We stayed in the hotel over Thanksgiving and, although the staff were friendly and helpful, were very disappointed by how incredibly noisy our room (104) was. It was clearly one half of an adjoining suite connected by a wooden door inside our room. The walls and ceilings are very thin and unisulated; conversations in adjoining rooms were easily heard and the footfalls of people in the upstairs unit sounded like a herd of elephants gone wild. Coupled with the noise of the nearby freeway it was difficult to sleep. We found it necessary to leave the bathroom fan on all night to provide some "white noise".

During the daytime, the room is very dark due to having only a few small table lamps for lights and the overhang of the patio shielding the sun. If you want any privacy, you must keep the louvers on the patio door closed because the room faces the main walkway to the hotel. Curiously, at night when you want to sleep, the room is bathed in light poking through the edges of the door blinds, from under the front door, from the ultra bright clock, and from the glowing entry light switch.

On the positive side, all of the hotel staff were friendly and professional, the rooms were clean, and the breakfast was good.

We travel to the Stanford games from out of town. This hotel is only 7 miles away from the Stadium..but a little tricky getting to...you have to make a clover leaf approach...Rooms are roomy and very festive. It reminded us of our stay in Croatia....The amenities and touches...Starbucks coffee, shoe shine kit, free WiFi,etc give it a "Big" Hotel feel. Rooms even have a mini frig and microwave...not bad for the price, plus the breakfast buffet was nice..omelets made to order. Underground parking. We have made this our hotel of choice...Go Stanford!

Great breakfast with omelets, toast, cereals, eggs, sausages, coffee ...
[Starbucks coffee also in rooms and in lobby all day.]
Fridge, microwave in room. Free wifi. Decent room but carpets sticky and towels old.
Excellent location: near freeway, walk to Castro St and bus stop nearby as well.

We really liked Hotel Zico. Had a great stay, though for only 1 night. The one down side is If you like *extra* firm mattresses you'll sleep well, if you're like us and spoiled by a plush, you may wake up a bit achy. The noise didn't bother us at all. They do provide complimentary ear plugs and eye mask in the room. Or ask them to put you in a room on the west side. The east side is where the shared veranda is (the smoking rooms most likely) and faces the 85 frwy. But we didn't here it with the TV on (volume low) and don't mind the "white-noise". The bed is what was more difficult to deal with. If they ever upgrade their mattresses to firm or (ideally) plush, that will be our "date-night" stay for the rest of our days. And they offer Tarocco bath products (shampoo,conditionner,lotion,soap) *fabulous*! We'll definitely stay here again. Though we might bring a foam topper.