Ramada San Diego North Hotel & Conference Center

Stayed here for a softball tournament, it served its purpose for a place to stay and wash up. The staff was nice and I had no issues. The 3 stars is just on my preference of a hotel, not much to look at no glitz and glitter.
Our softball girls enjoyed the pool and spa and which was lovely. NOTE: no glass containers in pool area. There is a restaurant on site, did not try it but it is convenient.

Really makes you feel like you’re stepping into 1970s San Diego with anchorman Ron Burgundy just around the corner about to cannonball into the hotel pool…
Although the rooms have been remodeled inside, the exterior of the building is still old and looks like the historic Sands Hotel, which used to be here before it became a corporate chain. I was concerned by the exterior because it looked much older than I had expected from the pictures online.
From the outside it felt like a 2-​star hotel, but my room was more like the 3-​stars that
had advertised for my 3 night stay this past (long) weekend. There were chips in the bathroom tiles and not much glamour in the room, but it was nicely remodeled with new furniture. A refrigerator and flat screen TV came in my room. There was free wi-​fi, but it was unsecure (not exclusive to my room) and didn’t work on my iPhone. The internet did work on my laptop, however.
A plus is that there was a ton of parking in the back throughout my whole visit, even late at night when it was very full. It was also a short distance to my room from the parking.
The hotel is conveniently located to the entrance of the 163 freeway but I’m glad I couldn’t hear the cars when I slept. The walls were thin though so I could hear my neighbor talking on the phone. Still, I would definitely say this is a quiet hotel.
My major recommendation is to make sure you have a room facing the inward portion of the hotel. When I checked in, another guest was complaining to the front desk because he had too much street noise (from the freeway?) from his outward facing room.
This Kearny Mesa location makes you feel like you’re far from all the action around San Diego, but actually it was a very easy 15 – 20 minute drive to Downtown, Little Italy, Pacific Beach, East Village, Balboa Park.
Although I didn’t try the hotel restaurant, they have a Creole restaurant called Proud Mary’s with live free jazz/​blues on Thursday nights with Tomcat Courtney, who used to play with BB King and is one of San Diego’s music treasures,

Conference center is perfect for shows, events, parties, etc. Spacious and can fit over 200+ people. Includes stage and bar.
Had so much fun performing at Makani Kai’s Hoike.
the place itself is clean with a pool and nicely cut grass.

Not bad.
I was here at the Ramada over the weekend for a show I was performing in.
Their rooms are your average hotel room that you would expect. Nothing out of the ordinary.
We held our show in their banquet hall that has a raised stage. It would be a nice place to host a wedding reception or event.
This Ramada location has a pool outside for the guests to use.
The hotel is located off the 163 Highway. It’s near many Asian restaurants in Kearny Mesa/​Convoy.
If you’re from out of town and decide to stay here it’s about 15 minutes away from Downtown.

2^nd time I’ve made a reservation here. Should have gone with my first impression. Crummy, out dated, smelly rooms. So-​so service the first time. Horrible customer service the 2^nd time. Made 2 night reservation the Expedia, so when I knew I needed to let the hotel know I would only be there one night, Expedia suggested I call them directly about late check in. So I did. The girl I spoke with was friendly and let me know that because I paid for 2 nights, they would, and I quote, «hold a room for me». This implies that there will be a room waiting for me when I get there, or so I thought. When I arrived today, I was «greeted» by Jake. Jake did not look up from his computer, until I said hello, I have a reservation. Drake exclaimed, «you can’t check in. We don’t have any rooms available. We’ve been booked all weekend!». When we tried to explain that we were told that we would have a room available when we arrived, he interrupted and immediately became argumentative. Needless to say, the conversation went downhill from there. At the end of the day, if I have paid for 2 nights and let the hotel know that I would be «arriving late», there should be an empty room waiting for me at the hotel.
Drake was rude, condescending, cocky, and argumentative. If he was really concerned with «fixing things with his staff «, he would have let us finish our sentences. He never did get our side of the story.
Funny thing. 5 minutes after I left the general manager a voicemail, Drake left me a message that our room was available.
Update: came back to check in and was sure we were being pranked. Drake was even more condescending than before, eye roll included, but did have me «up graded» to a room by the pool. I had to stop and ask where the cameras were, because it was THAT comical. And even got a «welcome» call from Drake a few minutes after we got to our room.
You absolutely know his manager put him up to that, because we definitely did not get a «welcome» call the last time we were here.

