You can do better in San Francisco..
We stayed at thr Buena Vista inJuly 20-23 after finding it on Tripadvisor. The location is excellent -near to the bus lines and Fishermans Wharf. And thats about it...
 We stayed in room 311 and when you walk in in the door it stank of stale cigarette smoke. The bedspread,,chairs and curtains all reeked.The furniture was like something you`d find in a Salvation army shop.The overall atmosphere was so bad we didn`t unpack and lived out of our suitcases for 3 days
 I`d say that during our stay 90% of the guests were European ,mainly German , who did not speak English. Stimulating conversations with our fellow guests was non-existant.The two men who manned the front desk were unfriendly and treated it as a McJob.
 If you are a smoker who likes living in an ashtray this is the place for you -otherwise LOOK ELSEWHERE !..