We stayed here for 8 days. We were on the 6th floor out of 7 floors. The elevators are extremely slow sometimes it was quicker to walk down the stairs. Our room was very small, no room really to spread your luggage around. The bathroom was horrible, it was tiny. The bath was all chipped and the water pressure was pretty non existent. The water kept making this dribbling noise and the water would escape out of the bath through the plug hole (you couldnt do anything about it) so by the end of your bath there was hardly any water left. Hot water was good however but the bath was very slipperly!! they definitely need to give you some bath mats. The toilet sounded like a rocket going off it was soooo loud!! and you could hear the neighbours one too everytime they flushed the loo. We had to close the curtains with a safety pin. The beds i found alright although my mother didnt like the pillows she found they gave her a sore neck.
The area surrounding the hotel is extremel rough, there are homeless ppl who for some reason all congregate around the hotel. There is a civic centre next door on Mccallister St so i think thats why but they obviously prefer to be on the street all day and night. The place smells of urine outside and ppl are begging for money. There are groups of rough looking ppl who stand around on the st corners, you dont feel scared walking around there during the day as they are a lot of ppl walking by and cops there quite often but its just not pleasant to look at. I must say there was always a good laugh had when walking along here there are some really strange ppl in SF thats for sure!. SF really needs to do something about the homeless ppl ive never been to such a run down area in all my life and i have travelled quite a bit. There are sirens all day and night blaring down past the hotel its quite unbelievable really. About 5 mins down the road however they have a westfield shopping mall and the area picks up remarkably with GAP, Ambercrombie and Fitch, theres a Walgreens as well etc its just down by the renoir end of the road that is terrible. There are a lot of food and shopping places all along market street and the bus and trains are only a few metres away so it is a good location for that its just a pity the place is so rundown. The staff at the renoir were excellent however they always went out of their way for you (even ringing to check our tour times etc) so i cant fault them. They have 2 computers you can use for the internet however you can only use your credit card and it costs a minimum of $5 for 20 mins. They do have a restaurant but we never used it. We were able to leave our luggage there after we checked out so we could collect it later before heading to the airport, they were great to do this we thought. We caught the train back to the airport, its only a 3 min walk to the train station and it cost us $5.35 so great value.
Overall i would not stay at this hotel again, id rather pay a bit more and be down the other end of market street or by fishermans wharf. I found the rooms to be too small and the bathroom the worst weve had so far. The tv had a lot of channels however but geez they have a lot of ads on tv there!!.
I would recommend Parc 55 they werent too far from the Renoir in the nicer part of the street and ive checked out the pictures and it looks to be a lot nicer however so will the price.
If you want really budget then the Renoir is for you if you dont intend to be in your room much and dont mind the ppl hanging around outside.
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