2 1/2* Hotel Masquerading as a 4* Hotel!
Wow, where to begin. Got this tiny, shabby standard room on Priceline. The upgraded rooms are substantially bigger and probably nicer (maybe even worth a 4*). But, for our standard room . . . oh, did I say tiny! The web site says 260 sq. ft but it seemed far smaller. I've never stayed in a room anywhere, anytime that was even close to being this small. My wife and I tried walking side-by-side once and she bumped her thigh on the foot of the bed pretty badly; from then on, one of us would always climb onto the bed before we moved around. There was only room for a single chair (think doctor's office waiting room chair) and it did not have a reading light. The desk was just barely big enough to use a laptop on. The night stands were just cheap plastic cubes about 12" to 18" square. The bathroom was SO tiny I could not turn-around in it w/o making sure the door was either completely open or completely shut. There was not enough room for my wife and I to place our toiletries on the sink and the tiny little 6" by 8" wood stand (never seen anything like that, even at a Days Inn). The toilet was an old style commercial-grade, pull-handle toilet seen now only in Home Depot store and industrial warehouse bathrooms. The seat on the toilet did not even sit squarely on the toilet -- obviously a mismatch. The bathtub was so roughed-up looking that my wife, who loves baths, just looked at me and rolled her eyes when I suggested she take a bath before dinner. This hotel makes the same mistake other "boutique" hotels we've stayed in make: buying furniture from liquidation sales, estate sales and The Salvation Army does NOT make it "stylish", it just makes it shabby! The Good: staff was very nice, king bed was very nice, linens were nice and shampoo was nice. In short, our standard Kind was nothing more than a tiny Days Inn- or Motel 6- grade room. If they sold it as such (2 1/2*) , I'd be giving them a much better review. But, since they hold themselves out as a 4* hotel (Westin, Hyatt, Marriott, etc.), that's how I'm reviewing them and it ain't good! Also, this property is right on the very edge of "The Tenderloin". The moment you cross Taylor street, or walk south toward O'Farrell, you're going to be confronted with homeless people either accosting you for money or passed-out on the sidewalk. Again, ain't good! Incidentally, our bed sheets were NOT changed and we were never asked if that's what we preferred. Come on, not changing sheets w/o asking at a 4* hotel -- you must be kidding.