Cape Rey Carlsbad Beach, a Hilton Resort and Spa

“I wanted to love this stay, but it got off to a rough start. I received a notification early in the morning that my room was ready, so I checked out of my previous hotel sooner than planned and headed over. When I arrived around 1 PM, I was told the room wasn’t actually ready yet but should only be “about an hour.” Three hours and several bar tabs later, I finally got access around 4 PM. What made the wait especially frustrating was that I had already checked my luggage with the hotel. Had I known I would be waiting three hours, I could have gone into Carlsbad Village or explored the area. Ins” — Kristine Miley

“This review is for Cape Rey as a wedding venue: We hosted our April 2026 wedding at Cape Rey Hotel for about 80 guests. The team here was stellar throughout the whole planning process (venue tour, menu tasting, hotel block, countless questions from us) and they helped us pivot the day before the wedding when the forecast was calling for rain!! We of course loved this venue for it's coastal feel and gorgeous sea views and were disappointed by the weather... but they assisted in keeping the ceremony outside, with the cocktail hour in the foyer which still has awesome views and great natural ligh” — Katherine Watson

“We just got here, transferred from another hiton because the pool was out. (Which took over an hour) We are diamond members and we're told our room type would be the same, they charged us $60. The location is out of town (we should have looked) Waited for valet for 15 min at least, when we checked in the girl was not welcoming for my husbands birthday. She should have done more as a diamond hilton member. Ill update this post as the time goes on.i have wasted all day just to get to my room. Ok, so now we have gone to town for dinner and walked around Carlsbad. Amazing dinner at Ocean Blue. The” — Paytra M