We ended up at the Hotel Bijou through hotwire.com, and after reading some of the reviews I was nervous. We arrived early and wanted to drop off our luggage, but we were pleasantly surprised at being allowed to check in early. The hotel is a bit worn, and the rooms are dated, but they were clean (although very small). My... More

Have to say was alittle nervous about hotel from reading reviews, however upon arrival these went away!! The location is excellent right next to the BART line, Westfield shopping centre and 3 min walk from union square. Hotel staff was fantastic very helpful and nice, hotel room was clean and nice. Unfortunately homelessness is a huge problem in San fran... More

We stayed here 3 nights and it was the first hotel of our vacation so we were hoping for a good sleep to recover from jet lag. But it was far from being a good welcome! We arrived at 10 pm and the first thing we saw was a shopping cart loaded with rags parked in front of the entrance... More

I was only able to get 1 hr of sleep because of all the police activity outside. The area was literally abuzz with sporadic police sirens until 3am! I was exhausted the next day. Not such a good thing considering that I was running the San Francisco Marathon. The location of the hotel doesn't justify its price tag. More

This place is a hot mess. The instant you walk into the room the first thought that comes to mind is "GET ME OUTTA HERE!" Everything is terrible from the TV with no video jack to the bathroom where you could hear someone in the next room taking a dump to the uncomfortable twin beds. We actually spotted stains on... More

Hotel Bijou is a really nice hotel in a very good position. In only two/three minutes on foot you can reach powell street, where you can jump on the cable car or other buses. In five/eight minutes on foot you are in Union square. The room we had was very small and a little cold, but clean, confortable and quiet.... More

We booked our room at the Bijou as a Mystery Hotel from BookIt.com and did not know what to expect. We couldn't have been more delighted, this boutique hotel was in the area that we wanted it to be, had been recently redecorated so everything was clean, fresh and Kitchy. The lobby has a small movie theatre, we did our... More

Check-in was hassle free. Staff tried to answer all questions and was helpful. Lobby and rooms are appointed nicely. Clean room and bathrooms; fairly updated rooms. Negative: someone caused a "prank" fre alarm while I was there, in the middle of the night, which forced everyone outside. It took about 30 minutes before we were back in our rooms. Also,... More

We stayed here for three nights and on all three mornings we had cold showers. The first morning was very cold water due to a maintenance failure per the front desk - OK, these things do happen. However, the next two mornings when we got up at 8:30am, the hot water had run out, leaving very cool water. The heater... More