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El Cordova Hotel on Coronado Island

3.5 star property

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Front of property
Interior
Fountain
Lobby sitting area

Reviews

8.8 out of 10
Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Spa pool
  • Spa
  • Air-conditioning
  • Parking available

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1351 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA, 92118
  • Place, Coronado Shopping Plaza Shopping Center
    ‪1 min walk‬
  • Place, Hotel del Coronado
    ‪3 min walk‬
  • Place, Coronado Beach
    ‪3 min walk‬
  • Airport, San Diego, CA (SAN-San Diego Intl.)
    ‪16 min drive‬

Room options

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Premium bedding, in-room safe, desk, iron/ironing board

Standard Room, 1 King Bed

8.4 out of 10
Very good
(41 reviews)
  • 19 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Premium bedding, in-room safe, desk, iron/ironing board

Deluxe Room, 1 King Bed

10.0 out of 10
Exceptional
(1 review)
  • 42 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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ADA Accessible 1 Bedroom Suite

  • 46 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed

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Premium bedding, in-room safe, desk, iron/ironing board

Deluxe 2 Bedroom Suite

8.0 out of 10
Very good
(3 reviews)
  • 65 sq m
  • 2 bedrooms
  • Sleeps 5
  • 1 King Bed, 1 Queen Bed and 1 Queen Sofa Bed

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Premier Suite

Premier Suite

  • Partial sea view
  • 111 sq m
  • 2 bedrooms
  • Sleeps 6
  • 2 King Beds and 1 Queen Sofa Bed

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Suite, 1 Bedroom

9.2 out of 10
Wonderful
(54 reviews)
  • 51 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 3
  • 1 King Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

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Premium bedding, in-room safe, desk, iron/ironing board

Deluxe Room, 1 King Bed

9.2 out of 10
Wonderful
(53 reviews)
  • 23 sq m
  • 1 bedroom
  • Sleeps 2
  • 1 King Bed

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Premium bedding, in-room safe, desk, iron/ironing board

Deluxe Suite, 2 Bedrooms

8.8 out of 10
Excellent
(18 reviews)
  • 65 sq m
  • 2 bedrooms
  • Sleeps 5
  • 1 King Bed, 1 Queen Bed and 1 Double Sofa Bed

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About the area

Coronado

With a stay at El Cordova Hotel on Coronado Island, you'll be centrally located in Coronado, steps from Hotel del Coronado and 4 minutes by foot from Coronado Beach. .This hotel is 0.8 mi (1.2 km) from San Diego Bay and 4.8 mi (7.7 km) from Petco Park.

What's nearby

  • Coronado Shopping Plaza Shopping Center - 1 min walk - 0.0 km
  • Coronado Museum of History and Art - 3 min walk - 0.3 km
  • Hotel del Coronado - 3 min walk - 0.3 km
  • Coronado Beach - 3 min walk - 0.3 km
  • Spreckels Park - 10 min walk - 0.9 km

Getting around

  • 25th - Commercial Station - 6 min drive
  • Old Town Transit Center - 18 min drive
  • San Diego Intl. Airport (SAN) - 20 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Blanco Cocina + Cantina - ‬2 min walk
  • ‪Serea Coastal Cuisine - ‬4 min walk
  • ‪Babcock & Story Bar - ‬5 min walk
  • ‪Clayton's Coffee Shop - ‬7 min walk
  • ‪The Henry - ‬4 min walk

About this property

El Cordova Hotel on Coronado Island

El Cordova Hotel on Coronado Island offers 43 accommodations with laptop-compatible safes and coffee/tea makers. Beds feature premium bedding. Flat-screen televisions come with premium cable channels.

Bathrooms include bathrobes, designer toiletries, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers. Business-friendly amenities include desks and phones; free local calls are provided (restrictions may apply). Additionally, rooms include irons/ironing boards and ceiling fans. Housekeeping is provided on request.

