Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina

Halfway through our vacation in San Diego, we decided to switch hotels. Our first hotel was paid for us by my husband’s company, but it was a little more than we wanted to spend so for the second part of our trip, where we paid for the hotel ourselves, we chose to stay at the Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina.

The facts:
Sheraton San Diego Hotel & Marina
1380 Harbor Island Drive
(619) 291-2900
Check-In: 4pm / Check-Out: 12pm

Free WiFi
On-site parking is $36/day or $45/day for valet
Buffet breakfast for $26/day
Free bottled water in the room
Amenities: coffee maker, iron, bathrobe, hair dryer

Food:
Room Service
Harbor’s Edge
Contemporary American dining
Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner
Quinn’s Ale House
Upscale, pub-style restaurant
Open for lunch and dinner
Harbor & Vine
Fine wines and artisanal flatbreads
Open for dinner
Marina Market & Cafe
Starbucks coffee, to-go snacks, wines and beers in the evening
Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner
Bay Tower Lounge
Comfort food, specialty cocktails
Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner

Activities:
Lagoon Pool
Lanai Pool
Bay Tower Pool
Whirlpool
Island Breeze Spa
Fitness Center

Our experience:
We stayed for four nights at the beginning of October. We had a king bed in the Bay Tower. Now, for some reason, I didn’t do my research well enough beforehand and didn’t realise that the Bay Tower was not just a tower off the main building. It was actually a completely separate building about a .5 mile down the road. That’s not really a huge deal, but it can be a little inconvenient at times.
There is a complimentary shuttle that is constantly running from the Bay Tower to the main building and to the airport.

The room itself was great. That’s actually the reason we chose to stay in the Bay Tower. The rooms in the pictures looked bigger and the king bed room came with a couch and a desk. Plus, we had a balcony overlooking the marina. It was everything we could have ever wanted.

Upon check-in, we were given vouchers for food or drinks. We ended up using them to buy food from room service our last night there. It was actually pretty good.

We never ran into any rude staff either. Everyone was very kind and helpful.
Tip: If you’re waiting on a shuttle and you’re super nice to the valet, sometimes they can radio to the shuttle drivers and ask how far away they are.

We only used the pool at the main building, but we used it twice. It was so much fun. The pool is huge. It was never busy while we were there, but even if it had been, I don’t know that we would have noticed. There are little sprayers that kids love to play in. There is a deep end, but most of the pool is just a couple (about 3?) feet deep. We also enjoyed the large hot tub located off to the side by the pool. The only downside of this pool was that it was located in the main building so we had to take one of the shuttle buses to and from our building.

Check-out was easy and we were able to take the shuttle bus to the airport upon leaving. It was very convenient for us. Overall, we loved this hotel and we would visit here again.