This was the absolute worst 'Hotel' I've ever stayed at!
They advertise like they are a great boutique hotel with all the amenities but they are terrible! There's no hot water in the showers, the 'continental breakfast' is a couple of donuts with bad coffee, the first two floors of the hotel are a dance bar so forget about sleeping, the sheets and towels are not clean, the beds are really uncomfortable, the staff are terrible and never around when you need them, you don't even get a chair or anything in your room so theres no place to sit, the TVs don't work (you'll be lucky if you get one fuzzy channel), the 24hour internet doesn't work (the signal is too weak so you can't use your own computer and the computer station only has one working computer and it is *very* slow), they only clean your room after you leave and they don't give you extra towels soap or anything else, you aren't even allowed to bring food or drinks into your room, the roof top patio is nice but the food is totally over priced and bad, and since the whole thing is basically a bar open to the public you constantly have partiers walking through the hallways making lots of noise.
When we stayed there all of the hotel guests were hating it and wanting to get out but after you sign in they have a 48 hour cancellation policy so you will be charged for two days even if you leave!
It was absolutely awful and almost ruined our entire trip to San Fransisco.
I would totally recommend staying in the Mission District, its a really great neighborhood, but don't stay at the Elements, you will regret it.