Empress Hotel La Jolla

Fair
Traveller Type: Solo Traveler
  : The location is quite good. It's a nice quiet location very close to La Jolla attractions. It's not right on the beach, but just a couple of blocks away. It's one block away from Prospect, which is the main street. The neighborhood is very easy to navigate. The front desk staff is super and very helpful!
  : The hotel does not have great amenities and is dated. The room itself was comfortable and large. However, there aren't a lot more extras in the hotel itself. E.g., the gym is very basic and is not kept up (no towels, no water, minimal equipment, garbage not taken out). Also, there is a restaurant in the hotel (which is very good and tasty). The smell from it goes all the way to the top floors and you can hear them doing food prep (banging out the veal cutlets). The hotel staff asked the restaurant to be quiet, and they were after the request, but the request had to be repeated every night. Breakfast was pretty basis - low-end hotel breakfast

Good
Traveller Type: young couple
  : Big roomsLocationThe manhattan restaurant is an awesome Italian inside the hotel with live jazz
  : Breakfast is very poor and the breakfast room very cold

Very Good
Traveller Type: family with young children

Wonderful
Traveller Type: young couple

Fair
Traveller Type: solo traveller
  : The location is quite good. It's a nice quiet location very close to La Jolla attractions. It's not right on the beach, but just a couple of blocks away. It's one block away from Prospect, which is the main street. The neighborhood is very easy to navigate. The front desk staff is super and very helpful!
  : The hotel does not have great amenities and is dated. The room itself was comfortable and large. However, there aren't a lot more extras in the hotel itself. E.g., the gym is very basic and is not kept up (no towels, no water, minimal equipment, garbage not taken out). Also, there is a restaurant in the hotel (which is very good and tasty). The smell from it goes all the way to the top floors and you can hear them doing food prep (banging out the veal cutlets). The hotel staff asked the restaurant to be quiet, and they were after the request, but the request had to be repeated every night. Breakfast was pretty basis - low-end hotel breakfast

Wonderful
Traveller Type: young couple

Very Good
Traveller Type: family with young children
  : Clean, spacious rooms. Valet was easy hit expensive.
  : The mattress toppers made sleeping hot. It was hard to keep the room cool. Fitness center was lacking, the space is depressing with no air circulation.

Very Good
Traveller Type: young couple
  : Friendly staff, centrally located. Easy to walk to shops and restaurants.

Pleasant
Traveller Type: group
  : Location!
  : The bed sheets were not fresh, and the smell of the kitchen in the room was bothersome.

Wonderful
Traveller Type: solo traveller
  : All the staff I interacted with were amazing; friendly, helpful, and made me feel like a valued guest. Room was clean and the bed was comfortable.
  : there was only one garbage can in the whole room, wallpaper is peeling.