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Reviewed 16 November 2014

This is a quaint little hotel in a great part of the city. It's clean, the rooms are a reasonable size, and the pricing, while not cheap, is also not outrageous. That said, I don't believe that I would stay here again as the old-fashioned and dowdy vibe of the place just isn't my cup of tea.
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When we arrived, we were greeted warmly by the young lady working at the reception desk. She was very friendly as she had us fill out the registration card. Something I found odd was that she very thoroughly went over the hotel's policies regarding the breakfast/dining room area. She stressed that food from the dining room was to be consumed only in the dining room and could not be taken out of the dining room. We then had to specifically initial that part of the registration card in addition to signing the bottom line. Come the next morning, I figured out why they stress this policy, but more on that later. We took the elevator up to our room, 109, which overlooked Golden Gate Park. It was a warm day (75 degrees) so we were quite surprised to see that there wasn't an air conditioner in the room and apparently also no centralized AC. It wasn't a deal breaker, but did require that we leave the windows open, which meant either having cool air at night with tons of noise from the homeless guys camped out in the park, or having peace and quiet in a warm stuffy room. Certainly not ideal, but not horrible either. The room's decor was simple and old fashioned, like staying in the guest room at your grandmother's house. Not really my style, but not without its charms. We called the front desk to ask if we could have an extra luggage rack and they didn't know what that was. A few minutes later, someone came to our room and said "The desk said that you're missing something in your room?" We explained that we just wanted to know if we could have an extra luggage rack. You would have thought we'd asked the guy to repaint the room a different color from the look he gave us. After a long sigh, he said that he could get us one, but that he'd have to take it from another room and that meant another guest wouldn't have one. We didn't want to steal someone else's luggage rack so we said we were fine and just used a chair for the second suitcase.
The next morning, we headed down to breakfast around 7:30am (East Coast jetlag!) and were surprised to see that we were several decades younger than all of the other guests. The breakfast, which our fellow guests were very thoroughly enjoying, consisted of dried out Eggo Waffles and Pancakes in a chafing dish, hard-boiled eggs in a bowl of water, muffins, grocery store bagels, Cheerios cereal, and some fresh sliced fruit, along with coffee,tea and orange juice. Definitely not bad for a free breakfast, but also nothing to get excited about. I saw one of my fellow guests slip 4 bagels and at least 3 bananas into her purse when the staff member in charge of maintaining the buffet stepped out of the room for a moment. I guess when the majority of your guests are of the Matlock-watching set, you have to be explicit about the dining room policies to protect yourself from losing hundreds of dollars to pastry purloiners with over-sized pocketbooks each morning at breakfast. Although we stayed 5 nights, we only ate breakfast in the dining room twice as we honestly felt very out of place there and wanted to check out some of the nearby restaurants.
The hotel also serves afternoon tea in the dining room. I stopped by one afternoon while my partner was getting ready for our evening plans. Just as I was about to reach the table with the coffee and tea, an older gentleman with a walker and his wife slid up to the table first. I patiently stood behind them, waiting my turn to get a cup of coffee. Having seen me waiting, they took an extra long time to prepare their coffee. After a good five minutes, I finally said excuse me and asked if I could get step in to pour myself a cup of coffee; the man turned and looked me up and down and said that employees shouldn't be taking their coffee breaks in the guest dining room. I explained that I was not an employee and was also a guest. He moved a bit out of the way, but clearly did not approve of my being there, probably because I look younger than my 34 years. I quickly made my coffee, drank it down, and left with the old couple scowling at me.
The only other negative thing that happened during our stay was that on our 2nd day there, we returned to the room in the afternoon and found that it hadn't been made up. I called the front desk to ask about it; the same man who came up to our room the previous day answered the phone and sounded annoyed when I told him the room hadn't been serviced. He asked if I wanted the cleaning person to come right away; we didn't really need a whole cleaning, but just wanted some extra soap. The very sweet housekeeper came to the door a few minutes later and asked if we wanted the room cleaned. I let her know that we just needed some soap which she gave us. A few minutes later, the phone rang and the man from the front desk said "The maid told me she just serviced your room, is everything to your satisfaction now?" in a rather unpleasant tone I'm guessing he gets yelled at by a lot of grumpy guests, but he really needs to work on how he presents himself as he just oozes unhappiness.
We had a great vacation in San Francisco and found the location of the hotel to be really nice, close to the park and accessible to all of the places we wanted to go without being in a touristy neighborhood. The complimentary wifi was very spotty and only worked intermittently during our stay, but we weren't traveling on business so that wasn't a big deal for us. If you're looking for a quiet clean place to stay near USF or Golden Gate Park and enjoy homey old-fashioned type places, this might be a great hotel for you. As for me, I think I'll try somewhere else next time before coming here again.

