My husband and I spent four nights at the Doubletree Berkeley Marina recently and really liked it. The location was both scenic and convenient--a short drive to the UC campus/downtown Berkeley area and an even shorter one to the great 4th Street shops and cafes or the Marina restaurants; plus one of the main local freeways (580 to Oakland/San Francisco) invisible from the hotel, but a stone's throw away. We enjoyed the view from our room of the marina and the Berkeley hills and one night when my husband's back was giving him trouble, he soaked it away in the jacuzzi and I took a refreshing late night dip in the indoor pool. Because we were pinching pennies, we avoided the hotel restaurant, assuming it was expensive. On our last morning, though, my husband went down to look at the menu and was pleasantly surprized. We ate a great breakfast, received excellent service, and had fun watching the activity on the marina--all at a reasonable price. My only complaints are that the bathroom was a little tight on space and lacked a fan.