Nothing much to right home about! (Holiday Inn Fisherman's Wharf)

Member Name: janeh

Product:	Holiday Inn Fisherman's Wharf
Date:	15/07/02 (292 review reads)
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Advantages: Fisherman's Wharf location, Large rooms, Great breakfasts

Disadvantages: Very very noisy, Empty vending machines, Peeling wallpaper

It is very difficult to rate this hotel as there are as many good things about it as bad. Perhaps if I start with the good and work down.
Location. This hotel is situated in Fisherman’s Wharf, which is one of the main tourist areas in SF. It is a two minute walk to many of the local attractions such as Pier 39 where you can find the sea lions and get Alcatraz and bay tours. Pop across the road to the Cannary and then up the road to Ghiradelli Square, both of which has shops, restaurants etc. It is a stones throw from the cable car turnaround, so you can get to pretty much anywhere from here. All in all location could not be much better.

The rooms are large and you either get a king or two double beds with the usual dresser, drawers, TV, coffee maker and large bathroom. We also had an iron & ironing board.

There are several options for eating, one of the hotel buildings has a Denny’s which serve breakfasts, dinners etc 24 hours a day. We chose to have breakfast at the main hotel restaurant Bristol Bar & Grill which serves a buffet. Here you can get fruit, cereal, yoghurt, eggs, pancakes, bacon, sausages, potatoes, toast, bagels, pastries etc the list goes on. We paid approx $30 for two breakfasts and tea/coffee/juice which I didn’t think was too bad as you can easily fill yourself up and not eat again until evening. There are also lots of bars and restaurants within walking distance.

The hotel also has an outside pool, concierge service, gift shop, coffee bar and guest laundry.

Now for the downside – we found the hotel to be exceptionally noisy. The rooms were not double glazed so all the street noise came straight into the room – all through the night, both traffic and people. It is definitely the noisiest hotel we have ever stayed in. We were in a room on the opposite side from the Wharf and asked if we could move to a quieter room. We were told we were already in one of the quietest rooms!


Also the room, although large had wall paper peeling off the wall, which didn’t look very nice and the curtains didn’t meet in the middle, so shafts of light came into the room at dawn. We had to prop lamps and cases around the curtains to combat this. Another problem we encountered was that the vending machines were often empty, forcing you to go to the hotel coffee shop to buy coke, water etc at a higher cost.

If you plan to go to SF, I would not really recommend this hotel, however I would recommend the breakfast at the Bristol Bar & Grill.

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