Hotel Gigi

The only negative was the did not have parking 😣

The hotel itself is tiny. The room was a lot smaller than expected. It’s just a bed and a restroom. No microwave, fridge or iron. No ice machine either. It wasn’t a huge issue for us as we were there just to sleep while there on a weekend getaway .There is no staff on site and our room floor was dirty with dust, as if it hadn’t been swept or mopped in a while. Our key pad number didn’t work, but Rita, the staff on call, handled our situation quickly over the phone which we appreciated. The area is perfect for tourists. You can see Petco from your street and Gaslamp is walking distance. There are numerous restaurants to choose from. Overall, now that I know what to expect from the room, I would definitely stay here again. The location is great. The hotel is nice and quiet. Nobody bothered us. It almost felt like we had the hotel to ourselves. If you’re looking for a hotel with all the amenities, this isn’t your place. If you’re looking for a room to sleep while you’re in town, this place is perfect.

Room was small, but clean & quiet. No parking. No one on property to greet us, but did a fair job of accommodating us. Fair price for downtown area.

Decent price, great location for Padres game, very clean and quiet. Cramped quarters and no amenities (cups, dresser, tissue)

This was a bare bones hotel. no coffee maker, no tissue. But the worst thing was the parking-there isnt any. The 2 people I dealt with were very accomodating, but I wish I would have know how little there was to the room, how the light came in under the door and how incredible noisy it was because of some strange sound from the parking garage gate or some sort of machine.

They need to lease a parking place for their guest to find a parking was a lil difficult The building itself is cute, too echo. You can hear the people from upstairs walking hard. The bed is too flimsy. Plus the door to enter the tiny room need to be thicker to avoid the talking from the people in the hallway

Great experience. Need small refrigerator for room but otherwise great for price. Great location.

There wasn’t a fridge so it was a bit inconvenient and they don’t have private parking so you have to do street parking. Customer service was good though and the place itself was nice and cozy. It’s near a lot of places since it’s directly in the downtown area.

It's important for a property without on-site staff to recognize that if they choose not to invest in having personnel available, they must be proactive in monitoring all published communication channels—this includes the website, email, text messages, and the Expedia platform. In the two weeks leading up to my stay, I attempted to reach the property multiple times by phone, email, and message with no response until the day of check-in. This created a lot of unnecessary stress and concern that I might not be able to access the room at all until it was finally activated. Additionally, please note that the rooms are quite small. While the location is convenient, there is no on-site parking—you’ll need to park down the street.

Spent one night solo in San Diego and Hotel Gigi was perfect! Clean and modern, basically like new. Door codes were emailed in advance. I had no issues. They left two bottles of water in the room which was nice. I noticed an ironing board, microwave and small refrig in the hallway for those that need it. Very quiet and in a great location. Close to everything in downtown San Diego. I was there for the Elton John concert at Petco Park and was only a several minute walk to the stadium. Would definitely come back!

Easy in and out. No one there to check you in or out. Super small and smelled like urine

Staff was super responsive and helpful. Spot was well priced, clean and professional. Perfect for an event at petco park (3min walk)

The room was clean, the location was extremely convenient, and Rita is the BEST!! We will stay at this location every year. Thank you, Rita, for being so accommodating.

We arrived at the place at night. It was apparent that the place was not cleaned after last user. The hairs were on cover and the mattress and coversheets were neither organised not clean. I called the hotel, they said they already cleaned the unit. Then they offered another unit. I couldn’t trust the hygiene of this place so asked any form of refund. The lady then said “i’ll tell the agent (hotels.com) that you rejected my offer to upgrade your reservation.” The lady said if I want a refund, I should talk to hotels.com. I reached out to hotels.com via their chatting service. I was upfront about my needs (any refund and not another unit in the same place), they kept wasting my time for 30 mins for nothing but $25 of OneCash (some online point). It was frustrating since we are already exhausted after a long day on a trip at that night. We just wanted a place and because of this, we were waiting so long without even being sit. I can’t understand people who recommend this place. San Diego has amazing public transit. There are way better hotels or airbnb anywhere nearby. So don’t be trapped to this place because of the location.

There are no staff present; this is a low-cost but perfectly clean/functional hotel without its own parking in a great location. If that’s what you’re looking for, this is great. Happy I found it.

