We will be arriving into San Diego airport and staying our first few nights at the Hanalei Hotel. We need to find a grocery store that would be fairly easy access between the airport and hotel. Want to pick up bottled water, a small disposable cooler and snacks. Any recommendations?? Several comments I have read on tripadvisor of people trying to find grocery stores near hotel circle with no luck. Thanks!

Let's see if this link will work. It should show you all thr groceries radiating out from your hotel:

http://yp.yahoo.com/py/ypResults.py?...groceries'

If not, then, how about these two:

1. 7-11 5150 Linda Vista Rd, Tel. (619) 574-0221 0.7 miles; or

2. Albertsons 422 W Washington St. San Diego, CA Tel. (619) 291-1277, 1.2 miles.

aileron, next time, try www.tinyurl.com to shrink your link and make it fit the space.

taratravels, The Ralphs supermarket on Mission Center Road is probably the closest.

RALPHS
5680 MISSION CENTER
SAN DIEGO, CA 92108
Store Phone: 619-297-2593

www.ralphs.com

Yes, we usually go to that Ralphs. Very nice store. The hotel also has a small gift shop that sells water. Of course the floors have drink machines. Across from hotel circle is a small package store that sells beer, wine, and maybe a few other sundries for a quick run. Some of the rooms at the Hanalei (upper floors) have small friges and micro waves, so you might want to request one of those if you can. Or even call ahead and request. We love the Hanalei and stay there often. Very convenient to all activities and good sized rooms. Enjoy your stay...

Hi..
You can go to the Ralph's at Mission Center road and also Costco is right down the street with a gas station too on Friars road..
In the Ikea shopping center...

Barbara,

I've heard about tinyurl.com but I always figured people would prefer to know where they are going beforehand. Tinyurl is just another version of "click here."

(But, of course, your opinion might be different.)

By the way, the yahoo link I posted above has Ralph's at 1.6 miles from the hotel, further than both 7-11 and Albertsons.

Aileron, I see you're new to Fodor's Have you noticed how your very long link distorts the page set-up? Many people do not find that helpful and so a lot of us here use tinyurl.com.