decent location, average room
It's a walk to Fisherman's Wharf (long for older people; relatively short for those in good condition). But the main detraction for this hotel is its location on Van Ness which is a 6 lane road leading to and from the Golden Gate bridge. Traffic, traffic, traffic (and I'm from New York). There is no air conditioning and therefore you need to have the windows open. There is a very nice pool in a courtyard which actually gets a lot of sun and a lot of use. Continental breakfast buffet was included which was nice (fruit, bagels, coffee). Housekeeping was hit and miss (sometimes new towels, sometimes no towels, sometimes creamer for the coffee, sometimes none). Elevator is very slow. Front desk staff was helpful. But when I called for a wake up call I was told that the system "crashed." We did get our 3:15 a.m. call, but of course, had plenty of back up.