The Consulate Hotel

Pros: Location, Free Parking, Friendly service
Cons: Tv channels never worked, light switches didn’t work, ripped curtains, ripped blankets, sketchy elevators, gym is closed, extra fee for fridge/​microwave, out dated rooms, gym closed
Arrived at the hotel on a Saturday afternoon, the check in process was hassle free. They had friendly service issued my room keys, parking pass, and gave me instructions on how to get to my room. I got a King «non-​smoking» room, the room looked clean, the bed was large, however the room smelled like smoke, we got used to it after a while. The room itself was clean and the bed was ok comfort wise. As the day went by more flaws kept popping up Furniture is dented/​broken, everything is ripped, light bulbs and switches did not work, direct tv channels were not working, wifi was very slow. I didn’t even bother to complain about it, looking at the reviews it wasn’t gonna get better. I had a 2 night stay and the second day afternoon i was locked out my room, the keys were deactivated and they said thats a common thing when people stay longer than one day. –_​-​. Website states there is a fitness room, however forget to mention its permanently closed. I asked for the ice machine there is one in the 1^st floor thats broken and another one in the 5^th floor that works perfectly. There is a microwave in the lobby that had soup spilled inside when i wanted to use it. there are 2 broken vending machines but you can purchase items at the front counter. I requested a fridge for the room which cost $ 10 extra. Pool and jacuzzi are small and look dirty but people still were taking advantage of them. An upside is that there was a nice view of Downtown San Diego from a distance on the 6^th floor.
This hotel has a lot of potential, but it seems like management or maintenance just don’t care about the place. The building is run down, furniture, walls, doors are beat up. the parking lot is used as storage for old furniture. The staff is great and very friendly, but theres not much they can do about the hotel.
I purchased my room through a 3^rd party vendor for under $ 100/​night however + taxes and fees, i paid about 200 for 2 nights. Unfortunately I overheard people paying $ 127 for 1 night which is definitely not worth it. If you are looking for somewhere to spend your hard earned money do not go here unless its your last resort.

One star and that’s pushing it! But I got what I paid for $ 38 on Hotwire… Not bad: I. Front desk lady was rude! No early check in (thumbs down) room was below average but we just sleep showered and enjoyed our day in #SD
THIS PLACE NEEDS A MAJOR UPGRADE… the location is a plus… Right near point Loma and all the good stuff in San Diego…

For a non expensive place to stay while working in the area this hotel is perfect. It’s clean, big and the staff is nice, helpful and fast. It’s close to the ocean and downtown. There are limited frills but to share a double bed room instead of travel time and gas it is everything you’d need

This hotel wasn’t too bad for the price. The room was clean and I didn’t see any bugs. The TV was outdated but there was cable. The room was clean, but the hallways outside the room were not. There is plenty of parking and there is a small pool. There is free coffee and pastries in the mornings and there are plenty of stores, gas stations, and restaurants close by. There are also plenty of vending machines with a variety of drinks and snacks. The staff is friendly.
The hotel is very noisy at night (the navy base is across the street). Lots of young people making noise in the hallways and in their rooms late into the night. The city decided to work on the trees the next morning so we got up very early because of the noise.

Well… I spoke too soon. I would NOT recommend this hotel, especially since there are several MUCH better hotels in the immediate area. A few of the problems we experienced during our stay were: cockroaches in our room, the website shows that there is a workout facility — there is none, no warm/​hot water for the laundry, and the most difficult problem was that the front desk told us one rate for our room and we were then later told that there was a miscommunication between the owner and the front desk person which resulted in us paying a MUCH higher room rate. Call me crazy… but I think the right thing to do was to honor what we were originally told. We will not be staying here again. A much better choice is the Cabrillo Inn and Suites. The manager is very nice and the rooms are much better than the Consulate

Perfect example of you get what you pay for. $ 56 a night for a hotel in San Diego says it all…
I stayed here because I was in town on business and my office was next door. Also I came in late and was leaving early so just needed somewhere to crash for a few hours.
The other reviews and pics are spot on. The place is full of bugs, I had roaches in the shower when I arrived. Also it is very tired — reminds me of a hotel in 1980s Spain.
I am just surprised this place is still open and doing business. I woild have thought some property developer woild have snatched it up and bulldozed it to build a new building (s) already.

Place is not bad for the price, they must have upgraded a bit since the last reviews. My only grips are, beds are hard, the TV was from back in the 80, and the shower would jump from warm to hot, to cold without warning. All n all not bad for a last minute booking.

