Howard Johnson by Wyndham San Diego Sea World

Parking was free...

Hotel is ok. check in and out was easy. The write ups from other people about breakfast was just wrong! Breakfast was not fantastic. The only hot items are waffles and 2 toasters. The only eggs they have are hard boiled. And the table area is so tiny. Literally people were standing waiting for a place to down and when you did sit down you're literally were chair to chair. We did not go in the pool because it was really dirty. The main thing the place has is a location. We were 5 minutes to both SeaWorld and Old Town. We had two rooms for two nights and one of the room was really moldy and the air conditioner didn't work. The front desk staff was friendly and was very easy to move to another room.

Exposed wires in room. Pool was nasty dirty, not heated, and not indoor as advertised. Kitchen area was nonexistent. Contential breakfast was pathetic. Not happy at all.

The only problem we had is the parking was super tight and hard to get to. There's only about 20 or 25 spots and they're small

I felt that the location is great. There are several walkable places close by. The area is quiet and I felt safe too. The only down side was the pool wasn't clean during my stay so it couldn't be used. The staff was helpful. I love that breakfast was included also.

Felt a little unsafe, was ultimately fine, but that was my first reaction. They do have cameras and a well lit parking lot.

The room of was clean and safe. Pool was dirty and cold. No bugs.

Good on-site parking and easy to get into room from outside door. Frig had a little freezer compartment which really helped my situation with making and packing lunches every day. Room was clean and bed was very comfortable. Everything worked. Door was a little hard to use and latched pretty harsh but securely. Tub valve leaked very bad (at least 5 gals/hour) but it didn't bother me too bad and apparently didn't bother the staff because I told them about it and they were aware of it during my entire 3 day stay.

After checking in, at the front desk there was a sign posted that they will no longer serve a full breakfast. There were no meats or eggs. On the 2nd day there was no hot water, they had to fix that the following day. Only one ice machine on the outside of the hotel under an awning.

If want bargain hotel is good. No elevator to second floor. No protein for breakfast. Property in general was dirty. Not what expected for howard johnson. There was several food options close by. Convenient to old town and not far from seaworld.

Clean sheets and towels. unfortunately the room wreaked like cigarette smoke which was extremely uncomfortable and caused us severe headaches, carpet and furniture was really stained and there was a huge sticky mess in the counter top Staff was always friendly and helpful

Blood on the sheets, cigarette on the light in the bathroom, door didn't lock right, sunflower seeds on the floor, leak in the bathtub

As soon as we entered the room it smelled like smoke, but we let it go as we didn’t want to deal with booking. We turned on the microwave and roaches started coming out. It was nasty

The staff was very nice and welcoming. Our room was really dirty. The coffee pot has cobwebs in it and there was dust and dirt everywhere. There was also a chunk of hair in our closet. The room also had a musty smell that took awhile to get over. We were only there to sleep so it was ok for that I guess. We won't be back.

The room is smell so bad and dirty, hair everywhere

Did not look or smell clean.

Mold everywhere in the bathroom, broken ac, flies everywhere.

Checking through bulletproof glass. Very dirty

Super dirty, mold all over the place and had a horrible musty smell. They had cockroaches in the bathroom

The rooms were dirty and in disrepair. The smell in the room was horrible. And the front door have a big gap at the bottom. Front desk was nice, but I think they knew about the conditions of the room. Have to book somewhere else last minute, was a little stressful to star out vacations that way.

Horrible key cards and door handle jam, kept having to go to front desk! Noisy AC. Motel style parking. No eggs on 2nd morning.

The door was hard to open because the key rarely seemed to unlock it. Breakfast wasn't great with limited options, not enough tables for the people staying and not enough room to allow guests to get to the counter. The rooms need updating as they look tired and tatty.

Great beds, very comfortable

Wifi is perfect.

It was good for the most part. Had trouble with the key not opening room door. Had to request a new key twice due to it not working.

could hear what was happening in the neighboring rooms which wasn't appropriate for kids.

