We're going to be staying at
The Grand Del Mar Resort in San Diego in February. Has anyone stayed here? Any comments?

read a review in the LA Times that was stellar. Can't afford it right now, just went to Vegas for our anniversary, but I'm saving my money for a special trip!
Please give us a review upon your return, ok?

It just opened a couple of months ago and I haven't been to check it out but you gave me an idea this weekend..
It is supposed to over the top gorgeous!
Please report back vickmar and have a great time!

hi frankie

hi Tahiti! Go check it out for us, and report back !

Hi again, ended up with a surprise Valentine's weekend visit to this resort! It is very beautiful, looks like no expensive was spared in building this resort. So much wonderful detail to see as you walk around the place. We don't golf, but the course was gorgeous, looks like a golfer's dream...

We got a rate of $395, though wished we'd upgraded to a fairway view room. The room was opulent, with a gorgeous and very large bathroom that had annoyingly dim lighting. Who knows what I looked like after I put my makeup on !

It's definitely a 5 star resort, but not perfect...there are no chairs on the balconys of the regular rooms, which are too small anyways (the balconys), and I wish fancy hotels would put a coffee maker in the room. Also, the hotel is a bit of a maze, and we got lost a couple of times finding our room. The most desireable regular rooms look to be on the 1st floor, which have a nice little terrace and 2 chairs.

The restaurant Amaya is beautiful, but the food was average at best, pretty disappointing. No doubt Addison's is better. Great cocktails in the lobby bar, though.

All in all, a perfect resort for golf lovers, and a nice romantic getaway, too. Lots of older, sporty, very conservative looking folks in golf caps and over the shoulder sweaters. Felt very Republican!

Definitely liked this hotel better than the Lodge at Torrey Pines, with their gloomy rooms, but maybe not as much as our suite at the US Grant, which was such a stylish and beautiful room, in a more fun downtown location.

Nice place though, that's for sure.

I was also just there this morning for my first time! It is a gorgeous 5 star resort. We were there for a work related brunch which was quite swanky. $395 is a great rate for this place....their rates start in the 600's and it looks like it.

hi, ncounty, we may have walked right by each other! Excuse my typos (no expensive was spared!?!)
Yep, I'd guess those $395 rates won't last long...

OMG, wasn't it stunning today? It was quite a treat.

Beautiful !

dh and I received a rather "lush" invite a while ago to "own" at this property. We giggled at how we ended on this list - it is VERY high end ownership!

Glad you enjoyed it!

dawn, the villas next to the hotel looked absolutely beautiful! They must cost a ton!

Frankie - they sent a really lovely pacakge with a DVD et - not sure where they got our name or WHY they thought we would be in "that" market... It was crazy... The monthly dues themselves were insane... I do not recall (most likely blocked it out LOL) but I believe it was around 1,200.00 a month in dues and the cost was around a half a million - that was "fractional" ownership. I believe you got two weeks a year?

whew, that sure is a lot of dough ... !

yes... Dh and I just LOL Frankie