Aida Plaza Hotel

Its an antique hotel, established in 1912 with some vintage feel. Friendship and helpful counter staff. Feels extremely safe. Centrally located, near to everything, shopping places and the Union square. Tram station is 5min walk from the hotel and numerous good eateries around the hotel. Value for money.

In the middle of it . Nice staff. Tiny rooms

It was really close to the station. It was a little bit cold in the room because there is no airconditioner.

I had a very weird experience at this place. I stayed here only due to an emergency and I was overcharged for two nights, the heat did not work so I was freezing the whole time, the TV was broken and the internet never connected. While speaking with the front desk staff I noticed a bad attitude and felt very uncomfortable. The woman at the front desk only speaks Spanish and she seems to think that she owns the place. Very bad experience overall and not recommended.

I did stay at this hotel in July 2019 and at their regularly posted rates, they are clean and a good value for the rates charged. I booked a confirmed room for $110 a night on Agoda on June 13, 2023 for three nights. Around July 15, the Aida Plaza informed me that the rate was too low and since my dates of September 20-23 was high seasons. They demanded $190 per night take it or leave it. This was a 72 percent increase on a confirmed reservation! I left it and found a much better deal closer to Downtown SF. Message is: be very careful booking this hotel. They do not honor the rates they confirm to you. Perhaps they have small print that they can make these capricious pricing changes. If so, they are an outlier!

We stayed here for a week. We knew it was close to The Tenderloin. We knew there were a lot of homeless around. We knew it had no frills. We booked a family room that had two double beds and our own bathroom (lots of places this old have shared bathrooms). The room was huge and comfortable. Yes, everything is old, but spotlessly clean. The staff were great. Very friendly and helpful. The state of homelessness is enough to make you despair, but, no-one ever hassled us. Every now and then someone would ask for a dollar. If you don't respond, they just move on (unlike Rome, where you just about have to push them away from you while clinging to your bag so they don't pick pocket you). We had a good look around San Francisco - honestly -there are homeless people everywhere. It isn't this hotels' fault. The staff constantly reassure you that you are safe - and you are. The police presence on the corner of Market and 7th is constant. There is nearly always a police car parked across the road. Aside from that, Market St is always busy with (non-homeless) locals and tourists. I don't know why everyone bleats about leaving the key at the desk. Personally I like it. It is one less thing I have to worry about losing when I am out all day. Plus you get to have a chat with whoever is on the desk. The desk is manned 24/7. They usually lock the front door, especially at night, but instantly open it when you arrive. The big bonus is that every conceivable transport option is right outside the front door. 25 mins on the F street car which goes to the end of the piers for $2.50 if you have a Clipper Pass. Bus straight to Haight-Ashby. BART station straight to the airport, or anywhere else. There is a huge Whole Foods market a block up the street with hot food you can pick up for dinner as well as a couple of cafes in both directions. It would have been nice to have a fridge in our room, but there is a communal fridge downstairs and our stuff was perfectly safe in there. The walk to Union Square is about 5 minutes. The furniture in the hotel lift lobbies is amazing. Spoke to the owner who told me it was all stored in the basement and he has had it all restored. The entrance lobby was a bit cluttered with pallets of paint. Apparently they are going to renovate the area behind reception into a restaurant. That would be a bonus, especially for breakfast. We would stay here again.

Family-run hotel dating from 1912 with high ceilings and quiet rooms. Budget furnishings but my mattress was comfortable. Great folks behind the counter in a lobby pleasantly decorated with memorabilia. The downside is Civic Center, which is overrun with street people. Nonetheless, the property is close to a Whole Foods and convenient to a BART station as well as the 19 bus to Fisherman's Wharf. And the street people were not aggressive.

El hotel está bien situado, cerca de una estación de metro y un centro comercial, en recepción la gente es muy amable, la habitación es pequeña, y nosotros estuvimos 5 días 4 noches y solo nos la limpiaron la primera noche, a pesar de que lo solicitamos. Hay muchos homeless por la zona, así que no es muy agradable caminar por ahí.

Un hotel che ricorda le nostre vecchie pensioni in cui bisogna bussare per farsi aprire e in cui manca una vera e propria hall. L'hotel appare molto vecchio e un po' trasandato, sembra non aver avuto cambiamenti da almeno 50 anni. Le camere sono pulite ma si sente un odore fastidioso quando si entra. Ci sono i servizi essenziali ma niente di più (niente frigo e phon). Il lavandino non è in bagno ma in camera e per usarlo è necessario tenere premuto il rubinetto rendendo difficile lavare il viso. In compenso c'è una comoda vasca da bagno. La posizione è eccellente permettendo di raggiungere a piedi o con i frequenti mezzi pubblici i luoghi più importanti di San Francisco. È inoltre molto vicino alla stazione dei treni provenienti dall'aeroporto, alla metro e ai tram (sia quelli moderni che gli storici cable car). Bisogna però dire che la zona è piena di barboni e senzatetto (probabilmente innocui). Il personale è molto gentile. Non è prevista la colazione. Considerato il prezzo relativamente economico lo consiglio a chi non ha troppe pretese e vuole girare San Francisco senza perdere troppo tempo in spostamenti.