I am so glad I booked this place. I was scrambling for a hotel last minute for a San Francisco conference and everything was booked up or priced at over $600 a night! I found Michelle’s post and this room is exactly what I was looking for. It is just like a hotel room: I checked in downstairs, they expected me and knew my name, I ordered breakfast to my door in the morning (love that, by the way) and I was able to drive in to the Donatello’s lobby space to have my car taken care of by valet.
I live in San Jose so the city is close, but SF is a hard place to visit. Parking for a day conference cost the same in a garage as it did for 24 hours at the Donatello so I was thrilled not to have to worry about break ins and finding my own parking. Hotels don’t always feel safe in the city but I was perfectly comfortable here for the night.
I will offer a word of warning which is that you can hear the street below because the windows of the hotel are single-pane, but you should expect that at most downtown hotels. It wasn’t a problem for me.