at other options with regards to places to stay down there. We weren’t disappointed with this choice. Let me be clear that the money you pay is for the location and the views. You won’t find lavishly decorated rooms with all the amenities you can imagine. You’ll find a pretty standard, but clean, room with the basics needed for your stay. I didn’t book this place with the intention of spending a lot of time in the room, so it was perfect.
The staff working on the Sunday afternoon when we checked in was phenomenal. They were extremely welcoming and accommodating. I opted to pay the $ 10 for their underground garage parking and they gave me a temporary key to access that garage as I was a few hours early for check-​in. They sent me a text when my room was available and they were able to get me in an hour before the scheduled check-​in time.
Bottom line — we like the property, the people were great and the views were incredible. It’s a perfect location in PB and we’ll likely stay here whenever we decide to stay down on the beach.

Stayed there last weekend. Thing about San Diego in September is that beaches aren’t crowded and the water is the warmest of the year. So swimming was awesome!
Having said that, this was the third time we’ve stayed here. We were on the 1^st floor with a walkout sitting area which offered very comfy lounge chairs and cushioned ottoman. Room and bathroom very clean as always. Bed was very comfy with high count cotton sheets. Only negative with the room, per se, was the A/​C was on and off countless time during the night so it disrupted our sleep.
Swimming pool is a bit small but heated, and the hot tub was perfect.
There were only two negatives with staying here. The hotel is 75′ from a fire station and the hotel is located within 300′ of the Pacific Beach Shore Club which plays extremely loud electro beat music all day and into the late night. So when sitting out in our little comfy sitting patio you can feel the beat of the music and it’s hard to have a soft conversation. The other thing that is an issue is that the street people like the green grass just by the boardwalk near the hotel so quite a few of them can gsther just outside your room area, though separated by the hotel’s perimeter glass and concrete wall.
Lastly, I think this place is a bit too expensive with its normal rate of almost $ 400/​night (though we paid less than that due to some discount because of ongoing rennovation work) per night rate given the negatives, but if you want to be in the heart of PB with the beach only feet away then I guess this is what it will cost.
Oh, one more thing. They’ve added a free breakfast which was a nice touch. Oh, and one more one more thing. The service was excellent.

We totally enjoyed our stay.,
Our room had an awesome partial view of the ocean.
The hotel is at a great location, right on the beach.
Nice staff.
Clean rooms… white bedspreads, which gives you sign of cleanliness.
Rooms were recently remodelled.
Fruit and lemonade in lobby is a nice touch.
Free breakfast is good.
As for complaints, the wifi did not work in our room! We had to go to lobby to get service. If you have ‘business’ to do in your room, this can be an issue.
We look forward to coming back again, as long as the price is right.

I got this room as a deal on orbitz and spent $ 400 for the room for one night. Now as someone who travels a lot for business and pleasure I know what I get for the prices I pay for. This hotel is a rip off. It’s on the beach but that’s all that’s good about the place.
1. Whole place is outdated
2. This place is normaly $ 600 and that’s insane
3. The front desk guy is really rude
4. The beds aren’t comfortable
5. The pool and jacuzzi are so small
Don’t stay here. There are way better places for the price

I would like the tell our story at this hotel. We came March 22 just for one night to get away for some relaxation by the beach. While the hotel is nice and all, we did not like our experience. I’m not sure it’s the hotel’s fault but here is what happened.
We happened to get stuck next to a bunch of drunken, loud and obnoxious a – holes. They fought, drank, and yelled ALL night long. And I do mean all night. Neither my husband or I got any sleep. We finally heard dogs attacking at about 3:30 am and just assumed it was the K9 unit of the SDPD. But, the barking never stopped. I complained to the front desk and they assured me they had it handled. But, when I went to the lobby at 7:00 am to get some coffee, the cops were just getting there. Apparently they were busy that night. As it turns out, the drunks (and there were a lot of them) snuck in two pit bulls and they attacked the people that were fighting. It was an awful night and horrendous experience. They destroyed the room. They were fighting in the hallway right outside our door. The dude’s foot was all bloody from the dog bite. What a night.
Management comped us $ 100 for the trouble, but now that I think about it more, I feel we should have not had to pay for the room. We never got to sleep and still had to drive three hours to get back home. It was not a good experience at all.
I’d probably stay there again for the location but there are a lot of transients there and that experience was really unacceptable. I might look into other hotels in the area.
They do charge $ 10 to park, which I really didn’t mind since it’s underground and locked.

