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2 out of 5
Admiral Hotel
608 O'Farrell Street, San Francisco, CA

Reviews

6.4
Rating 10 - Excellent. 28 out of 151 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 45 out of 151 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 26 out of 151 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 27 out of 151 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 25 out of 151 reviews" "

6.8/10

Cleanliness

7.0/10

Staff & service

6.8/10

Amenities

6.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

6.6/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

VÍCTOR

Liked: Cleanliness
Stayed 15 nights in Jan 2024

8/10 Good

christopher

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Admiral Hotel
This is a no frills type place so consider that when booking. Staff was very friendly. The hotel is over 100 years and you will know it but I kind of like that. This was the only place I could find within the government per diem rate. Everything else was 3-4 times more expensive. Homelessness and drug use is pervasive in the area and you will see zombies in the streets and tent encampments unfortunately at this time, however none of them bothered us or caused any concern for our safety. There is a convenient store right on the corner which is great for grabbing snacks or drinks and the bus stops right across the street.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2023

4/10 Poor

Bob

Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
No pets allied BS
Biggest complaint, hotel information stated no pets allowed. There were dogs in other rooms that were constantly barking. Hotel staff notified. They said there was nothing they could do about it 😡
Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2023

10/10 Excellent

James

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
To be perfectly honest, when we arrived at the hotel. I was a little sketchy. Looked rough outside and even in the lobby. Once we were buzzed in (security), the staff was very welcoming. Gave us great information. This is a very old apartment building with a 40’s style elevator. The room was clean and had everything we needed. There is no AC in the hotel. Remember you are in San Francisco, it really doesn’t get hot. People open their windows and have fans circulating the cool air. Overall it was a great stay. There are several small markets and restaurants close by. The shop people are extremely friendly, they all made us feel welcome. We were obviously tourists.
Stayed 7 nights in May 2023

4/10 Poor

Kelsey

Travelled with partner
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Not a great neighborhood, people revving their engines, blasting music and yelling at each other outside all night made it hard to sleep. The room cleanliness was ok (although there was one cockroach in the bathroom) but the hallways and stairwells are super dirty. Will not stay again.

8/10 Good

Joseph

Travelled with partner
Liked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Convenient location close to Union Square. Not in the nicest part of San Francisco. Hotel however did the job, it was clean and functional. Staff were helpful. Close to trams and cable cars. Quite noisy at night so bring ear plugs if you are a light sleeper! Good value for money.
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2023

8/10 Good

Dalziel

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The Admiral is budget hotel at the edge of the Tenderloin. For what it is, it is very good. The building is over 100 years old. Windows don't always shut all the way, the elevator doesn't have an automatic door, there is exposed conduit in the hallways, the shower faucet leaks. Etc. It's not Hilton. BUT, the owners have put love in, where it matters. My room (#62) was newly furnished and painted, and exceptionally clean. There was a large desk. A modern TV with many channels. Soap, shampoo, and clean towels. A fridge and a coffee maker, with free coffee. Were there strange howls from the street corner at 3 AM? Yes. There's also a midnight Taqueria and a 24 hour convenience store across the street, only a 5 minute walk to BART, and only a 10 minute walk to the Moscone Center, where I was attending a conference. The concierge called in advance when it seemed I would arrive late (delayed flight), helped me get the elevator to work, and made sure I knew how to check out early. Would I stay here again? Certainly.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2023

10/10 Excellent

Sherine

Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2023

8/10 Good

Alvaro

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Just what I expected
The room that we checked into had flies and the bathroom light was not working properly. We complained and they were able to give us another room. Be aware there is no AC unit, just fans. The bed is not so comfy. Overall a good value for your money. Muni stop is just across the street.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2022

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

cara

Clean and nice room - had a desk.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2022

8/10 Good

Marcus S

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Quaint and rustic, ear plugs a MUST
The hotel is a historical site so it has a very rustic design and feel to it. It's a little hard to tell it's a hotel at first since the awning is kinda small and inconspicuous, but the guy at the front was very nice. The room itself was nice and clean, with a fridge and microwave and cable tv, as well as the option to chrome cast. While there were no issues with the room itself, the outside area was quite loud with lots of people hanging outside and yelling throughout the night. Im a pretty sound sleeper and was on the 6th floor, but was woken up every 1-1.5 hours throughout the night. Definitely need ear plugs during the night to get a good nights sleep.
Stayed 4 nights in Jul 2022

10/10 Excellent

Jing

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
A gem hidden
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Jun 2022

10/10 Excellent

Tina

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022

10/10 Excellent

Angelina

Liked: Room comfort
Authentic budget Hotel
Once in side the hotel the room is perfect for a budget hotel. The location is walkable to the centre. But be warned you are staying on the edge of tenderloin we didn’t research this and it’s a scary area day or night. Walk down the wrong way (which we did) you are at risk! Having said that we would stay again but I would recommend you research first. Know the area. Not for single travellers or families.
Stayed 2 nights in Apr 2022

