This iconic California hotel is on Shelter Island, overlooking the famed Kona Kai Marina. With ocean views from every room type, you can laze the days away on your balcony if you fancy - complete with stunning views of San Diego bay. Although with a private beach two waterfront pools, you'll probably want to leave the room to enjoy a leisurely day by the water either way. Embrace true holiday life and head to the poolside bar for a refreshing drink – and take in the views of the marina, or pamper yourself at the spa. If you fancy something a bit more active, explore the island on one of the complimentary beach cruisers or enjoy one of the many water sports activities on offer!
Amenities
Bicycle Rental
Kayaking
Sailing
Bar
Evening Entertainment
Fitness Centre/Gym
Internet Access
Restaurant
Room Service
Spa
Swimming Pool
Beachfront location
Where is it
Located on Shelter Island on Kona Kai Marina, minutes from Downtown San Diego and San Diego’s International Airport.
Hotel information
170 rooms, including 41 luxury suites, all with spectacular water viewsfrom the private patio or balcony, as well as flatscreen TV with premium entertainment channels, complimentary coffee, mini-fridge, safe, hairdryer, bathrobes, iron and board.
Deluxe Guestrooms have 1 king-size bed or 2 queen-size beds, sleeping maximum 4 adults.
Premium Rooms offer 1 king-size bed or 2 queen-size beds, sleeping maximum 4 adults.
Suites are also available, featuring sophisticated coastal design, spa-inspired bathrooms with bath and rainfall shower, and bay or marina views from an oversized balcony.
Vessel restaurant (local coastal cuisine, open for breakfast, lunch and dinner). Tiki Bar and adults-only pool bar. Resort pool and adults-only pool. Pool and beach cabanas*. Spa*. Fitness centre. Complimentary fitness classes. Private beach and firepits. Water activity centre* including kayaks and paddle boards. Volleyball. Badminton. Complimentary bikes. Fishing*. Beach parties. Kona Kai Marina with bay cruises* and dinner cruises*. Gift shop. Room service*. WiFi*. Self-parking $34, plus tax per night (payable locally, subject to change)
This hotel has resort fees that are included in the room rate (subject to change)
Resort fee includes: - Daily Newspaper in Lobby - WiFi - Fitness centre and steam room - Towel Service at pool and spa. Resort fee, tax and inclusions are subject to change - please see hotel check-in for current inclusions available to you upon arrival.
*Denotes local charge.
Based on 2892 reviews
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Excellent (1706)
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Beautiful property and location with spacious rooms.
Aug 8, 2025Kelly G
Room was clean and spacious. Beds were great to sleep in, but headboard not being attached made alot of noise just from a gentle sitdown on the bed. This is resort has some outdated resources in rooms (tub, shower curtain, small sink area made of wood, closet in the bathroom). Not sure fully worth the price they charge nightly as a "four star"…
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Room was clean and spacious. Beds were great to sleep in, but headboard not being attached made alot of noise just from a gentle sitdown on the bed. This is resort has some outdated resources in rooms (tub, shower curtain, small sink area made of wood, closet in the bathroom). Not sure fully worth the price they charge nightly as a "four star" hotel.
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The overall experience was amazing. The rooms were gorgeous. The viewBreathtaking and the food delicious.
Aug 7, 2025Claudia B
Great place and extremely great service. Everyone treated you like family and Niky was absolutely amazing. I would definitely come here again and spend some time with the family here.
3 week road trip 1 of my bad experiences Checked Out Early
Aug 5, 2025IAN G
Booked this hotel as part of a 3 week road trip to celebrate my birthday. Arrived at 4 pm room NOT ready . Guy on reception couldn’t give a toss . Gave us $25 dollar credit so we could buy a drink but can’t get 2 drinks for that . We had booked a marina view Suite but could only see marina if you stood on tip toes . We backed onto adult pool which…
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Booked this hotel as part of a 3 week road trip to celebrate my birthday. Arrived at 4 pm room NOT ready . Guy on reception couldn’t give a toss . Gave us $25 dollar credit so we could buy a drink but can’t get 2 drinks for that . We had booked a marina view Suite but could only see marina if you stood on tip toes . We backed onto adult pool which was full of young adults shouting and swearing not ideal . Awoken at 2am by people above as walls / floors very thin could not get back to sleep .
Went down to breakfast asked for cappuccino and was told machine was broken not ideal .
Wife stood by toaster looking for bread asked where it was to be told “ no bread today it didn’t look great “
No toast ??
With that we went to reception and checked out it was one of only 2 bad experiences we had in the 3 week trip . Resort is old dated and the staff don’t seem to care . We had to borrow bell cart both in and out to move luggage . We definitely would not return. Sorry San Diego we didn’t get a true experience
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Farting pillows is not an exaggeration
Aug 5, 2025vylet7Des Moines, IA
I don't really want to write a review, especially a negative one but this has been the first time I'd ever dealt with a hotel that had great online reviews and it did not meet expectations.
I rarely have health concerns when I travel and typically stay at high end hotels almost exclusively but I would not come here again. The pillow linens were…
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I don't really want to write a review, especially a negative one but this has been the first time I'd ever dealt with a hotel that had great online reviews and it did not meet expectations.
I rarely have health concerns when I travel and typically stay at high end hotels almost exclusively but I would not come here again. The pillow linens were clean but once you lay on it, the puff of air smelled like literal farts. I'm sure it would have been addressed if I told them to change it - but the concern is why does it even smell like that, like all 4 of them? At a hotel of this price point?
Whatever their cleaning protocol is, I got a sore throat over our stay and felt immediately better when I got home. I can't imagine staying there another night longer. I'm sure this review will be buried among the others.
Also if you're a light sleeper, the seals/sea lions will welcome you in the night and the walls were thin - or our neighbor just really liked to rearrange furniture. Guess we'll never know what it really was.
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Waste of money
Aug 4, 2025Erin S
DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY. To get to your room you have to walk along a poorly lit path. We were looking for "Building 7". It wasn't a numeral, it was spelled out in cursive and not lit up, so it was hard to read. There was no courtesy shuttle and no room service. The bathroom had a barn door with gaps, so you could watch someone using the toilet.…
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DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY. To get to your room you have to walk along a poorly lit path. We were looking for "Building 7". It wasn't a numeral, it was spelled out in cursive and not lit up, so it was hard to read. There was no courtesy shuttle and no room service. The bathroom had a barn door with gaps, so you could watch someone using the toilet. The other wall is shutters, so you could hear EVERYTHING. We put in a maintenance request, but no one ever came. There were no bellhops or luggage carts. Positive things: big shower, lots of towels, very comfortable mattress.
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Beautiful property and location with spacious rooms.
