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Reviews of Cosmopolitan Hotel & Restaurant

2.5 out of 5
Cosmopolitan Hotel & Restaurant
2660 Calhoun Street, San Diego, CA

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

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Rating 2 - Terrible. 12 out of 581 reviews" "

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

8.4/10

Amenities

9.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.8/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

8/10 Good

Mark

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Genuine, old Timey, hotel with attractive furnishings and bona fide heritage. Smack in the middle of old town within walking distances of many shops and restaurants. If you want to watch TV in your room, forget about it, as there are no TVs. They do have free Internet however, it is fairly slow. Very comfortable beds and a wraparound porch with tables and chairs in front to sit in. They have an excellent happy hour from Wednesday through Saturday at least. The restaurant is currently closed but they do offer a continental breakfast. Small round “old time” toilets so if you are larger, you may not appreciate that. Not a lot of counter space in the bathroom, and there are no closets, but they do have some hooks on the wall. Overall, a fun experience.
Stayed 3 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Luis

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

6/10 Okay

Tallia

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service
Staff was nice. Room was slightly dirty/dusty. Overall an ok stay. Lots to do and see around the property
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Garvin

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Zachary

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The Cosmopolitan was amazing. From the way we were greeted in the parking lot, to the intimate happy hour and general stay. The staff is second to none.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Richard

A gem in the amazing Old Town area! I will return there again soon.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Brenda

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The staff is amazing! The property is historic and well maintained. I plan on coming back.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

Lottie

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely historic property. The hostess was very kind. A very light continental breakfast & free parking is provided. Finding the entrance was confusing. Once the restaurant reopens, it may be easier. Light sleepers beware of train horns blowing late night and early morning.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jared, Oakland

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A wonderful welcome and a special place to stay. Re-experience the old town way of life.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Ashlyn

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Dee was amazing and kind. He made sure our stay was as comfortable as possible. He gave great stories about the history of the hotel and his own experiences. We are definitely coming back in the future.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Patricia

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This is a great historic property. The staff was friendly and knowledgable. The bed was comfortable and the room spacious. A great spot in the heart of historic San Diego.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

8/10 Good

Felix, San Francisco

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Amenities
In continuation with my previous comment. The reception is a bit weird as there was no one but I has to call to get someone to come. The hotel itself was funky as it has the old town style. Ut it looks like the staff was at its minimum… the restaurant was closed. It felt like an empty hotel.

8/10 Good

Felix, San Francisco

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
This was overall a good XP as it very well located in the old town. It can be quite noisy in the evening and night though.

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Dana

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Gem in Old Town
What a nice find. Quiet, safe, within in walking distsnce of so many options for good, drink snd entertainment. We were disappointed that the restaurant & bar onsite were not yet open and only for evrnt use. Such a great space for both, good luck with opening in January. Your guests are going to love it.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Lynne

10/10 Excellent

Strephanie

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Quaint and convenient
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

james

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sandi

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

iman

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Your stay would be in a very historic building, the rooms are very clean but resemble checking into a charming 19th century hotel. Don't expect a tv, but be charmed by the building, the center garden and the staff.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

4/10 Poor

Jessica

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The Hotel has no reception, restaurant and ice machine on the premises. The room was cold and the fireplace was not working as it stated when I reserved the room. Also it had a small heater and dust came out when I turned it on the entire room needs a good dust cleaning. Also at night the bright lights outside come through the windows they have no blinds couldn't sleep. The rooms could use a mini fridge or even an Ice machine on the premises would help.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Julio

