Royal Inn Hotel

PLEASE READ IF YOURE SERIOUSLY LOOKING AT THIS PLACE TO STAY
Hello everyone. First off I would like to say that this is the absolute worst hotel that I have ever stayed in. I have slept in nicer and cleaner hostiles in Thailand. Everything from the dirty floor that you walk on, to the horribly painted walls, to the disgusting feeling warped mattresses and gross feeling bed sheets, this place was AWEFUL. Oh yea, and not to mention you have to share a public bathroom and showers with all the guests in the hotel!
I originally let my younger brother plan the hotel for the couple days after he convinced me that we should just get something cheap, thinking that we would only need somewhere to sleep because we would be out in the city all day. Turns out that this place isn’t even good enough to just sleep in for a couple hours. I wouldn’t even feel safe leaving my belongings in my room unattended.
Lastly, I would like to say that I also scheduled for two nights. Immediately after I woke up after the first night, I packed my stuff and canceled my second night with a man that barely spoke english. His name was Jay. He told me that I would have my $ 85.00 refund within 2 days of canceling. Well, it has been nearly 3 weeks and I have called every couple days trying to get my money refunded. I keep getting excuses from another employee, saying that Jay will call me back and he never has. Excuse, after excuse, after excuse, and no refund. So here I am writing this horrible review about a place that no one should EVER waste their time or money on unless you want to experience the lowest of the lows of San Francisco and listen to bum fights in the middle of the night.
oh yeah, and the pictures that they show on their page isn’t even close to what it looks like in real life. DONT BE FOOLED!

please Please PLEASE listen to what I have to say before you consider booking this cheap hotel.
I was like some of you, looking for the cheapest room I could find and still being close to the city, and thought I found a diamond in the ruff. The price is great, especially for being in the middle of SanFran BUT it is cheap for a reason! When we got there the neighborhood changed quickly from nice to nasty meaning there were bums all over the street outside, liquor stores everywhere, police sirens wailing 24/​7, and customer service was rude from the beginning. The best way I can describe the area and building is from the show HEY Arnold! You are staying in one of the apartment rooms that they live in no joke! I walked up the flight of stairs to ask the guy if we can head on in cuz parking was impossible to find and my girl wasn’t feeling comfortable and at first he said no cuz the previous tenants were still in there but after some consistency he said it’ll cost 20 or 30 extra dollars for the «rushed room service». Clearly he was trying to suck as much money as possible out of me but I needed to be inside a room ASAP so I had to agree. I had to ask the guy behind the bullet proof reception window repeatedly to speak louder because I am hard of hearing and he would smirk and repeat in the same voice or even whisper! After I pay the full $ 299 plus an extra $ 20 to get in early we got into the room and at first it was pretty decent but we started noticing all the bad things right away. There is no AC and the only heater in there is one of those ancient coil heater things (which probably was for show) and even with the window closed and the curtains drawn light and sound would always find its way in. And it wasn’t just sound, there were voices of the homeless people below the window jabbering and begging for change, police sirens were going off every 10 seconds, cars honking and screeching to a halt, it was a nightmare. Less than an hour of being there me and my girlfriend couldn’t stand it because she has bad anxiety so naturally she was feeling nervous just being in the area. Me and my other friend we were staying with walked down and asked the guy about a refund and he said no refunds. I am a civilized person I know that a refund for a hotel isn’t a possibility but my girlfriend needs to get out of there and we sank all our trip money into this. At first he said there were no refunds which is a lie (just like the no early entry «rule») because after a few minutes of arguing he tells me he can refund me but I have to pay for 1 night. When I find out he’s lying to me AGAIN I get pissed and argue til I’m blue in the face. He had no compassion for my lady’s anxiety and I was VERY irate over that so I kept arguing with him until he paid me off to leave (which was ONLY 260 out of the 320 I paid him IN CASH!) and we left ASAP.
PLEASE DO NOT BRING KIDS HERE! I saw someone say this on a quick review but I thought it was a joke. IT ISN’T!!! This place will traumatized kids or people with anxiety. The price is great, but the room is barely decent and the location and neighborhood is a horrible horrible place. There is no parking and we had to pay $ 30 to get overnight parking at a public parking lot! I don’t know the guy’s name who was behind the window but he was an Indian guy who was scroungy as fuck! This is not a hotel it is a remodeled old town apartment building. IT IS CHEAP FOR A REASON. Heed my warning! DAMN REDGAURDS!

