I almost always start my reviews with whether or not I'd stay at a place again, since that's the most important question. I guess the best I can come up with here is maybe. My wife certainly would. So let me start with the negatives and go from there, and you can decide.

First, the web site and even the in room service guides promised wireless internet in every room. When we got there and found no signal the front desk explained that there was only wireless intermet in a single room -- the breakfast room, on the third floor, which was only open from 7-10am. We were both pretty annoyed at this, but my wife was probably less annoyed since it meant she could not work in the evenings as she had originally planned. Still, it's deceptive advertising, especially at a time when nearly every hotel has wireless.

The only other big negative was the price. Half or at most two thirds of the price would be similar to what we pay to stay in a lot of other tourist spots in, say, the Sierras. We didn't really care in this case, I don't know what other hotels in the area run.

Although not a problem for us, there's no air conditioning. Our third floor room got a bit warm during the day, in the summer I'd imagine it might be uncomfortable, but I'm only guessing.

Pluses are that as far at I could see it would be hard to get a much better view in town, we were across the street from the water where most other hotels in town were considerably further back. From the third floor at least there was a reasonable view of the bay, only partially obstructed by a 2 story building across the street. We spent some time out on the balcony watching the sunsets. The location was pretty nice, basically at the end of the touristy spots along Embarcadero. There's a Chinese place next to the hotel that we never tried, most of the restaurants are 2-4 (short) blocks away (which seemed about perfect to me). The shower was nice, and the towels were perfectly fine. The bathroom door had a spring hinge though so that it would always close, thus it remained muggy for hours after someone took a shower, and at night was immune from the room's heating. But it wasn't moldy, and overall the place was quite clean, so they must work at it -- I'm used to expecting some mustiness from an ocean front hotel and there was none here. The heat is a gas wall furnace which worked well; our room also had a gas fireplace but we didn't try it. The room was comfortable, not small but not huge.

Overall it was a nice room, just a bit expensive and with no internet. On my own I'd probably try some other place next time just so that I'd have internet, but my wife wouldn't have to work too hard to convince me to stay here again.