Make sure and get a room that isn't affected by the protesters
We love spending time in SF and go there a couple times a year. This time we stayed at the Handlery, where we had stayed once before and liked it. As we were checking in, we heard a ruckus across the street, and asked the fornt desk clerk about it. He mumbled something about a "labor dispute" and claimed not to know anything about it. Well the next morning we were awakened at 7 am by men on a bullhorn across the street chanting and yelling. It went on for 1.5 hours, then again in the afternoon from about 4-5. Apparently it has been going on for over a year at the Hotel Frank and the staff at the Handlery knows all about it. They should have told us when we checked in. After talking to other guests, we learned that some rooms don't hear the noise. We were only there 2 nights so we didn't bother changing rooms, but I wish we would have. It was totally obnoxious.