Do not stay here unless.........
You want to be surrounded by homeless people. Unless you want to be scared to walk around the local streets. We stayed here in September 2012 and to be fair the hotel was actually Ok the rooms were a bit dated but were clean and a decent size. Also the concierge was extremely helpful, unfortunately the same could not be said for the reception staff. We found them rude,un helpful and not very patient each of our questions were met with a sigh! The hotel is located at 8th and market and the concierge warned us not to walk between 4th and 8th!!! We did like San Francisco but wished we had stayed by fishermans wharf pay the extra it's definitely worth it.