We were in SF for the WC soccer, the city was quite full of tourists including the hotel. The atmosphere was quite lively, soccer matches on tv and the whole city was in euphoria. The hotel presented a mini Aussie vibe, with specs of Paraguay supporters.
The location is great if you are in SF for work or holidays, it’s bang on the Fisherman’s Wharf, walking distance to local attractions like the Piers and restaurants. But it’s quite far from the Levis stadium in Santa Clara, normally around 1-1.5 hours by uber, but took us 3 hours on match day. Even the DFW airport was a little over 60 mins. Saying that, every commute in Bay Area was over 60 mins, that’s SF for you.
We stayed for 4 nights in a King Room. The rooms were slightly small, with typically Holiday Inn Express decor. The room was clean and well maintained. The bed were quite big and comfortable, we had asked for a roll on extra bed, it had a thin mattress but we couldn’t complain. The staff specially Chris were very attentive, always smiling and helpful. It was a pleasure interacting with them. The breakfast was good, though limited in number of items. It always overflowed with people, very hard to find a table to yourself if you go after 7:30am. The 4 days we stayed, we had scrambled eggs, potato bites every day and one protein kept changing, along with the staple thoroughfare like bread, oats, coffee/tea and waffles. They served cinnamon rolls, which we loved. Overall not bad, we enjoyed it but got bored with a couple of days.
Only thing I would genuinely recommend is to provide either an electric kettle or a microwave in the room. It’s actually standard on all Holiday Inns, was surprised and highly inconvenienced without one or the other.
A good stay, would stay again only if the room is provided either with an Electric kettle or microwave.
