Bel Air Hotel

I would like to say first off that my review is based off of what expectations I had for the hotel & the value for money it represents. I booked a room here for gay pride weekend & only paid $75/night, this is compared to other hotels in the area which were more than $300/night. Normally I would have been a bit miffed at the price point, but considering it is in San Francisco & during pride weekend I thought that I got a bargain. Upon arrival I was greeted by the lady who runs the place and a couple staff members, she told me I should check the room & facilities so that everyone was in agreement before any papers were signed. ||||So along the theme of reasonable expectations, the hotel is very old, the bathroom/shower arrangement reflect the age of the hotel. The decor is dated as well. T

My mother killed herself in this hotel in 1969. After her funeral, I went with my uncles to clear out her personal items. I cannot forget the squalid mess that this hotel always had and will continue to have until it is demolished.

The place is a total rip off. The bed and the towels were dirty. We found hair in the bed. The room looked like as if there has nothing been done for the last 50 years. The room where our friends stayed in had a hole in the wall. The bathroom does not include a shower. Their is only a community shower which is very mildewed. The stuff is very unfriendly. We could only pay cash and the hotel smelled like marijuana. The entire area where the hotel is located was crowded with homeless people.

As others travelers have mentioned, this place is a real dump. It is also located in a relatively unsafe neighborhood. Around the corner you will find homeless camped out on the sidewalk at night. Because of that you may smell urine while walking the area. During the day there are soup kitchens down the street and around the corner at a church. There is a police substation located a block away around the corner but I didn’t see any police presence on the streets. ||||When you check in the receptionist will ask if you want to inspect the rooms before checking in. I think they do that because of the bad reviews everywhere so you know what you are getting into if you decide to stay there. I checked out the room, checked the bed and mattress for critters and found none so I decided to

I give this place 0 stars if that was an option!||My partner and I were booked in for 8 nights in the hotel and jumped at the price because SF is a very expensive city to visit. It was close enough to the train station to walk there with our bags, that was the only good thing. We walked through the Tenderloin area where the hotel is situated and would suggest to anyone traveling to avoid the area, not just the hotel, at all costs. We were approached and asked whether we'd like to 'score' four times before setting foot on the same block as the hotel. There are homeless everywhere, it smells of urine and feels very unsafe for two young-adult travelers (glad we don't have children). We got the hotel and were asked to leave our bags in the lobby and 'inspect the room' before our stay, red flag