With new management the Marina Hill has gone downhill fast!
We have stayed at the Marina Inn when visiting San Francisco for 6 years. With prices like $59-$89/night, it has been the "good enough" place to say. The rooms were small but clean, the bathrooms were tiny and the place looked tired, but the location was good, the staff was extremely nice, friendly and helpful and they provided a continental breakfast (muffins, croissants, coffee, juice, hard boiled eggs.) Now that a new management company has taken over, the prices have more than doubled, but their have been no improvements to the facilities. The muffins and croissants are no longer served. Breakfast consists of a loaf of white bread and a giant jar of cheap jelly and a toaster. The coffee is more like mud. The only thing that was good was the hardboiled eggs. The carpets are dirty, the little sample soaps are poor quality, and the place, in general, no longer looks as clean. Rumor has it that the new management company fired all of the staff then hired them back at minimum wage. It seems that the new management company is only interested in raking in the money as quickly as possible before people realize how bad things have gotten. So, we won't be staying there again! Unfortunately, the Europeans who choose this place and often book on-line through hot-wire or expedia are stuck because it's difficult for them to get their money back and go elsewhere.