I booked a room in this hotel with a request for handicapped accessibility, as I was in a wheelchair. When I checked-​in, I was sent to a room that was definitely not accessible. When I went down and checked with the front desk, I was told all the accessible rooms were already booked. Really? Why didn’t someone let me know this beforehand? They should know what kind of reservations they have and what rooms are available. After a few moments, the receptionist offered to upgrade us to a suite, if it would accommodate us. I went up to see the room, and there was adequate room in the bathroom for the chair to get in, and space in the rest of the room to accommodate the chair. No bars on the tub or toilet, but with the chair in the bathroom, I could lean on it to move around.
The rooms were clean, the a/​c worked, the pool was heated, the whirlpool was very hot (too hot for me, but not for my companion), and pool towels were available at the front desk. There is also an adequate workout room next to the pool.
The hotel is conveniently located across the street from Starbucks, 24 hour Ralph’s, and a McDonald’s. We had a refrigerator and microwave in the room, as requested, at no additional charge. Coffee was available for free in the lobby, as well as a coffeemaker in the room.
Parking seemed adequate. The hotel is right near a bus stop as well. We traveled down from L.A. on the train, and took the bus out to the military cemetery and Cabrillo lighthouse out on the point, so it was convenient to have a hotel right at a bus stop. It’s almost impossible to go down to San Diego and return to L.A. in the same day (without driving) if you want to actually do anything while you’re there, unless you’re willing to pay the cost of Amtrak. But if you can stay overnight, you can take public transit (Metrolink to Oceanside, the Coaster from Oceanside to San Diego).

Was just checked in at 1 o’clock left for a few hours came back we were in room 316 3^rd floor first room as you come out the elevator.. this room has thousands of roaches and I am not kidding when I say thousands I move the phone to call the office and hundreds of roaches ran from underneath the phone if you’re looking for a good roach motel this is the place to be… my advice is for this hotel to do a complete extermination of all pests this room was disgusting even the lady at the front desk told me people have complained about that exact room before

Okay let’s get this clear the photos lie from the website and also from 3^rd party apps. Tends to be the trend from all hotels now a days. We came to check in after booking 3^rd party, and we got placed on the 4^th floor after requesting bottom floor due to spouse being pregnant. Plus online the amenities were your standard ac, fridge/​micro, coffee, safe, iron, flatscreen tv/​HBO and upon arrival no fridge/​micro, ac broken, light broken (half room lit), and 90s era television. Luckily HBO lol. It seems to be whenever we book this way the hotels always give us the most run down rooms. For crying out loud our room was $ 100+ somethin, and after our price cut from the 3^rd party all we get the worst rooms and not to mention front desk won’t offer us an upgrade with our amenities. I can get more into detail but to save you the time this place isn’t worth the headache. Don’t go. Customer service from front desk was nice though, this two stars.

Okay Unilocalers let me inform you of all the reasons to avoid this hotel. I wouldn’t have in a million years imagined that a place i once felt comfortable at, could instantly change to the dirtiest, grimmy, most unfriendly place, as a result of new management. The place has bed bugs number one. Which is foul! Its also infested with cockroaches of all varieties. Not only did the new management come pounding on my door accusing my friend of not paying publicly humiliating him and then just have him sign a paper saying he paid for the two nights never once
as there a record of us paying cash for the first two nights we stayed this really upset my friend as would it upset anybody being publicly humiliated amongst other guests checking in. This really upset me I didn’t know what to do, so I just let it go. So after the two days we decided to stay for a week. I went down to the front desk and paid $ 450 in cash and was not given a receipt I had asked for one when the whole deal about not paying for the two days could have been easily avoided if they were to issue a receipt showing payment for the first two days so then it was 2:30 a.m. I had just gotten back to the hotel and my key did not work, so I went to the front desk where the manager was working and ask for a new key. He refused to give me a key saying he had never seen me there before even though I had stayed there months and months and given that hotel thousands and thousands of dollars. He claim to my name was not on the room therefore he cannot issue and might be a key until my friend returned. This made me very upset because now again this man was basically calling me a liar as he did my friend a few days before and the customer service industry just don’t do that. He made me call my friend hand the phone to him and then he continued to ask my friend if it was ok to issue me a key for the room to which I was staying in and all my belongings were inside. The man’s name was jadeen, a real gentlemen. So they kicked us out the following night, all because i told the manager he should have a meeting with his staff demanding they take names and issue receipts for every bill of sale. Needlesse to say the man was extremely disrespectful to us for 3 days in a row. so now i just had to share with my fellow peers that the consulate hotel is grimmy filthy and infested with cockroaches, bedbugs, mold, and it alway smells like raw sewage in the elevators. The photos on theid website arw false advertisement or completely photos shop. The place us dilapidated. Yours trury shazam

I only gave it on star because I had to write a review! The worst hotel ever! I wouldn’t recommend this hotel on my worst enemy! No AC this place has roaches! It seem like a good deal but you get what you pay for!

