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Holiday Inn Express San Diego Downtown, an IHG Hotel

2.5 star property

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Pillowtop beds, in-room safe, desk, blackout drapes
Property amenity
Outdoor pool, open 9:30 AM to 10:00 PM, sun loungers
Exterior
Exterior

Reviews

8.4 out of 10
Very good

Popular amenities

  • Gym
  • Pool
  • Parking available
  • Laundry
  • Breakfast included
  • 24/7 front desk

Explore the area

Map
1430 7th Ave, San Diego, CA, 92101
  • San Diego Civic Theatre
    ‪7 min walk‬
  • San Diego City College
    ‪14 min walk‬
  • Waterfront Park
    ‪15 min walk‬
  • San Diego, CA (SAN-San Diego Intl.)
    ‪16 min drive‬

Room options

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Standard Room, 2 Queen Beds | Pillowtop beds, in-room safe, desk, blackout drapes

Standard Room, 2 Queen Beds

  • 273 sq ft
  • City view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

View all photos for Standard Room, 2 Queen Beds, Balcony

Pillowtop beds, in-room safe, desk, blackout drapes

Standard Room, 2 Queen Beds, Balcony

  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Pillowtop beds, in-room safe, desk, blackout drapes

Standard Room, 1 King Bed, Balcony

  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Suite, 1 King Bed | Pillowtop beds, in-room safe, desk, blackout drapes

Suite, 1 King Bed

  • 441 sq ft
  • City view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed

View all photos for Standard Room, 1 King Bed, Accessible (Comm, Transfer Shower)

Pillowtop beds, in-room safe, desk, blackout drapes

Standard Room, 1 King Bed, Accessible (Comm, Transfer Shower)

  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Pillowtop beds, in-room safe, desk, blackout drapes

Standard Room, 1 Queen Bed, Accessible (Communication, Transfer Shower)

  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 Queen Bed

View all photos for Suite, 2 Queen Beds, Accessible (Communications, Roll-In Shower)

Pillowtop beds, in-room safe, desk, blackout drapes

Suite, 2 Queen Beds, Accessible (Communications, Roll-In Shower)

  • City view
  • Sleeps 6
  • 2 Queen Beds

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Room amenity

Standard Room, 2 Queen Beds, Accessible (Comm, Transfer Shower)

  • City view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Queen Beds

View all photos for Suite, 1 Bedroom, Balcony

Pillowtop beds, in-room safe, desk, blackout drapes

Suite, 1 Bedroom, Balcony

  • City view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed

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Pillowtop beds, in-room safe, desk, blackout drapes

Standard Room

  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed OR 1 Queen Bed

View all photos for Standard Room, 1 King Bed

Pillowtop beds, in-room safe, desk, blackout drapes

Standard Room, 1 King Bed

  • 234 sq ft
  • City view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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About this property

Holiday Inn Express San Diego Downtown, an IHG Hotel

Hotel in Downtown San Diego
Along with an outdoor pool, this smoke-free hotel has a restaurant and a fitness center. Free buffet breakfast and free WiFi in public areas are also provided. Other amenities include self parking, a microwave in a common area, and conference space.
Holiday Inn Express San Diego Downtown, an IHG Hotel offers 148 air-conditioned accommodations with safes and coffee/tea makers. Beds feature pillowtop mattresses. Flat-screen televisions come with premium cable channels. Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers.

Guests can surf the web using the complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks and desk chairs, as well as phones; free local calls are provided (restrictions may apply). Additionally, rooms include irons/ironing boards and blackout drapes/curtains. Housekeeping is offered daily and microwaves can be requested.

Recreational amenities at the hotel include an outdoor pool and a fitness center.
Holiday Inn Express San Diego Downtown, an IHG Hotel features an outdoor pool and a fitness center. The hotel offers a restaurant. A complimentary breakfast is offered each morning. Wireless Internet access is complimentary.

Event facilities measuring 1324 square feet (123 square meters) include conference space. This business-friendly hotel also offers a terrace, a vending machine, and multilingual staff. Onsite parking is available (surcharge).

Holiday Inn Express San Diego Downtown, an IHG Hotel is a smoke-free property.

A complimentary buffet breakfast is served on weekdays between 6:30 AM and 9:30 AM and on weekends between 6:30 AM and 10:00 AM.
Cocina 35 - This family restaurant specializes in Mexican cuisine and serves breakfast and lunch.

Languages

English, Spanish

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transportation

  • Height restrictions apply for onsite parking
  • Self parking on site (USD 38 per day; includes in/out privileges)
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Food and drink

  • Free buffet breakfast available 6:30 AM to 9:30 AM on weekdays and 6:30 AM to 10:00 AM on weekends
  • A restaurant

Restaurants on site

  • Cocina 35

Things to do

  • Gym
  • Outdoor pool

Family friendly

  • Free crib
  • Laundry facilities
  • Microwave on request
  • Mini-fridge
  • Outdoor pool

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Free newspapers in lobby
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk
  • Shared microwave
  • Vending machine

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Multilingual staff
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Business services

  • 1,324 square feet of conference space
  • Meeting room

Outdoors

  • Pool loungers
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Assistive listening devices
  • Elevator
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path to elevator
  • Wheelchair-accessible pool
  • Wheelchair-accessible public washroom
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk

More

  • 3 floors
  • Banquet hall
  • Built in 1969
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Blackout drapes
  • Free crib
  • Pillowtop mattress

