John O.
Yelp
I'm torn between three stars and four stars. BTW, I love the reviews by my fellow yelpers. Very accurate.
Pros:
-Wine and cheese (complimentary) during happy hour. Wine isn't anything to write home about, but nice touch.
-Breakfast in bed (included in price) -- very cool. Continental, but nothin like having fresh coffee and breakfast delivered to your room while you feel the bay breeze.
-Bed was of fairly good quality and large.
-View from the public deck facing south is truly amazing. We sat and drank wine whilst looking at the San Fran skyline. Also, moon was out and it was very romantic at night. Big plus. Probably best part about hotel.
Cons:
-Room basically overlooked Sam's Cafe. Bad. (Room #216). We checked in and all I heard was yap yap yap yap. Drunk yuppies sipping on their cocktails/beer enjoying the sun. I'm all one for having drinks in the sun, but I don't envision that as a great "view" for a room I'm paying over $200 bucks for. Good thing they stop serving outdoors at like 8 PM. I was afraid I'd hear it all night long.
-RIGHT below our room, was a public restroom. The janitor was cleaning the restroom at 4:30 AM and it was VERY loud. It woke me up. It shook the entire hotel, especially the fact the guy was walking back and forth on the wooden deck, which reverberates INCREDIBLY loudly....then he was slamming the doors open shut open shut whilst cleaning the bathrooms. I went to the front desk and they basically offered me earplugs. Yeah right. I went down to say something to the guy, then said nothing.....I'm staying in a nice hotel while this guy is scrubbing toilets at 4: 30 AM. He was done by 5 AM, and I went back to sleep for 1.5 hours. Suffice it to say, it kind of sucked. I hate getting my sleep interrupted, especiallly when I'm paying over $200 for a hotel room.
-Front desk wasn't overly friendly. I've been to good hotels with friendly front desk staff, and I wasn't really impressed w/ this hotel staff.
Would I go back? I'd probably try to sneak a bottle of wine on the upper deck (entrance from below) --- that's the best part of the hotel. Or , pay the extra $100 bucks and get the room facing the SF skyline. Maybe it's worth it???