Pacific Terrace Hotel

Frommer's Review

This modern hotel on the boardwalk swaggers with a heavy-handed South Seas-meets-Spanish Colonial ambience. Rattan fans circulate in the lobby and hint at the sunny Indonesian-inspired decor in guest rooms, which are named after Caribbean islands. More upscale than most of the casual places nearby, it's at the north end of the Pacific Beach boardwalk; the surfer contingent tends to stay a few blocks south. Large, comfortable guest rooms each come with balconies or terraces and fancy wall safes; bathrooms, designed with warm-toned marble and natural woods, have a separate sink/vanity area. About half the rooms have kitchenettes, and top-floor rooms in this three-story hotel enjoy particularly nice views. Management keeps cookies, coffee, and iced tea at the ready throughout the day; the lushly landscaped pool and hot tub overlook a relatively quiet stretch of beach. Four nearby restaurants allow meals to be billed to the hotel, but there's no restaurant on the premises.

Facilities:
Pool; fitness center; Jacuzzi; bike rental nearby; activities desk; limited room service (11am-10:30pm); in-room massage; coin-op laundry and laundry service; dry cleaning

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