Let’s be honest about the homeless people. It’s a problem! Even if the hotel staff will shrug it off & say «yeah… sorry about that…»
Really?! A homeless man laid on the grass napping directly outside our patio door «view» to the beach & sunset! For hours! He left on his own accord, undisturbed by anyone, and then returned the next morning to the SAME spot! Please– look at the pic I posted. He & his shopping cart had a Better, MUCH Cheaper view of the sunset than my family & I did!!! We walked by him multiple times coming & going to the beach. I was just surprised no one bothered him to move.
I’ll say as well, that HUGELY posted policy of no smoking is just crazy. That homeless man sat there on the lawn, lit up & puffed away. Holding his open half gallon of vodka, none the less… Yet my husband & I have to hide in random spots across the street & in an alleyway (in THIS neighborhood!!) to avoid major charges to our credit card? Seems like some BS to me.
Other than that, the hotel is nice. Our king ocean view room had a pull out couch for our small child, which was nice. The room was clean. We liked the back patio area, which is communal, leads out the boardwalk & has a rinsing shower station. Looks like new furniture & shrubs have been added recently.
I was impressed by the amount of beach toys they have stocked & look to be communal. Boogie boards, pails, shovels, beach chairs even… We were never told if they were communal, but the large storage bin kind of indicated it was. Would have been nice to be told what that was before we went to a local shop & purchased a board for our son.
Breakfast the next morning was a well rounded continental. Actually impressive… Cereal, milk, bagels, donuts, pastries, yogurt cups, hard boiled eggs, juice, coffee & a make your own Belgian waffle station. It was easy to operate & came out perfect. We enjoyed those. No meats…
Overall 3 stars. The staff was kind. Only saw the one young girl at the front desk. Besides shrugging off the homeless issue, which was irritating, she was friendly enough.

I stayed here this past weekend with my boyfriend. This place isn’t super fancy and I think that it is under construction right now, but I can tell you this:
location, Location, LOCATION! Right smack in the middle of anything and everything you might want to do for a fun night out and steps from the beach.
It’s across the street from the Pacific Beach Alehouse
and a bunch of other places. I had so much fun I can’t remember all of them.
They have underground parking for $ 10 that you can add to your hotel bill. I loved that we didn’t have to search for parking anywhere. As soon as we arrived which was well before check-​in, the front desk handed us an underground parking pass and off we went. It’s nice to have service done so simply. Of course, we came back later to actually check in.
The bed was comfy. They offer 2 different types of pillows per person, a really bulky one which my bf liked and I used the temperpedic-​ish one. Regular-​sized hotel balcony, perfect for people watching and a clean bathroom with all the little toiletries you need. There is also a continental breakfast with: yogurt, bagels, cereal, juice, hard boiled eggs and waffels. No bacon, but that’s okay!
Tip: If you’re going out drinking the whole night like we did, stop by the 7 – 11 which is also across the street and pick up some bottled waters to place on your night stand before you head out. The machine outside our room was out of order and they don’t have any water in the rooms. OR, you can do like we did and go down to the breakfast in the morning and DRINK — water ;)
Great place. I’d totally stay here again; slept like a baby!

Location, as others have said, is perfect. 20 steps from the beach, across the street from Ralph’s Supermarket/​Starbucks Coffee, and walking distance to shopping/​restaurants/​nightclubs. Check out Garnet Street if you stay here; it’s a few blocks north and there are so many great restaurants and shops. There were lots of yoga studios around too, which was important to me.
Service was good. They let us check in early and check out late. Front desk personnel was very friendly and told us how to find better deals on their rooms. Summer rates end up being $ 300+ with taxes and fees.
Room was very nice (314). Clean. Even though it said «partial ocean view» it was really good – we were behind the hotel pool so we were a bit further back than the boardwalk rooms. Rooms on the south side seem like they might be noisy; Grand Street is there, with a loud sports bar and, sometimes, a singing group of Hare Krishna guys.
Continental breakfast free, add on 10 dollars a night for parking though. They are renovating the bathrooms later this year, so, if you don’t mind some carpentry sounds they should have some good rates.
Will definitely be back.

Unilocal helped me decide on this hotel and they did a nice job doing so. Ocean Park Inn was the perfect place to stay for our rampage in San Diego. The hotel was very convenient to the beach and the cheap restaurants.
The rooms were very comfortable and clean. They were cleaned and nicely put back together each day. The maid service was great. Mine had a balcony with a decent sliver of an ocean view. There is an interesting character that lives in the bungalow next door that sits in his window and smokes and quotes classic literature.
The front desk staff was the best. They were happy to help us with beach towels, putting our boards in storage, and great with assistance no matter how many times we bothered them in a day. They have dum– dums in a basket on the desk too!
There is underground parking. I dunno how they could do that on a beach, but its convenient!
For the price, I would say it is right on for what you get.

This review update has been written since May, but for obvious reasons I wanted to wait until after my wedding to post.
I was never contacted by a hotel manager – and I was told I would be – after my guy and I toured Ocean Park Inn in February. Irritating, but I didn’t bother following up with the hotel right away since I knew Winter 2012 – 2013 room rates wouldn’t be set for several months anyway.
Fast forward to May 2012.
I called Ocean Park Inn a few days before my wedding invitations were to be printed to inquire if the hotel could guarantee a rate for my guests for late October since I wanted to include as accurate a rate as possible in my wedding invitation hotel list enclosure. We’d previously been told the least expensive room would run about $ 109/​night during our wedding week, but Miss Attitude at the front desk gave me a very different quote when I called in May: $ 139/​night. She had no explanation as to why the rate for that particular October week – a week during the low season, mind you – was significantly more than the previously quoted number and the rates for the surrounding weeks. Even more frustrating was that the employee acted as though our wedding group information wasn’t on file. (My then-​fiancé and I had filled out paperwork during our February visit.) I again provided my contact information and asked that a manager get in touch with me ASAP. I was never contacted.
Needless to say, the combination of this establishment’s lack of communication, the May front desk employee’s downright bitchy disposition, and the bait-​and-​switch room rate increase didn’t please me.
The vast majority of our wedding guests chose to stay at Tower23 and The Beach Cottages. Your big loss, Ocean Park Inn.