La Pensione Hotel

Location is awesome, right in downtown Little Italy! Awoke this morning to the street in front of the hotel being closed for a farmers market (6 to 8 blocks long). Great food, vendors, and people watching! Lots of diversity!

a week ago

Good position but apart from that the hotel is quite bad. Rooms are small and old, so small you barely can store your luggage anywhere. Mattresses are old, and overall the room was fairly dirty. It has a parking option below the hotel for 50 dollars per night, which is quite high considering also parking spots were very tight. Only good thing is that it's located in Little Italy, which is a nice are of San Diego.

a month ago

Joe Burson-Ryan and the entire staff went above and beyond to make my stay here FABULOUS!! Location. Location. Location. Easily walkable to so many wonderful sights and restaurants, too! I highly recommend La Pensione when traveling to San Diego! I will definitely stay here again on my next visit. 👍🏻👍🏻

a month ago

Size of room was absolutely the smallest I’ve ever stayed in, there was no room to walk through. Aside from size of room the AC was either too cold or walking in to a HOT room with a bad smell. We topically travel with vehicle, but decided to fly this time, therefore, we didn’t get a rental car. Reason why we stayed closer to all restaurants and attractions. I did book this travel through Booking.com As we were out enjoying San Diego and beautiful views, our outings would be late. Which by the way staff during early hours not the friendliest. I feel night shift staff was always pleasant. I was about to get ready for the day, as I noticed a bug size of palm of hand…it was a cockroach, then I see another. I contacted front desk right away, and they said since I booked through a third party, they would be the ones who would have to issue a discount or refund. It’s been over a week and still waiting on any update w/refund. I contacted Booking.com and they said they’re still waiting on property. I tried calling the property and staff answering was very sassy and dismissive about my situation. I know I will never stay at this hotel. The location was probably the best thing about our stay.

5 months ago

I'll give a short version and a long. Short - fantastic location in the center of Little Italy. The rooms are small but comfortable. Little to no parking. Excellent service. Long - we stayed in a Queen View on the third floor. The room was about the size of a typical hotel room - I know there are smaller rooms in the building. The location was top notch, you are right in the middle of Little Italy, right next to the main plaza. The farmers market happens twice a week right outside on Date Street - Wed and Sat. You are surrounded by restaurants on all sides. There is a 7-11 about 2 blocks away. The MTS trolley station is also a few blocks away for the green line. The Old Town Trolley stop is one block over. The maritime museum and USS Midway is within walking distance, maybe a mile. The airport is 10 minutes away. We didn't have a car, we used Uber, which was super easy. Parking seems to be almost non-existent, so keep that in mind. The room was clean. I see other reviews mentioning the AC, but we had no issues. The bathroom in the Queen View was a normal size and it had a sink inside the bathroom. You can ask for water at the desk. You can get coffee in the conference room where there is also a microwave. Cafe next door has great coffee and breakfast items.

5 months ago

Perhaps 1 step up from a poor hostel.. Owners ! you ought to think about a full refurbishment. I don't give bad reviews, If the reviews had of been more honest that I read before I booked i would not have chosen la Pensione.

4 days ago

I stayed at La Pensione for two nights during a work trip in San Diego. Overall it was a fine stay, here is the good and the bad: The Good: The staff - as others have mentioned all the staff who work here are incredibly kind and attentive, The location - right in the heart of Little Italy, but the rooms are super quiet so it doesn't feel like you are in the center of a tourist hub at night, Bathroom - nice updated shower with shampoo, etc. The Bad: The hotel feels pretty tired and like it could use a refresh. There were a lot of scuff marks on the walls of my room and the room could have been a bit cleaner (dust on the furniture, more thorough vacuum, etc.). The fitness center exists but is teeny tiny, definitely couldn't have more than one person in there at a time.

5 months ago

I visited San Diego in the month of September. Location of this Hotel is great. This Hotel is located in Little Italy, which has a numerous amount of places to eat & drink in the area. Rooms are very clean with a chic decor. My biggest problem about our stay was that they have full control of the cooling temperatures. They are off during the day and when we got in after our daily adventures we would come into a hot room. Turning the temperatures lower on our part was no help. FIRST night there, we called several times to complain about the temperatures, but to no avail. Second night was even worse. This Hotel controls the temperatures from within to keep costs down on electricity, I assume. The 2 nights we stayed were very uncomfortable sleeping at night. I do not recommend staying at this hotel, for the price I can stay elsewhere and sleep more comfortably with adequate A/C running at night. Guessing this issue would probably be same in winter with heating as well. I would definitely not be staying here again in the future.

5 months ago