Balmoral Hotel Hotel

San Francisco being the home of Alcatraz, it's only fitting that this place has a strong insane asylum theme going on. A must stay if you like crazed rambling and commotion throughout the night, and you enjoy carrying your own toilet paper to the bathroom.

For the price and location, especially given that this is San Francisco, I thought it was pretty good. The rooms were small, but given I was only visiting, it was all I needed. The bathrooms were clean, as was the room. The only thing I'd say that needed improving was the reception/ their procedures for checking in and out took longer than they should have. That and one of the reception staff members seemed particularly clueless and insisted that I sign in as a guest when I was heading to my own room. Outside of that, I had a positive experience staying there.

I came, saw, smelt and ran away as fast as I could. Very, very bad conditions in this house!

One of my friends lives here as a pay by week deal. I don't visit them often because their room is incredibly small. There is a small sink in the room; add to that a twin size bed and you can barely fit the human that's paying to live in it (much less any company). One's a party, two's a crowd. It's cool if you're relatively thin and staunchly asocial though. The bathrooms are also unfortunate because the windows dont shut all the way at the top — and the people in the adjacent building have a direct view so you really wish the windows were secured. That annoying feeling that you're being filmed makes it harder to pee so you spend double time than normal trying to convince your body that your in no imminent peril which makes your legs fall asleep by the time you finally finish and escape. Ultimately, it's not the best — definitely ain't the worst — but I sure as hell would never pay to be there.

Awful hotel, rooms old old old. Never ever again.

50$ deposit at check in, very very very old fashioned, shower rooms and restrooms in catastrophical shape, rooms are sooooo incredible small, Tv, sink and wardrobe and location are good. But never ever again!

Saw prince William and kevin hart and tiesto used to stalk me.

Best location for those interested in the oldest Chinatown town in the USA.

50$ deposit at check in, very very very old fashioned, shower rooms and restrooms in catastrophical shape, rooms are sooooo incredible small, Tv, sink and wardrobe and location are good. But never ever again!

Balmoral SF was exactly what I needed — great location, easy access, clean facility for a terrific price. Excellent value for your money — perfect for people passing through town and those who just moved here.