This place was great!*

* except for the sheets ...

Room—The room was recently redone in a tasteful, modern style. It was clean, and actually quite quiet considering the location. My room was on the sixth floor at the back of the building, so that probably helped. Facing O'Farrell is maybe louder? There is a full kitchen and laundry room on the second floor.

Safety—Yeah, it's in the Tenderloin, but it's the lower Tenderloin, basically Union Square. The neighborhood was filled with tourists and did not feel unsafe to me at all. Well, actually, there *was* one dude who was kinda sketchy ... it was on a Saturday evening in crowded streets ... that's one not-really-an-incident in 12 days. Also, I was in my room before 10:00 PM, usually before 8:00 PM. Maybe at 2 AM it'd have felt different, especially if you head up the hill. YMMV.

Location—Union Square is one block up, and Powell & Market is one block down. I was in town to do some startup networking, and the location could not have been better, especially for the price. The Amazon Loft offers free coworking two blocks away. I made some great connections at Mazarine Coffee, three blocks away. I visited a LAUNCH event at Westfield (two blocks), and also contacts at HackerOne, Pinterest, GitHub, Uber, 500 Startups, etc.—all easily walkable. The Powell BART gets you to Oakland in 20 minutes. A couple times I headed down the Valley on the Caltrian, which is a bit more of an expedition, but still quite doable. There's great restaurants everywhere.

Sheets—The one bad thing about the place was the sheets. The bottom sheet wasn't fitted and was too short to tuck effectively. After eight days I asked the front desk for a fitted sheet. They were characteristically friendly, but then they just remade the bed without a fitted sheet again! Also, the duvet didn't have a cover, just two more straight sheets. It was an odd oversight given the rest of the room. Next time I would bring my own fitted sheet. :-)

But there may not be a next time. Word is they're going to start raising rates once their remodel is done. Get in quick! :-)