Candlewood Suites San Diego

United States , San Diego - CA
SAN DIEGO , 1335 Hotel Circle South
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100 reviews shown

10/10

Exceptional

12 Mar 2026

Rhonda

Has two bathrooms. One bedroom is open to the kitchen and living room, so has no privacy. The other bedroom has a door and is adjacent to a bathroom, but is not an en suite. There is no breakfast, but a Food 4 Less grocery store and Target are nearby, and it seemed like a nice area not far from the airport.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

29 Jan 2026

BHASKAR

Room was superb and staff was friendly.

Business

8/10

Excellent

28 Jan 2026

Chukwudumeme

Room was clean. Staff was courteous. They could do better with their TVs, though. They were very old, making the picture quality seem very blurry and faded. Also, they didn't offer any streaming platforms like Netflix, etc.

Leisure Family_with_children

2/10

Poor

05 Jan 2026

Melissa

We stayed here several years ago in the two bedroom and enjoyed all the room for our family of 5; however, our second experience was awful. The smell in the room was almost unbearable, even after cracking the windows and using air freshener. We always take our own pillows and we had to wash them, along with all of our clothes (even if unused) when we got home because the smell permeated into everything. Will not be staying here again.

Friends_and_family Family

2/10

Poor

31 Dec 2025

Guillermo

The hotel was contacted asking if they had 2 cribs for our twin boys. They gauranteed they did so I booked with them, upon arrival they only said they had 1 and that they didn’t say they had promised me them. After talking to manager I caught them in a lie, we had no choice but to stay. The room was full of dog hair and they said they could only clean once a week. They also allowed a drunk male to sit and drink outside the main office. We left early even though we couldn’t get a refund. If you care about your family don’t book with them.

10/10

Exceptional

01 Dec 2025

Julian

We visited from out of town and are a family of 5. The stay was so good! The room very family friendly. I love that the king bedroom is seperate from bedroom and living room/ kitchen area. We visited Liberty Station and sea world both places were 10-15 min drive. Super nice location! Staff was also very friendly!

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

01 Dec 2025

Linxin

Friendly staff

10/10

Exceptional

27 Nov 2025

Lalit

This specific property was matching what is shown and described in the Expedia application. The stay was comfortable and very clean with the required daily essentials. Loved the stay in this property for our short tour.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

31 Oct 2025

Keith

Rooms always clean. Supplies readily avail at front desk

Business

2/10

Poor

25 Oct 2025

Edith

When we arrived at Candlewood Suites, I presented my identification and form of payment. After looking up my reservation, the front desk informed me that it had been canceled. I was very confused, as I had even called that morning to request an early check-in, and nothing was mentioned about any issue with my booking.

The receptionist told me that they had tried to run my card, and it did not go through. However, since my reservation through Expedia clearly stated “Pay at property,” I assumed payment would be collected upon arrival not before. It’s very disappointing to have called earlier that same day, been told early check-in was available, and yet not been informed that my reservation was canceled.

My family and I were in town for a special event and were suddenly left without a place to stay. Thankfully, we were able to find another hotel to accommodate us, but I would not recommend Candlewood Suites by IHG to anyone after this experience.

4/10

Poor

11 Oct 2025

Marcia

Property was not very clean, the people above us sounded like they were stampeding on the floor until late night and very early in the morning, the lights kept shutting off by themselves, there was construction, literally underneath my window with something that was banging the wall all day on the last day that I stayed you couldn’t be in the bathroom without the fan blaring it was connected to the light,I asked for another room they said that they were full, my grandson who just graduated From Marine Boot Camp came over we tried to get him a room, they said it was going to be $254, and only had one left, I looked online and they had one for $167, not very accommodating at all. Will not stay there again

Business_and_leisure Family

6/10

Pleasant

29 Sep 2025

Wendy

I booked a two bedroom suite. I got one bedroom and a slightly partitioned area where a bed and dresser were. This was located directly off of the kitchenette and living room area and had ZERO privacy. I’m highly disappointed with the description of this suite. When booking two bedrooms, one would expect to have two bedrooms with doors and privacy! Depending on the guests staying there, it could be very uncomfortable and embarrassing. As it was, I disturbed my husband several times on our stay because I was literally walking by his bed to get a glass of water.
Added to that, there was not one piece of information in the entire unit. No instructions for the TV, no writing paper, no local eateries, no building map… NOTHING!
There was no breakfast, so we had to go to the store to get stuff to fix in the room, not that big of a deal, but I didn’t book the room for the kitchen, I booked it for the TWO BEDROOMS.
Staff was friendly, the unit was clean, beds were miserably hard and we couldn’t get anything (literally) to come up on the television. There was one ice machine for the whole place, it was an elevator ride to the next floor, very inconvenient.
We won’t book here again.