Conference Center Review:
I hosted a work breakfast in the Conference Center for about 150 people in October 2015. The staff was very easy to work with and very accommodating. The food was delicious! And it was very affordable! We were on a tight budget and were really able to stretch our dollar here and put on a really nice event! We will use them again in the future.

Ok price, we got a good deal online but it was still over $ 100 for a one night stay on a Monday. Nice staff, safe parking. Rooms a large and updated but you can hear anyone that is walking by outside.
If you are tall the shower is inconvenient, I’m 5’9″ and the shower head came to my chin and no water pressure.

The wife and I took a trip to San Diego a few weeks back. It was our first trip alone, without little Bill. We decided to stay here at the Ramada because of a few reasons. A. It was in familiar territory (we used to work right down the street). B. The price was right ($ 72.00 a night AAA discount) and C. It was centrally located and near all the restaurants we like to eat at. My wife booked the room and requested a room on the bottom floor.
We arrived, were greeted by Drake (Original guy my wife booked it with. he remembered talking with her and had our first floor room already reserved. Really nice guy and his customer service alone should be commended and gets 5 stars!), checked in and were given a room on the corner near the vending machines. Not bad. Everything was great until we actually got into the room. Here is my good/​bad list for the room itself.
The Good
— Nice spacious room.
— Comfy, firm beds and incredibly comfy pillows. No joke, I am thinking about going to the
store and buying some of these pillows. They were awesome!
— Microwave and a fridge.
— Large desk and chair as well as a separate sitting chair.
— Parking right in front of the room.
— Good, free wifi signal which never dropped out during out 3 night stay!
The Bad
— Right when we got in there, it reeked of some chemical solution. I’m pretty sure they just had steam cleaned the carpets or something, but it was incredibly strong. We let it air out for a bit, but during the whole stay, you could still get a faint smell of whatever it was.
— The A/​C. They need to replace that unit or change the filter or something. When turned on, it smelled like wet dog. It was disgusting!
— The shower. If you are 5’5 you might enjoy the shower. If you are 6’2 like myself, the shower head is hitting you square in the chest. I did my best duck and scrub so that the water could hit my whole body. The water pressure was really weak too.
— Homeboy a few doors down was smoking like a motherfucking chimney! We had the windows cracked to air the place out, but cig smoke kept coming down.
Overall, our stay was just alright. For the price, location and comfy beds, I would stay again. For the outdated room, the smelly factor and the bad shower, I would skip it. Bachelor party weekend? Sure. Romantic getaway? Not even close.

This should be a 1 star review but the blues club attached to this awful aged smelly rickety of a dump hotel made the 2 days I was there pretty fun.
We were there for a funeral. A quick 2 day trip and didn’t want to spend too much (mistake). Not like I expected much but this place needs a lot of help.
It’s in a horrible area, the staff could care less, and the rooms were gross. I had 2 suites and both were not what they explained on the website. In fact 1 room was simply missing the kitchenette… it was a hilariously empty tiled room. Empty.
One of the suites the TV didn’t work so we moved to another suite where the refrigerator didn’t work. But at least it had a little bar and a couple bar stools. That is when we realized our only hope to enjoy ourselves was to start drinking.
So all in all, if you’re there for a cheap party with your mates and maybe a blues jam this place is all right. The Proud Mary is a cheesy dive but it’s also a hilarious good time. There are strip clubs down the street and a brewery that looked cool so if you’re hanging with bros and don’t care about clean cozy digs then this place is up your alley. If you’re there with family for a funeral, maybe check out a Marriot, unless they like to party of course :)

I wouldn’t listen to the bad reviews. This place was great! I stayed for two nights, I booked my room through Hotwire and got a very nice discount. The check in and check out was extremely easy, nice staff. The room was CLEAN overall a very nice place to stay. Also in a very convenient area which is near to a lot of good places with lots of stuff to do. Definitely would come back!

Guess I cannot fully blame ramada for the nightly Top Gun training. Those jets fly right over our heads. Noisy. The ac next door is noisy. Spend a little more and get a better place.

Not sure why this place have 2 and half stars. I stayed here twice and loved it. excellent location, clean rooms, good place overall to crash overnight.

Decent average place to stay… Small room with decent beds… Semi-​Clean… it’s good for it’s price range free parking and WIFI which is not provided by most hotels… not too far from Downtown and the beaches… only about 10 – 15 min drive… It just depends how much you want to spend…
Price ranges between $ 100 – 120 a night…

I stayed here on business for two nights. We were in room #165. It was basic and did the job in terms of providing a place to sleep and shower. Nothing much to boast about. Something I did find odd about the room was that the mini fridge was in the closet and one of our coffee packs provided was open. Also, the shower curtain and the whole bathroom had a weird sour smell. The location was great. Right off the freeway, easy drive to downtown. Would I choose to stay here again? Probably not. Although, we stayed here for free so you can’t really beat that.

