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500 West

Address: 500 W. Broadway, Downtown, San Diego, CA, 92101 | Map It
Phone: 619/234-5252; 866/500-7533
www.500westhotel.com

Price range: $
Location: Downtown

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Fodor's Review:

An $8 million renovation in 2004 transformed San Diego's historic 1924 Armed Services YMCA Building into this hip, urban boutique hotel. Catering to the style-conscious, the hotel has tiny rooms big on quality, with flat-screen TVs, platform beds, Michael Graves-designed lighting, and a postmodern decor. It has mostly single rooms and very few doubles, and all rooms share detached private bathrooms. The Grand Central Café serves breakfast and lunch daily, and the hotel lobby has wireless Internet. Weekly tenants can use a gourmet kitchen equipped with a Viking range and Sub-Zero fridge; there's also a common area with tables and vending machines. The YMCA gym is still downstairs, and may account for the sometimes funny smell in the lobby; guests can use it for $5 a day or $15 a week. Pros: Near shops and restaurants, modern room decor, kitchen. Cons: Small rooms, few double rooms, above YMCA.

Hotel Details: 259 rooms
In-room: refrigerator, Wi-Fi.
In-hotel: gym, laundry facilities, Wi-Fi hotspot.
Credit Cards: MC, V

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