Carlsbad by the Sea Hotel

I would not stay here again. The staff was friendly and helpful, but the room itself was lacking. Outdated bathroom with a bathtub that had nothing to keep you from skipping to the bathroom tile that just as slippery even with the floor towel. The room was big and clean with a nice bed but the lugging was awful. There were 2 side tanks lamps, 1 floor lamp, and a desk lamp(didn't work). Even with the 3 that worked out was still very dimly lit. The pipes in the wall sounded like they were going to bust when a another room would turn on their water. It was so loud. When I booked this room it said it was a 3 star hotel, more of a 2. Without the staff a 1. There not being an elevator to the second floor was tough. Then there were 2 sounds at night. One sounded like something cheering on wood above me, and the other was something tapping on the wall. There was an extra charge when I checked in that wasn't on the site when I booked it. This could be the hotel or this dues fault, bit sure. My rating didn't really reflect the start because of the categories.

Seems like the property is undergoing renovations and we were put in a newly renovated room, our room looked modern and clean, best part about this hotel is the location, 1 minute walk to the windmill food hall, plenty of good food stalls and we tried about half of them, 5 minute walk to the Carlsbad outlets, add another 5 minutes and your at the famous flower fields. I only wish it wasn’t rainy and cold bcuz the pool area looked good. 24 hour snack and water at the lobby. We ended up just walking to see the sights. Only one major issue was that our AC stopped working, they attempted to have maintenance fix it but it was a building wide problem, lucky it was cold and rainy so I didn’t have to switch rooms, this property is great for families and kids. Our 2 queen room was plenty spacious with a nice patio with courtyard view. There happened to be a weeding at the flower fields and some guest along with the bride and groom stayed on property. They took nice pictures in the garden. Will definitely book and stay again maybe when it’s hotter to utilize the pool.

No breakfast,So bad!