For the rate you are paying for this hotel, it is indeed an excellent value. The rooms are fairly clean and the hotel in general is not as bad as some other reviewers have described it to be.
If you are travelling on a budget then this hotel is a wonderful value. Also, the staff is very polite and courteous, and was very helpful.

We booked this hotel last minute due to an unpleasant experience at another hotel. I can say that compared to other places this hotel is a great bargain. The olympic is clean and the rooms are actually pretty big. The staff was friendly and helpful. In short the hotel was an overall great experience for me and the wife. It prevented what could have been a disaster in san francisco. THANKS!

I got the Hotels.com rate of $50/night, and the hotel was not worth a penny more. The electrical outlet shorted when i plugged in a phone charger. The wireless internet did not work (and had not been for a few weeks), but several hotels within a few blocks had free wireless internet (I think the Monte Cristo was one of them?). The hotel was right in the middle of everything, so the location was fantastic.

The room was really really tiny; the bed was not comfortable but was satisfactory; the elevator was small and smelled like stale urine and had all kinds of weird stains and spots in it. The morning "continental breakfast" was anemic and there wasn't much food at all. The community bathroom was clean and worked just fine, and the shower worked fine (hot water was hot, cold water was cold). The towels in the room were clean, the sink in the room worked ok (hot and cold), and the bed sheets were clean.

Overall the hotel was not outstanding, but exactly what one would expect for $50/night in an historic building in the middle of downtown San Francisco.

ewwwww never ever stay at this hotel its not worth a single penny =/ the room is to small,the bathroom is outside the room and its disgusting i can smell poop everywhere...