Empress Hotel La Jolla

Great location, comfortable beds, decent breakfast, nice hotel restaurant for evening, helpful staff

Location excellent
Friendly and helpful staff********

The restaurant was nice and good location

Muy caro para lo que es el hotel y te cobran estacionamiento

Piano bar was the highlight

Location!

La Jolla fica a 20/25 min de carro das principais atrações da cidade. Por si só não é um problema pois é uma região bem agradável. O hotel segue o padrão e oferece conforto. Existe um restaurante dentro do hotel que aparentemente é bom. Existem tantos outros a uma curta caminhada. Tem um garagem fechada, que considero um diferencial ao custo de 25 dólares a diária. Valeu a pena

Great location, lovely reception staff.

Great location, great rooms, great staff, & great price!

The entire place was nice. Kind of pricey, but its close to the beach and its a very nice tourist spot. The lobby has snacks and treats, which is very nice. The room was nice and the bed was comfortable. My issue is with the less than helpful (at least to us) staff on duty for the night shift. We were informed at the desk that there is a 25 dollar a night charge for parking. Parking is across the street in a building that you have to download a code for to get in and out. The person at the front was more interested in socializing with some guy. We were apparently an inconvenience. (we checked in at 7ish pm). I did let the person know my experience and she said she would make sure someone knew about it. The parking situation is less than fantastic but the rest of the stay was great. We did not get to try the on site restaurant but it was certainly hopping and people sounded like they were having a blast. I got a pretty decent discount on the room using this site, but I can't imagine paying regular price, so if I decided to come back, I will be using Expedia again.

This is my second time to stay at the Empress, I stayed there about six months ago also. The location couldn’t be better.it’s only about a 5 block walk to La Jolla Cove. I love that they have music during the week, but I was so tired. I couldn’t do it. next time. Hotel is clean. The staff is excellent very friendly. The room is nice. The only problem I have is the bed is a too soft otherwise this is the premier spot.

Beautiful property and great staff, nice and clean room, large shower! Will come back again!

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We stayed here for a wedding trip weekend and absolutely loved it! Rea, the General Manager, is fantastic, so welcoming and attentive. The front desk team, including Tanesha, Gabrielle, and Josh, went above and beyond to make our stay special. This place is truly a hidden gem, perfectly located with easy walkability to shopping, the beach, and great dining options. The property is very clean and clearly well cared for, and the included breakfast was wonderful — a great way to start each day. Highly recommend!

It was okay…nothing special. The rooms were clean and in reasonable shape. Not overwhelmed…just okay

Nice hotel, good location - only a short walk to the ocean front. Breakfast buffet was good. I would give a 4 or 5 except for the poor parking arrangement. It is very difficult to get the parking booked through the hotel. We had to try multiple credit cards before it worked and a lot of time was wasted. Then when we wanted to leave on a Sunday morning at 8:30 a.m., we could not enter the parking structure. The key card would not work, and both entrances were locked. So we decided to try the driveway and thankfully, the gate was not closed. Although pedestrians are not supposed to walk in the road way, it was the only way to get to the car.

The room was clean and comfortable but they didn’t clean the room the next day

Always a wonderful stay! The staff are amazing