I'm not usually one to check out of a hotel early, but this was one of the worst experiences I've had since I backpacked Europe as a college graduate. In summary: paper think walls, horrible beds, and smelly linens. We booked it cheap and got exactly what we paid for.
We checked into the hotel during a pretty awful storm, and were extremely glad to run inside from the cab to find a lobby filled with friendly people getting ready to go out on a saturday night, modern furniture, and awesome indie rock music oozing from some great speakers. We check in and excitedly headed to the elevator and embarrassed ourselves with the fact that we were so close to the lobby that we really didn't even need to use the elevator. Let me rephrase that: we were basically staying in the lobby. This was an older room (room # 204) that was not renovated and we shrugged it off, hoping that we could still feel like we were away from all of the fun that was the lobby.
This is where everything started to go wrong. We heard EVERYTHING that went on in the lobby: every drunk hotel guest coming and going, all of the conversations between the employees, and worst of all, the pumping indie rock music. It never stopped. Eventually, I went back to the lobby and tried two times to switch rooms or have some guarantee that we could switch rooms the next night, but the friendly staff suddenly turned angry and unhelpful. Also, the sheets smelled and the bed was about as comfortable as sleeping on the ground - which we would have done if the floor didn't have visible dirt stains. Lastly, we could hear our next door neighbor snoring for a few hours. It was a nightmare.
After waking up no less than six times throughout the night, we promptly checked out the next morning. To their credit, the man at the front desk did ask if we wanted to upgrade to a better room, but after the whole experience, we didn't want to give them any more of our money.
I strongly recommend that you avoid this hotel, unless you adjust your expectations to something slightly higher than a dirty youth hostel. There are plenty of other great options in Nob Hill (which we easily found and moved to for the remainder of our trip).
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