Wonderful. Great location. Everything you need. Extremely clean. Will stay again. 5 minute walk to Gaslamp

Restroom was really dirty also the shower and under the bed

Minimalist more than Art Deco. Very clean and felt safe.

I liked the fact that it was so close to the gaslamp district. I did not like the fact that when I originally booked, there was no mention that it was passcode only, and no staffing or desk for help. Their email left a phone number if you need help, but every time I called the voicemail was full. On the first night, the passcode did not work and I had to wait for somebody to exit The hotel so that I could get into my room. There was also an odd smell in my room, which seemed to be like a urine smell.

Hotel is close to the ball park, it’s an ideal location. My room wasn’t clean and I found hair and blood on my sheets, highly doubt they cleaned them. Underneath my bed was gross I found an empty bottle and dust bunnies.

Clean, basic, and economical. Contactless check-in and check-out. Great location near the baseball stadium and Gaslamp Quarter. The room was nice, but you can hear everything that happens in the hallway. Also, there was a really loud neighbor blasting his music until almost midnight on the first day.

There was no desk, nor any other legitimate horizontal surface to do work at, lay out luggage, etc. The tiny window was to a light well, with ni view whatsoever. But at least it was clean.

As others have stated, you dont stay at Hotel Gigi for the amenities or space. Room is tiny, but perfect to go to Petco and enjoy Gaslamp after a game. My husband and i would def come back.

The hotel itself is tiny. The room was a lot smaller than expected. It’s just a bed and a restroom. No microwave, fridge or iron. No ice machine either. It wasn’t a huge issue for us as we were there just to sleep while there on a weekend getaway .There is no staff on site and our room floor was dirty with dust, as if it hadn’t been swept or mopped in a while. Our key pad number didn’t work, but Rita, the staff on call, handled our situation quickly over the phone which we appreciated. The area is perfect for tourists. You can see Petco from your street and Gaslamp is walking distance. There are numerous restaurants to choose from. Overall, now that I know what to expect from the room, I would definitely stay here again. The location is great. The hotel is nice and quiet. Nobody bothered us. It almost felt like we had the hotel to ourselves. If you’re looking for a hotel with all the amenities, this isn’t your place. If you’re looking for a room to sleep while you’re in town, this place is perfect.

Very quiet. Nice bed.

Room was small, but clean & quiet. No parking. No one on property to greet us, but did a fair job of accommodating us. Fair price for downtown area.

Never again. Zero amenities, not even a desk in the room. TV was just a monitor, no broadcast channels. Wood floors led to listening to clomping from above all night.

They need to lease a parking place for their guest to find a parking was a lil difficult The building itself is cute, too echo. You can hear the people from upstairs walking hard. The bed is too flimsy. Plus the door to enter the tiny room need to be thicker to avoid the talking from the people in the hallway

The room was very small, but clean very organized. Check in even though automated was very efficient. We were in room 208 and it has a leaking sink. The walls are very thin and you can hear everything as people walk down the hallway. It was like they were inside your room. In the morning between 730 and 8 o’clock, I don’t know if it was a staff member, but there was somebody going up and down the halls, talking very loud. We go to San Diego often and stay in all different levels of hotels for the price, This was not a value.

The room is very small, including the bathroom. I’m usually not claustrophobic but it was making me feel claustrophobic. There’s barely any storage space, only a small rod to hang clothes but no drawers. There was also so much noise at night. There is only room service if you request it 24 hours in advance, as there’s only one cleaning lady, who is also the host (Rita). She’s very nice but having to request room service with so much time in advance is inconvenient. One last thing, the walls are thin, we could hear some of the other guests when they spoke loudly. We were on the 2nd floor and we could also hear someone above us when they walked. You definitely get what you pay for in this place. I will not be staying here again.

Excellent service. Just called hostess on phone at all hours.

I emailed twice and called once for a possible early check in. No response at all. Very frustrating. Room was clean and very small. Overall was fine but will not stay there again.

Worked just fine for two nights at the convention center for a conference, since all I needed was a place to shower and sleep. Two knocks against it though: First, the email confirmations make clear there's a $40 charge for early check in, but there are no instructions on how to get an early check in (the instructions say the key code to access the room will not work before 4pm). Second, and more concerning, the smoke alarm in the room was covered, thoroughly and intentionally, by a plastic bag. I don't know if this was management or a prior guest who wanted to smoke in the room, but it didn't feel great.

