Westgate Hotel

Across the street grid of downtown San Diego, The Westgate Hotel reads like a traditional luxury building that was designed to host both overnight guests and structured events without feeling like a convention warehouse. Its footprint prioritizes large guestrooms by downtown standards, a multi-level wellness club, and a meeting layout that includes ballrooms, smaller salons, and substantial outdoor terrace space.

Inside the room inventory, the hotel leans on consistent, generously sized standard rooms and a smaller set of larger suites. Many standard accommodations are built around 400 square feet, with floor-to-ceiling windows, a defined work area, and marble bathrooms. The suite tier expands the floor plan into separate living and sleeping zones, with top categories reaching roughly 1,500 square feet, which is useful for wedding parties, VIP hosting, or teams that need a place to gather privately between sessions.

Meetings and events are supported by a collection of venues that add up to more than 25,000 square feet of flexible indoor and outdoor space. The Versailles Ballroom anchors the program at 2,550 square feet, while Le Fontainebleau provides 1,640 square feet for dinners or mid-sized presentations. The Riviera Room brings an indoor space with a strong connection to adjacent terrace areas, and the Regency Room adds another large, straightforward option at 950 square feet. Several smaller rooms in the 400 to 600 square foot range give planners practical breakout capacity for trainings, interviews, daily standups, or quiet workspace.

Upstairs, wellness infrastructure is a defining part of the property. AquaVie Fitness + Wellness Club spans four levels and is organized like a private club rather than a hotel gym, with extensive cardio and strength equipment, studios for classes, and recovery spaces that include steam rooms and dry saunas. A heated junior Olympic-sized rooftop pool and hot tub sit alongside an outdoor running track, creating a true “stay on site” routine for longer programs where guests want fitness without leaving the building.

Food and beverage is structured around multiple distinct outlets, plus in-room dining. The Westgate Room operates as the signature dining room, supported by Veranda, Plaza Bar, and the Grand Lobby as additional settings for meals, drinks, and lighter service. Afternoon High Tea is a core on-property offering, and weekend brunch adds another programmed option that groups can build into itineraries.

For group travel, the building works best when the logistics are handled with the same discipline as the venue selection. Engine.com can coordinate room blocks around the hotel’s room mix, manage rooming lists as travelers rotate in and out, and consolidate billing so costs do not splinter across dozens of individual folios. If your travel is tied to a job site, tour schedule, or department budget, Engine’s project-based tracking can keep spend assigned to the right project codes from booking through closeout.

• Key hotel features and amenities

  • Approximately 223 guestrooms, including a suite collection

  • Standard rooms designed around about 400 square feet, with floor-to-ceiling windows and large work desks

  • Suites sized up to roughly 1,500 square feet in top categories, with expanded living areas

  • AquaVie Fitness + Wellness Club across four levels, with extensive equipment and studio programming

  • Steam rooms and dry saunas for recovery

  • Heated junior Olympic-sized rooftop pool and hot tub

  • Rooftop running track

  • Multiple dining and lounge venues, plus in-room dining

  • Afternoon High Tea and weekend brunch programming

  • Valet parking, with no self-parking on site

• Points of interest and attractions within about 2 to 3 miles

  • Gaslamp Quarter dining and nightlife district

  • Little Italy dining corridor and weekend market area

  • San Diego Civic Theatre

  • Waterfront Park

  • Embarcadero waterfront promenade

  • USS Midway Museum

  • Seaport Village waterfront shopping area

  • Petco Park

  • San Diego Convention Center

  • Balboa Park and the San Diego Zoo

• Features of interest to group travelers

  • More than 25,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor meeting and event space

  • Versailles Ballroom at 2,550 square feet for banquets, receptions, and general sessions

  • Le Fontainebleau at 1,640 square feet for mid-sized functions

  • Riviera Room at 1,100 square feet with adjacent terrace options for indoor-outdoor flow

  • Regency Room at 950 square feet, plus multiple smaller breakout rooms for parallel sessions

  • Outdoor terrace inventory that supports receptions and overflow gathering space

  • In-house AV support for presentations and event production

  • In-room dining and multiple on-site outlets that simplify meal planning during tight agendas

  • Valet-only parking setup that works well when arrival patterns are coordinated

  • Engine.com group services for room blocks, rooming lists, modifications, and consolidated billing

  • Engine.com project-based tracking for assigning lodging spend to specific jobs, departments, or event budgets