We saw a lot of variance in the customer criticism on different websites, this gave us a bad feeling about the booking. But no worries! This hotel is just great. The mix of location, rooms, staff and ambience is great. You can't find that easy such a low price for this kinda locations. Chinatown, downtown and financial center are all nearby. Public transport (Bart, cable car, tram) is also nearby. There is no airconditioning, but the big window in the room cools the place down very easy. We even slept with the window open at night, no problem. Allthrough the painting makes the room special, don't expect to much cause the rest is quite basic. The breakfast is in a small room, not reallly our thing. We got our breakfast at the other side of the block. Would I reccomend this hotel? Sure!