What a great find! Asked for a quiet room when booking. $80 a night, with hotels.com and included a free light breakfast (ie: toast, juice and coffee - very basic). Checkin was great. Got given a map of the city and the rest of the touristy stuff, bus was a 3 minute walk and free wifi was a bonus. Plenty of good food places to eat nearby, and really felt safe walking around late at night.

Downside was the elevator was out of order, but seriously, if you can't carry your suitcase up a couple flights of stairs, you've packed too much!

San Francisco was one of the highlights of our US trip (10 cities visited in 40 days!) and La Luna ticked all the boxes.

If I ever go back to San Fran, I'll be staying here again, no question!

Made my reservation direct with the hotel and not advised until check-in that elevator has been out of service since November 2011 until "further notice". No 1st or 2nd floor units available so had to haul luggage and carry-on to third floor. Limited parking on first come, first served basis so plan on being back early or good luck trying to find street parking in the area late at night. Convenient walk to restaurants and strolling on Chestnut Street. Most decent hotel I stayed at in Marina/Lombard Street area. It would be a 4 except for the elevator and iffy parking - most irritated that the on- site staff wasn't honest about informing me about this while I was making my reservation.

We stayed here before so returned again, mainly as we knew we would be driving and they had free parking. However, we found that this time the room was fairly average, strong cleaning smells and the elevator wasn't working so we had to lug our suitcases up a couple of flights of stairs. Probably would consider somewhere elsewhere next time.

Man, what a weird place. It seems like a college kid inherited a run-down old motel from his grandfather and tried to fix it up by spending $500 at IKEA. The room looked like a dorm room - juvenile color scheme, odd desk chairs, torn carpeting, and nothing on the walls except two 8x10 ads for a coffee company, much too small for the space they were meant to decorate. Flat-screen television hung crooked on the wall, with wires just hanging down. The biggest, loudest, most confusing air conditioner/heater I've ever seen. Even the time on the clock was wrong. If there had been a bong on the nightstand, the picture would have been complete. Anywhere else, this place would be around $50 a night, but since it's in San Francisco, it was $129. Pretty galling, once you see what you paid for.

However, there were some good things about it, too. First of all, and most importantly, we actually got a fantastic night's sleep. (See my review for the Opal, which led to our last-minute reservation at La Luna, when every other hotel in the city was booked up.) Beds and pillows were comfortable and clean. We checked online for bed bug reports and it came up clear, and our experience bears that out. By the way - be sure not to take any room ending in -01 through -10. Those rooms face Lombard Street and because of the proximity to the Golden Gate Bridge, traffic is both loud and never-ending. Our room was 311, just at the corner of the building and mostly shielded from the street noise, and the higher numbers are at the back of the building, facing the quiet neighborhood of Cow Hollow. With our crazy loud heater running for white noise, we didn't hear a thing.

The location is great, too. As I said, it's just a minute away from the Golden Gate Bridge. Walking distance to the Palace of Fine Arts and the Presidio. Right outside the Presidio gate is Liverpool Lil's, an old-school pub and sports bar (see my review). Plenty of restaurants, gas stations, and a Walgreen's pharmacy, all within a block or two. On-site parking is free. Iron and coffee maker in the room. Supposedly there's a continental breakfast, but we slept through it.

All-in-all, I actually do recommend La Luna for single guys, or for couples who can handle an occasional no-frills night. There were half a dozen semi-pro skateboarders staying there at the same time, and I think that pretty much sums up the perfect demographic for this hotel.