Disappointing
I booked this hotel having reviewed Trip Advisor and the Kimpton website. I was expecting good things, but was very disappointed. The woman working on the check in desk when I arrived was cold and uninterested, which was very different to the excellent service I normally receive in the USA. 
I checked in and made my way to the room, which was bleak. I had read the rooms could be small on Trip Advisor, but I was not expecting to have to walk sideways between the wall and the end of the bed to get to the small space between the bed and window. Whilst I was not expecting a nice sea view, I was also not expecting an extractor tower directly in front of the window. This had the added unpleasant effect of making the room very dark. The room also didn't have the warehouse look I expected from the photos. 
I have never been sufficiently disappointed in a hotel room to justify requesting a new room, until this trip. I telephoned the Ice Queen on the front desk to see what else was available, but she couldn't have cared less and said I could pay to upgrade to a disabled access room on the ground floor. Having seen the windows on the ground floor were right on the sidewalk I declined. 
I was making arrangements with my travel company to cancel my booking and make alternative arrangements as the concierge (I think his name was Ernie) arrived with my luggage. On explaining the situation, he called reception again to see what other rooms were available in the room category I booked. He found one on the next floor and took us up to see it. This was much better as it was bigger than the shoe box room on the second floor we were first provided (and a bit brighter). He also arranged a move on the following night to a room which looked like the photos on the Kimpton website. Had it not been for the efforts of Ernie I would be rating this hotel with a Terrible rating. 
The second and thirds rooms, whilst much nicer had terrible noise problems. There is just no sound insulation at all. I was woken early each morning by noise from the plumbing in the walls or by the conversations of the Australian couple in the next room. The insulation was so poor I could hear word for word what they were saying; it was terrible, just no privacy at all. 
To be fair, the location was good for Fisherman's Wharf as it is close to the Tram and the restaurants of the Wharf. The concierges/doormen were also very helpful.
If I am lucky enough to visit the wonderful city of San Francisco again, I will be skipping the Argonaut.