Tower23 Hotel

The location, food, and service is perfect. The location is right on the beach/​boardwalk. If you sit outside, make sure you wear your sunglasses. The menu, although limited, is perfect for lunch. It offers a variety of items that are fresh and reasonably priced. The service (hostess, server, and bus) were all spot on. When back in the area, I’ll return.

Went here for New Years. Great deal, 35 dollar cover fee that came with 2 drinks. The drinks were supposed to be riots vodka but the bartenders tried giving well drinks. Bartenders sucked. But overall enjoyed my experience at the venue.

A great place to come for happy hour after work. The restaurant in right on the beach and has relatively well priced drinks. Great place to watch the sunset. They also have valet parking.

I don’t usually give bad reviews, but I felt robbed at this place. The staff is not friendly at all. The food was terrible, after 24hrs I literally still feel sick to my stomach, and the happy hour drink were a joke! I don’t recommend coming here to have food. They are very well located, the view is amazing but not worth the service or the food… Sorry not coming back…

Two stars for location and atmosphere. Beautiful really and on a cool fall evening you can’t get find much better but the absence of common manners and professionalism of the «help» here really drag this place down.

Room is incredible! View is amazing! Location is perfect!
Wifi and maintenance is terrible!
When we first checked in, the iHome clock radio was disconnected and didn’t work. I wanted to plug my iPhone in and charge it and play music. The cords go into a hole in the wall so there was no indication about why it wasn’t working.
I called the hotel operator and they said someone would be right up.
20 minutes later I called again asking if someone would be fixing our radio. They still said someone would be right up. 15 more minutes I called a 3^rd time to be told «Sir, we have your complain recorded and someone will be right there!»
Are you serious? Is that how you treat guests spending over $ 400+ a night for a top end room?
They finally sent someone after around 50 minutes. It took the guy only 3 minutes to take apart the back panel and reattach a cord that was unreachable unless you were a maintenance tech.
Why did that take so long to send a tech to my room?
The next morning the wifi was terrible. I had to log onto my phone and use my Data to access my internet. Laptop and iPad would not work with the hotel wifi. Called the front desk again. Took FOREVER to get help on this!
Finally a tech came after a long time again to install a special antenna in my room to get a strong wifi signal. Why is this even necessary if you are paying over $ 400 a night to stay in a place like this?
Extremely disappointed with this hotel, except for the location and beauty…

I had an excellent dinner with some friends. We all had their signature burger and some beers. Amazing food, amazing view and amazing service. A server named Mary (I think) was great and perfectly timed drinks and foods. We had some special requests there. The design is great as well. One of the nice locations in Pacific Beach.
I will come again and highly recommend their restaurant.

hotel view and staff was amazing. the maids are sweet, the warm blankets and chocolates made the stay even better. The staff will get you anything you need. The down side was I got bit by something in bed I dont know if fleas or what. Also I was looking forward to tempurpedic bed and it was a little too hard for me. But the linens were high quality. I didnt like that you can hear your neighbors and can see light coming in from under the door. Its more of an adult town.
The hotel was expensive and I dont think it was worth the price I paid, but it was nice.

Over all our stay was excellent! Our room was beautiful, checking in was super easy! We were very very close to the beach and the website portrayed exactly what our property would look like. The kids had a great time and enjoyed the toys that were left behind. I would definitely recommend to my friends and family. We will be back!

Nice little boutique hotel, h2o products, nice comfy and firm bed, staff very friendly and close to the beach. The food they serve is from JRDN (downstairs) pricey but good summer time/​sunbathe food. Only wish they had a pool and jacuzzi!

Located right on the beach in Pacific Beach. This hotel has great views, though this varies by room type. The hotel is chaped like a U with the two ends of the U pointing at the ocean and all the rooms inside the U having peakaboo views. The best in my experience are the Surf Pads, which are right on the ocean at the ends of the U. Sitting on the balcony in the Surf Pad is great — you can watch the ocean and all the people go by on the ocean walk. The rooms are modern and comfortable.
The odd aspect of this hotel is that it is an upscale hotel at upscale prices in a neighborhood that is fun but not particularly upscale — PB feels a lot like a college town, without the college. In spring break and summer you are just a few hundred yards from the party beaches just to the south. JRDN is a nice restaurant downstairs I really like but otherwise in walking distance it is mostly burgers and beer. This is all fine by me, but other travelers I met grumbled a bit.
In terms of service, their website is sort of a microcosm of their whole philosophy — it puts a priority on being interesting and edgy in its design over functionality. The site seems cool, but then you will bang your head on the keyboard in frustration trying to make an actual reservation. The hotel service is a bit like this as well.

Warning: Forgot to take a picture of my amazing breakfast on the beach. But let me tell you about it. I sat on the patio over looking the ocean doing some people watching and watching surfers enjoying a cup of coffee. I ordered a wrap. Inside a green tortilla was scrambled eggs, braised beef, salsa, peppers, queso fresco, and some lime juice, and on the side were these amazing roasted potates with rosemary and other herbs. Great place to grab a bite and people watch.

