Grande Colonial Hotel

“Peaceful stay”

Lovely location, staff, and experience. One block from Children’s Pool with the seals. Bars/restaurants/shopping all just outside the hotel. Has restaurant/bar in hotel as well. Was lucky to have Santa Ana winds that brought clear crisp skies with a little chill at night. Had room with kitchen a… more

Lovely location, staff, and experience. One block from Children’s Pool with the seals. Bars/restaurants/shopping all just outside the hotel. Has restaurant/bar in hotel as well. Was lucky to have Santa Ana winds that brought clear crisp skies with a little chill at night. Had room with kitchen and loft. Clean and spacious. Comfortable bed and pillows. Had pull out couch, robes, iron, umbrella- just some things I noticed. Deep tub for a nice bath. Did not hear other guests. Very clean bathrooms. Seemed to be heated pool, no hot tub.

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“Great location in LaJolla”

Beautiful hotel, suite with amazing view. However, the location right over the pool and terrace was very noisy due to the fact there were holiday parties on the nights we were there. Also, you have to request your room be cleaned and restocked with coffee. Great location in LaJolla, walking distanc… more

Beautiful hotel, suite with amazing view. However, the location right over the pool and terrace was very noisy due to the fact there were holiday parties on the nights we were there. Also, you have to request your room be cleaned and restocked with coffee. Great location in LaJolla, walking distance to anything we wanted to do. Great advantage since we didn’t rent a car.

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“Great location, upscale comfortable, walking distance to all sorts of dining, shopping, and down to the waterfront.”

This is where we stay in La Jolla, about the 6th trip. Enjoyed an ocean view room, comfortable, beautiful sunset, partial ocean view due to taller infill buildings as the area gentrifies and tall buildings take the front row seat. Overall feel is European and smaller rooms, but well done with mod… more

This is where we stay in La Jolla, about the 6th trip. Enjoyed an ocean view room, comfortable, beautiful sunset, partial ocean view due to taller infill buildings as the area gentrifies and tall buildings take the front row seat. Overall feel is European and smaller rooms, but well done with modern bathrooms. Nice lounge with chairs and fireplace, pool is small, bar is very small, ate at the upscale restaurant once - usually go across the street to the pancake house for breakfast and enjoy all the excellent La Jolla dining options in the area, sad that the Living Room eatery has moved farther north and across the street as of Fall 2024. All sorts of interesting shops in the area, for window shopping and actual. The guys at the door are always friendly and full of any information you may need. Resort fee includes parking, but still seems unnecessary, although the snacks are nice. Restaurant staff a bit full of themselves, bar is way too tight and first floor should be reconfigured to make the bar a destination of its own without tripping over the other customers - staff in there is great.

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“room too noisy due to elevator shaft”

Room was extremely noisy-could hear elevator going up and down. In order to see the ocean you had to position yourself at a certain spot to see the view. Hard to maintain a comfortable temperature because fan was too loud and blew directly on you or air conditioning was too weak or to strong. Ser… more

Room was extremely noisy-could hear elevator going up and down. In order to see the ocean you had to position yourself at a certain spot to see the view. Hard to maintain a comfortable temperature because fan was too loud and blew directly on you or air conditioning was too weak or to strong. Service was very good. Staff was very friendly.

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