The Cosmopolitan Hotel and Restaurant

Hotel possesses a lot of character. Rooms are amazingly clean and bed is comfortable.

Because it is a small establishment, there is no after hours office or service. That part is quite understandable. There is no exercise room even though there is probably space for it. Befroom was relatively cold at a Max of 67°. In all fairness, management later explained that what looked to be an air purifier on the floor could be engaged to produce heat. No television even though it could be hidden within a curio in case they are trying to preserve an Historic feel.

This writer is sympathetic to the hotel's desire to preserve history, the in-room shower and space heater notwithstanding.. Still, if they want a five-star review, especially at the prices they charge, they need to furnish five-star amenities.

3.5 star lodging at 4.0 star prices.

The BergerMan and The Silver Fox truly LOVE hanging out with things older than we are. And that seems to be getting more difficult all the time!

Technically the oldest still-standing building in the city of San Diego, the "Cosmo" certainly fits the bill. Our stay in Room 7 was epic. No TV. No Telephone. (WiFi if you need that kind of thing) I truly HUGE two person hammered copper tub!

We will certainly be returning!

I stayed here with my husband on January 1st and had the best time! Dee checked us in and had great stories to tell and was just a very knowledgeable person. He clearly is very excited to share the history and experience of the hotel, and was just a very positive and happy person to be around.

If you believe in ghosts, you’ll definitely experience some things here. We stayed in Room 11 so we got a lot. I had my laptop plugged into the wall and recording all night long. Before we went to bed we walked around Old Town and got some food, left the computer recording for 3 hours with no issues. When I recorded overnight however, the video corrupted and is just not playable. The video was around 7 hours long. I have used that same laptop to record 10+ hours of continuous video with absolutely no issues before. And even though it was plugged in all night, it was at 60% battery in the morning, which again, has never happened before, even with continuous recording. We’re local to SD so I started a new video when I took my husband to work the next morning and ran a few errands. I returned 2 hours later and again, corrupted video. The only video that wasn’t corrupted was the first one I took. I have some of those cat toy balls that light up when they’re bumped, so when we left for dinner we scattered them throughout the room, within view of the camera. At different points, 3 of the 4 balls lit up, even though there was no noises or anything at the time they lit up. 1 of them was on the bed and another was on the chair in the corner, while the last one that lit up was in the bathroom doorway. There was also some lights flickering in our room and in the hallway at various points, and the light fixture in the room appeared to have been gently pushed multiple times, as we noticed it was swinging when we were just sitting down and talking.

I was most bummed about the overnight video being corrupted, because I was hearing the floor INSIDE the room creaking all night, as well as tapping on the wall, the chair next to the bed creaking, and noises in the bathroom. The wall I heard noises from, was the wall behind the bed which is connected to the bathroom within the room. There’s just 0 explanation for that. I believe the hotel was empty except for 1 other room on the other side of the hotel, so there’s no way it was them I was hearing.

When I returned to grab my laptop and drop off the keys at checkout, I heard footsteps down the hallway and stop outside the door. Room 11 is at the end of the hall, so I would have heard if they walked away, and there’s no way they were walking past the room. I thought it was housekeeping, but when I didn’t hear a knock I opened the door and there was no one there. Due to the age of the building and how the floor creaked in that hallway, I would have heard those footsteps going back down the hall, if it was a person.

I have 0 logical explanation for the things we experienced, other than the hotel being haunted and still very active. Definitely recommend staying here if you’re interested in that sort of thing, or just enjoy the history and location!

Cool historical hotel and saloon.

Cool site to see in downtown Old Town San Diego