My husband and I got some last minute baby sitting for a much needed night away so we decided to head for Coronado. We are native Californians but we had never been to this part of San Diego. We decided to stay at the Glorietta Bay Inn because it was beatiful and the price was great. A stay across the street (Hotel Del Coronado) would have cost an arm and a leg. This hotel had EXCELLENT service, free breakfast, and is walking distance to the beach, shopping, and dining. It sounds like the hotel will automatically upgrade your room for you for free if they have deluxe rooms available. They did that for us! I wish I could remeber the name of the girl that helped us at the front desk. She was friendly and professional and remembered me right away from our phone conversation. The whole experience was equal to one of my shopping trips to Nordstroms. EXCELLENT!! Please stay here.

We stayed here one night before a cruise and enjoyed it very much. They even gave us an upgrade. If you call the hotel to book they give you a discount (senior, AAA). It was raining very badly the morning we were to check out and our cruise embarkation was going to be delayed so the hotel was kind enough to let us have a late 1pm checkout.
Their breakfast was excellent, with a wonderful selection and cozy dining area. We would like to go back in summer for a longer stay when it is warmer. Coronado is delightful to walk, many great restaurants and shopping. We had been to San Diego before but prefer this area.
Our room had a nice little patio and the traffic noise was a little busy during the day but the front desk told us to calms down, which it did and was quiet in the evening. Highly recommend it.( It is across the street from Del Coronado which is very much higher in price and dark, too busy inside) You can walk to a nice beach here also.

My wife and I recently stayed at Glorietta for a post-Christmas vacation and had a great time on Coronado.
We had an early flight from Seattle and were very surprised that our room was ready for check-in at 11AM. We were expecting to leave our bags at the desk and head out for the day. Instead we settled in and had a full day of relaxation.
Employees were friendly from the front desk to maintenance. And we enjoyed the breakfast. The fare was getting a little monotonous by the third morning but sitting on the patio in the sun with good coffee was a plus.
Our room facing the pool was clean and comfortable. Price was OK. The only complaint was noise transmitted through the patio and entry doors due to single pane glass and lack of seals. However we slept fitfully with earplugs.
All in all, we had a relaxing time due in part to our stay at the Glorietta.

I promised my self to write a review for this hotel. It was on Thanksgiving, we drove from Phoenix to Coronado. i stayed in this hotel for a night. I stayed in a deluxe room with 2 big beds , with my husband, my 2 mos old daughter and my mom.
Even the great thing was started from making a reservation. I get a deluxe room for a standard room price. Wow, the different is about $50. I got the early check in time(this is very helpful especially if you have a baby that need to rest for a long drivetime). The staffs were very customer oriented (Raj) and warm. The lady who took my call to ask for early check in, still remember my voice when i checked in!! Great room, great amenities, very clean and very comfortable. The beds were snugly fit to our restless body..Maybe it was the luckiest time for us, coz we get a beautiful room with good view (in front of the pool), in the 1st floor, near vending machine,and near lobby. so, it was very comfortable for us.. The hotel just near the beach, the breakfast were great and free!! (never had the breakfast like that for a room price like us). We had breakfast in the mansion's lobby, it was very memorable, i still remember cute birds who stared at us when we had breakfast that morning...i recommend this hotel, and absolutely will comeback again..check out my candid picture of our room!!