The TV was not working in the room, Front Desk employee had no solution for this only to say "Sorry..." Fan in bathroom made a super loud squeaking noise whenever it was on. a paid of Dirty socks was also left under the bed. Over all maintenance on the room was poor, conditions poor. Will not stay here again.

The door to the room was extremely hard to open and slammed shut when let go. The water ran in the bathtub shower the whole time we were there making it really noisy in the quiet hours of the night. When I talked to the girl at the front desk, she only said she would let the maintenance know.

The staff is very friendly and take care of requests immediately. The building is quite even though its on a busy street and i love love love how comfortable the king size bed is. Its so close to all the attractions around the city minus the traffic. The rooms need a little tlc but what building doesn't?! Can't wait to visit & stay here again!!

The internet didn’t work all 4 days/3 nights we were there. The first night, we couldn’t check in because theirs was down too. No biggie, we got keys and checked in the next day. Breakfast was decent and the cleaning lady was nice. Our keys didn’t work every night we came back to our room, so we always needed to get new keys. On the last night, we once again went to ask the night window for new keys. A night auditor walked up to the window and I told him “our keys haven’t worked every night we come back” and he took the keys and left to another room without a word. He came back to ask for my ID, which I didn’t have on me, so I gave him my name. He left and comes back with a new key and says “keep it away from metal, magnets..” and I told him we are aware and are really careful with them, but we are bummed they haven’t worked every night. He just repeated “well.. keep it away from metals.. magnets” without an ounce of customer service. At this point, I said “so, no ‘sorry for your inconvenience’” or ‘oh no, I’m sorry you had to walk here for a new key” or any sort of empathy? He just shrugged. Night staff literally doesn’t care.

I did not like anything from the property. Terrible service and terrible conditions. Got a room and someone’s stuff was there, they gave me another one and it had been used. Went to go ask for another room and the said to me that they could not do anything about it.

This property was very clean. Staff was very friendly. Lots of parking very quiet. I would definitely stay at this property again.

The staff was kind and generous and helped me out when I had questions or concerns. The room was well stocked, organized and comfortable. I would definitely go back.

Started out bad, at check in they gave me a key and room number that was already occupied. Had to go back and request a different room, Card key they gave me for that room didn't work had to go back again. Every day it seemed I had issues with the room key, dealt with 2 different employees at the desk they never once asked for my name or id they just reprogramed the card key to the room I said i was in, The room was clean bed was comfortable. First hotel I have had in sometime that had zero USB ports. Shower was small old cracked and had no hot water any time of the day. The toilet lid was loose so when we sat down it moved. Just needed to be tightened. Wanted a cheap clean room centrally located to the zoo, beach and sea world. If the shower had hot water and the card keys would have worked. Would possibly stay again next time. Price was reasonable. But with the issues wont use Howard Johnsons again. (No elevators so keep your bags and coolers light or request a bottom floor)

The staff are very helpful and friendly

I didn't like that they only clean your room every three days unless you request it. Also I asked for clean towels and they were left on the chair and the dirty ones were left on the floor in the bathroom.

There is no one to check me in at 1am. I have been waiting 40 minutes!

The internet didn’t work all 4 days/3 nights we were there. The first night, we couldn’t check in because theirs was down too. No biggie, we got keys and checked in the next day. Breakfast was decent and the cleaning lady was nice. Our keys didn’t work every night we came back to our room, so we always needed to get new keys. On the last night, we once again went to ask the night window for new keys. A night auditor walked up to the window and I told him “our keys haven’t worked every night we come back” and he took the keys and left to another room without a word. He came back to ask for my ID, which I didn’t have on me, so I gave him my name. He left and comes back with a new key and says “keep it away from metal, magnets..” and I told him we are aware and are really careful with them, but we are bummed they haven’t worked every night. He just repeated “well.. keep it away from metals.. magnets” without an ounce of customer service. At this point, I said “so, no ‘sorry for your inconvenience’” or ‘oh no, I’m sorry you had to walk here for a new key” or any sort of empathy? He just shrugged. Night staff literally doesn’t care.

