This is a wonderful spot to situate a traveler right in the Castro on a neighborhood street just a block or two from the coffee shops, bars, and restaurants of your dreams. The bed is super comfortable and the whole apartment is beautiful. We especially loved sitting out on the deck with succulents in pots all around us in the morning and evening! This spot is so great because it’s also walkable to the Mission and Dolores Park (and Bi-Rite Creamery, not to be missed).
The trickiest thing about this spot is the parking. As in a lot of popular and populated SF neighborhoods, there’s a two hour limit to park in the neighborhood unless you have a resident sticker, so we had to strategize our parking each day. But we handled it!
Another important note: the entrance is up a flight of narrow stairs, and then once inside you walk up another flight. Check in instructions were very clear, but involved a lockbox to get keys to enter, and then replacing them in the lockbox and using other keys found inside. Just keep track of the instructions and you’ll be fine!
Stephen was a wonderful host! We barely saw him; that entire floor our room was on truly was kind of ours the whole time. We did enjoy a lovely chat with him on the deck about changing SF culture and the Castro. He was a lovely host!