San Diego is not just popular for its beautiful beaches and exotic locations but is also known for a wide range of restaurants where you can tickle your taste buds with world’s best cuisines and delicacies.

California Suites Hotel with its affordable San Diego lodging and proximity to some of the best restaurants in San Diego, is an ideal accommodation for your San Diego vacation.

Here are some of the renowned restaurants that will make your trip memorable:

The Prado At Balboa Park

Enjoy a delightful blend of regional signature delicacies with a variety of traditional cuisine.

Situated in the historic House of Hospitality in the heart of San Diego’s famous Balboa Park, The Prado Restaurant offers a perfect mix of finger-licking cuisines and world-class service standards with an unmatched ambience. It is a 400-seat restaurant with two dining rooms – a cocktail lounge and an outdoor terrace with a stunning view.

Enjoy a delightful blend of regional signature delicacies with a variety of traditional cuisine. The cocktail lounge – Tapas Bar – presents lighter menu including margaritas, sangria, beer, wine and other beverages throughout the day. Don’t miss the live music played in the lounge during the nights.

The Godfather

Started in 1974 as The Godfather Restaurant by Chef  Isidoro Balistreri and his wife, it offers you the treasured recipes of Northern and Southern Italy. Located just 3 minutes away from California Suites Hotel –the preferred budget hotel in San Diego – The Godfather restaurant invites you to celebrate the Old Italian tradition of gourmet cuisine, fine wine and entertainment.

Islands Fine Burgers

Islands Fine Burgers – a casual dining restaurant chain – specializes in hamburgers and specialty drinks. Founded in 1982 with a basic philosophy – serve great, fresh food with friendly service in a fun atmosphere – Islands Restaurants offer a simple, original menu featuring gourmet hamburgers, specialty drinks with a tropical theme. You can reach Islands Restaurant within 2 minutes of the California Suites Hotel.

Aladdin Restaurant

Located right opposite California Suites Hotel, Aladdin Restaurant serves healthy, fresh, creatively prepared, premium quality Mediterranean cuisine. It also offers plenty of healthy, scrumptious salads, vegetarian meals with Mediterranean flavors, melt-in-mouth shish kabobs and delicious appetizers like hummus, tabouleh, falafel, stuffed grape leaves, and more.

Khan’s Cave – Asian Tavern and Grill

Khan’s Cave Grill & Tavern offers a great fusion of the best Asian Fusion and Chinese Food in San Diego. Situated only 5 minutes away from California Suites Hotel, Khan’s Cave offers full bar with 20 premium beers on tap and over 30 wines by the glass.

The place also offers Bar & lounge for casual gatherings, HDTVs for sports, quiet dining room for dinners or sit-near-our-fire pits on the patio with pets. You can also enjoy the Lounge Bites and Tapas selections here with happy hour pricing options.

Stay at California Suites Hotel during your extended stay San Diego and enjoy dining at world-renowned restaurants. An AAA-approved hotel and a proud member of the San Diego’s Chamber of Commerce, California Suites Hotel offers world-class services – large heated swimming pool, air-conditioned public areas, complimentary newspaper in lobby, cable with HBO, high speed Internet access, spa tub, laundry facilities, continental breakfast, and safe-deposit box.

Halloween is just round the corner and it is time to start preparing for the Halloween costumes, parties, and events.  When it comes to events and festivities, the mesmerizing city of San Diego hosts some really great Halloween events. One such event is the Halloween Family day at Balboa Park.

Wondering what you can see at Balboa Park during Halloween? It’s a feast of entertainment and fun with spine-tingling tours, variety of spooky activities, scary storytelling, Halloween scavenger hunt, creepy crafts and lots more at the largest urban cultural park. The best part is of course the free entry to the museums. On 31st October, more than a dozen museums will throw open the doors for kids of 17 years and under.

Adults too have plenty of exciting things lined up for them. They will get discounts on their  Halloween passes. On buying a Stay-for-the-Day Pass, you can gain entry into any of the five museums for a nominal $35.

You can dress up your kids in colorful Halloween costumes and make them participate in the kiddie costume parade at the Natural History Museum. A kiddie costume parade will also be held at the Natural History Museum. Kids with best wildlife costume will win exciting gifts.

Fond of face painting? Then head to the San Diego History Center where you can learn a few tricks of face painting as well as hat making. Did you check out various rail models the last time you visited the San Diego Model Railroad Museum? This Halloween, you can build and  decorate your own glow-in-the-dark steam engine.

How about decorating sugar skulls or skull masks? For this you will have to visit the San Diego Museum of Man where you can also build miniature altars.Interestingly, a doggie costume show will also be held at the Spanish Village Art Center. The winners will receive doggie treats as prizes. Apart from the doggie costume show, there will also be trick-or-treat bag decoration, steam-powered giraffe performance and various free art activities.

If you happen to be on a vacation to San Diego around Halloween, make it a point to take your kids to Balboa Park. Since a large number of tourists will be arriving in San Diego during this festive season, make sure to book your rooms in a good San Diego lodging in advance.

California Suites Hotel is one of the budget hotels in San Diego which has been known for impeccable services and hospitality. During this festive season, the hotel is also providing awesome discounts and San Diego vacation packages to the visitors.

Halloween Family day at Balboa Park is a whole lot of fun for both kids as well as adults. Make sure to attend it!

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With Christmas and New Year holidays just round the corner, San Diego is all set to celebrate this grand holiday season. In the spirit of the holidays, the renowned Balboa Park is preparing to hold the largest free community festival known as December Nights. This is one event that people wait for eagerly throughout the year. Not just the localities, even people from far away places come to San Diego to be a part of this celebration.

The excitement for this grand celebration can be felt everywhere in the environment. Preparation for this grand event begin months before and hotel rooms are booked in advance to get rooms in good budget hotels in San Diego at the last moment.

Balboa Park December Nights features sparkling lights and theatrical and musical performances. These events are scheduled to take place on the 4th and 5th of December this year and are expected to attract more than 400,000 visitors. During this festival, most of the Balboa Park museums can be explored free of any charges.

Balboa Park brims with joy and holiday cheer during this event. There are major activities and various entertainment options for everyone. Food samples available from around the globe make this festival very special. The major highlights of December Nights this year are: Christmas on the Prado, International Cottage Christmas Festival, Cascades Holiday Marketplace, Palisades Midway – The Ultimate Family Zone, Museums & Cultural Organizations, My Ancestor’s Village, etc.

Balboa Park December Nights would be incomplete without the lighting of the Plaza de Panama. Beautiful light displays make the gorgeous Spanish Revival architecture in the Plaza de Panama even more attractive. The Spirit Lounge located at Plaza de Panama will offer mouth watering food delicacies along with alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages.

Shopping opportunities also abound at the Balboa Park December Nights for purchasing one-of-a-kind and specialty gift items. There are appropriate arrangements for dance and music. With the music and dance artisans of local as well as international fame performing here, the fun never ends here for the entire two days of celebrations.

While taking part in the December Nights extravaganza, take some time out to visit the awesome Balboa Park sprawled across a massive 1,200 acres of land and dotted with museums, theaters, gardens, shops and restaurants. For those who are interested in architecture, Balboa Park will surely live up to your expectations. There are many beautifully designed museums and cultural attractions that are living examples of Spanish and Latin American architecture.

For your convenience, stay at a hotel which is in close vicinity to the park. California Suites Hotel, one of the best amongst budget hotels in San Diego.