Bathroom

  • Free toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Private bathroom
  • Shower/bathtub combination
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV with premium cable channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Microwave on request
  • Mini-fridge

More

  • Air conditioning
  • Connecting rooms available
  • Desk
  • Desk chair
  • Eco-friendly toiletries
  • Free local calls
  • Heating
  • Iron/ironing board
  • LED lighting
  • Phone
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 4:00 PM; Check-in end time: anytime
Early check-in subject to availability
Early check-in fee: USD 30

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Contactless check-out available
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

An adult age 18 or older must assume all liability for the booking
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed (service animals are welcome, and are exempt from fees)

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Rollaway/extra beds are not available
Free cribs are available on request at the property

Property payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Self parking fee: USD 38.00 per day (in/out privileges)
  • Early check-in fee: USD 30 (subject to availability)

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted
Cashless transactions are available
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher and a first aid kit
This property affirms that it follows the cleaning and disinfection practices of Clean Promise (IHG)
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property

We should mention

Pool access available from 9:30 AM to 10:00 PM
The property has connecting/adjoining rooms, which are subject to availability and can be requested by contacting the property using the number on the booking confirmation
A car is not required for transportation to and from this property
Parking height restrictions apply
This property welcomes guests of all sexual orientations and gender identities (LGBTQ+ friendly)

Property is also known as

Holiday Inn Express Hotel San Diego Downtown
Holiday Inn Express San Diego Downtown
San Diego Downtown Holiday Inn Express
Holiday Inn Express San Diego Downtown Hotel
Holiday Inn Express San Diego Downtown Hotel San Diego
San Diego Holiday Inn
Holiday Inn San Diego

Holiday Inn Express San Diego Downtown, an IHG Hotel Reviews

Reviews

8.4

Very Good

Rating 10 - Excellent. 655 out of 1244 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 326 out of 1244 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 159 out of 1244 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 57 out of 1244 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 47 out of 1244 reviews" "

8.6/10

Cleanliness

8.8/10

Staff & service

8.4/10

Amenities

8.2/10

Property conditions & facilities

8.4/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Gabriel

Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2024

8/10 Good

Jenny

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

4/10 Poor

Brittney & Carlos

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

GIL

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Since our room has an extended room, we can hear the sound from their TV, guest. Thats all. You need to improve this area.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2024

8/10 Good

Maria

Business traveler, Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property was conveniently located, friendly staff, parking garage is a little tight for a large vehicle and costs $35 per night. Also early check in has a charge of $35 which is ridiculous since we were only 2 hours early and the room is vacant anyway. Breakfast is really good though with lots of options and to go containers as well.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2024

8/10 Good

Suleiman

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

6/10 Okay

Erik

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

6/10 Okay

Penelope

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
We arrived at the hotel off our cruise ship very early and asked to lock up our luggage until check in time which was easily managed. Then spend hours at the zoo and came back to our luggage and our room. The free breakfast is what you would expect, but also convenient and had lots of options
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Shing-Hwa

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Overall, this is a wonderful experience at this hotel.
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveler

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kurtis

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
I had a fantastic stay here
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

6/10 Okay

Victoria

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Very old, broken and noisy. Built in 1955, last renovation in 2016. However the edge of the wallpaper in my bathroom is already coming off and the shower head ring was not on the wall, it just sitting on the "neck". Also the bed is making squeezing noise. But these are just minor issues. Main issue is the continuously lound noise from the ice maker and the soda vending machine in the hallway. Also, it is noisy in the morning due to house keeping and people leaving/entering the room because the door is very heavy, if you don't hold on the it and let it close slowly, it slamed and make noise. Also, I booked a standard room and requested one king size bed but when we get there, the saff said we didn't specific the room type and gave me a room with 2 queen beds.

8/10 Good

Carly

Traveled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Overall, our stay was good! The rooms were clean, the Continental breakfast was full of great and healthy options. Our only negative was the parking garage. Not only did the parking fee per night catch us off guard, but the garage itself is VERY difficult to get through. If you have a long vehicle or anything taller than a small SUV good luck getting through the garage ding or scrape free. Every elevator ride up to our floor was met with several other guests who felt the same way.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Justin Ming Yin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Kind staff
Stayed 5 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Nikolay

Business traveler
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
San diego
Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Shawna

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice clean room with a comfortable bed! Also, nice complimentary breakfast. Staff very nice too. 😊
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024

6/10 Okay

Julie

Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2024

6/10 Okay

Wing Yee

Traveled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Parking: narrow Parkade, stressful at the beginning especially with a big SUV rental. Room: hard to sleep with the NOISY a/c on Day 1, had to turn if off at night, but with the ice machine outside, harder to sleep at all. Day 2 with earplug was a bit better but still could hear the noises. Two beds in the room, one mattress is time to be replaced (not much support left). Breakfast: Take-out-Box is available as the dinning space is limited seating, really convenient to take the breakfast to go. The food was wonderful and had a good variety, rotating with scramble eggs / cheese omelet, sausage / patty, hard brown cube, cinnamon rolls, and most continental breakfast items.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Caleb

Traveled with family and small children, Traveled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Lobby had a very strong perfume smell. Overwhelming.
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Alexis

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jon, Escondido

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

8/10 Good

Annabelle

Parking is very small and the elevator takes too long
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

Frank

Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Josie

Traveled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Easy to find- plenty of parking - good soft beds
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2024

6/10 Okay

Jorge

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Nope
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2024