This is a great inexpensive hotel, on the corner of Taylor and Post streets, for any stay in San Fran. I stayed 5 nights as a single traveller. I had a nice room, clean and well appointed. The en suite was fine, quite big with a bath doubling up as a shower. The hotel staff were very friendly and cheerful. There was plenty of brochures etc, and coffee in the morning. The only slight fault would be noise from Post St in the morning. The windows don't seem to be very well sealed. However, this didn't really bother me at all. The birdcage elevator is an experience and very entertaining, not something you can say about most elevators. The hotel is in an excellent location, 4 minutes from Union Square and on a very safe block. There was occasionly one or two homeless people around, but there was no hint of trouble. Homelessness is quite prevalent in San Francisco and you won't find any street without one or two. However there was no problems or hassle from then in my experience and I certainly wouldn't say that it was a negative influence on what is a fantastic city and well worth visiting. For $56 a night, I couldn't have asked for much more.
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