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

27 Sep 2025

Ashley

Nice

Business

6/10

Pleasant

27 Sep 2025

Scott

Room was ok. We liked the living room separate from bedroom.. liked having a kitchen.. the bed was awful, sagged in the center and one side really low to the ground. The elevator was \"broken\" 4 outta the 5 days we were there. We were on the 3rd floor and i have mobility issues. I would have asked for the 1st floor had i known we would be using the stairs. Had to carry all 6 bags down 3 flights of stairs at 7 in the morning of our checkout. Extremely frustrating for someone who has ankle surgery 6 months ago. Staff was friendly if you could ever find them, they were usually in back office

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

25 Sep 2025

Eldon

The staff was AMAZING. There was a problem with the elevators that happened to break down on our arrival AND our departure dates. However, the staff took care of us and made sure they helped to the best of their ability. It's not about having a problem. It's always about how they deal with it, and they did EXCELLENT!

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

25 Sep 2025

Keith

All was sufficient for our stay

Business

10/10

Exceptional

15 Sep 2025

MaryAn

The staff was friendly and accommodating. Coffee and water available 24 hours. Rooms were clean and spacious.

10/10

Exceptional

14 Sep 2025

Elizabeth

Perfect place for our family

This was the perfect place for us. We got a 1 bedroom suite. It was like a small apartment. It had 2 queen beds and a sofa bed and 2 bathrooms. Which was great considering we had 5 people. We stayed for a week. It wasn’t noisy, like alot of places we have stayed. We were able to make food and had everything that we needed to stay comfortably. Like we were at home. When we needed a refill on soap or toilet paper, the staff was attentive. If we are in San Diego again, we will definitely stay here.

10/10

Exceptional

14 Sep 2025

Brian

Professional and clean and great staff

10/10

Exceptional

14 Sep 2025

Heather

Family friendly, parking, hot tub, clean, full kitchen, friendly staff, very accommodating, many restaurants options nearby, and close to all the attractions we were going to like the San Diego Zoo

Business_and_leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

08 Sep 2025

Hugo

Candlewood review

Very comfortable and spacious rooms. Recently renovated and it shows. Close to many attractions and Old town. Highly recommend. Reasonably priced.

Friends_and_family Family

2/10

Poor

08 Sep 2025

John

We actually left and got a new hotel. Didn’t feel safe here.

Leisure Family_with_children

6/10

Pleasant

05 Sep 2025

Jay

Didnt like how old the windows are and the bugs we had a major ants on second day

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

02 Sep 2025

Dung

Great place!

10/10

Exceptional

01 Sep 2025

Mario

The rooms were spacious and great location to visit San Diego. I will definitely come back again

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

30 Aug 2025

Mustafa

It was central to everything which saved money on transportation. A kitchen, living room area, 2 bedrooms, a pull out couch and 2 full bathrooms was very nice for our family.

There were a few things that we disliked. One of the toilets was clogged and smelly. The internet was extremely slow and the light outside the door was out.

Overall, it isnt a 5 star hotel and it doesnt have an oven (it does have a full size fridge) and it was pretty much everything our family needed.

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

29 Aug 2025

Hugo

Very nice stay in a 2 bedroom

6/10

Pleasant

28 Aug 2025

Marla

The stay would have been better if they had a pool... My kids were sad they were looking forward to swimming

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

18 Aug 2025

Maria Cristina

The recepcionist was vewry friendly.

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

14 Aug 2025

JENNI

I think Expedia should not allow this property on their site as they tried for over an hour to change the amount we paid and the room wasn't ready at 4PM check in. It took my husband to tell the poor worker to bring the manager in to give us our contracteed price. The manager never showed and I called corporate who also never called me back. Spend your hard earned money somewhere you can walk outside without feeling your life is in jeopardy and a place that honors a contract.

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

12 Aug 2025

Gregory

Nice big suite, clean. Great location.

10/10

Exceptional

10 Aug 2025

nenuca

Suites 👍 bed and pillow very comfy weather 👍 we plan to book our next trip 👍

Business_and_leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

04 Aug 2025

Verified traveler

Nice spacious room, the bed was OK. Only complaint we had we were on the first floor and you can hear the people walking above you which we had a problem falling asleep with the noise upstairs

Partner

6/10

Pleasant

22 Jul 2025

Souri

Okay

Leisure Friends

8/10

Excellent

20 Jul 2025

Brandon

The hotel was priced well. Parking was easy. Staff was kind.

