The Horton Grand Hotel and Suites, San Diego, Smell

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Out of 517

The Horton Grand Hotel and Suites	Average Price: $227 Check Rates

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311 Island Avenue

San Diego, 92101 View map

3-Star Hotel Rank: 42 of 101
Average review rating: 3.18

OpinionWell Value Index: 2

Traveler reviews analyzed: Expedia (55) , TripAdvisor (163) , YahooTravel (27)

SAFE TO BOOK ? (1/5 issues found)

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Construction:	No recent comments about construction were found.
Noise:	Recent comments complained about noise.
Room Smell:	No recent comments about room smell were found.
Parking Fees:	No recent comments about parking fees were found.
Bed Bugs:	No recent comments about bed bugs were found.

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1. But we all know what new smells like, and this wasn't it.

"Seriously quirky " Read full review on TripAdvisor 1/29/2012 Vote

2. The elevator is old hydrolic style - slow and it smells like an old Grandma's perfume.

"Simply Lovely " Read full review on TripAdvisor 11/9/2011 Vote

3. but who sleeps in a museum with deferred maintenance?The armoire in our room was broken, musty smell in the hallways, noisy ac, and being across from the Flux night club pretty much guarantees you won't be sleeping until 2 AM or so.

"Time to clean up the act there " Read full review on TripAdvisor 7/19/2010 Vote

4. For the money, not cheap, you get: Wood toilets with pull chains, Lumpy carpet, horrible Mildew smell, shower-heads for Midgets, and the creepiest stay.

"DONT STAY AT THE HAUNTED HORTON GRAND!!!!! " Read full review on TripAdvisor 5/10/2010 Vote

5. We asked housekeeping to spray air freshener, which they did, but it still didn't mask the smell.

""Victorian" = Needs to be renovated " Read full review on TripAdvisor 9/2/2009 Vote

6. When we got to our room, the smell of mothballs almost knocked us over when we opened the door.

""Victorian" = Needs to be renovated " Read full review on TripAdvisor 9/2/2009 Vote

7. So we made sure to stay out about town for as long as possible after work in order to avoid the musty smells and strangeness of the place.

"Surreal!!!!! " Read full review on TripAdvisor 3/26/2009 Vote

8. The room was clean enough, but the dated furniture, ratty carpet and damp smell made me reconsider.

"Not up to my (not so high) standards " Read full review on TripAdvisor 11/9/2008 Vote

9. It seemed like it was the group of guests sitting in the lobby but after dropping our things off at the room which was lovely, we returned to the empty lobby to the same overwhelming smell.

"Great Hotel but too much Cologne " Read full review on Expedia 9/15/2008 Vote