The Cova Hotel is a recommendable place to stay. It's clean, has nice rooms with television, telephone, internet, nice and modern bathrooms, a free breakfast. Especially the service is very good. There is a driving service for free. After my stay they sent me back things, I had forgotten in the room - fast and without problems. The breakfast is not luxurious but better than nothing. Many reviews rail against the bad location because of the homeless. I was very scared of that - but rather because of the reviews than of reality. Yes, there are obviously a lot of homeless especially in Ellis Street, but one has to notice several points: 1. there was not one situation when we had a problem with a homeless, 2. homeless people are almost everywhere in "downtown" San Francisco 3. you can reach the Cova Hotel from parallel streets, where are not so many homeless people. Apart from that, the location is very good - just 10min walk from union square and 5 to a main station with a cable car, streetcar, and bus station. We almost always walked and are still alive! If you don't feel comfortable with walking when its dark, you can use the free driving service of the hotel + taxi is very inexpensive.
I will definitely choose Cova Hotel again.
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