Hostelling International St. Francis hotels

"nice staff; functional most things no water bottles - drink from the only tap in the room, next to the commode TV cant olay youtube"

"The shower head pipe was coming out of the wall and looked like a run down flea bag cheap motel. Embarrased. Hilton can do better. Charging $45 to park car was ridiculous as was providing coffee and then expecting me to pay for the water. Have stayed all over the world and always receive complimentary water for coffee."

"The location is close to alot of things. The staff were friendly enough. The breakfast was pretty good. The parking is hands down the worst part by far. You have to pay for parking each night and the parking area is the worst I've ever dealt with. Horrible!!!!!"

"We had a beautiful view of Alcatraz Island from our room"

"Very clean and nice room. Great amenities! WiFi works well! I had a corner room on floor 23. Highly recommend!"

"Clean large room, great buffet and outstanding San Francisco location. Hard to beat it!"

"Great location. Close to tons of fun stuff. Everything was nice!"

"The staff was friendly when I arrived and left, though I didn't have a use for their services. The room was quite, and clean which is all I really needed. Keep in mind that the room is small, if room size is important to you, this may not be for you, I took the room with the two double beds. The bathroom had a small step to it. Overall it was great and the negatives are nitpicky."

"This is one of the worst hotels I've ever stayed in, hands down. Don't believe the gleaming reviews as they are likely left by people working for the hotel. Lets start with the fact that the hotel is in the hood and its not safe. Drunk and high people amble around the hallways and the elevator is not key-accessed, so they can come right up to your floor. The building is also not locked during the day so anyone can waltz right in. My first impression upon arrival and check-in was being accosted by a drunken homeless man who could barely stand, asking for cigarettes and/or money. When you get in your room, you'll likely be missing necessary items and things will be broken. In my case, I had no shower curtain and my TV remote didnt work. The hotel did NOTHING to fix this despite several requests, so I had to shower without a curtain and spill water everywhere. My TV was also stuck on the QVC channel for the entire trip, so it was useless. In terms of amenities, this hotel is ancient. There is no air conditioning. Theres an old-school iron space heater you have no control over. Be ready to open your window (and jump out) to cool down and hear the sounds of the homeless screaming and ambulences roaring down the street all night long. The linens are rough, stained, and old. The bed is hard as a rock. Everything creaks under your feet. The walls are paper-thin so expect to hear every conversation, scream, vomit sound, and sex sound. TLDR; This place should be condemned."