10/10 Excellent

Joshua

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Lovely hotel and a great stay!
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2022

6/10 Okay

Huiting.Tina

Stayed 1 night in Jan 2022

8/10 Good

Theodore

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities
You get what you pay for. I wasn't expecting much. Hotel smells strong of curry (on my floor anyway) dirty room, one trash can, cigarette burns on comforter, very old and stained bathtub, small staircase. The surrounding area is not the best but definitely not the worst.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021

6/10 Okay

Angel

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The sraff was very nice. Spend a little more and get a better hotel. The room had a weird smell, shower was dirty.
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

10/10 Excellent

Tam

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
clean and comfortable
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

2/10 Terrible

Yeatie

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
need to be closed down
Stayed 6 nights in Aug 2021

8/10 Good

Cassandra

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

Cassandra

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

6/10 Okay

Wilfrido

Liked: Staff & service
You get what you pay for. While the room was decent, you are on a very busy street in Tenderloin. And it was noisy. Definitely fit the bill for what I needed.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2021

2/10 Terrible

Ronald

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2021

10/10 Excellent

James

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
My favorite place to stay on a budget in SF.
I love this hotel. The rooms are always clean and beautifully decorated. Especially when compared to other hotels in the same price range, this hotel stands out as my favorite. The staff obviously care about their hotel and it shows in the clean nicely decorated rooms. If you are unfamiliar with San Francisco you should be aware that the neighborhood just a couple blocks to the south gets pretty gritty at night and even during the day you might want to avoid the Tenderloin. During the day your really pretty safe but pay attention where your strolling after dark
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2021

2/10 Terrible

Mehdi

Business traveller
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in May 2021

8/10 Good

Sarath

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
It was a wonderful overall experience. The building and everything in it are old but I should say they have done a decent job in maintaining that.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2020

2/10 Terrible

BlepsiemJ.Urbin, Los Angeles

Travelled with family
Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
It is the worst place I could choose to stay in San Francisco. There were a lot of homeless around and too much noise. I couldn't sleep well :(
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2020

10/10 Excellent

Tyler

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great Value!
Overall, the Admiral Hotel is a great value. My room was large and clean with a nice tv (a million-plus channels) and useful furniture (desk, seating chair, small table, etc.). The closet was HUGE and the bathroom had great water pressure. The staff was friendly and helpful. Housekeeping was provided upon request and was excellent. I'd definitely recommend the Admiral Hotel.
Stayed 15 nights in Nov 2020

8/10 Good

Joel

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Admirable Hotel
Great location, fair price, staff was there when I needed them.
Stayed 2 nights in Nov 2020

2/10 Terrible

Brian

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Theifs
They lied and said that I checked in when I get out this hotel is crap in this hotel is not worthy of y’all’s pills money on
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2020
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10/10 Excellent

Scott

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Nice inexpensive hotel close to SOMA and financial district. There was a lot of street noise at night.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2020

2/10 Terrible

Ilisa

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Clean and pleasant. The neighborhood is what it is, so you’ll be happier if you’re used to big city noise & street people. Everything in my room worked and was clean, water pressure and speed of heating was great, wifi was great, staff was terrific about explaining quirks of the elevator.
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2020

8/10 Good

Tommy

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities
Front desk staff was very helpful. Location was convenient for our needs,
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2020

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2020

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Business traveller
Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
bring your own toilet paper....
The hotel is old and desperately needs reconditioning. The room was acceptable and bed was fine, but bathroom was not great. The water dribbled from cold fawcet, and the cabinet had leftovers from other people’s visits. What I laughed about was the toilet paper - it was from the reject shop.... every few sheets it was cut or angled and cut so as it rolled out small pieces of paper dropped to the floor. I couldn’t believe this was even made that way.
Stayed 2 nights in Feb 2020

4/10 Poor

ThatGuy, San Francisco

Liked: Cleanliness
Disliked: Amenities
Annoying policy - No guests after 9pm. If was fine.. It was cheap. But there was nothing about this place that makes want to stay there again.
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2019

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
The staff is fairly nice. There is no parking lot for customers, and hardley any street parking. The building is old. There are a lot of people that look homeless, drunk, or on drugs.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2019

8/10 Good

Joel

Business traveller
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Rooms very clean and comfortable, hotel staff very friendly and professional close to very good restaurants and public transportation.
Stayed 1 night in Oct 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Business traveller, Travelled with partner
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property is close to Union Square and lots of Halal restaurants serving good food, convenient grocery stores nearby
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness
Located in the Tenderloin close to BART station you really don't want to be out late cuz all the riffraff on the streets. Cost much higher than what you would expect but hey that's San Francisco
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2019

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Perfect to for what we intended, Resting from a long travel day quick shower and off on a adventure to explore the city.
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2019

10/10 Excellent

Dennis M.

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great place to stay
Very pleasant stay in all regards Friendly staff
Stayed 3 nights in Jul 2019