Lamplighter Inn & Suites at SDSU runs 60 rooms in San Diego's College Area at 6474 El Cajon Boulevard, 92115, roughly three-quarters of a mile from the SDSU campus. A third-generation operation, the hotel offers double-queen layouts, mini-suites with separate seating areas, and extended-stay suites equipped with full kitchens featuring apartment-sized appliances, ranges, and full refrigerators. Morning coffee runs from the property reach Living Room Coffeehouse - College Area, a full-service cafe that doubles as a study hall for SDSU students. The two-story roadside inn uses exterior corridors and ground-level parking directly outside each room, with no elevator. An expanded continental breakfast is included, with hot waffles, steel-cut oatmeal with toppings, hard-boiled eggs, bagels, blueberry muffins, yogurt, three cereals, fruit, and a full coffee and juice bar. El Cajon Boulevard's College Area stretch functions as an international dining corridor, where Vietnamese, Thai, and Korean restaurants draw from both the university population and neighborhood residents. The heated outdoor pool is flanked by poolside barbecue grills available to all guests, and a game room provides indoor recreation. Every room carries a DVD player, cable TV with HBO, pillowtop bedding, a coffee maker, and a hairdryer. The taco program at Tacos El Panson on El Cajon Boulevard runs a birria menu with consommé that pulls a late-night crowd from both SDSU and the surrounding Rolando neighborhood. Pets are accepted with advance notice, children 12 and under stay free, and the SDSU Transit Center connects guests to the Green Line trolley for car-free trips to downtown and Fashion Valley Mall.