There is no staff. nobody woirks there. They have a coded front door, and di not make clear I needed the door code to enter. So I had to go to the Hotel next door to check my email and get the code. Then I got in and there is no people. All the rooms have codes. They DID NOT SEND ME MY CODE! So Iw as there at 8pm after 12 hours of flying and not able tog et into my room. After an expensiv roaming call I got thge code. Room is small, bed only, no chair, desk, or even a lamp. Not surprising, but not a great room. In 3 nights, they did not change the garbage. The bed was a cheap foam mattress and not comfortable, pillows too big an poofy, so one was not quite enough but too fluffed, 2 ws way to much. And TERRIBLE sound proofing. I got 'treatr' to 40 minutes of my neighbors having sex, and it was VERY audible. They had left their curtain open a bit, so the room windows are facing erach other and the ebd, so I had to be sure to close my own curtain to not make it a peep show. Even for the price, whichw as not rock bpottom, very dissapointing stay. Hate the fact I never saw a staff member. nobody to ask "where is good to eat here". no cleaning, no nothin, and they didn't even send my door code. I do NOT recommend.

Great price and value, responsive staff via phone/text. Excellent location.

Since this is a no human property, the entry door lock should be maintained. The current one is loose and undependable. They had to tape a handwritten sign about how to jiggle the handle once you’ve entered the code. 4 different customers and ourselves were very frustrated trying to get into the front door. It is a very minimalist accommodation.

Rita let me check in early after a 36+ travel dilemma. Multiple delayed flights and cancelled flights. The room was perfect and price was fair! Thank you so much!

Very nice and helpful staff!

I liked the fact that it was so close to the gaslamp district. I did not like the fact that when I originally booked, there was no mention that it was passcode only, and no staffing or desk for help. Their email left a phone number if you need help, but every time I called the voicemail was full. On the first night, the passcode did not work and I had to wait for somebody to exit The hotel so that I could get into my room. There was also an odd smell in my room, which seemed to be like a urine smell.

My stay was great! Checkin was all digital and contactless. Rita was there to assist me during my stay.

It was a lot of homeless people and they can get a bit aggressive

Very very clean, updated, and fresh. Secure and quiet, ideally located to access the Hilton Bayside and SD Convention Center sites. Walking distance to hundreds of bars, pubs, and restaurants, not to mention retail shops of interest. My only wish for the room was a small table to set me laptop to get some work done. Even a fold-down tabletop hinged to the wall would get the job done. Business folks need a place to get an hour or two of work done in a hotel room; this would make Hotel Gigi better suited for business travelers.

Staff was super responsive and helpful. Spot was well priced, clean and professional. Perfect for an event at petco park (3min walk)

Hotel Gigi was in a great location right by the ball field and lots of great restaurants/bars. While my room was small it was clean and in decent condition. The only thing that was lacking was toiletries. The soap was empty. The managers we very nice and great communicators. Parking in the area is tough, so plan ahead. Overall, great place.

Great value for the money. Good location 2 blocks behind Petco Park. Clean, comfortable, quiet. Close to restaurants, concenience store and Starbucks.

Great location

The place it’s self was very well kept looked newly remodeled, very clean ! The owner was very nice and kind. It was quiet night taking in consideration there was a lot of drunk people from the concert. The concert was at Petco Park which was a 5 minute walk from the hotel, I highly recommend it if your going to to The stadium ! Made everything so easy. The only think that I didn’t like was there was no parking or place to unload your things. There’s another hotel next-door that’s a bigger hotel that has its own parking area and we made the mistake of pulling over of to the side next to the parking area and taking our things down well on our way back less than five minutes later was the hotel manager was threatening to call law enforcement and said he had already called a tow truck. The closest overnight parking is about 2 blocks down and taking all our bags in the summer heat sucked pretty bad. That was the only down fall. Also San Diego much like all of California has been over ran by homeless people, so if your sensitive to that I would say don’t stay anywhere in downtown San Diego.

