Surfer Beach Hotel

I absolutely love Surfer Beach Hotel and stay here whenever I’m in the San Diego area. The hotel is right on the boardwalk with easy access to the beach. Lots of great restaurants and local shops nearby and the hotel staff is friendly and courteous.

AN undisclosed “parking” surcharge Is the reason that I will not stay at the surfer again.

The room we were given looked absolutely nothing like the pictures on the booking app. I have stayed in a nicer motel 6. Carpet was old, tile was old & chipped and filthy looking, shower was tiny, counter top was cracked and looked gross inside the crack. The rooms pictured in the booking app were updated and nice. Had a mobile heat & A/C unit that didn’t work and sounded like an air plane taking off. We asked to be moved to a room as pictured in the app and the desk clerk said those rooms were a $50 per night upgrade. Nothing in the booking app said that and no pictures of the crappy room are shown, we feel like we were scammed, shown A nice room to bait us into booking then switch to a crap room and want extra money to upgrade. On top of that there is a $25 PER NIGHT parking fee they don’t disclose on the app, it’s sprung on you at check in, when it’s too late to cancel. We had no choice but to pay the parking fee, but we refused to give more money for the room upgrade and stayed in the crap room. The parking fee and room upgrade fee would double the price of the booking we thought we booked on the app for the rooms pictured and for that price you can stay at a nice resort, not here.

The view and sound of the ocean are fantastic! Front desk and housekeeping are very nice! Great place to quarantine while keeping distance from family yet staying close by. The exterior could use some TLC but interior is nicely refreshed and comfortable. For some reason people in different rooms keep smoking on their balconies even though hotel rules clearly state NO Smoking! Keep having to call front desk to report as the smoke blows right up into surrounding rooms including mine!

We really enjoyed our stay in San Diego at the surfer beach hotel we will stay again thank you so much

The staff was very friendly, the lounge chairs were great and the King bed was comfy. But really it’s just such an old hotel and everything else is average especially for the price we paid. They told us we had to upgrade to get an ocean view but that didn’t turn out to be true. So felt a little upsold there for no reason. I did confront them about that and asked to be moved back to original room but it was already taken. I’d recommend a Vrbo rather than this place. The price is high for what you get.

The only good thing about this hotel are the employees. Everything else is just terrible. During my two night stay the elevator broke down 4 times. Also they had hidden fees and 25$ a night parking fee that i wasn't aware off. The room is very outdated.

We booked this room for our valentines vacations. We absolutely loved the view. The hotel is literally steps away from the beach and has a perfect location. Hotel staff was great and check in was fast. The room was not bad it needs some paint and alittle more attention to detail like the bathrooms but otherwise the bed was super comfy. The only issue we had was while sleeping around 5am we heard our neighbors coughing and it literally sounded like they were I. Our room the walls are not thick at all!! The next night we heard a dog barking for hours and people screaming outside.

Amazing location right on the beach! We upgraded our room to an ocean front with a balcony - loved it. Walking distance to everything. The beds were very comfy, but the room/hotel is pretty weathered. We would stay there again.

The elevator wasnt working and they put us on the 3rd floor no fun to carry lugage up and down stairs. The room needs some upgrading for sure very old fixtures. Will not pick this place in the future 😩