http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Club_Quarters_San_Francisco/hid33377 TravelPost.com - Hotel reviews, information, and rates from thousands of websites http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Club_Quarters_San_Francisco/r715448 “Was a nice, clean place to stay, but it was by no means a three star hotel.” http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Club_Quarters_San_Francisco/r715448 http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Club_Quarters_San_Francisco/r715447 “Hotel was different than all others we've stayed at. Check in/out was quick. Staff was friendly. Room was clean, but tiny, and queen bedding was barely big enough for one adult and one child. Would stay again.” http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Club_Quarters_San_Francisco/r715447 http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Club_Quarters_San_Francisco/r715450 “The hotel was very clean. Electronic check-in and out was excellent and fast. Staff very professional and pleasant. Only down side was relatively small room with no refrigerator!” http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Club_Quarters_San_Francisco/r715450 http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Club_Quarters_San_Francisco/r715451 “Staff at the hotel restaurant (Elephant and Castle) weren't kind.” http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Club_Quarters_San_Francisco/r715451 http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Club_Quarters_San_Francisco/r715452 “The hotel has no bath tab, which did not meet my expectation for 3 star category.” http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Club_Quarters_San_Francisco/r715452 http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Club_Quarters_San_Francisco/r715453 “The room was 1/2 the size of other hotel rooms, clean but very bare, small window that only cracked open, small TV, and bathroom that was the size of a medium sized closet. Advertised on their web page as having plush Queen & King size beds, but gave 2 adults a room with one full size bed -- that was as HARD AS THE GROUND! Gave us both back pains. Check-in & check-out was quick & easy. Free Internet use in lobby. Good location in financial district. Would only recommend for single business traveler who will be working, rather than sleeping in the room.” http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Club_Quarters_San_Francisco/r715453 http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Club_Quarters_San_Francisco/r715454 “The hotel was clean, yet the room was a little small for my family.” http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Club_Quarters_San_Francisco/r715454 http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Club_Quarters_San_Francisco/r715455 “New hotel with brand new fittings and very well located in the Financial district. However, the rooms are small - more like an European hotel. Not the best value for the money.” http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Club_Quarters_San_Francisco/r715455 http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Club_Quarters_San_Francisco/r427888 REVIEW, PART 1 This review is big and needs to be in three parts to adequately describe this place. The Club Quarters San Francisco is located on the West side of the Embarcadero district, at the corner of Battery and Clay, kitty-corner from the Embarcadero Center shopping mall. The hotel is an 8-story structure built in 2003. The architecture is best described as a re-creation of an early 20th Century Apartment Building like you would find in San Francisco’s Marina District. The hotel has no parking facilities, but there is a Pay Garage a ½ block away under the Embarcadero Center ($30/day!!!). Now let me take a paragraph here to explain the Club Quarters concept. It is very different from your typical hotel. CQ is, for all intensive purposes, a condominium/time share type of hotel. It’s not generally open to the public, but that being said, no one is excluded if you book through right channels. CQ’s sell rooms to companies and government agencies in a timeshare concept. So therefore if your company is always sending people to SFO, your hotel expenses could really add up, so buy a room instead. It’s a great concept. Any rooms that are left over on any given night are wholesaled out and can be booked through Priceline and Expedia, as well as others, I’m sure. We entered the lobby off a non-descript entry off Clay Street. There are two lobbies; the front lobby is immediately adjacent off the street and contains the front desk and self-check-in kiosks. The décor is very modern and tasteful, similar to the W Hotels concept. You feel like you have stepped into a trendy boutique hotel. We opted to not use the self-check-in kiosks because we booked through Priceline. The lady at the desk was extremely nice and helpful, but had bad news for us . . . their rooms didn’t accommodate two adults and children as they only have either two twins or one queen. I said that was no problem and that we’d take one queen with a rollaway. Then she looked concerned and said, "umm, well, our rooms won’t really fit a rollaway, queen bed and crib." I was very puzzled by that statement, but before I could respond, she said she’d change our room type to an interior corner queen, which would be a little more accommodating. I am a pretty easygoing guy, so I was happy with her attitude of helpfulness. She then explained our room is blocked and now we just go over to the self-service kiosk and stick in our credit card, it would then do the rest. No problem, walked over there, stuck in my credit card and it spit out my room keys. It was functional and kind of fun. http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Club_Quarters_San_Francisco/r427888 http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Club_Quarters_San_Francisco/r427887 REVIEW, PART 2 This is continued from Part 1, but is necessary to adequately describe this property. Immediately behind the front lobby is an elevator lobby, and further still is the second lobby, which I would describe as a club lounge. It includes a flat screen TV and comfortable furnishings. Additionally there is a business center with computers and complimentary Internet access. I guess this where the business people can unwind and catch up. Everything is room card key controlled, including the elevators, which is a great feature for security. We boarded the elevator and went up to our room on the 5th floor. We exited the elevator and entered the corridor. The hallways are claustrophobic. The ceilings are low and the width is very narrow. You will have to stop to let someone walk by you. It reminds me of old cruise ships. They are well lit though, and nicely decorated. I work in the construction industry and we could never build a hotel like this due to life safety reasons. They must have qualified for some exemption due them not being open to the general public. I don’t really feel it is a hazard, as most building codes are pretty excessive anyway. We winded through the maze of rooms and finally found ours. We opened the door to our room, and all the front desk’s clerks comments finally came into context. First, let me say, the room was very nicely decorated with 3½ star quality furnishings. Our interior corner queen room was comprised of a small entry foyer, then a bedroom area that was very tight and just barely fit a queen bed and a work desk, with a tiny closet beyond. Then beyond that was a narrow nook that led to a window that just fit a lounge chair. Believe it or not, they even stuffed in a small galley with a sink, refrigerator, microwave with dishes and utensils. Looking out the window, our room looked into a very small courtyard, which basically just stared at other windows in the hotel and a small patch of sky above. The furnishings were a good style and high quality, overall very impressive for the room rate, but they are all jammed into the room with a shoehorn. The bed was quite comfortable and the linens/comforter were very clean and good quality. Being a newer hotel, everything was in great condition. It seemed as if the hotel had just opened. http://www.travelpost.com//hotels/Club_Quarters_San_Francisco/r427887