An outdoor pool and a hot tub are on site.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Guests can pamper themselves by indulging in the onsite spa services. There are massage/treatment rooms available. Services include deep-tissue massages, hot stone massages, sports massages, and Swedish massages.
Make yourself at home in one of the 43 guestrooms featuring MP3 docking stations and flat-screen televisions. Cable television is provided for your entertainment. Bathrooms have designer toiletries and hair dryers. Conveniences include laptop-compatible safes and desks, as well as phones with free local calls.
Take advantage of recreational opportunities offered, including an outdoor pool, a hot tub, and bicycles to rent. Additional features at this hotel include concierge services, gift shops/newsstands, and a hair salon.
Satisfy your appetite with Mexican cuisine at Miguels Cocina, one of the hotel's 2 restaurants. Relax with a refreshing drink at one of the 2 bars/lounges.
Featured amenities include express check-out, a 24-hour front desk, and multilingual staff. Self parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.
Miguels Cocina - This restaurant specializes in Mexican cuisine and serves brunch, lunch, and dinner. Guests can order drinks at the bar and enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). A children's menu is available. Happy hour is offered.
Brigantine Seafood - This seafood restaurant specializes in seafood and serves brunch, lunch, dinner, and light fare. Guests can order drinks at the bar and enjoy alfresco dining (weather permitting). A children's menu is available. Happy hour is offered. Open daily.

Property amenities

Parking and transport

  • Height restrictions apply for on-site parking
  • Covered parking on site (USD 40 per night; includes in/out privileges)
  • Limited on-site self parking
  • Onsite parking options include a garage

Food and drink

  • 2 bars/lounges
  • 2 restaurants

Restaurants on site

  • Brigantine Seafood
  • Miguels Cocina

Things to do

  • Bicycle rentals
  • Hot tub
  • Outdoor pool
  • Shopping
  • Water sports equipment

Family friendly

  • Fenced pool
  • Laundry facilities
  • Outdoor pool

Conveniences

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Gift shop/newsstand
  • Hair salon
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk
  • Vending machine
  • Water dispenser

Guest services

  • Concierge services
  • Housekeeping on request
  • Multilingual staff
  • Tour and ticket assistance
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • Meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • Barbecue grill
  • Beach towels
  • Firepit
  • Outdoor furniture
  • Picnic area
  • Pool loungers
  • Pool umbrellas
  • Terrace

Spa

  • Deep-tissue massages
  • Hot stone massages
  • Prenatal massages
  • Sports massages
  • Swedish massages
  • Treatment room

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Handrails in stairways
  • Pool hoist on site
  • Upper floors accessible by stairs only

More

  • 2 floors
  • Banquet hall
  • Built in 1902
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Premium bedding

Bathroom

  • Designer toiletries
  • Dressing gowns
  • Hair dryer
  • Toothbrush and toothpaste (on request)
  • Towels provided

Entertainment

  • Flat-screen TV with premium cable channels
  • MP3 dock

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker

More

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Ceiling fan
  • Desk
  • Free local calls
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Laptop-compatible safe
  • Phone
  • Window screens

Policies

Check-in

Check-in time starts at 4:00 PM
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM
Contactless check-out available
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property
Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
Children up to the age of 18 years can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room

Payment types

Important information

Fees

You'll be asked to pay the following charges at the property. Fees may include applicable taxes:

  • Resort fee: USD 30 per accommodation, per night

We have included all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

  • Covered self parking fee: USD 40 per night (in/out privileges)

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards, and cash
Noise-free guestrooms cannot be guaranteed
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property

We should mention

This property does not have elevators
Pool access available from 8:00 AM to 10:00 PM
Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments; reservations can be made by contacting the property prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
Parking height restrictions apply

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El Cordova Hotel on Coronado Island Reviews

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Rating 10 - Excellent. 621 out of 1004 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 233 out of 1004 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 91 out of 1004 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 42 out of 1004 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 17 out of 1004 reviews

9.0/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

8.4/10

Amenities

8.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

8/10 Good

Denise

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Location. Comfortable beds. Free beach chairs.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2025

10/10 Excellent

Kathryn

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Property is beautiful with lots of shops all around with plenty of dining options all in walking distance. Highly recommended eating at Miguel’s as they have amazing food and drinks.
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2025

6/10 Okay

Tessa

Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2025

10/10 Excellent

Cindy

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Beautiful old classy hotel near beach and the Del. Reasonably priced for Coronado!
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2025

4/10 Poor

Gregory

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Staff & service
I needed them to provide a receipt for the local taxes they charged. I forgot to collect it at the time I paid. They refused to provide the receipt and didn't respond to repeated inquiries.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2025

