STAY AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Was a very LOUD location and was totally outdated. They had tried to paint but like my title says its like putting lipstick on a pig!! Total waist of cash. Find a girl/guy and stay at there place. That may be the one good thing that came of this. I am now staying at my lady friends home... More

Stayed January 2012. Perfectly located for taking the Bart from the airport. Lobby is deceiving as it is the best part of the hotel. That said, the corridors and rooms are dated but perfectly functional - old but clean. Staff all very friendly. Wifi throughout hotel with reasonable speed. Breakfast is poor, a coffee and some not very nice pastries.... More

I stayed at the Powell while attending a conference nearby. It didn't start well. And I really don't like to complain but.... The cab driver dropped us at the Cyril Magnin entrance where we were promptly greeted not by the hotel staff, but a few homeless people asking for money and giving us a hard time. When we got inside,... More

A huge conference in SF forced me to the Powell in January 2012. The staff were fine, free WiFi was welcome but otherwise the hotel lacks almost everything. The location is very good at the base of the Powell/Mason cable car turntable, BART stop and the shops but that is simply not enough to bother even considering it. A room... More

Union square and cable car steps away.... hotel is wedged between Cyril magnin and powell streets, you can actually walk though the hotel between streets. The cable car turn around is just steps away out the door! The staff was friendly and room is great deal in historic 1908 hotel. Hotel has recently been renovated with nice modern deco. Rooms... More

We stayed at the Powell Hotel Jan. 20,21 2012. You really are made to feel special by the front desk staff when checking in. They were helpful with suggestions of dining places, getting a fax sent and parking somewhere other than their hotel to save us $$. The 5th floor room was clean and even had a walk-in closet in... More

Stayed there for a conference for a week in late august. Somehow the stay started strangely. Got stuck somewhere and reached at 3am. Had sent a message earlier in the evening not to give my room to someone as i would be late. When reached, the reception guy found that my room had been assigned to someone else, and the... More

Clean and in a great location for shopping or business....but SF is so run down it's hard to imagine anywhere nice! 1st class front desk folk, rooms have flat screen TV, free interent connection,coffee and I had a fridge not sure if that is standard, very quite except the idiot next door that did not believe in respecting other guests... More

Booked on Hotwire--can't expect the best room they have but... The room was in pretty rough shape. Sinked barely drained. Sink's mounting to wall and floor was unstable and wobbly. Unskilled laborer's layers and layers of paint over what was once likely interesting moulding, millwork, and fixtures. Threadbare carpet with longest frays almost two inches long. Great location. I don't... More