Address
550 West Grape St.
San Diego, CA 92101
United States 1-800-230-4134 Map
HARBORVIEW INN & SUITES SAN DIEGO HARBOR
Location. Harborview Inn & Suites San Diego Harbor is located in San Diego's Downtown San Diego Intl Airport neighborhood, close to Firehouse Museum, Balboa Park, and San Diego Convention Center. Nearby points of interest also include San Diego Zoo and Maritime Museum of San Diego.
Hotel Features. Those traveling on business have access to a 24 hour business center at this hotel. The hotel serves a complimentary continental breakfast. Guest parking is complimentary. Additional property amenities include multilingual staff, laundry facilities, and express check in. Extended parking privileges may be offered to guests after check out (surcharge).
Guestrooms. 31 air conditioned guestrooms at Harborview Inn & Suites San Diego Harbor feature coffee/tea makers and safes. Accommodations include refrigerators and microwaves. Bathrooms feature hair dryers. Wireless Internet access is complimentary. Guestrooms offer phones with voice mail, as well as free local calls (restrictions may apply). Rooms also include clock radios. Guests may request irons/ironing boards and wake up calls.
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Hotel Reviews for Harborview Inn & Suites San Diego Harbor
2.0out of 5Based on 118 guest reviews, Poor
Based on 121 traveler reviews
Value
Rooms
Cleanliness
Service
Excellent
8
Very Good
19
Average
19
Poor
6
Terrible
69
Most Recent Traveler Reviews:
“DON'T BOOK IT!!!”
May 2, 2013
Alexandra M, Long Beach, California | Trip type: Couples
DO NOT STAY HERE! If I could give it less than 1 star, I would. I booked this hotel through a third-party travel website (http://booking.com) and I had no idea...
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DO NOT STAY HERE! If I could give it less than 1 star, I would. I booked this hotel through a third-party travel website (http://booking.com) and I had no idea how horrible this place would be...
The location is the reason we chose this hotel and it's a good location in San Diego, but that doesn't make up for the horrid state of the room.
The air conditioning wasn't working (in the middle of the summer), the walls were paper-thin and you could hear everything on the street, the bedding was dirty with visible stains, but the kicker was the FECES left in the toilet when we checked in the room. Let me repeat that- THERE WERE FECES IN THE TOILET WHEN WE WALKED INTO THE ROOM.
Clearly they don't clean the place well and we walked out just as fast as we came in. In dealing with the manager (Lila Patel) to try to get a refund for this horrid "hotel", she refused and instead charged us IN FULL for our stay, citing some fine print of course.
Not only did she do this, but she subsequently LIED to the http://booking.com representative that I had contacted to deal with the matter and she told them we didn't want to stay there because we had an event on Coronado Island to be at and it was too far away because it was "45 minutes away from the island". Yes, there was an event on Coronado we had to go to but...HELLO- you advertise on your OWN website you are 15 minutes from Coronado...because you are!!!!!!!!!!!!
Not only was the hotel in a state of disrepute, but it is run by liars who care more about making money than good customer service.
As you can tell, this was not a pleasant experience and at least http://booking.com offered a gesture of goodwill and refunded me their 20% cut for having the hotel on their website. « less
“Old but convenient”
Mar 28, 2013
bendog2000, Tacoma | Trip type: Couples
Stayed here for 8 nights starting mid-March. This hotel is only a few minutes and $10 taxi ride from the San Diego International Airport. Grape Street is basically the northern...
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Stayed here for 8 nights starting mid-March. This hotel is only a few minutes and $10 taxi ride from the San Diego International Airport. Grape Street is basically the northern border of Little Italy.
We were given a room on the second floor facing Columbia St, so it got noisy, but you can't beat the convenience. Within walking distance of the hotel, there is a 7-11, a cigar shop, an Argentinian steakhouse, car rentals, real estate shops, the Mona Lisa Italian market/restaurant/takeout. And all this just north of Grape St. South of Grape is Little Italy with restaurants that have been there since Giovanni and his wife arrived from Naples in the early 1900s.
Breakfast is basic and simple - go down to the office/lobby area to get coffee, toast or waffles. No tea, no cereal and no fruit. They do a good job of keeping these basics supplied in the face of a full hotel.
This hotel must have been a reincarnation of a La Quinta or something. The furnishings all have the look and feel of a chain hotel. The beds, however, were firm and comfortable, although the pillows were too soft for me. Nice flat screen tv with cable. The best part is free WiFi in the room so I could use my Kindle without any trouble.
There is an extra per day charge if you have a pet or if you want a safe in your room. I think that's sticking it to the guests, but since we didn't have a pet or wanted a safe, we were ok.
The hallway on the second floor has old carpeting and has an old, tired smell of feet. It would be nice if they cleaned it once in a while.
Little Italy is the area between the airport and downtown. We walked everywhere. Visited the USS Midway one day. Walked to the Gaslamp District another day. There is also a trolley stop. It's the Green Line that started at the Santa Fe Depot, with stops in Old Town (a must see), Qualcomm Stadium, El Cajon and a final stop in Santee.
All in all, we would recommend this place to others, if you just want a basic bed and bathroom ater long days enjoying everything San Diego has to offer. « less
“WARNING: DO NOT STAY HERE..!!!”
Mar 25, 2013
Shawn O, Waldorf, Maryland | Trip type: Business
I reserved a room at this place, on the 19th and the 20th of march, 2013. When I first checked in, they assigned me to a room on the 4th...
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I reserved a room at this place, on the 19th and the 20th of march, 2013. When I first checked in, they assigned me to a room on the 4th floor. I went to the room and opened the door and there was someone sleep in the bed and someone else in the restroom. I apologized and immediately went back to the front desk with my complaint.
