You can paint it pretty, but it is still ugly and over priced! (long review but read)
Wow is all I can say about this hotel. Felt gouged . No free wifi, no coffee in your room, 1 ply toilet paper..nice, and towels you could sand the walls with. I am an early riser, so coffee is my number one grab in the morning to open my eyes, having said that I go downstairs to get a coffee and it would not be ready until 6am..no prob, return at 6:05 not ready yet....waiting.....coffee shows at 6:10...no cream, kitchen staff is aware I am waiting for cream, 6:20 no cream....front desk finally goes in the kitchen to hurry staff. Staff returns mumbling in Spainish, and good morning to you too! 
Even though the hotel itself is located within walking distance to Union Square and transit, it is also very accessible and a hunting ground to the homeless, who can be aggressive, and are everywhere ( and don't let this hotel tell you any different!!! I know first hand that they are aggressive) Yes I have a terrible habit I am a smoker, which puts me in a vulnerable position in front of this hotel. This hotel should provide one night staff for security outside the building if a guest decides to step out for a moment, we should not feel like we are prisoners in a hotel when dusk hits, I would think that a hotel should be responsible for all guests safety while staying at their hotel, even standing just outside their front door. If smoke is prohibited in the hotel I would suggest providing a safe enviroment for your guests who do and who respect your rules of not smoking in your hotel. To be mugged at your front door from a homeless for a cigarette is disgraceful to say the least, and scarey, to be then approached by a john in front of your hotel is also insulting a degrading...seriously get it together. I have travelled to many cities and stayed at many hotels throughout my travels and always felt safe...this hotel takes the cake of not caring what so ever for your safety. That same day, my husband and I watched a women get her pursed snatched and 2 young men chased him down the alley not sure if she got it back or not..this all on the same day. Word of advice ladies put your purse across your shoulder, not hanging off shoulder and hang on tight or just dont carry one at all. I asked at the front desk if there was a safer area for me to smoke, response was no only out front, he asked me why(his attitude sucks by the way) I told him..he could careless, you know when someone says they are sorry to hear that...but you could also hear in his tone he really didn't give to craps for what you were saying! Secondly don't ask for a delivery pizza here, they won't help the delivery guy, they won't even call up to your room...thanks again to Mr. Attitude, we had cold pizza, his response to us was.".oh he left"...really??? and you didn't think of ringing us to let us know he was on his way up..."well we have pizza here at our hotel"...if I wanted your over priced crap I would have ordered it and paid with my other arm thanks.
There are other places to stay folks don't stay here, you get nothing except paranoid, looking over your shoulder and a hefty bill at the end...gouged you are so right I feel gouged.