Sutter-Larkin Hotel

This place should just be avoided. The shared bathrooms are always filthy, there is no heat in the building, the manager is extremely racist (openly so towards blacks and asians) and anti-​american. You won’t get packages that are delivered to the building because apparently they don’t accept them. The rooms are filthy… just overall a bad experience.

Totally creepy. The manager is a pervert and will enter rm while u r sleeping… no to mention you better have an extra $ 30 for a key dep.!heck no,

Wow, I didn’t know this sketchy place was on Unilocal!I gave it the name «Bedbug Central» back in 2007, and it is still known to me and my friends as Bedbug Central. Lol. I lived there over a year but when I changed rooms the new room was infested with bedbugs — it was a nightmare. The manager and landlord didn’t take me seriously, they tried to blame me. I had to call in the Department of Public Health. The landlord still wouldn’t do anything about the problem, in fact, they moved me to another room where the problem was even worse. I didn’t stick around after that, I got out of there as quick as I could, and without all my stuff — all my stuff had to go in a freezer for three days before it got returned to me.
Since then I’ve become a paralegal and a volunteer counselor at a local non profit that deals with tenant issues. Wish I had known then what I know now! All the times my friend had to come by and pack up all my clothes and blankets and sheets and drag them to the laundry across the street — every single time a bedbug was found. This went on for months.
Hopefully the place has cleaned up. But it will always be Bedbug Central to me. Lol. Thank goodness I’ve had better luck with living situations since then.
Had there been Unilocal reviews on this place back in 2007, I would have given it negative stars for slum-​lord-​i-​ness.

Yep, This is definately the spot… cool décor, sweet home cooking aroma and nice folks,…My stay here was pleasant although a bit noisy due to traffic outside, however I was offered a room on the quieter side of the building. 255/​week and no bedbugs seems like a winner for me… See ya’ll next year on my next vacation

OK not really sure if it should get 5 but it defiantly isn’t a 2. I’m staying here right now while I look for a new place and having stayed at or seen some of the other weekly hotels I have to say this is my favorite. The interior is nice enough that you won’t be embarrassed bringing friends over. My room has no smell and a small but very decent TV. The owners have been super helpful (if human and at times a little slow to deliver on a few small things). The bed is very nice (if a little noisy for certain vigorous activities) the neighbors seem chill (and a cpl hotties) and pretty much keep to themselves.
I pay $ 270 a wk for double occupancy witha shared bath room. I’ve never had to wait for the shower and the worst problem is some of the people that use it get the floor all wet. Guess they don’t know how to shut the door. But the water has an awesome flow and stays really hot.
The neighborhood is a little sketchy but hey you want to live in the real SF don’t you. Also great restaurants and some decent bars and clubs within a few blocks.
If you need a place for a cpl wks or even a month come and check this place out.
Oh the only thing I’d really take a star off for is the WiFi sucks balls. I might give them a decent router and help configure it just so I can actually use the internet.

I stayed at this place a few months ago and I have to say it is the WORST hotel I ever stayed in
makes the Eula Hotel on 16^th and Mission seem like a luxury hotel and that’s not saying much.
First of all the shared bathroom when I was there was really really gross… they don’t have a regular maid there so they just clean it like once a week or whenever they feel like. Second, the manager was very rude to me and seemed very nosey. Third the people that stay there were creepy… When I was using the shared internet in the hall some creep down the hall yelled some obscene insults at me for no particular reason other than being an a-​hole. People can be very loud & rude at that place and very unfriendly. Also this place is not very cheap like other people say… $ 280 a week for a room that looked like it has’nt been maintained well?! (I found garbage underneath my bed) and the fact that you have to share the bathroom makes that price so not worth it. Plus while I was there I saw BED BUGS. You’re better off getting a room across the street at the Harcourt Hotel… a much better place that has maids clean the bathrooms on a daily basis and with a much friendlier staff. Plus for $ 270 you can get a private bathroom at the Harcourt.
STAY AWAY FROM THIS PLACE, IT SUCKS… yes it is that bad. Do not, I repeat, do not waste your money here.

Okay, first, the price is very cheap, that’s why you come here. The three dollar signs up there are not accurate, the place at its most expensive is less than 30 dollars a night. That’s cheap.
Now, the thing is, at the price range, its temporary housing, this means that by no fault of the owner, a lot of the clientele is going to be low-​rent types. People who are there are generally there because they are either:
a) Moving
b) Looking for a place
c) Living there because it’s cheap
The c part is what is going to attract random people. It’s just part of the price. The owner does his best to keep a lock-​down on things, and questioned me when I had some friends over before the bars to make sure they weren’t staying there, he definitely seemed like he genuinely cared about the place (his family does LIVE there), so he does what he can, but it’s just a price range where you’re going to get all types.
Now, let me give you some advice and some insights on how a seasoned traveler handles this place.
1) Their bedding is really mediocre, if you are moving, bring blankets with you, bring them there, easy solution. If you’re traveling, that may suck, however, how much time do you spend in your room.
2) Ask to see the advertised room first and bring a print copy of the Craigslist advertisement. Should be from 160 to 175 starting for a week. That is very, very cheap. Try to get a room on the right side as you come up the stairs, or a room straight ahead, or straight behind the stairs. Learn to negotiate price.
3) Shared bathroom was clean when I was there. No toilet paper though. Solution. There’s a dollar store next door that sells toilet paper for 75 cents, cash. There you go.
4) Your neighbors may or may not be noisy. My first day it was perfect, the next two I had some crazy lady next door blasting gospel at 3am. Solution. Ear plugs, Walgreens is a block up Larkin, go there and get ear plugs and then it doesn’t matter, you’ll sleep and odds are your alarm will still wake you up if you have a good phone/​clock.
5) The reason this gets three stars is because at this price range your other options are finding a random room in a house on craigslist, spending double at a different hotel, or visiting a similar, but shadier hotel with a similar shared bathroom setup. A week at this hotel will run you anywhere from 23 – 27 dollars a day. You’re not going to beat that price.
Also, the location is awesome, from here you can walk to nearly anywhere you would want to go in SF in less than 15 minutes.
I also asked the owner if he could hook up a special rate for friends I have visiting. I could look into that for you if you send me a message.

I was absolutely disgusted as soon as I came in. If I was not desperate for a place to stay ASAP, I would have never chosen this place. The smell is fine if you’re a smoker, but my room smelled like cigarettes like the smell was absorbed into the carpet! Honestly, I was disgusted but the showers more than the actual toilet room. I could hardly rest at night due to the sound of loud music seeping through the floors and the walls… also, at odd times of the day I’d here persistent banging on the walls. The owners were new and there are signs around saying they are undergoing renovations, but I never seen anyone doing anything to improve the place. Lastly, the only reason I checked the place out in the first place was due to an ad I saw posted on CRAIGSLIST. The picture showed a great room with a TV, I got there and it was nothing of the sort, nor was there a TV. MISLEADING to say the least… the pricing was iffy too… the posting at craigslist insisted the room was $ 175 no tax… etc, and when I arrived not only did the owner not know I was coming (there must be terrible communication because I called and spoke with someone who confirmed pricing and everything), but asked for me to pay a little more than the post suggested PLUS a $ 25 key deposit.
I’d say with how much you’re paying and how little you’re getting… pay like $ 25 dollars more elsewhere and get a room with a private bathroom and TV!