Nice clean new station, and acres of parking where your car and its brakes can relax. The trains of course go all over, not just to Sac'town. A plus is the Buttercup Kitchen coffee shop, which someone made look as if it's neo-retro when it's the real retro thing, booths and banana cream pie and all. A classic '50s-'60s motor inn. The most elegant lodging option at the Square.
Some rooms face the Estuary, and some even have balconies.
Jack's Bistro downstairs is one of the nicest, least-plastic options for dining right on the water. Berkeley's Fourth Street Berkeley's Gourmet Ghetto Berkeley's Telegraph Ave.