4/10 Poor

Patrick

Travelled with family
Be careful with this place. Their so called guest parking is a BofA parking structure two blocks away, and they don’t control capacity of dedicated spaces for paying guests. We arrived at hotel (nice enough for price), and were told that they didn’t have available parking. Unfortunately was the repeated word.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2025

6/10 Okay

Nikki

They make you pay a courtesy fee, even if you don’t use the amenities. No parking except for a small parking structure where other people take the parking.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2025

4/10 Poor

Patti

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness
Staff was great! The room so cute and quaint until dark and the bugs came out! We cut our stay short.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2025

10/10 Excellent

Nicholas

Stayed 1 night in Dec 2025

10/10 Excellent

Travis

Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
#lovedit
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2025

8/10 Good

Steve

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
This property surprised us. Clean, well-managed, and very well situated hotel across the street from the Hotel del Coronado. The room was spacious, clean, and had a small kitchen, which made our day! It is an old property lacking some accessibility options. The wi-fi is also very spotty, necessitating and room change. Otherwise, this was a very nice property we would stay at again.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2025

10/10 Excellent

Denise

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Clean
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2025

2/10 Terrible

Malgorzata

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very noisy, specially during the evening, so you can't sleep. The rooms are very smelly, so take a refreshing spray. No Hot water.
Stayed 5 nights in Nov 2025

10/10 Excellent

Marina

Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Clean room, quiet hotel, friendly staff, nice location
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2025

4/10 Poor

Daniel

Travelled with family and small children
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff at check in did not provide any information about the property or how to enjoy our stay. The room, especially the bathroom is in horrible condition. Paint peeling, toilet paper roll holder broken and unusable, door way trim bent and comming off, mildew in the shower window, broken tiles, missing grout, the mirror was cloudy with black spots everywhere. We were charged an amenities fee without notice. Thus was shocking because the amenities at motel 6 are better than what El Cordova has to offer. In every hotel I've ever been to, amenities are part of the package. Not extra charges. It seems the location is what keeps this hotel in business, not the hotel experience.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2025

6/10 Okay

Luciana

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities
The location is great, and the staff and overall cleanliness of the hotel is good. However, the rooms are a bit outdated and could benefit from some upgrades. We went in late Nov. and the heaters didn't work, the windows didnt open and bedding was outdated.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2025

8/10 Good

Karen

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2025

10/10 Excellent

Natalie

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location, quiet hotel with lovely courtyard areas. Very private room! It would have been nice to have the soaps/lotion refilled to the top before we stayed in the room, but that was such a minor detail! Would stay again.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2025

6/10 Okay

Thomas

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Amenities
Room was clean but a bit threadbare and rundown. Friendly service but maid service was absent. The property was also lacking in upkeep and seemed tired like it had seen better days.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2025

10/10 Excellent

JASON

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2025

4/10 Poor

Roberts

Travelled with family
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities
The quality and condition of the rooms didn't match the online presentation. Overall, it resembled a poorly maintained low-rent apartment complex with multiple coats of poorly applied paint. I understand that this is an historic building, but this reeks of poor maintenance practices. More along that line below. When we checked in, the ceiling light fixture just inside our suite entry door was full of water but still producing light. I reported it and the desk sent up someone to check on it who I had to tell how to remove the fixture cover. The fixture was never operational again during the rest of our three-night stay. The desk acknowledged that the bulbs needed replacing, but they never were. Each time I reported it, the person at the desk I talked with was unaware of the issue. The heat/air conditioning was inoperative during our entire three-night stay. We're from Arizona, and it was COLD during our entire three-night stay. The phone operation was intermittent due to a worn-out telephone jack and line cord plug combo. This was also acknowledged by staff but never fixed. The facility was VERY noisy with a liquor-serving dining venue very near and very close proximity to a major traffic artery. As "compensation" we were given a paltry discount and the problems were still unaddressed when we checked out. The online presentation also did not make it clear that there was no onsite parking. Two nights I had to park about a half mile from the hotel and walk.
Water dripping from the light fixture. The water level is clearly visible near the top of the glass cover.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2025

10/10 Excellent

Robert, Peoria

Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2025

10/10 Excellent

Ashley

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Great location and stay
Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2025

10/10 Excellent

Steven

Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2025

8/10 Good

Mary

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Loved the location and room was very clean and suited our purposes
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2025