Room tip: Parkview rooms have nice view, but lots of noise from street people
Date of stay: November 2014
  • Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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5  Thank Jon D
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Reviewed 11 November 2014

Just finished a five night stay in San Francisco splitting our time between a standard room at Stanyan Park hotel (2 nights) and the larger suites (3 nights). Both were very comfortable - with the suite being larger than most San Fran 2-bedrooms, and excellent for our family (2 adults and 1 child) and would have even worked for a family of up to 5 (assuming one of them is quite small). The spot had great access to Golden Gate Park, and some great walking areas (Upper Haight, Cole Valley, and slightly more distant Inner Sunset). For anyone who is looking for a place to stay near UCSF, this should be your first choice.

That being said, the staff was a little disconnected and disorganized. It took them a long time to address some special (but not very difficult requests), and we had to manage the room move ourselves.

Also, parking is a little challenging at the hotel. Your options are to either park on the street - difficult - or in a nearby private lot for $20/night. The walk is across the street, and seems fine, but didn't have in/out privileges.

Room tip: Waller-side rooms are a little quieter
Date of stay: November 2014
  • Trip type: Travelled with family
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4  Thank Alex L
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Reviewed 3 November 2014

A cozy warm and friendly place to stay. Across the street from Golden Gate Park, at the edge of the Haight district with easy parking across the street and easy access to anywhere. I read that the Stanyan is also a designated historic landmark. The desk crew was great and very patient. We especially want to thank Tony for his efforts to make us feel comfortable. It is an old hotel with perhaps smaller rooms but they are adequate and it is clean. In addition they provide a free breakfast-not just rolls and coffee but pastries waffles pancakes fruit cereal bagels hard boiled eggs yogurt etc.In the afternoon they set out cheese crackers tea juice fruit and other stuff. WE plan on staying there again when we return to San Francisco.

Date of stay: October 2014
  • Trip type: Travelled with friends
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3  Thank JaredVa
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Reviewed 17 October 2014

We were in town for a big family wedding and the hosts suggested this as an option. Therefore a number of the wedding party stayed here. There were so many questions and issues as many had never been to San Francisco before but the front desk team handled it easily and professionally. They were very friendly and very good at what they do. One gentleman in particular-named Tony was outstanding. In addition they served breakfast in the drawing room every morning( waffles,pancakes, cereal pastries bagels tea coffee juice fruit etc) and served tea/juice /crackers /sometimes finger sandwiches in the afternoon-at no extra charge. The rooms are smaller than many hotels but comfortable and the housekeeping crew are great.
Also-the location was great as it is in the Cole Valley/Haight Ashbury area with many local neighborhood places to shop and eat and access to other parts of the city is easy.

Room tip: no real tips -most are the same a few are more deluxe and there are suites
Date of stay: October 2014
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5  Thank marcusfirst
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Reviewed 16 October 2014

While the Stanyan Park Hotel is not super elegant or luxurious, it is nonetheless a fine place to stay with clean, comfortable rooms, helpful desk staff, full breakfast, good wifi, and excellent location next to Golden Gate Park.

We chose the Stanyan Park Hotel because it was close to our son's appartment. We were without a car, so didn't have to worry about parking. Our room faced Stanyan Street. We were a little worried about the street noises, but they didn't bother us too much. We kept the window open during the day, and closed at night. The rooms were medium sized, with dressers, closet, television, table with two chairs, and a small clean bathroom.

The Stanyan Park Hotel served wine and hors d'oeuvres in the late afternoon. This was a nice treat, and a great way to relax before dinner or evening activities.

The hotel is a five minute walk to Haight St, which is loaded with 60s counter culture references, quirky shops, boutiques, and restaurants. We sampled two of the restaurants on Haight St, enjoyed them thoroughly.

If you want to be near Golden Gate Park, Stanyan Park Hotel is a great choice.

Date of stay: September 2014
  • Trip type: Travelled as a couple
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5  Thank Roderick S
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