Room had an odor. Hot tub wasn't working. The was an annoyimg alarm that was going off all day. To be fair I never complained about the alarm or odor to the staff though.

Its a decent budget hotel..

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

12 Jul 2025

Jessica

Definitely worth the stay

Amazing stay! Very clean and welcoming. Great views from the room and location was perfect. Everything was about 6-10 minutes away.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

04 Jul 2025

Michael

Top notch service and friendly staff

Friends_and_family Friends

8/10

Excellent

30 Jun 2025

Hanqing

overall a nice stay. only issue is with the water pipe outside of our room. It make high high-pitched noise when someone in the property are using water.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

25 Jun 2025

Mark

Great stay

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

17 Jun 2025

Elisabeth

Thank you!

10/10

Exceptional

27 May 2025

Yolanda

Great roomy room we were very comfortable. Would definitely stay here again.

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

27 May 2025

Talon

Really good

6/10

Pleasant

24 May 2025

Kirk

Staff was great!!

Leisure Partner

10/10

Exceptional

23 May 2025

Ricardo

I was amazed at how spacious the room was. It has a lot of room, loved the fact that it had a little kitchen area. Staff was pretty friendly. Definitely will go back to this hotel next time I visit San Diego. 10/10

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

22 May 2025

Michele

Disappointed Stay

Bathroom needed updating. Kitchen area had no counter space due to broken above stove microwave. Portable microwave took up countet space. Air conditioner was on opposite side of room and bately reached bedroom. No door or curtain separating bedroom to living area. Watet pressure in the shower was low. Closet needed a door. Cupboard area to get essentials was bare of food and drinks.I have stayed in other Candlewood Suites and this place was disappointing. It was, however, a great location for getting to sightseeing areas and front desk staff friendly.

Partner

8/10

Excellent

20 May 2025

john

perfect location for us to stay while visiting for granddaughter's graduation

Leisure Family

8/10

Excellent

17 May 2025

Hugo

During my stay, I noticed that the aroma from the neighboring guest's cooking permeated my room. The smell was quite overpowering, so I took the initiative to request an air freshener from the front desk to enhance my comfort.

Business_and_leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

14 May 2025

Theresa

Best Room Ever!

We travel to San Diego a lot. I must say best room I’ve ever stayed in! Very spacious very clean property was kept up very nice. It was quiet. Definitely going to stay here again. The next time we go☀️ The person at the front desk was very friendly very helpful he always had a smile on his face😍
Thank you.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

11 May 2025

Jay

We did a 1 night stay in San Diego with plans at the Zoo one day and Bellmont Park the next. This was well priced and centrally located, with a spacious enough suite for our family of 6. It was quiet, clean, and comfortable.

Leisure Family_with_children

4/10

Poor

01 May 2025

Verified traveler

Go elsewhere

The facilities were Fine Not.
So much the desk clerks will not return heavy smoke smell in lobby very disappointing

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

29 Apr 2025

Roanny

Clean and convenient. Very friendly staff. Would stay here again and recommend!

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

25 Apr 2025

Josh

Ehh 2 out of 5 stars

Really pretty nice place but some of the staff have really short attitudes and somebody took my clothes out of the dryer before they were dried

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

23 Apr 2025

Kelly

Very friendly and accommodating staff! The room was very spacious and clean!

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

16 Apr 2025

Abdel

It is a good stay, kind of run down a bit

10/10

Exceptional

14 Apr 2025

MICHELLE

Very nice property. Staff so friendly and accommodating. The room was amazing and more then we expect. I would defiantly stay here again in the future.

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

05 Apr 2025

Luis

10/10

Exceptional

05 Apr 2025

Mario

It was nice no trouble.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

10 Mar 2025

Mario

One of my top places to stay

Leisure Self

10/10

Exceptional

17 Feb 2025

The rooms are so spacious!! The r the kitchen are so convenient for the big family.

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

16 Feb 2025

Jenny

Amazing Place

It was an amazing stay. We will definitely stay here again. It had all the comforts of home and was so spacious and clean.
The hotel is close to the freeway and centrally located to many areas of San Diego.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

10 Feb 2025

stephen

Nice and Comfy

It was great. Nice and spacious suite. 2 Bathrooms 2 Bedrooms. Nice and Comfy

Friends_and_family Family

6/10

Pleasant

25 Jan 2025

Theresa

Courteous

The first day our sink clogged up we had to ask them to fix it. We ran out of toilet paper and had to ask for it. On the last day both toilets wouldn’t flush. It would have been nice if they had asked if we needed anything during our three day stay.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

