Old San Francisco building on edge of a lousy neighborhood.
I was restricted on where I could stay based on a GSA Per Diem allowance for reimbursement. In San Francisco, everything is stupidly expensive and the hotels are no exception. None of the hotels I looked at (20+) offered a government rate during the time that I had to travel to San Fran. The only one I could find within a 45-60 min travel time from the office, and within budget, was this one.
The staff was friendly and helpful. I arrived early in the day, and was allowed to check in early without any extra fees. That was great! The hotel its self is fairly clean, but you can only do so much with an old building. There was no provision for A/C in my room, and heat was in the form of an old steam radiator. Being San Francisco, the heat was actually still on in June and the windows open in the afternoon with a ceiling fan was sufficient. The bathroom, perfectly functional, was small and a little antiquated. One could easily tell that layer upon layer of paint had been applied to the building over the years.
The hotel its self is perfectly safe and in an ok location. If you go one block downhill, you've gone the wrong direction, right into what the locals call "Skid Row" that has more homeless people than you could shake a stick at. For several city blocks, the smell of urine was overwhelmingly disgusting. If you go up hill, you're in a perfectly decent part of San Fran with busses that are on schedule and take you wherever you need to go.