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The Westgate Hotel vs Kimpton Alma San Diego
The Westgate Hotel and Kimpton Hotel Palomar San Diego are both rated highly by professionals. On balance, The Westgate Hotel scores marginally higher than Kimpton Hotel Palomar San Diego. The Westgate Hotel comes in at 85 with approval from 12 reviewers including Oyster, BlackBook and Gayot.
The Westgate Hotel
Frommer's
Insight Guides
Oyster
Travel + Leisure
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1055 Second Ave, San Diego, CA 92101
From $157 /night
- Bar/Lounge
- Hot Tub
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Frommer's
"It may look like a 1970s office building from the outside, but the interior of the Westgate Hotel is positively Palace of Versailles."
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Insight Guides
"A perfect picture of refinement... the Westgate welcomes guests into a lobby with Baccarat crystal chandeliers, antique furnishings, bronze sculptures, and a Steinway grand."
Oyster
Upscale
"The 223-room Westgate Hotel offers plenty old-world European luxury."
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Travel + Leisure
"223-room hotel filled with gilded antiques, chandeliers, and 18th-century tapestries."
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DK Eyewitness
"Baccarat crystal chandeliers, Persian carpets, and French tapestries are just backdrops to the gracious service."
Kimpton Alma San Diego
Frommer's
Oyster
Travel + Leisure
Gayot
BlackBook
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1047 5th Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101
From $96 /night
- Pet Friendly
- Bar/Lounge
- Free Internet
- Room Service
- Laundry Service
- Concierge
Frommer's
"Push through the massive 9,000-pound pivoting brass door of this sexy property, opened in 2008, and you'll enter a world of sophistication and luxury."
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Oyster
Kid-Friendly
"The Hotel Palomar (formerly the Se San Diego) is one of San Diego's most luxurious hotels, and also one of its coolest."
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Travel + Leisure
"The Gaslamp District was once a ramshackle area of downtown San Diego, but it has recently been reborn as the city’s hippest neighborhood."
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Gayot
"This deluxe property features 183 rooms including seventeen suites, twenty luxury flats and two grand penthouses at the entrance of San Diego's Gaslamp District."
BlackBook
"Frette linens, designer bathroom amenities, hosted nightly wine hour, onsite spa and fitness center, rooftop pool lounge, scrumptious eats at Saltbox restaurant."
