great place to store your luggage and shower.
Okay, so it was my first time in San Francisco, and the trip my Mom and I booked was for 5 nights. The small room and dirty sheets might not have bugged me as much if I had been traveling with friends -- but I mean, at least when I travel with my parents, it usually means I won't be getting to do much going out at night. Therefore, spending most of the night in the hotel room -- which is wherein the problem lies...
* The room was REALLY small (in this term, small means that no two people would be able to comfortable walk around the room at the same time.) Needless to say, it looked nothing like the professional pictures on it's website.
* The window opened up to the dirty inside of the building. Which wouldn't have been so bad, if the room had any other type of ventilation. :|
* The first pair of sheets had a dark stain on them, which could've been blood -- but i might be mistaken. The second pair of sheets had an oil stain, but we kept it anyway.
Okay, I made it sound kinda bad, and it kinda was. But this hotel had some good to it too! The staff was really friendly the whole night that we stayed there. We went downstairs to ask if there were any different rooms available - we used my mom's claustrophobia as an excuse. They said that the next morning they'd probably be able to give us a bigger room for the same price. :)
Unfortunately, I let my impatience get the best of me and that same night we checked in to the Grant Plaza, we also went to the starbucks down the street and used their wi-fi (Grant Plaza didn't offer free Wi-Fi) and used priceline negotiator to get a different hotel. We ended up staying at the Holiday Inn at Fisherman's Wharf for only $20 more a night -- which for the four nights we spent there was an $80 difference in the total price. However, it was such a huge relief to feel like we were staying somewhere clean and comfortable.
I am really glad though that the staff was so friendly and understanding about everything. They allowed a refund for the unused nights, which was really awesome of them. My overall feeling about this hotel is that it'd be a more ideal place to stay if you're going to San Fran with friends -- or just know that you won't need to spend time in your hotel room. It's a good hotel for the location and staff... but the overall feeling of uncleanliness/run-down hotel was a bit too much for me. :/