I travel to San Francisco periodically for business and this is my new favorite place. It's just off Union Square, but more reasonably priced. It's clean, well appointed and the service is great. The hotel restaurant is in the process of new management...and we didn't bother with it at all. Breakfast room service was good, but the local restaurants were much more interesting for lunch and dinner.

The Orchard is in a great location between Nob Hill and Union Square. The front desk staff was very friendly and professional. I found this hotel on Trip Advisor and they happened to have a discounted rate ($127) since I booked just a few days before Our Saturday arrival. Valet parking was $46 including tax but had fast service with in-and-out privileges.

I took one point off the cleanliness only because when we arrived at 2pm the room smelled pretty heavily of air freshner which always makes me leery of some kind of cover-up... And also it seemed to go against the "green" designation , but it was definitely clean.
Super comfy bed. Old TV with no channel guide. The expected crazy expensive mini fridge items. Very roomy bathroom, although ours was an ADA accessible room, so not sure if they are all that big. The room was pretty small as is the norm for city properties.

I would definitely recommend this hotel and will stay here again when the opportunity comes up.

The hotel is a little out of the way but not a bad option when everything else is sold out or over-priced. It was a little challenging to find on foot the first time walking up on Stockton but then I realized I needed to take the stairs to the overpass above to get to Bush.
The staff were friendly and the room was spacious and clean.

There are not taxi's readily available, so unlike other SF hotels, you have to give yourself 5-10 minutes extra for them to call a taxi over for you.

If you like something in a more neighborhoody feel that is still within walking distance of everything, this is your hotel.

My wife and I stayed for 5 nights at the hotel enroute further north, and while the location was perfect for access to cable cars and Union Square, and shopping, the failure to provide guests with prior information about the virtual closure of the hotel restaurant for dinner was a distinct disappointment. We had chosen the hotel for the location, and particularly because the weather can be unpredictable in San Francisco, and we wished to have access to a restaurant within the hotel in such an event. A few sandwich-style meals could be purchased but nothing as advertised in the hotel web site. Talking to hotel staff, we were told the reason for the restarurant not opening for full service was because the new menu had not yet been finalised - however this situation had been ongoing we were told for many months.

We also wished to have breakfast served in our room, and we were happy to pay for the additional room service charge (and did), notwithstanding the cost of the breakfast was included in the accommodation charge. There was difficulty in explaining to the hotel staff, and confusion occurred over three days until they finally understood our request, which frankly for a CBD hotel In San Francisco our request should have been a non event.

We can recommend the hotel on the basis of its location, but the restaurant and breakfast issues made us think perhaps we should have booked elsewhere as accommodation in the CBD is competitive.