Well, I wasn't sure about staying at the Sheraton at Fisherman's Wharf in San Francisco because I've known about that hotel for many years. It's been there for many years, and I was afraid it would be old and worn out. I traveled with a good friend, the woman who was my best friend in high school fifty years ago. It took a bit to figure out that you enter their driveway from a side street. The common areas are very nice and the personnel very helpful and friendly.

Our room overlooked the driveway where taxis enter to drop off people and where we left our car with valet. Now for the parking. Would you believe $51 per day! Parking in San Francisco is outrageous. The hotel was nice, but I'd be inclined to look around next time to see if I could find something with cheaper or free parking, possibly in the Van Ness area. It was a bit noisy in our room one night as people came into the lobby right below our window at all hours of the night.

The room was nicely appointed. New everything, except for the heater which worked just fine.

Now, for the beds. Fantastic! I don't know what they do to make those beds as comfy as they are, but I want to duplicate that feeling at home. I pulled back the sheets and found a tag saying the bed was a Serta P/S (which I assume stands for Serta Perfect Sleeper.) It didn't say if it was firm, soft, or whatever. I'd say it was somewhere between firm and medium firm. The sheets and pillowcases were smooth and tight weaved. I found that I could order those exact same sheets by going to Sheraton.com. Expensive but luxurious. And at only 300 thread count, which I have given up getting in recent years. These have some polyester in them. Feel so rich and smooth. Then, the blanket and duvet were also luxurious. I think I've made my point; I all but purred when I rooched down into that bed.

We did not try the hotel restaurants and instead walked to restaurants in the adjacent Fisherman's Wharf area. Be prepared for big time tourist attractions. Lots of junky shops and vendors but with really good seafood restaurants all over the place.

People with asthma and or/alergies might want to think about staying somewhere else; we both reacted to something. Don't have a clue what it was, but my eyes were bright red by the second day, and my friend was resorting to her inhaler for her asthma. We were both extremely uncomfortable.

Bottom line is we liked this property. Everything in San Francisco is outrageously expensive. For about $150 through Priceline, Hotwire, or other discount sites, you can get the room. Then, we added tax and parking and wound up paying about $220 a night.

Oh wait they serve in room Starbucks coffee that was nice! Maybe that's why the room was so high?

We stayed at this hotel Jan 28 for one night. We traveled from Dallas to Reno and drove from Reno to San Fran (great drive by the way) 4 hour drive! And we stopped in Napa Valley and Sonoma on the way... awesome views and the mountains were amazing!

HOTEL: Rooms are very small... v-e-r-y! But Clean. I thought it was decorated nicely for the space allowed. Honestly we felt like we were on a cruise ship in a cabin! That would be best way to describe the hotel/room. If you weren't planning to spend ANY time in your room this would be okay. Which we weren't but simply stating. My husband hated this hotel. Which is so odd for him. He's not a picky guy at all. I'm not sure why ... other than rooms being so tiny and especially and not worth the price. I would say if you were on a budget this would be the place to stay, but we got our room for one night for $99 on price-line. I think they run around $150 per night. This might just be the case for all of San Fran? The city is huge but jammed packed! Big time city living? I did ask at check in for a room with a view and he said there was none and didn't just mean avail. The hotel has no views at all. Which made me giggle. Its literally a block from the bay... but clearly not a sky rise hotel. Again, this was our first time to visiting San Fran. I will say the location is perfectly located in Fisherman's wharf by Pier 39 which was great for us to walk and sight see for the day. Having only being there once and just for the day I can't say much about the area ... maybe another day. Not really caring to go back though.

Let me first start out with the good points of this hotel:
When I booked our stay, I spoke to Margarita at the front desk who was very accomodating in making my boyfriend and I enjoy our special occasion. She sent some champage and chocolate covered strawberries to warmly welcome us. THe bellmen and other front desk agents were very professional and courteoues as well so I would say the service moral is great.

Now the bad side:
We originally booked 4 nights with the Sheraton. We arrived to our room, opened the door and entered into a sauna. The 20 year old wall AC was off and the window was open creating an incredible amount of heat. There was also a water stain of some sort in the corner of the room which showed the building's age. Instead of enjoying the room and unpacking we literally left our bags and left the room. When we returned at night it was still hot! The AC was down to 60 degrees and all the AC seemed to do was create more noise. I slept maybe 4 hours on and off because of the heat and noise. I was extremely unnerved at 6am when I finally got out of bed and couldnt take any more. My boyfriend spent the previous day flying 6 hours from florida and we were still adjusting to time. The last thing we wanted to deal with were the simple things in our room to go wrong. I called the front desk and told them the situation and they were very apologetic, even asking if they could move us to a better room. I kindly rejected the offer because ALL the rooms have the same ancient AC!! If you are a light sleeper DO NOT stay here. NEXT PROBLEM: We tried their $25 per person breakfast buffet. Every single item I had that was supposed to be hot was cold. I was grossed out by the eggs, bacon, and sausage. We had our coffee, ate some toast and fruit and checked out. The front desk agent took off our breakfast due to the room inconvience which is why I would highly rate this hotel for AMAZING CUSTOMER SERVICE! I would not reccomend this hotel or come eback to it, but everyone has different needs and wants.

This hotel is comfortable, room a good size, beds very comfy. Use AAA or CAA for upgraded room. You don't need a car for San Franscisco sites. Transit system or walking is all you need. The Open Top hop on hop off bus tour is great. The stop is just down the street. Alcatraz tour location is 10 min walk away. (book ahead on line or you may not get a ticket the day you want it) Safeway and Walgreens next door. We would happily stay here again.