I booked this hotel in March 2013 after it received such good reviews by fellow travellers.
The benefit was the free wifi and hot breakfast included in the rate but the fine print was not advertised...

I did note one of the reviews stated no wifi however this review was not dated so I assumed the hotels website was accurate when they stated free wifi. They did not state that the wifi was only available in the foyer of the hotel!!!

The 'hot breakfast' (available from 6:30am and closing very promptly at 9:30am) consisted of scrambled eggs and a sausage pattie thing. This certainly met the 'hot' criteria but if you love your breakfast then don't get too excited about this place.

We also had a vehicle to park. The only parking available at the hotel is valet parking at $45 + tax per night. The hotel's own website http://www.hiefishermanswharf.com/specials stated half price valet parking during weekday stays. The link to book this 'special' did not work. Nor did any of the other links.
When we came to check in we explained this. They seemed not to believe me and had never heard of this special. I showed the reception on my iPad and the woman went to get the manager. They both sat there analysing my iPad and checking other sites to ensure that I hadn't crafted their page not to open. How insulting!
Then the manager advised that he would have to contact IT as it appeared that the page was not working. (You think?!). Confirmed that he would not be able to honour the half price parking as we had booked through a third party website. Despite us not being able to book through their page!
He also mentioned that the 'special' was priced at $180 on average per night. This was a mark up which covers the price of the parking anyway.

Another annoyance I have experienced was the cleaner vacuuming the hall and banging the room door at 8:30am. My travelling companions thought that he was going to bust into their room just as they came out of the shower. When I went downstairs for breakfast, I passed the cleaner who was vacuuming outside the lifts with no nozzle attached the the vacuume! Just the pipe of the vacuume cleaner.

Laundry facilities were also advertised as being available in the garage. This is actually a block distance walk from the elevators.

Who is running this place? You should be ashamed.

We stayed at the Holiday Inn and was pleasantly surprised. It was very clean, beds were so comfortable, the staff were very friendly and accomodating. Location, location, location - Fantastic. We've stayed in Holiday Inn accomodation previously and have loved all of them. We would stay at this one again for sure.

During January this year we brought a school group from Australia to San Francisco for a major school excursion. Having run this trip previously, and stayed at the Holiday Inn Express Fishermans Wharf, there was no question about where we would stay this year. The hotel is fantastic, with very polite and obliging staff where nothing is too much trouble. The breakfast is a quick way to get the day started (particularly for school students) and the rooms were perfect for our group. Having the hotel close to all the tourist attractions, eateries, and Fishermans Wharf made our logistics much easier, as many things were in walking distance. Highly recommended.

We stayed at this hotel for three nights and found the location excellent.
The staff were very friendly the room was clean and had everything we needed and the breakfast included in the rate was superb.
I would definately stay here again if we went back to San Francisco.