29 Dec 2024

Brittany

This was the absolute best place we could have stayed for this impromptu trip! Our room had two bathrooms that we didn’t even know of when we booked and made this family of 6 very happy. Super friendly staff and super clean rooms and property

Leisure Family_with_children

2/10

Poor

28 Oct 2024

Bridgette

Nope

Many of the amenities listed the room doesn’t have. Was told these are old pictures to the updated rooms. The utinsiles were horrible! Didn’t even have a pot to boil noodles! The kitchen counter is extremely small to cook at the drawers we’re falling apart the curtains were very stained. Charcoal bbq is actually gas on a timer the stove is on 15 min timer while trying to boil noodles! I wouldn’t stay here.. room sleeps 6 but you get 3 spoons 4 forks 2 bowls and 3 plates! Was not what I expected at all!

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

07 Oct 2024

Christine

Liked - Personable check in clerk.
Dislike -The Spa tub was locked up and not usable.

Leisure Pet

10/10

Exceptional

12 Sep 2024

Christine

This is a fantastic place to stay. They have it all. Will stay again.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

03 Sep 2024

John

Large space, never saw maids, front desk would allow an extra hour at checkout. We are “local” having a service at house and couldn’t get back our home til after 2pm the rude front desk would help.

Business_and_leisure Pet

6/10

Pleasant

12 Aug 2024

John

This hotel was worth the money. Nothing fancy but not the worse I've stayed at either.

Leisure Family_with_children

6/10

Pleasant

31 Jul 2024

Andrew

Thanks

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

25 Jul 2024

Naomi

Great Hotel, especially for the price. Would highly recommend it.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

17 Jul 2024

Verified traveler

Nice

Great stay, great rooms. Only complaint would be they were resurfacing parking lot and had to go thru side door cause they didn't want anyone walking on new surface for one day...understandable .

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

08 Jul 2024

Angel

4th of July weekend

Room was very spacious. Staff was friendly, helpful, and very attentive. The living room AC wasn’t getting cold enough but the staff changed it out in less than 30 minutes and our room got super cold. Would definitely book here again!

Friends_and_family Friends

10/10

Exceptional

01 Jun 2024

Josue

Amazing

Leisure Friends

10/10

Exceptional

21 May 2024

Kelly

Very spacious, plenty of space for our family of 5. Bathroom was a little dated, but met our needs fine. Would stay here again.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

18 May 2024

Christopher

The faucet for the shower broke and it was immediately replaced.

Business

10/10

Exceptional

16 May 2024

Anitra

The staff was friendly and awesome. The rooms were clan and well kept

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

28 Apr 2024

Nicholas

Great trip!

Leisure Family_with_children

2/10

Poor

31 Mar 2024

Nicholas

Is this property is horrible... They tried to charge me three hundred dollars for my ada service dog... And the parking is not free... I do not recommend this place. They said they refunded me my money but they did not. I had to call expedia to get my money back because the hotel straight up lied About my money being refunded to me. The place right below called kings inn is much nicer, cheaper, and everyone is friendly and the hotel is always clean and always nice staff. I always feel safe and comfortable staying here.I would not stay anywhere else.

Business Pet

2/10

Poor

30 Mar 2024

Jason

We had a very disappointing stay. The room was falsely advertised as a 1 bedroom suite. When we got in the room, it was a studio suite. Therefore, I assumed we were given the wrong room. When speaking with the front desk staff, I was told that they have no one bedroom suites. For that reason alone, we will not be coming back nor recommending this hotel. Unfortunately, we had an even worse issue with our room. During our two night stay each night between around 10:30pm and 7am, there was a knocking sound coming from the ceiling. At first, I thought it was someone annoyingly banging a stick of some sort. Since it went on all night and there was sort of a pattern, I realized it could not have been coming from the actions of a person. Approximately, every 20 minutes, the knocking would continue for about 10-20 seconds. This made it difficult for my wife and I to fall asleep and woke us up throughtout the night. After the first night, I addressed it to the staff member, who all very nice, had no solution. The issue was kind of brushed off and the staff member said they would have someone look into it after our stay. We are exhausted from our stay and would not recommend staying there. Very disappointed!!

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

25 Mar 2024

Rosby

I had issues with the card key! It took too many tries for it to get the door to open and 2 out 3 televisions where not working. Staff all wonderful, cheery and really good vibes. I got to see the cleaning ladies and they were very nice and polite! not to mention their bright smiles..

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

21 Jan 2024

Dianne

Great room and service..Fast and friendly clean room ..very spacious.

Partner

10/10

Exceptional

04 Dec 2023

Araceli

Exelent

Business Family

10/10

Exceptional

26 Nov 2023

Dawn

Hotel circle location was very convenient only a few miles from Sea World and San Diego Zoo.

