The Clift Royal Sonesta Hotel

Great location next to Union Square. Staff were really nice and super helpful.

The bathroom - really old and grotty shower.

The humongous bed and comfy pillows. The staff are friendly and professional. We didn’t eat breakfast or dinner at the hotel, but had room service once and although it was extortionately expensive ($29 for a club sandwich once all the additional charges were added) it was nice.

The hotel is soon to undergone a massive renovation and I think it shows. It is a tired hotel but it was clean and comfortable nonetheless. It’s our honeymoon so I think we were hoping to be wowed by the hotel, but it’s a bit of a ‘Instagram vs. Reality’ situation, but only this time, it’s the photos on booking.com vs. reality. We’ve no idea what the hotel looks like on the outside, it’s covered in scaffolding. We haven’t been affected by any preparatory work, but I think we both feel a bit let down by our stay here for the cost of the room. There are better locations too, and in hindsight, I think we would choose to stay further out of SF because being in this specific location didn’t add any benefit to our stay.