The hotel experience was «cool «- hotel offers bikes, has a bumpin bar and atmosphere. Very well located in PB, super clean and classy hotel… but a few things could have been better. I planned fort husband and I to go to PB for his birthday. I asked for strawberries and champagne in room… The champagne was forgotten. I am also have a feather allergy so down feather bedding is a no-​go for me. I asked them in reserving to make sure it was feather free… Nope. When asked to change it out housekeeping went home, so we suffered our first time. The midnight shift gentlemen was super charming and as nice as can be but his hands were tied. The next day, we had the feathers removed, and literally the Room became filled with feathers the remainder of our stay.
The bed is not comfortable, and hypoallergenic pillows are not working out for anyone/​flat pancake pillows.
The room had a partial ocean view, which was nice… but unfortunately the fountain outside our window drowns out the ocean tides. Boo!
The top patio is a top notch location for sunset-​watching in all of PB! Oh, cheeseboard was ‘eh’ it could use some work… Relish was confusing… But holly wow, their avocado toast truly is delicious!
In case you were wondering, yes we brought this to the managements attention. And yes we finally got our (cough) champagne… More like. $ 10 bottle of preseco as though we wouldn’t know the difference. To follow, They gave us a $ 75 credit… We would’ve preferred a solid 3 nights of sleep in all honestly! For a $ 300+ rate… Come on!
Just a true experience from a true guest. Oh and the surf shop next door is a prime spot for scandal shopping, urban outfitters came in handy for fun splurges and the baked bear ice cream cookie shop is AMAZING!

Great food. Was here on a work event. I felt the space was a bit crowded given the amount of people at our event. Perhaps having two buffet lines for bigger groups would eliminate a lot of the bumping into each other. The food was good but not great, I had a chicken dish which lacked flavor. Also pretty sure celery sticks are not considered «cru da te». Great location right by the beach. The ambiance is great with fire pits on the outside patio and beautiful building.

Love this hotel! Super courteous staff, and the location couldn’t be better. My room overlooked the beach, so I could just open my sliding door and listen to the crashing waves all night.
They have free beach cruiser rentals, and also are conveniently located next to shops (surf shop, Brandy Melville for the young ladies, and Urban Outfitters). There’s a barber shop around the corner too. Legit.

These guys get it.
LOCALS APPROVED.
To be local means to want a sense of belonging.
To often the sitch is that a fancy ass spot rolls into town, lands on some prime real estate, looks all purdy & has no culture.
Tower 23 has found a way to crack that code:
*They are purdy.
*Spot is poppin on the regular
*Hotel is nice (stayed there once)
*BUT. they identify with the community well & the people who work there are on point.
THEY TAKE CARE OF PEOPLE
No spot is ever bigger or better than its people.
Last month, after having either eaten or partied there at least 2 dozen times — I opted to have my company’s annual retreat there. We needed a space that was inspiring, energetic — yet — blended with the right amount of intimacy for big thoughts. Having been a resident of PB for 20+ years, I knew that being on the beach would be perfect, but I struggled with how we could pull this off in a public setting. Instead of struggling though the challenge, I called tower 23 and together Brittney & Brennen pulled the whole thing together in less than 1 day. They thoughtfully concocted the perfect space for our group of 12 and took great care of us all day long.
OVER THE TOP FOR AN EVENT & LOCAL LOVE
I mention this experience for 2 key reasons:
1) you, like me, may not have previously thought of them as such a perfect spot to hold an event such as this, but they crushed it. It’s the perfect blend of atmosphere and service.
2) they went out of their way for the spirit of the local love. As I shared before, it’s easy to be big and pretty and lose sight of that base which comprises you. Not these guys, and it’s refreshing to hear them acknowledge this as their truth — unprovoked — and follow through when given the opportunity.

Review for the bar…
A bit pretentious and stuffy for my taste, but very chic if you’re into that. Get dressed up if you’re coming or you’ll feel, well, underdressed. It feels like a place for overpaid lawyers, real estate agents or stock brokers. I come when friends request us to meet up there, but I never recommend the place.

Beautiful view, delicious food.
Obviously on the pricier side, but I don’t think any other dining establishments in PB approach this level of quality (and like I said price).
We had lots of cocktails and steaks and were very full and satisfied!

Awesome location (right in front of the fishing pier walkway and stairway to the ocean), splendid view with a sky pad, impeccable customer service, clean room, great food — one drawback — the noise. It’s about $ 500 a night during this period (including taxes, valet (mandatory), and other fees) — so would have definitely expected the clientele to be more mature — alas — that is not so.
Came here to celebrate our anniversary and it was wonderful — greeted with complimentary fruit punch cocktails, received complimentary champagne for our anniversary within an hour of checking — that was amazing — believed it was The Path of Estrellas (sparkly and nicely fragrant), gorgeous view of the beach, and every fibre of my being loved the divine bathtub, with the champagne by my side. Enjoyed their H2O bath gel/​shampoo/​hair conditioner, and the bed wasn’t bad either. Everything was pitch perfect, until you’re trying to go to sleep.
The northern side of Tower 23, toward La Jolla, was quieter, more family oriented, and generally chiller than the south side — which was bustling with loud bars, rowdy crowds, and younger bods — so good for spectators, not so good for staying and relaxation.
I guess the key is, it’s a party town in June, and sleeping isn’t allowed until after 12:45 a.m., or maybe it’s because the restaurant is conveniently located right below us, and there is little noise buffer. I was literally counting minutes to wait until a peaceful shuteye moment, which came at 12:45 a.m.
Not having had enough sleep definitely made both of us a little grouchy in the morning, but the room service breakfast quickly turned that around. Definitely enjoyed the Jrdan Breakfast Omelet, very tasty — and the French Toast was crisp in all the right places, wasn’t overly sweet and was done well. They also came right on time to when we wanted them, and that was very nice.
Overall, I would probably come and stay again — but will avoid coming in June at all costs — and would ask for a quieter room — definitely.

Beautiful hotel. Great location. I had room 301, one of the sky pads. Was worried that I wouldn’t have an ocean view, but as you can see from the pictures, the view from the balcony was pretty amazing. The staff was friendly; maid service was spotty. Stayed for three days, during the week, and while the hotel was pretty empty (or at least it seemed so), the hotel bar was always filled.
Well worth the money; would definitely return.