Stayed 5 nights while visiting family in SF; Noe Valley was convenient for getting to other parts of the city. There can be some noise from the kids upstairs getting ready for school but we were up before they were so never an issue. Other than that it's a quiet residential area. We walked over to 24th St a couple of times to grab breakfast (Noe Valley Bakery, Viva La Tarte) and down to Mission for dinner (Emmy's Spaghetti Shack.) Parking was always available right around the corner. If you're tall do pay attention to the note about the low ceilings in this unit. Amanda was a great host and responded quickly to the few questions we had.