Touchstone Hotel, San Francisco, Bad

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Out of 493

Touchstone Hotel	Average Price: $108 Check Rates

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480 Geary Street

San Francisco, 94102 View map

2-Star Hotel Rank: 31 of 119
Average review rating: 2.7

OpinionWell Value Index: 2

Traveler reviews analyzed: Expedia (28) , TripAdvisor (115) , YahooTravel (8)

SAFE TO BOOK ? (1/5 issues found)

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Construction:	No recent comments about construction were found.
Noise:	Recent comments complained about noise.
Room Smell:	No recent comments about room smell were found.
Parking Fees:	No recent comments about parking fees were found.
Bed Bugs:	No recent comments about bed bugs were found.

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1. My bad for not figuring that into the whole deal.

"Pretty ok " Read full review on TripAdvisor 4/11/2012 Vote

2. I could hear footsteps and doors opening & shutting from the adjacent rooms, but nothing too bad that kept me up at night.

"Very nice little hotel in the middle of Union Square " Read full review on TripAdvisor 4/9/2012 Vote

3. All in all, not a bad place to stay if you are solo or with a partner/friend and is just there to visit and enjoy the sites of SFO.

"Great Location, Decent Value " Read full review on TripAdvisor 6/26/2011 Vote

4. The good:- near union square- reasonable price- clean- free turtle wifiThe bad:- very very slow wifi - few tv channels- no free breakfast but there are breakfast places in the vicinity- room is small bathroom is tiny- old hotel, slow elevator can only accomodate 3 pax- homeless people roaming outside the hotel- can't sleep well due to all sort of noise outside.

"Good and bad " Read full review on TripAdvisor 4/5/2011 Vote

5. It is a way to prevent bad surprises.

"best option on it's price range - way better than big hotel chains " Read full review on TripAdvisor 10/14/2010 Vote

6. I read reviews on how awful the place was, but I have to say that David's is not that bad.

"Great budget hotel " Read full review on TripAdvisor 8/10/2010 Vote

7. I think I've gotten used to staying in business hotels rather than the hostels I used to stay in ten years ago in college, which is probably a bad thing.

"Good service, clean but old and worn room, amazing location " Read full review on TripAdvisor 7/7/2010 Vote

8. I was scared of the bad reviews, but I guess it is a matter of perception and expectation.

"Clean, cheap, great breakfast at David`s " Read full review on TripAdvisor 3/18/2010 Vote

9. It was clean but smell bad I think because it's old.

"For the price, the location was good " Read full review on Expedia 9/15/2009 Vote

10. After reading all the bad reviews we were slightly nervous about booking this hotel but our budget dictated it.

"We Loved this hotel! " Read full review on TripAdvisor 7/22/2009 Vote