Over all it was fine. I got what I paid for. The only really issues I would say were the fact that they only had cleaning services every 3 days so our trash piled quickly which required me to have to maintenance and I'm not paying to stay somewhere where I have to take care of those things during the day. Also, the worker who handled the Continental breakfast was SO rude. Two mornings ina row she was rude to me. This place worked for what we needed it for but we won't ever stay there again

Staff was very accomodating

Area was noisy and dingy.

This is a very basic hotel, location is great tho! Centrally located and near a target. Overall great location for the price. Would stay here again

The area surrounding the hotel was homeless people. The property was clean. The rooms were clean, but the area around the property was unsafe.

This Hotel is old. Closet had bad smell. Carpet was old however vacuum you do it wont make a difference. Bathroom and electrical fittings were broken. With homeless people situation I won’t consider that hotel next time to stay with family.

Very close to Old Town. Can either walk there and the Metro station. Close enough to airport also. Many good restaurants close by.

We stayed for one night. Central location to many restaurants.

Great location. Easy drive to Sea World. Plenty of restaurants in walking distance.

The property itself is good and the staff were excellent. But the homelessness is a problem. It’s Cali though, not just a San Diego issue.

This property was chosen primarily for its central location to many local attractions. Property is in need of a make over. Price was good and the staff could have been more friendly and accomodating. It could be a cool old school motor court if renovated and add a few amenites...

Conviently located to airport and MCRC

Do not believe anything on this site about this hotel. Complete letdown and once again they do not have an actual breakfast. They have some bread, two types of cereal and juice.

Good to stay for a simple no frills night. Older furniture. Bar soaps are some of the thinnest and cheapest out there. Walls are very very thin as you can hear everything in the other rooms on each side. Great parking. Breakfast is hit or miss. Hard boiled eggs where available on first two days only, they the stopped putting them out.

Hotel is ok. check in and out was easy. The write ups from other people about breakfast was just wrong! Breakfast was not fantastic. The only hot items are waffles and 2 toasters. The only eggs they have are hard boiled. And the table area is so tiny. Literally people were standing waiting for a place to down and when you did sit down you're literally were chair to chair. We did not go in the pool because it was really dirty. The main thing the place has is a location. We were 5 minutes to both SeaWorld and Old Town. We had two rooms for two nights and one of the room was really moldy and the air conditioner didn't work. The front desk staff was friendly and was very easy to move to another room.

The door was hard to open because the key rarely seemed to unlock it. Breakfast wasn't great with limited options, not enough tables for the people staying and not enough room to allow guests to get to the counter. The rooms need updating as they look tired and tatty.

Generally good, but the waffle maker was broken at breakfast, so we didn't get a hot breakfast

The staff was kind, check in fast, and rooms were clean. The hotel definitely shows its age and could use some updates to replace worn carpet or the cabinet for the mini-fridge and microwave. The breakfast area was also much too small for the number of guests. So, I am glad we did not pay more for what we got, and I don't think we could spend much more than just one night. That said, the location was great! The room was clean and the price was excellent. I would stay here again for one night.

Breakfast was not great but ok. Kept running out of hot water.

It was inconvenient that the keys had to be reset every couple of days. The Continental Breakfast was inconsistent with protein sources. Some days had some protein others were missing protein all together.

After checking in, at the front desk there was a sign posted that they will no longer serve a full breakfast. There were no meats or eggs. On the 2nd day there was no hot water, they had to fix that the following day. Only one ice machine on the outside of the hotel under an awning.

If want bargain hotel is good. No elevator to second floor. No protein for breakfast. Property in general was dirty. Not what expected for howard johnson. There was several food options close by. Convenient to old town and not far from seaworld.