After assigning me to a 1st floor room (room 104), I took my belongings there and went out to eat. In the middle of the night on my first night there, I saw a bed bug crawling towards my arm. I immediately got up and I discovered several more bed bugs on me. I went to the night attendant and told him. He acted as if he couldn't speak english nor understand my complaint. I told him that this was not over and asked him to call his manager. He pretended to call and said that the manager wouldn't answer his phone.
I went back to the room and started packing my bags. After packing my bags, I went back to this guy and asked him to call his manager again. He refused and when I asked for his name, he said Bob. Needless to say, there is no Bob that works there.
Be warned people. This place is infested with bed bugs and that is the last thing you want to bring home with you. It cost me 250.00 to have a company come to my home and inspect my home for bed bugs. I had to pay them also to treat my luggage and car for bed bugs.
STAYING AT THIS PLACE IS NOT WORTH THE MONEY YOU'RE GOING TO SPEND TO RID YOUR LUGGAGE, CAR AND HOME OF BED BUGS. « less
“Great place to stay in Little Italy”
Feb 20, 2013
DiscoqueenMontreal, Torrance, California | Trip type: Family
Very nice, clean and quiet room (adjacent to the parking lot). Helpful staff. Great location in Little Italy with many quaint cafes and restaurants to dine at. Reasonable rates. Dogs...
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Very nice, clean and quiet room (adjacent to the parking lot). Helpful staff. Great location in Little Italy with many quaint cafes and restaurants to dine at. Reasonable rates. Dogs are allowed at a fee of $25.
The mattress was super hard which I didn't like. The room was a bit small for the 3 of us. « less
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Management response from Jay Patel, General Manager
Yes this hotel is a smaller hotel and we are limited with our rooms as we have 42 rooms. We do fill up fast and sometimes this makes it difficult to switch our patrons to a different rooms that may be better accommodations for them. Sorry for the tight squeeze! We appreciate your business and hope that you will come back to stay with us in the future. Thanks Again!
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“I recommend avoiding the Harborview Inn & Suites”
Feb 14, 2013
k k, Los Angeles | Trip type: Business
I would not stay here or recommend it to anyone looking for a clean, acceptably smelling hotel to stay in. Not clean, not clean or nice smelling, and has holes...
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I would not stay here or recommend it to anyone looking for a clean, acceptably smelling hotel to stay in. Not clean, not clean or nice smelling, and has holes in the walls. only thing decent was how close it was to the nice Little Italy restaurants. « less
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Management response from Jay Patel, General Manager
We are very sorry for any inconvenience you encountered while staying with us. I have personally surveyed these rooms on a regular basis and they are kept clean and cleaned each and every time a guest has stayed. Our guests have asked for renovations and we are happily accommodating them, We have updated our bathrooms with very nice new tile and new carpets in the rooms and comfortable beds etc. We do survey the hotel often and make any repairs we encounter. There is no good time for renovations and we are doing our best to make this hotel as comfortable as possible. Our website pictures are reflective of our rooms. We are very sorry your expectations weren't met.
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Harborview Inn & Suites San Diego Harbor - Hotel Room Types
Standard 2 Queen Beds
Two Queen Beds
Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected. A coffee/tea maker, a microwave, and a refrigerator are supplied. Bathroom amenities include a hair dryer. A safe, a wake-up call service, and an iron and ironing board (on request) are among the conveniences offered. This room is Non-Smoking.
Standard Queen
One Queen Bed
Complimentary wireless Internet access keeps you connected. A coffee/tea maker, a microwave, and a refrigerator are supplied. Bathroom amenities include a hair dryer. A safe, a wake-up call service, and an iron and ironing board (on request) are among the conveniences offered. This room is Non-Smoking.
Amenities / Additional Information - Harborview Inn & Suites San Diego Harbor
Voice Mail
Coffee or Tea Maker
Safe
Air Conditioning
Wake Up Service
Hair Dryer
Family Rooms
Check In:
2 PM
Check Out:
11 AM
Floors:
3
Rooms:
31
Area Attactions - Harborview Inn & Suites San Diego Harbor
Distances are calculated in a straight line from the property's location to the point of interest or attraction, and may not reflect actual travel distance.
Distances are displayed to the nearest 0.1 mile and kilometre.
Firehouse Museum 0.4 km / 0.3 mi San Diego Opera 1 km / 0.6 mi Maritime Museum of San Diego 1 km / 0.6 mi B Street Cruise Ship Terminal 1.1 km / 0.7 mi Port of San Diego 1.1 km / 0.7 mi Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego 1.1 km / 0.7 mi Navy Pier 1.3 km / 0.8 mi Copley Symphony Hall 1.3 km / 0.8 mi San Diego Air and Space Museum 1.3 km / 0.8 mi San Diego Automobile Museum 1.3 km / 0.8 mi Westfield Horton Plaza 1.3 km / 0.8 mi USS Midway Museum 1.4 km / 0.9 mi San Diego Hall of Champions Sports Museum 1.4 km / 0.9 mi San Diego Repertory Theater 1.5 km / 0.9 mi Japanese Friendship Garden 1.6 km / 1 mi
The preferred airport for Harborview Inn & Suites San Diego Harbor is San Diego, CA (SAN San Diego Intl.) 2.8 km / 1.8 mi.
Notifications and Fees
ge is 18 years old.
The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check in, or check out.
Pet fee: USD 25 per pet, per day
In room safe fee: USD 5.00 per day
Rollaway beds are available for an additional fee
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
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Based on 121 traveler reviews 
Value
Rooms
“DON'T BOOK IT!!!”
“Old but convenient”
“Great place to stay in Little Italy”
Standard 2 Queen Beds