Leisure Pet

4/10

Poor

23 Oct 2023

BRITANY

Breakfast was included as advertised.

10/10

Exceptional

14 Oct 2023

Mark

Covenant drive to Sea World

Leisure Family

4/10

Poor

24 Sep 2023

Markus

We arrived at the hotel at 450 and there was a sign at the front desk stating that an employee had left and would return shortly. It was almost 30 minutes before an employee returned to the desk. The lobby also had a smell of urine from an animal. The beds we’re very very firm I know some people like that but it made for a hard night of sleep. The couch bed had also seen better days. When we turned on the ac unit a few ants crawled out so a little bit of a surprise. The hotel has very assessable parking and is close to most things.

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

15 Sep 2023

Steven

It’s located in hotel circle, so it wasn’t that bad for a location. Got a room that’s pretty big and easy access from the parking lot to the room

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

09 Sep 2023

yousses

The staff are amazing and helpful

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

27 Aug 2023

John

Great room.

Great place to stay in the San Diego area. Good facilities. Fantastic staff.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

26 Aug 2023

Evelyn

We checked in at around 4:18 pm
The front desk attendant Rosha. Sorry not sure how to spell his name, was wonderful, very helpful. To the point that assisted my husband who was unable to get off the recliner in the room. Good experience.

Leisure Partner

6/10

Pleasant

14 Aug 2023

April

Not really an Candlewood...

This may be a Candlewood now but it started it's life as some other motel (doors outside on the back which isn't seen on the photos). It's been remodeled - sort of - and the room was OK but not what we were expecting based on past Candlewood experiences. The staff were curt - and if you needed anything, YOU had to go to the desk and wait to get it from them. Oh - and parking is \"available\" but costs $10 per night. Really, for over $200/night, you can let me park in your designated (and not full) lot during my stay. Be aware of the elevator - it makes a large clunk at the start and end but got us there OK each time. The kitchenette in the room was somewhat sad - we had 2 of everything (2 bowls, 2 cups, 2 spoons, etc.) and four of us. Many of the drawers didn't stay closed so you had to watch your shins/thighs when you went by as they were rolling open. It suited our needs as we didn't spend much time there but definitely did not meet our expectations as a Candlewood hotel.

Friends_and_family Family

10/10

Exceptional

12 Aug 2023

Trinier

Stay was great, staff was pleasant

4/10

Poor

09 Aug 2023

Tracy

Beware if traveling with service animals

Traveling with the family and a service dog.
Beware: They do not honor requests for service animals. Over the phone before booking and at check in everything was great. However, when checking out they tried to charge extra fees we were told twice previously did not apply. I provided our service animal credentials.

Friends_and_family Family

8/10

Excellent

21 Jul 2023

Christine

Loved how the 2 suites were divided with 2 bathrooms.

Leisure Family_with_children

8/10

Excellent

11 Jul 2023

Cherilyn

We had a 2 bedroom suite. The beds were comfotable. I wish the lighting was a little brighter. our recliner and Office chair has definately seen better days.

Free Laundry and ample parking were a plus.

Leisure Family_with_children

10/10

Exceptional

20 Jun 2023

Ana

This was a last minute suite reservation. Great location, ample parking and suite was very nice. Highly recommend it for anyone who wants to feel like home while out on vacation.

Leisure Family

10/10

Exceptional

23 May 2023

Nishchal

Good suite

4/10

Poor

08 May 2023

Adam

This hotel is honestly gross and outdated. The only good thing about it was the price and the fact that they have big enough rooms for families of 6. They had a HUGE mosquito problem. The room itself was sooooo gross. The pull out mattress seriously needed replaced. The couch has very questionable stains. It was dusty beyond belief. Just gross. The shower leaked like crazy from all directions because of the shower head. We had to use the 3-4 towels for every shower experience. Not to mention you either got scolding hot water or cold water. No in between. Really fun for my kids especially. I didn’t want to leave the towels on their wood floors and damage the flooring so I set them outside. Someone apparently complained and they locked us out of our room to basically reprimand me…. Lol… was super weird. A simple, please don’t put your towels outside your room would have sufficed, a note on the door even. But locking us out of room? Insane.

Leisure Family_with_children

2/10

Poor

23 Apr 2023

Araceli

I wasnt checked in to the hotel because of a glitch in the system, i was declined to check in.

6/10

Pleasant

19 Apr 2023

Amber

The furniture was very uncomfortable. The couch and dining chairs you felt like you were going to go right through. White chunks of the wall missing across the wall.

Leisure Partner