Well priced trendy hotel near the North Park neighborhood. The rooms are clean and well maintained. Restaurant on site has recently been updated and is a great spot for healthy, traditional Californian food and drinks. The pool is the highlight of the experience as the hotel is built around it. They have DJs on the weekend and it's a great spot to hang out. The main downside to this place is the security who seem to be hounding all guests. It's almost like they're looking for trouble and causing more of a scene on their own. I will go back but be prepared for a weird police-state.

This is a great hotel. Beautiful atmosphere and the rooms are spacious. Down side, they don't offer free breakfast, only coffee and tea.

I love the idea and the hotel's commitment to preservation of its vintage history, unfortunately the execution is like a 3.5 to 4. They have a really nice pool and during the summer offer a swim club with poolside concerts and movies. The Mississippi Room is a nice ballroom with a hardwood dance floor and they offer traditional jazz concerts on certain Sundays. The hotel rooms being old have super thin walls and floors and if there is a concert or event going on downstairs expect to hear it through the walls.

Don't you love when historical and hip go together well? The Lafayette certainly is a fantastically ageless venue only made better with friendly staff, the occasional 88.3fm jazz music and waffle bar! The house blues band also is a win-win.

Traveling to San Diego with a family of 4, my wife and I loved this hotel. Both of our young children enjoyed it immensely. One word of advice though, if you are traveling with young kiddos requiring naps or that go to bed early, (or just prefer a quieter experience,) don't stay in the bungalows surrounding the pool. That said, the room in the hotel was wonderful, comfortable and very clean. The restaurant is awesome and the pool is just killer. A huge bonus that this hotel is maybe 10 minutes away from downtown, sea world/mission bay and is maybe a 5 minute drive to balboa park. It is perfectly located for a San Diego visit and we will most certainly be back the next time we make it down.