Mosser Hotel and Studio Paradiso

This is a quirky little hotel; it definitely has style but seemed a little strange in a way I can't quite identify. Our room had a small private bathroom, but the sink was in the bedroom. The room was tiiiiiiny; the bed took up most of the room and the passageways around the bed were perhaps two feet wide at most. The staff was not particularly nice or helpful. This is an old hotel and it shows, for better and for worse. I liked the decor a great deal, but unfortunately that's not enough to compensate for the minuscule room and the poor service.

This morning, on her way out of the hotel, my sister accidentally left her wallet on her bed. She realized it a few minutes later and went back to the hotel. When she got up to her room, house-keeping already cleaned it, and her wallet was gone. She spoke the manager at the time, and he had her go through all of the dirty and clean laundry. When I walked through the door of the hotel, I said, "My sister lost her wallet..." His response was, "so she says." I was a bit unnerved by that response so I went to check on my sister, who was in the process of going through the pile of dirty sheets. While she was digging, I decided to talk to the manager again. The whole time I was talking to him, he wouldn't look at me. His eyes were staring out the door. I had to pause, ask him what was outside because I was trying to talk to him. He looked back at me, I spoke, and his eyes wondered back outside. I know it was my sister's fault for leaving her wallet behind, but he, as a manager, did not even pretend to be helpful. He plain out said that "I don't believe that she left it here. She must have dropped it outside." I had picked her up from outside the hotel. She got into my car, we drove around for 15-30mins before she realized she didn't have her wallet, and we went back to the hotel. While I was sitting by the door waiting for the police to come take our report, he didn't have any problems looking into other people's eyes to talk to them. I can't believe how poorly we were treated by the manager. He strongly believed that my sister didn't leave her wallet in her hotel room and that she must've dropped it outside (which makes it not his fault for not being able to find it). He also told me that no one has ever left their wallet in their hotel room/this has never happened before. Anyway, he's the type who'll treat people well when everything runs smoothly. Yet when things do happen, we're the idiots for booking a room there, and he'll treat us as such.

The place was really nice and clean. As soon as we walked in, the staff was very helpful and let us check-in extra early (9am). We had the twin room and it was really small but very comfortable, with great beds, cable TV and awesome bath robes! The street is noisy but that's expected with the great location right off Market. Besides the really slow elevator and small room this place is a great hotel for a reasonable price. For families you may want to consider a larger more standard room, but for young adults and couples, this place works very well. I would definitely stay here again...but in the queen room!

I enjoyed my stay here. I just needed a place to stay while I shopped and hung out in the city.

When I stayed, their elevators were being repaired, so everyone had to take the stairs. I knew about it in advance and got a room on the second floor. The rates were discounted because of the out of service elevators. I got the least expensive room, which was very small, and had no private bathroom for $50 a night. The bathrooms and showers were down the hall. The room did have a small sink. Having the bathroom down the hall was not a problem. They had multiple separate bathrooms, so there was no wait.

The location was the best. The Metreon was 1/2 block down, the huge SF Center shopping was around the corner. Everything was within a block or two. I highly recommend this hotel if you do not plan to spend much time in the hotel and just need a place to park your things and sleep.

The hotel is very, very reasonably priced, especially given its location. The hotel offers shared bathroom and a bathroom in the room. We always opt for the shared bathroom because it is cheaper and always clean. We also never had any problems waiting for our turn as it seemed as though it was always free when we needed it.

This hotel made me feel comfortable: The hotel had comfortable pillows and the bed and the sheets were clean and smelt fresh. For a hotel in this price range, they also had a bellboy service, which was nice. They were very nice about holding on to our belongings for a few hours when we checked out.