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sam

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

6/10 Okay

Alexis

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
The Cosmopolitan has nice staff & is in the fantastic location of Old Town, San Diego. - Overall, it is just not quite ready, IMO, to be back open. The rooms are clean, west facing rooms have a beautiful sunset. It's the building & history of this place that is the big draw &, unfortunately, the majority of the building - the interior dining & grand bar spaces are blocked off or being used for storage - and not open to the public. (Incidentally - those are the more supposedly 'haunted' areas of the property as well). Continental breakfast has a very poor selection. Check-in MUST be arranged - as everything is locked up & entry is through a side gate that leads to the patio dining area. There is no dining on-site. Know that rooms, while clean & comfortable - have no TV/radio (that could be a plus for some). WiFi is fine. Beds are not bad, but not great for my comfort. There was a weird little heating unit in our room - good thing we didn't need it as it made a terrible noise. I may do this again when the entirety of the experience - the building, the dining, the live entertainment - is back. Otherwise - it's too pricey just to have a no frills room in the heart of Old Town (& we didn't even get visited by the resident spirits)
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2023

4/10 Poor

Jeremy

Liked: Cleanliness
Could be so much more
It certainly has a great location and the rooms fit in with the old west style of the area. The good points stop there. On check in at 6pm I had to call to get access but it went to voicemail. Luckily another couple let me in to the lobby/courtyard. I wandered around looking for staff but no one was there. Eventually someone came in from outside the hotel and checked me in. The hotel restaurants and bars are all closed. Apparently they have been since Covid. As a result the place felt eerily empty and unwelcoming The website still mentions they have these facilities and needs updating. Sad to see such a great building going to waste.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2023

10/10 Excellent

Thuyanh

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The manager was so nice, he saw us waiting at one of the restaurants that they also managed, he took us in right away and made sure we were served well and with good foods. Thanks a million for a great stay and good service.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Stacey

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great hotel! I will definitely be back!
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Luis

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
WE always stay here when going to visit our son at SDSU.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Javier

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I loved it, so peaceful and cozy 😊 the Manager Dee was the greatest 👍
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Richard

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Perfect distance from everything we wanted to do. Clean and quiet.
Stayed 3 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jason

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The cosmopolitan is just plain cool!
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Leah

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Historic & charming bed/breakfast type place. Beautiful inner courtyard. Convenient location.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Barbara

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2023

2/10 Terrible

Helen

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
The rooms had character- you are renting a room- no reception, no restaurant, bar, internet or amenities like coffee in room. We arrived and had to find a phone number posted on a gate to call and have someone come to let us in- we were told breakfast was served in a room beside ours, but nobody was there from 7am-9am so really nothing was happening. There was nobody on-site all day/evening. We called once and got a vmail with nobody returning a call. Would NOT recommend for the money we paid.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

8/10 Good

Caryl

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Keith

Travelled with family, Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Excellent staff very helpful and amazing security very safe property
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Rachael

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

8/10 Good

Kristyn

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Efren

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Nicole

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
From check-in to check-out, the staff was so friendly, personable, informative and so pleasant!!! Especially, Dee the manager. He made sure everything was in perfect order for our stay. We'll definitely come back soon and highly recommend staying there.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2023

10/10 Excellent

Lucien Lloyd Mason,

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Beverly

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Mixed bag
Clearly the location is great for being able to walk around Old Town. The grounds are a bit weary, and unfortunately the restaurant is closed. It needs attention (paint) on the outside, but I'm sure the fact that it's actually owned by the state and considered a bit of a historical landmark probably makes that complicated. There is no television, which was fine for us but might be a deterrent for others. The tub was absolutely wonderful
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Joanna

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Unique beautiful property
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Terrance

Friendly reception, welcoming! Love this place.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Wei

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Love this place
Great location, friendly staff, it got old charms and wild wild west feel about it, which is so cool and unique .
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2023

8/10 Good

Jaime

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Good experience
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Leslie

Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Valerie

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jesus

Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2023

10/10 Excellent

Brendan

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Historical Landmark
Truly enjoyed staying here. Although, it's not your typical hotel because no TV or phone in the room. It did have an unique style and drew you back in time. We sat outside and watched a beautiful sunset while having a pleasant conversation with my better half. We walked around Old Town and had a great dinner at Casa de Reyes.
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2023