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The Westgate Hotel
San Diego, California, United States · Independent · Accessible Luxury
The Westgate opened on August 30, 1970, a 20-story, $22 million hotel with 235 rooms that C. Arnholt Smith built after a 1950s lunch with President Eisenhower at the nearby U.S. Grant. It was designed as a recreation of an anteroom in the Palace of Versailles, mixing Louis XV, Georgian and English Regency style, and Esquire named it one of the three finest hotels in the world.
- Neighborhood: Downtown
- Rooms from 400 sq ft (37 m²)
About The Westgate Hotel
- Deluxe rooms are about 400 square feet, and Premier rooms on floors 11 through 18 look over downtown San Diego.
History
The Westgate Hotel is at 1055 Second Avenue, San Diego, and belongs to Grand America Hotels & Resorts. Bonne Vie Brasserie & Bar, with executive chef Hardel, serves Sunday brunch in the lobby. AquaVie is a 40,000-square-foot fitness and wellness club with a rooftop pool and a spa. AAA rates the hotel Four Diamond.
Restaurants and bars
- Bonne Vie Brasserie & Bar — Bar
Experiences
- Afternoon tea in the Grand Lobby — Afternoon tea with petite tea sandwiches from Bonne Vie Brasserie & Bar, fresh handmade savories, pastries, French macarons and French cakes.
- Sunday Brunch at Bonne Vie — Chef-crafted brunch with a choice of one appetizer and one entree, plus bottomless mimosas.
- Witching season afternoon tea in Le Fontainebleau room — A costumed afternoon tea in the haunted Le Fontainebleau room, with an eerie photo area, house-made pastries, savory tea sandwiches and gourmet teas.
Awards
- AAA Four Diamond (2026)
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