HotelChatter - San Diego

Omni San Diego Tries to Offer Holiday Cheer with New Packages

Jennifer Kester — 2009-11-12T11:55:46-05:00

Spending the holidays in a hotel may not seem very homey and warm, but the Omni San Diego, next to Petco Park in the downtown Gaslamp Quarter, wants to give it a go with several holiday packages.

The Stuff Your Stocking package starts at $99 a night. As you can guess from the package's name, the hotel will give you a personalized holiday stocking filled with coupons to stores and restaurants near the hotel. You'll also get a voucher that entitles you to stay in the hotel for the same rate in 2010.

The Pearl Pours a Brewski Brunch for San Diego Beer Week

Jennifer Kester — 2009-11-06T09:14:23-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/34094/pearlhotel.jpg" class="top"> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Pearl/ian/255730">The Pearl Hotel</a> will toast to San Diego's Beer Week (November 6 to 15) with a poolside beer brunch on November 8 featuring suds from local artisan brewery AleSmith Brewing Co. The beer brunch will have four brewski-and-eats stations at each corner of the pool. At one station, the Belgian-style Grand Cru will be paired with a smoked ham and roasted pear croque monsieur. Another will offer the Speedway Stout, an imperial stout with coffee, to complement the hazelnut French toast and Tahitian vanilla custard. Old Numbskull, a West Coast-style barleywine, will come with house-smoked bacon, sunnyside-up quail eggs and bird's next hash browns. The last station will pour Anvil, the brewery's signature beer, to go

Rancho Bernardo Inn Celebrates Halloween with a Haunted House and S'Mores

Jennifer Kester — 2009-10-27T09:42:49-05:00

If you're looking for some last-minute Halloween plans, San Diego's Rancho Bernardo Inn is throwing a spooky holiday bash—but not too spooky that it'll scare the kids away—complete with a haunted house, trick-or-treating and, of course, lots and lots of sugar.

The hotel's hosting its first Halloween at the Inn event on Oct. 30 and 31 with a Not-Too-Scary Haunted House ($9), which targets little ones who love the chills of Halloween but are easily rattled. Kids can dress up to enter a costume contest and to trick-or-treat on the hotel's property. They'll also have the chance to get their faces painted and do some pumpkin decorating.

You Won't Necessarily Score Bargains During San Diego Hotel Week

Jennifer Kester — 2009-10-23T08:39:27-05:00

We got worried when the first San Diego Hotel Week only had one lonely hotel on board back in July. But as Hotel Week—set for November 13 to 26—approaches, more than 40 are on the roster. Thing is, we found that you're not necessarily getting a deal if you book a room through the Hotel Week website.

Don't get us wrong, you can score some price cuts. The Estancia La Jolla is giving out rooms for 50 percent off. A room that usually costs $275 is $137.50 exclusively through Hotel Week's website. You can also snag a guestroom at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront for $99. The regular price is $109.

The US Grant Tries to Stay Young with Lounge Renovation

Jennifer Kester — 2009-10-22T09:03:41-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/34094/GrantGrill.jpg" class="top"> San Diego's historic <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Us+Grant+-+A+Luxury+Collection+Hotel/ian/112213">US Grant Hotel</a> recently gave its lounge in the <a href="http://www.grantgrill.com/">Grant Grill</a>, which opened in 1951 and was a men's-only joint for a while, a renovation and new menu to keep up with the times. To give it a more urban feel, Esteban Lopez and James Niebling of Esteban Interiors added metal bar tables with a silver-sparkle finish topped with quartz slabs of stone and metal aggregate. Another modern touch is the walnut-topped custom dining tables with solid inlay edges and corners, metal bases, and wood balustrade pedestal. The faux-leather bar stools and banquettes in muted ivory and tan shades with a metallic gray spray finish soften up the room a bit. Panels