We recently moved our daughter up near UC Berkeley and needed to find a hotel near Lake Merritt. This was the closest one near her home and we didnt expect the Hilton for 55 bucks a night, but what we got was FAR WORSE than ever expected!
The desk clerk said each room had a mini fridge and air conditioner. WRONG We were switched 3 rooms and each one had a non working fridge, and the smell was foul. The room which we were stuck on didnt even have a shower door. The toilet seat, not the cover, the actual seat was cracked in half. And the lamps on the bedside table, lets just say only one worked and the other side of the bed had one, but no plug to plug in??? We even pulled the bed out away from wall and nothing!
We slept there one night and about 5 am there was a gunshot outside the hotel. That was my breaking point.
We checked out and asked for a refund on the unused night, only to have the clerk PRETEND not to speak english! And I say pretend because this was the same man who we checked in with the day prior and talked too 3 times about the fridge's not working.
Like I said I didnt expect too much for 55 bucks a night, but avoid this place for your own safety!