This hotel is not great, but most of the 1-​star reviews on this page are ridiculous and remind me of the Unilocalers from the South Park episode that was recently on.
The Consulate Hotel is old and run-​down, but it is clean and well-​maintained for being an older building. The rooms are older and not very nice, but the sheets are clean and there were no bedbugs when I thoroughly checked each bed. The TVs are older and not flat-​screen and there’s no ESPN, but they do get HBO and TBS and stuff.
Honestly it’s a dirt cheap hotel that you find on Hotwire and other sites and pay so much less than surrounding hotels/​motels. What do you expect? The rooms are clean, the people were really nice, and that’s all you can ask for. And parking was free.

Cheap ass motel run by old greedy people. Checked into the room that looked like it was from 1978. Air conditioning didn’t work, thankfully the work staff was friendly. 2 hours later the air conditioning was fixed (but the owner offered nothing for the inconvenience).
I went out for a walk in the night air and wanted to grab a cup of tea from the lobby. An old Indian lady yelled at me «the tea is only for breakfast.»
How cheap are you? Don’t stay here, customer service is horrible.

This place is a mess, Ice machine broken, Our room was literally 97 degrees. Our room faced the sun. It took 4 hours to cool it down with the AC built in 1914. The room smelt like cigarettes. The restaurant was closed. Manager was rude. everything was dirty and Broken in the room. This place is seriously stuck in the 1980’s

After reading the reviews I was really nervous about staying here. Most of them were about bed bugs, broken elevators, charging for parking, water issues, and rude staff. But I’m happy to say our stay there was great! We stayed Aug 14−17^th and our room was amazing. We had a beautiful view on the top floor of the pier and downtown. The pool was beautiful. Our room was clean and the beds were definitely bug free! The only down side was the toilet and shower got clogged, but once we mentioned it someone was up within 5 minutes to fix it. Underground parking is free and monitored. Breakfast was wonderful. The elevators were a little shakey, but it worked. The front desk guy said they were taken over by new management a few months ago. My guests and I had a great time, and we will hopefully be staying there again soon.

Bed bugs! We stayed here bec we had no other option when our flight got cancelled.
We arrived at 4 am and i couldnt sleep after we complained they gave us other crappy room. The other one was not entirely clean! The towels were kinda put back after someone else used them!
The faucet was leaking making some kindda noise.
The hallways and lobby smelled bad.
If you love yourself and had a choice go somewhere else.

BEDBUGS!!!
The wall socket was uncovered, the electric plugs didn’t work, the door handle was duck taped to the door, there was damage/​holes on the wall, the shower leaked, and the key cards would constantly stop randomly working and you were always going to the front desk to get new ones. There is wifi but only in some rooms.

I stayed at The Consulate this weekend for an event with my running group June 12 — 14, 2015. They really took did a great job of being accommodating and understanding of our different needs. We took up a lot of room and appreciated being grouped on the same floors. The staff was courteous, attentive, and patient!
The rooms were clean and comfortable. The air conditioner worked great! The pool was heated like a hot tub, which our group loved, however I’m not sure if it’s always like that. And they allowed us to be at the pool til late in the evening.
The hotel is also conveniently located across a Starbucks, 24 hour Ralph’s, and a McDonald’s.

I would give this hotel 5 stars but there were a couple of things that ticked me off… but first. let’s start with the pros!
PROS: The staff was very nice and professional at the front desk. Check in was simple and easy and they got us to our room in no time. The bed sheets were clean and the beds were comfy. The room was clean. There were plenty of parking.
Cons: the entrance to the front parking lot has a very large bump. not car friendly. The swimming pool was very dirty and it kind of smelled. The spa wasn’t working! The water in the shower won’t drain… so the water kind of sat there for an hour or so after a shower. I also think the lady that cleaned my room threw away my bottle of sunblock. :/​
But this hotel is passable. Recommended if you just need a place to stay and not looking for anything fancy.