La Jolla Shores Hotel Reviews
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4.6 out of 5 rating
4.6 out of 5 rating
16 reviews
91% recommend it
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Malvina D. Sent on 04/12/2019Beach Wedding Goals
They are the only Hotel that do a reception right on the sand!! Their Location is great too, being in La Jolla itself is a plus! -
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Kellie Sent on 06/15/2019Stunning Beach Wedding Venue!
La Jolla Shores Hotel was the perfect venue for our beach wedding vision. We had the ceremony on La Jolla Shores beach. It was the perfect day - the sun was shining and the water was glistening blue and green. Kelly at La Jolla Shores Hotel asked beachgoers to move so as not to block the beach views from our ceremony, and they did! Our cocktail hour was outside on the beautiful Garden Patio and the dinner reception was also outside on the Shores Patio with perfect views of the beach and sunset. Our guests complemented the food - with the lobster ravioli being the fan favorite. Kelly, the venue coordinator, was responsive and easy to work with. If you want a beach wedding in San Diego with the potential for stunning sunset photos, this is the venue for you! -
Cynthia Sent on 10/01/2017I had my wedding at this venue on 9/22. The service was amazing, the venue was beautiful, and the food was amazing. Kelly Zavala, the catering manager was very responsive and helpful the entire time. My special day was perfect because of her. Even when something wasn't just right, she always knew how to make it better. I highly recommend this beautiful venue, great service, and their amazing food.
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Erin Sent on 01/25/2019Wonderful experience for our small wedding
Alyssa was fantastic in helping us plan our small wedding ceremony and dinner. The day of, I got very sick and she was very gracious, offering to move the ceremony inside. We settled on the patio outside so that we could still see the beach, and she was very accommodating with the changes. Our guests raved about the food (filet, butterfish, and butternut squash), and had a great time. I would 100% recommend this hotel for your wedding! -
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April Sent on 11/07/2019Beautiful location
Amazing beach area to get married and an option for an outdoor reception. This was a must for us! -
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Ashley Sent on 06/22/2012I planned a destination wedding, visiting the site only 3 times. We fell in love with the venue and it was a perfect beach wedding for us. However, over the course of a year, our contact changed 3 times. Every time the person changed, something in our 'contract' changed. Small details changed that were not in the contract. Be sure on include EVERY LITTLE THING with these people. The time they tell you that you will be able to set up, what qualifies for a vendor meal and if that includes ALL options or just pasta, chicken, etc. Whether or not they are treated as a guest or have to eat seperate from you reception. They did not honor somethings that had been originally promised to me and 1 week before my wedding dropped the bomb on me that because of that, I would have to pay an extra $500. They also do not have a space to get ready, only give you a room that is comp'd. This would normally be okay but for large parties I suggest getting two rooms - we were way to cramped and it was stressful having so many women in one room. I would recommend it this only because it was beautiful and I had amazing family and friends to help me, had I been relying on the hotel - I would have been screwed. The front desk staff were wonderful and very accomadating. -
Sharon Sent on 10/14/2024
Wanted to Love it, but so Disappointed
We were married at La Jolla Shores Hotel (LJSH) on October 7th, 2024. We first toured the venue in December of 2022, and booked the venue in March of 2023.
Strengths:
- Beautiful Spanish architecture
- Handle permit acquisition for beach wedding
- Ceremony, cocktail hour, and reception all in one location
- Rentals (chairs, tables, etc.) for ceremony/cocktail hour/reception all included
- Shores patio & La Jolla room venue allows for dancing separate from people who want to sit and chat, making for a very functional space
- Hotel is right on the water with gorgeous views
Weaknesses:
- event coordinator (Shelby) is super disorganized and unprofessional (tried to double charge and introduce undiscussed charges to final balance on multiple occasions; got the same details wrong over and over again about the package we purchased, requiring us to correct her on the same mistakes multiple times; it got so bad that we had to meet and call with her bosses multiple times leading up to the wedding to make sure everything was prepared)
- they forgot our rehearsal and didn’t set up at all, despite us giving them 4 months heads-up on the date and time
- Shelby (event coordinator) said the sand will be groomed and that they will provide carpet along the aisle to help my grandparents walk on the sand, and she showed us photos on her iPad of what it would look like; there were no carpets or groomed sand on the day of the wedding (she lied)
- Hotel rooms are really outdated and 80’s looking, with few outlets
- Promised to bring hot water to the groom’s room so he can have tea while getting ready, but didn’t
- bonus comments: during the final walkthrough, the bathrooms smelled TERRIBLE, and during meetings with the catering directors due to Shelby’s unprofessionalism, there was dog poop on the patio floor and the catering directors were unbothered by it
Unfortunately, this added a lot of unnecessary stress to our wedding day and wedding week. -
