San Diego, United States

The Bower Coronado

Price per night from$293.09

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Style

SoCal legend

Setting

Crown Island jewel

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Beach days are a breeze at The Bower Coronado, just across the bay from San Diego. It’s a short stroll from the island’s white sands and winsome main avenue, but some of the best sightseeing (and seafood-scoffing) is done from the rooftop bar and restaurant. Sleek tonal design, tailored service and private tours make for an island sojourn as laidback and luxurious as gliding across the bay aboard a vintage speedboat — which, of course, The Bower can arrange.

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Facilities

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Need to know

Rooms

39.

Check–Out

1pm. Check-in is at 3pm, but both are flexible, subject to availability and 24 hours’ notice.

More details

Rates are room-only, but there’s a breakfast menu of sunny, SoCal-inspired dishes at the hotel’s rooftop restaurant.

Also

Some rooms have been adapted for guests with limited mobility, with widened doorways, a roll-in shower and grab bars. One Premium Queen Queen room is accessible for guests with limited hearing. The restaurant, fitness center and ADA rooms are all wheelchair-friendly from the hotel’s main entrance. Accessible parking is available, and transport can be arranged with advance notice.

At the hotel

Laundry service and free WiFi throughout. In rooms: smart TV, coffee- and tea-making kit, minibar, cocktail-making kit, free glass-bottled water, Dyson hairdryer, hair straighteners, Frette bathrobes and slippers, and Le Labo bath products.

Our favourite rooms

In a Premium Balcony room, the temptation to order up sangria and sit out admiring the view is easy to succumb to.

Spa

There’s no spa, but the hotel has a partnership with Lavender Day Spa. There’s also a fitness room, which has Peloton bikes, yoga mats, free weights and a treadmill.

Packing tips

A hair scarf à la Grace Kelly, for open-top cruising around the island.

Also

The Bower makes a strong first impression — there’s a champagne bar where you’d expect to find a check-in desk, and staff greet you on arrival with your favorite drink.

Pet‐friendly

Dogs, cats and other four-legged pals are welcome in all rooms for $150, but will be most comfortable in those with private terraces. The hotel can supply dog beds, food and bowls. See more pet-friendly hotels in San Diego.

Children

All ages are welcome, although this slick SoCal stay doesn’t particularly lend itself to little ones. The hotel can arrange babysitting or nannying on request.

Sustainability efforts

The Bower is a plastic-free hotel, except for the refillable bath products, and the restaurant menu is powered by seasonal, local ingredients and San Diego-caught fish. For each room booked, The Bower donates a dollar towards local marine conservation, which is matched by a Coronado-based environmental group.

Food and Drink

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Top Table

A banquette with a bay view is tough to beat.

Dress Code

Breezy silhouettes and sea salt-mussed hair.

Hotel restaurant

Dive, the hotel’s rooftop restaurant, could’ve been magicked out of a retro SoCal postcard, with striped parasols, a restored neon sign and Pacific views. The menu, powered by San Diego-caught seafood and regional produce, is as if your favorite beach bar had a gastronomic glow-up: vibrant seasonal salads and lemony crab rolls at lunchtime, then sharing plates ranging from maji-maji tacos to crème fraîche- and caviar-topped chicken nuggets come sundown.

Hotel bar

At Dive, the palm-swayed views pair well with curated West Coast wines and craft cocktails. The Hollywood Mirage, a zingy blend of tequila, chilli liqueur and house-made tepache, is our pick after a day larking about the island like a Golden Age starlet. Dive’s menu is also served at the Lobby Bar, where you can commandeer a sofa or settle out on the patio around the fire pit.

Last orders

Dive is open from 8am to midnight (2am on weekends), with breakfast served from 8am, brunch from 11.30am, lunch from noon and dinner from 4pm.

Room service

You can order up to your room from Dive’s menu between 7am and 10pm.