I don’t usually write reviews but this hotel was just begging for it. So here it is… From the drive in, the picture from the website is nowhere near it. It’s a picture of a hotel but it wasn’t it. At the check-​in I have the misfortune of talking with someone named William H. He’s not very friendly. He doesn’t seem like what he was doing. The room itself seems to dark. Some of the amenities was missing from the room like mini-​fridge. I went back to the front desk and told them and they seem to be in disbelief that there wasn’t one. And they called housekeeping to show where it was as if it was misplaced or something. I ask to be moved apparently the only have 1 room left and it was that horrible one. Anyway I decided to I cut my loses early and cancel my reservation. They’re is not the only game in town!

Within a stones throw of 5, maybe six breweries… Other than that it’s just okay. But that’s still pretty great.
Near:
Societe Brewing (My favorite of the ones I tried)
Helm’s Brewing
Council Brewing (Didn’t make it here but wish I did…)
Kilowatt Brewing
Quantum Brewing
Magnetic Brewing (I don’t think this one is open yet)
And you’re welcome.
We were looking for a hotel for the weekend of Comic-​Con. Only two weeks before Comic-​Con… We, however, did not know this beforehand, and were having a hard time finding anything remotely reasonably priced around San Diego. Most places were sold out or way overpriced.
I’m glad we found this Ramada. It was a perfectly decent hotel. I wasn’t concerned about safety and the staff was nice enough. I guess my biggest issue was that the internet only worked in our room for one day out of the 3 nights we were staying.
I called the front desk and they had their WiFi person call the room to troubleshoot but nothing worked. Not a big deal I guess… I’m lying, it’s a huge deal. I love the internet. I love the internet more than almost anything on this planet. Such is life though… Luckily San Diego has a lot of cool things things to keep one distracted. Maybe not as cool as the internet…
I read that someone said the rooms were remodeled. Maybe just some of them. Ours didn’t seem to be remodeled. It wasn’t bad. I don’t spend much time in my hotel room when I travel so that’s generally not a big deal to me, but if so, I’d have been disappointed. The overall vibe of the hotel is older for that matter. Some things in a cool retro way, others not so much.
Would I stay here again? Sure…
Next time would probably be better because surely the prices would be less without Comic-​Con in town. And I love saving money. Not as much as I love the internet, but yeah… the internet…

I stayed here for a week. I loved coming back to a legitimately clean room, and friendly staff. My room spacious. It had a nice desk for me to work on, and plenty of outlets to charge my electronics! The pool was nice. And it has a nice place to hang out I had a great stay here and wouldn’t mind coming back to this hotel.

This hotel had a lot of mixed reviews but none I found the be truly alarming. The hotel is a remodeled hotel from the 1960s and in a central location.
Beds were nice and everything was clean. The only issue I had was calling a day after checkout to confirm charges, the front desk didn’t have phone etiquette.

I had a reasonable stay at this place last night. The room was comfortable enough, the landscaping and general scenery outside were very nice and the location felt safe. The room was clean and had the expected amenities, the front desk staff was polite and professional and I got a good night’s sleep. All this and it was one of the cheapest rooms I could find in this area at $ 85 per night. I definitely got a great deal for my money. I would stay here again!

I booked this place because my trip to San Diego was for 4 days. I did not want to pay so much money for a hotel that I would barely stay in so I picked this place. On
, this was the cheapest place that’s around Sea World/​SD Zoo. I think it was only $ 83.99/night. The pictures from Travelocity made the rooms look really good. So I decided to book it.
I arrived to check in around 10:00 PM. The front desk lady was extremely bored and explained everything in monotone. She informed that there were «specific» places for people to park their car. Apparently, you have to park your car base on which building your room is. At least parking is free I guess…
The room was very clean. But the bathroom was a whole different story. There’s no bath tub. It was literally a shower stall which you would see in a college dorm. I did not dare to shower without my flip flops! There was no space to put your shampoo/​conditioner/​body wash. Which to me was pretty ghetto.
In the middle of the night, the alarm clock on the night stand kept making a buzzing noise. If any of you watched The Grudge movie, it was literally like the grudge sound coming out of the closet. I flicked on the lights immediately and told my bf to pull the cord out! For the rest of the night, I could not sleep at all.
This place is pretty outdated. I checked out a day earlier and it was non-​refundable. I will never return to this place if I decide to make another trip to SD.