Good value for money, walking distance to transit

Hotel is in a great location. They are minimal amenities but the location is very clean and in a great location. I was able to walk to convention center and Petco Park.

Spent one night solo in San Diego and Hotel Gigi was perfect! Clean and modern, basically like new. Door codes were emailed in advance. I had no issues. They left two bottles of water in the room which was nice. I noticed an ironing board, microwave and small refrig in the hallway for those that need it. Very quiet and in a great location. Close to everything in downtown San Diego. I was there for the Elton John concert at Petco Park and was only a several minute walk to the stadium. Would definitely come back!

This was a unique find, steps away from Petco Park and a bunch of restaurants/bars, fitness studios, and boutiques. It’s within walking distance to Gaslamp District as well. The room itself was small but fit my needs of a place to sleep. It is a great spot if you don’t want much interaction with others as it’s sort of run like an Airbnb (you have door access through a smart door code, no check in counter), but if something is needed, Rita is a phone call away. Some things that could use improvement were there was soap in shower but no shampoo/conditioner and the exhaust fan in the bathroom kept me awake (hopefully these can be ironed out before your stay!) There was a public parking lot ($25 overnight) on the next street over that ran parallel, but the property did not have parking. I can imagine maybe an issue if there is a game/event at the ballpark but I attended when there wasn’t. Overall, glad I chose this property over another. Would stay here again.

Very very clean, updated, and fresh. Secure and quiet, ideally located to access the Hilton Bayside and SD Convention Center sites. Walking distance to hundreds of bars, pubs, and restaurants, not to mention retail shops of interest. My only wish for the room was a small table to set me laptop to get some work done. Even a fold-down tabletop hinged to the wall would get the job done. Business folks need a place to get an hour or two of work done in a hotel room; this would make Hotel Gigi better suited for business travelers.

Very convenient for Petco Park. Plenty of dining options within walking distance. Bring your own shampoo/soap just in case.

Hotel Gigi was in a great location right by the ball field and lots of great restaurants/bars. While my room was small it was clean and in decent condition. The only thing that was lacking was toiletries. The soap was empty. The managers we very nice and great communicators. Parking in the area is tough, so plan ahead. Overall, great place.

Great value for the money. Good location 2 blocks behind Petco Park. Clean, comfortable, quiet. Close to restaurants, concenience store and Starbucks.

I love the property. It is very close to gaslamp if you are thinking about going out at night and there’s a lot of restaurants nearby as well all within walking distance. Also, the train station is not too far. If you plan on doing that the place is a small but it is all you need and especially for the price. Definitely would stay here again.

Hotel Gigi absolutely exceeded my expectations! From the moment I walked in, I was greeted with a warm welcome and genuine smiles from the staff. The lobby has a chic, modern vibe that instantly makes you feel like you’re somewhere special. My room was spotless, beautifully designed, and incredibly comfortable — the bed felt like sleeping on a cloud. The location is perfect — right in the heart of San Diego, making it easy to explore the Gaslamp Quarter, waterfront, and all the local attractions. I also loved the little touches: complimentary coffee in the morning, fast Wi-Fi, and thoughtful amenities that made my stay even better. What really stood out, though, was the service. The staff went above and beyond to make sure I had everything I needed and even gave me amazing local recommendations for dining and nightlife. I left feeling refreshed, well cared for, and already planning my next stay. If you’re visiting San Diego, do yourself a favor — book Hotel Gigi. You’ll be glad you did!

This was our first stay with a contact-less hotel and we'll definitely do it again based upon this experience. Timely, clear and accurate communications came to my phone. Everything was clean, ordered, and this location was good given the location in downtown San Diego. Parking on a weekend during a Padres game, convention, and bridge run was a bit challenging, but manageable. Great coffee nearby, walking was comfortable, we'd stay here again when visiting nearby friends.

Easy access, nice hotel, close to all the bars and restaurants.

Spent one night solo in San Diego and Hotel Gigi was perfect! Clean and modern, basically like new. Door codes were emailed in advance. I had no issues. They left two bottles of water in the room which was nice. I noticed an ironing board, microwave and small refrig in the hallway for those that need it. Very quiet and in a great location. Close to everything in downtown San Diego. I was there for the Elton John concert at Petco Park and was only a several minute walk to the stadium. Would definitely come back!