Highly recommend the Red Vic for a chill place to stay if you don't have much need for the expense or formality of a hotel, want to do some of your own cooking, and enjoy sharing space with like-minded people while you visit San Francisco. Spent a week in August with my two kids, 10 and 14, who declared it the best place they'd ever stayed. We enjoyed great conversation, comfy beds and linens and will definitely stay again when visiting friends in SF. Many bus lines and the N are nearby for easy access to the rest of SF and all the Haight shopping and history are just outside the door.