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203rd

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Surf Motel	Average Price: $65 Check Rates

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2265 Lombard Street

San Francisco, 94123 View map

2-Star Hotel Rank: 78 of 119
Average review rating: 2.48

OpinionWell Value Index: NA

Traveler reviews analyzed: BedBugRegistry (2) , Travelocity (4) , TripAdvisor (29) , YahooTravel (7)

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Parking Fees:	No recent comments about parking fees were found.
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1. Though a little older this place isn't bad at all.

"All you need. " Read full review on TripAdvisor 3/18/2012 Vote

2. booked here for 2 nights wish I hadn't there is only 1 good thing about the place, free parking , it's noisy, dirty, and it looked as though some one had tried to kick the door in, in all a really bad experience.

"Aviod at all costs, if this is the best you can afford buy a tent it will be better " Read full review on TripAdvisor 11/30/2011 Vote

3. The room stunk so badly of of years of cigarette smoke we left the door open.

"Overpriced, poor quality, not a great experience. " Read full review on TripAdvisor 8/1/2011 Vote

4. obviously and the room wasn't that bad either.

"Great great motel, loved it and will be staying again! " Read full review on TripAdvisor 2/14/2011 Vote

5. Cons:Loud, 24/7 traffic on Lombard street, bad isolationLots of drunk and loud kids around (weekend)Smelly roomWorn and smelly towelsOverall a very rundown placeForget the breakfast (dry donuts)Pros:CheapFree ParkingRelatively safe neighborhoodLots of nightlife opportunities near.

"Not recommendable " Read full review on TripAdvisor 9/17/2006 Vote

6. First of all, to enter room you had to insert card, hold and lift door nob a certain way to open door because nob was broken, which I never did figure out, but luckily my girlfriend did, room had bad odor, shower had obvious fungus and shower nozel fell off.

"Stay here only if you absolutely can`t afford anything else " Read full review on TripAdvisor 6/25/2006 Vote

7. This place was pretty bad, even for a budget traveler.

"Stay here only if you absolutely can`t afford anything else " Read full review on TripAdvisor 6/25/2006 Vote

8. There were two things that were really quite bad - the bed and the noise.

"Eyes wide open " Read full review on YahooTravel 5/8/2006 Vote

9. It had both good and bad features:Good:InexpensiveFree parkingQueen size beds (very comfortable)Clean roomLarge bathroom with iron and boardCoffee maker in roomAdequate space, but not roomyNext block contained many trendy international restaurantsOK neighborhood--although we didn`t go out at night, there were no homeless hanging around and it seemed safebadNOISY--you are on the main street to the Golden Gate Bridge.

"Mixed Bag " Read full review on TripAdvisor 7/17/2005 Vote