The renovated portion (The Pines) of the hotel is very nice, and this is where we ended up staying… be cautious when booking and pay attention to the details of the room. The original room we booked was not on the renovated side of the hotel, and the photos were VERY misleading, and there was no mention of partial renovations. We arrived for check in, and our original room was BEYOND disappointing. I wouldn’t have slept a wink all week, and we arrived with two young children who were tired and starving after a day of traveling across the country. The room was dated, dingy, filthy, all surfaces damaged and scratched, I wiped surfaces with a Clorox wipe and it was black afterwards, etc. I didn’t even let my kids take their shoes off. After a discussion with the front desk and the reservation line, we were able to switch to the renovated side of the hotel, but for an upgrade fee of course. The new rooms are very nice, and you can’t beat the location, but the booking/check in experience was just a very disappointing way to start off our first time in La Jolla. It was later disclosed to me that there is intent to gut and remodel the remaining portion of the hotel in the fall.