8/10 Good
William
Travelled with partner
15 Dec 2024
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
This was a much better experience than I had anticipated. We booked two nights as we went to see Hamilton at the Orpheum Theater, which is just down the street.
We live in the Central Valley and drove to the BART station at Dublin/Pleasanton and took the train to the Civc Center stop which was right next to the hotel (yotel?)
The hotel itself was very nice and…I’m not sure the right word…upscale isn’t the correct description, although the hotel is quite nice. The only thing I can think of is “yuppy”, but I don’t want to use this in a derogatory way. EVERYTHING here is very minimal. You check yourself in, make your own key, and all that. There is one person in the lobby to help, and they were very helpful. Our room was a queen bed on the 9th floor and it was very clean, but very small. It being small isn’t a big deal, but there is no clear wall or boundary between the bathroom and bedroom which was a little unpleasant. The gym in the basement had a good variety of clean and well kept equipment.
Outside the hotel is definitely sketchy as heck, but just keep your head on a swivel and you’ll be ok. Lots of homeless and people with mental health issues walking around. We walked about a 1/2 mile to Union Square at night and didn’t feel completely unsafe. The next night we walked to the Orpheum as well. We also had the chance to take a Waymo driverless car to Pier 39. That was a neat experience.
I’d stay here again.
William
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2024