This is an older hotel that has not been kept up well. The elevators are ancient and frightening to ride in. Our room was very out-dated and dirty. There was hair on my pillow when we got to the room that was not mine and the bathroom had bugs in the tub! I would never stay here again, nor would I recommend anyone else stay here. On the plus side, the hotel has HBO and is close to UC-Berkeley...but that's about all it has going for it.

If location is your only criteria, this is the place to be. If cleanliness, quiet and comfort are on your list, KEEP SEARCHING. This is a tired, worn out and used up hotel which needs some fresh air, renovation and a housekeeping staff that has been trained. Definitely a Third World experience right smack dab in the middle of a city that deserves better.

The hotel is very dank and dingy. Room was in terrible shape with carpet stains, plaster falling off wall and a very uncomfortable bed. The shower didn't work so they moved me to another room that wasn't even made up. Finally moved me to another floor. There is no hotel parking so they say they you can purchase a validation sticker for $16 instead of the $28 the public parking facility charges. One problem, they always run out of validation stickers so you still have to pay the $28.

Poor service and very rude staff.

Will never stay there again.

E-mail to local news paper.
On a recent visit to bay area, from Cape Cod, my son and I spent a few days driving down to montery and Santa Cruz and north to Mt Tampalpasis and point Reyes. After climbing hills, we ended up in berkeley our favourate place. Berkeley is incredibly diverse: the great mix of people, topography,architecture and business. We ended up at grand Hotel Shattuck Plaza witha nice room at reasonable rate, with Saturday morning seeing me comfortably reading your great paper in the hotel lobby. topping off this long overdue Berkeley visit, was the forgotten computer charger, but no problem, management quickly (Avi) quickly dropped it of in mail for us. Now I could just get the rest of my family to move to berkeley..........