FYI: I too public transport here so I don’t know anything about the parking situation, but it’s probably expensive.

I wish I could give this ZERO stars. Horrible experience. NOT kid friendly. NOT EVEN HUMAN FRIENDLY.
Let’s start from the beginning: does not look appealing or inviting at all. I let that slide at first because it’s an old/“historic looking”/whatever building.
Next there’s the surrounding area: Homeless/​crazies/​people on drugs/​all of the above/​whatever they are sitting against the walls & harassing you as you walk by. Walking around, yelling, cussing, etc. There’s a male entertainment club across the street, loud people coming out of there. You’d think that since there’s a police station not even a block or two away this would be a little more under control. HAHA. Nope.
Let’s talk about the inside of the building: There’s probably 300 stairs to get to any given room. Weird people lurking around every corner in the shadows. Smells like smoke and weed. The floors look like they’re caving in and ready to collapse. No clear directions on what rooms are where. Dirty, old, unattractive, unsafe looking.
The room: the door has a dead bolt but no chain, not good enough if you ask me, considering everything I previously stated. The bathroom door has a cheap pathetic latch because the the regular lock on the handle no longer even reaches the door jam. The floor is caving in. The closet door also won’t close & has no latch. Windows were cracked open when we got here and won’t close. Seriously, windows that won’t close in windy SF? Refrigerator didn’t look very clean inside. There is NO trash can. Really??? And probably as a result of that, old trash in various places throughout the room. (NASTY) A used roll of dirty toilet paper. (DISGUSTING). Horrible experience. Unfortunately we brought my 7 month old son here. HUGE mistake. Never letting my husband book a hotel again. PLEASE DO NOT BRING YOUR KIDS HERE. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE.
I’ve stayed at much cheaper motels/​hotels/​inns that were the Hilton compared to this place. It’s pathetic. Many inexcusable things. No one should suffer through staying here. Not even if there are no more available rooms in SF. Do not torture yourself and stay here. I beg if you.

Do not stay here unless every hotel within 50 miles have sold out. Even then, you might consider sleeping inside your car parked at some 24 hour store. Nearest parking garage will be a block away and will cost you anywhere from $ 30-​$ 60. So if you calculate the parking cost to the reservation cost, it will no longer be your cheapest stay.
My story… the reservation showed up as cheapest with $ 79 a night. Came in from out of town around midnight. Wasn’t familiar with the area so I had to call the hotel to find out where I can park. He sent me through several garages which turned me away. While trying to guide me to other garages, he sent me through a one-​way street into oncoming traffic. After about an hour of looking for parking, I finally called the hotel reservation app for a refund. Gladly the app was able to cancel the reservation without penalties. From mere exhaustion, I tried my luck at a Best Western half a mile away. By now I was ready to pay anything just to get a good night’s sleep without worries. The cost was $ 140 per night but included parking and security.
I do not enjoy leaving negative reviews. If my experiences were bad, I usually just won’t leave any good reviews. However, I think it would be helpful for those looking to stay here to know what is to be expected. Locals may know and comprehend the situation but out-​of-​towners like myself will struggle. If you add the cost of parking to the cost of the reservation, you’ll end up paying the same for a better located hotel.

DO NOT STAY HERE! Terrible experience, place is surrounded by homeless people. Me and my girlfriend found this place through Priceline and were unable to cancel our reservation upon laying our eyes on this place. We decided to stay the night since it was already late and did not want to drive the city looking for another motel. The room itself isn’t terrible if you can stand the police sirens at night and the loud noise made by all the hoodlums in the street. This place does not look or feel like a hotel at all, more like a homeless shelter for the poor.

DON’T WASTE YOUR MONEY, TIME, OR SANITY. Homeless roaming the streets outside the hotel and inside the hotel, I didn’t sleep at all due to the homeless residents shouting in the halls throughout the night. Our shower didn’t work, so we used cups to pour water over our heads. There were cockroaches crawling around on the floor. The bath tub had water already in it when we got into the room as if it hadn’t been cleaned. We booked through
and the rooms are NOT what they appear to be online. The only reason we didn’t leave that night is because we got into San Fran around 9pm and at that point we figured we would make the best of it… didn’t work out that way. The hotel seems to be more of a homeless shelter than an actual hotel. Very sketchy, do not stay here.