Location

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Address
The Bower Coronado
1417 Orange Avenue
Coronado
92118
United States

Coronado is a resort island connected to San Diego by a bay-spanning bridge and a cyclable, seven-mile stretch of beach; at The Bower Coronado, you’re a short stroll from golden sands and the boutique-lined main street.

Planes

It’s a 15-minute drive from San Diego International Airport. The hotel can arrange transfers on request for an additional fee.

Trains

Amtrak’s Pacific Surfliner service runs direct from LA to Santa Fe Depot in San Diego. From there, it’s around a 20-minute drive to The Bower.

Automobiles

Coronado is easily navigated by bike or golf cart, and — with advance notice — staff can whizz you about the island in the hotel’s electric Moke. If you do bring your own wheels, valet parking is available at the hotel for $60 a night.

Other

Hourly ferries run all day between San Diego and Coronado. Alternatively, staff can arrange for a boat to collect you from San Diego Airport; you’ll dock just down the street from The Bower, where a Moke will be waiting to collect you.

Worth getting out of bed for

Long, ocean-lapped hours can be devoted to Coronado Beach, a wide, sandy stretch a few minutes’ walk from the hotel — there’s even a dedicated spot for pups to roam free at the far north end. If you’re celebrating something special, the hotel can set up a beach picnic under a bloom-filled canopy. More adventurous days can be spent cycling along coastal trails. Kayaking, stand-up paddle boarding and sailing are big here, too — hotel staff can point you to their tried and true providers. Stock up on the best sorts of souvenirs along Orange Avenue, the island’s walkable central thoroughfare, where indie boutiques specialize in local art, handmade jewelry and curated homewares. For serious sightseers, The Bower can arrange a tour of San Diego in a vintage VW camper van, driven by an expert local guide. However you fill your day, you can cap it off in style, taking in the San Diego skyline on a sunset sailing trip or skimming across the bay on a 1930s Chris Craft motorboat cruise.

Local restaurants

Garage Buona Forchetta’s pillowy-crusted pizzas are baked in an authentic Neapolitan wood-fired oven. Local farmers and fishers are in the spotlight at Jolie Coronado, a minimalist, beach-facing restaurant where the refined menu is guided by SoCal’s seasonal bounty. Little Frenchie injects some Californian sunshine into the classic Parisian café, with a modern bistro menu and a stuff-yourself-silly selection of French cheeses.

Local cafés

They take their caffeine seriously at Trident Coffee — there are eight artisanal cold brews on tap, plus inventive specialty blends and a handful of drinks designed to boost wellness, alongside regular espresso options. Bring a quarter for the jukebox at Clayton’s Coffee Shop, as well as a hearty appetite for classic diner fare and a heaping scoop of nostalgic Americana.

Local bars

Both at the far end of Orange Avenue, Coronado Brew Pub is the spot for craft beers and killer fish tacos, and the Coronado Tasting Room serves wine flights and charcuterie alongside the water.

Reviews

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Anonymous review

By Mr & Mrs Smith

Every hotel featured is visited personally by members of our team, given the Smith seal of approval, and then anonymously reviewed. As soon as our reviewers have returned from this Pacific-gazing hotel near San Diego and unpacked their deck shoes and seashells, a full account of their beachy island break will be with you. In the meantime, to whet your wanderlust, here's a quick peek inside The Bower Coronado in Southern California…

Walking (walking!) down Coronado’s breezy island avenues, you’d hardly guess you were a short hop from downtown San Diego — except, at The Bower Conorado, you would. Walls are adorned with work by San Diegan artists, local produce powers the restaurant menu; from some rooms, you can even peep the city’s skyline.

But really, The Bower’s roots are this side of the Bay, and boy does it know how to show it off. Ace cards include camper van tours of the island, sunset cruises and whirls out in a vintage speedboat. On beach days, staff see you down to the sand with a packed tote and prime sunlounger waiting. And up at the rooftop bar, a Pacific sunset makes the point just as convincingly: America’s Finest City has a little sibling, just as coolly SoCal and with added small-town charm.

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