SW Hotel

Amazing customer service and super clean! Better than some 5 stars hotels. Thank you! We will be back!

The reviews here about SW hotel are quite spot on.
Its not a vacation hotel. Its a place to sleep and thats it. The location is close to good restaurants, although it might get crowded and noisy at its peak hours. Alot of things happening outside, but hey what do you expect, its a busy Chinatown area with a lot of strip clubs.
The hotel room itself is small but well kept and clean. No bedbugs. I was worried about that since SF hotels are notorious with bed bugs. Housekeeping is excellent.
Noise level depends on where you are. Pick an internal room away from the street side. The room walls are thin, so expect to hear even the slightest conversation from the next room.
They have a simple breakfast menu mostly cereals bread jam and coffee. Good staff too, always helpful.

This is a 3-​star hotel facility with 5-​star customer service. This is not a luxury hotel. It is a decent hotel that Provides the bare basics. You get a clean room, doesn’t smell, clean bed, clean towels. The staff is really nice. I recommend it for young people who like to party and are not bothered by late night noise.
Not a family type area or hotel. If you need a place for the kids to run and your tween or teen to wander off and hang out in the lobby to play on their phone by themselves — this is not the place. There is no pool, spa, convenient hotel store to buy amenities you forgot. There is a bed, a bath, a toilet, small tv and small fridge in your room. The lobby is small. Made to check in and out at front desk. That’s it.
I would stay again if I just needed a clean place to store my stuff and sleep. If I was planning for a restful and relaxing vaca — this is not it. Great location for sightseeing but not a peaceful place to relax.
My honest review of my 2-​night stay Fri-​Sun back in Oct 2015. Here is the good, bad, weird, and ugly:
Good– location is in Chinatown and close proximity to little Italy, Japan town, and the pier. There is limited secure parking, friendly staff, clean room, fridge in the room, decent room rates, it is in an area ideal for adult nightlife, great food within steps of the hotel. Also, due to the nightlife, most places are open late night. So if you have a craving or the munchies you can literally walk across the street and buy a hamburger at Sam’s at 1 am.
Bad– continental breakfast is not much. Coffee is bland and they give you bread with a toaster. I remember seeing a peanut butter jar… rooms small, a lot of outside noise. Partying outside by strip clubs and bars starts at 9 pm and goes strong through 2 am. Windows and walls are not sound proof.
Weird– this hotel still uses KEYS. That’s right, not card keys but a key-​key. That’s old school. They charge you $ 20 if you lose your key. I’m used to just tossing my key card. So I was paranoid about losing my key during this trip.
Ugly– first night (Friday) I was kept awake by bad karaōke singing from the Bow Bow cocktail bar. My room was on the 4^th floor facing Grant St. So you may want to request a room not facing Grant. At 2 am I heard gunshots. Maybe 5 shots. Then it was completely silent. Before this there was yelling, people laughing, cars honking… then pop pop pop pop pop and it was like the whole world stopped. So quiet until police sirens. Then around 2:30−3am a series of Streep sweeper trucks and garbage trucks. Again if you are a deep sleeper and don’t mind the noise then this place isn’t so bad.
Anyway, I used to live off Paradise Road in Modesto. So gunshots and police choppers are familiar to me.

Good location, good price, owners fixation on lighting savings keeps it from being perhaps 5 stars

Perfect hotel for the price. The hotel staff are very friendly and helpful and the entire hotel/​guest rooms are very clean. The rooms are on the smaller side, but are perfect for sleeping/​showering. The location was great… short walking distance to everything in downtown SF. Complementary breakfast is served too (cereal, toasts, muffins, coffee and juice). If you need complete silence to sleep, this might not be the place for you. You do hear some city noise, but I prefer to hear noise since I’m from a large city. Great stay, and would definitely stay again.

The SW hotel was a perfect hotel for our stay in San Francisco. The hotel is close to everything we did during our stay. Fishermen’s wharf and Alcatraz were just short walk away. The staff was friendly and the hotel was very clean.

This is by no means a luxury hotel, but it is in a great location. Don’t get me wrong, I was a little worried considering the amount of strip clubs around this place and the fact that our room smells like pork lomein due to all of the Chinese restaurants outside, but I couldn’t have picked a better location. Our room is a decent size, it is clean, the bed is acceptable and it didn’t break the bank. Bottom line is that I would stay here again.

Great location in Chinatown, very reasonably priced for San Francisco. Rooms aren’t especially fancy, but are clean and have all the necessities. Breakfast is basic, but there’s so many food options around the hotel this is hardly a drawback. Staff friendly and helpful. The area around the hotel is pretty lively at night, so if you want perfect peace and quiet this is not the best place to stay, but if you want a reasonably priced hotel in an interesting neighbourhood then I thoroughly recommend it.

Clean is the only thing going for this place. Ask for an internal room, you don’t want windows facing the club. There was no parking to be had in north beach. Drove around for almost 2 hours looking. The rock like bed messed my neck up for the day. The club next door got quiet by about 10, but between the constant honking at 2am and hoards of drunks turned out on the street, we weren’t sleeping much anyway. Will not stay here again.
Oh good, someone started music again at 8:00 on the dot.

The location was perfect. So many restaurants within walking distance! Sam’s and the Vietnamese place across the street were great! Easy walk to BART, Embarcadero, Lombard Street, the financial district, etc.
The rooms were extremely clean and comfortable. Very simple, but the rooms were bright and cheery. The one issue is that the walls are extremely thin. Not an issue for us, but the first night, someone complained about us being loud, and we were talking at a normal volume at 1015pm. Which leads me to the next part… the staff.
Every single person we encountered were helpful, friendly, and professional, but one person stood out. Annie works at night. It was about 1130pm on our first night and as we were coming back in after a short walk, we mentioned the complaint to the front desk. Annie switched our room to one where we wouldn’t have neighbors that we would bother. She explained that a lot of guests are international, and their sleep is important after a long flight. She also stressed how important it was for us to enjoy ourselves. She also recommended restaurants that were spot on. So helpful and kind. SW should give her a raise for making us feel so at home.
We will definitely be back!

The beds are made of CEMENT! Funky, extremely small and the garage was full so my wife and I had to park 4 blocks away and was told we would’ve been charged $ 30 a night if the garage had space! AFTER paying $ 200 a night for a room a little bigger than a closet. I’d rather get a nice, safe, clean room 20 miles away and drive where I need to go. I rate this 0 stars. 4 star Hotel?! I WOULD’NT GIVE IT 4 ENVELOPES!

Coming into SF for a national meeting meant that every hotel in the vicinity was more ridiculously priced than usual. We were able to book this hotel on orbitz for 208/​night before taxes.
Luckily it was pretty much walking distance from anything we needed. 20 mins to the Moscone Center where are meeting was, 20 mins from Fisherman’s Warf and Ghiradelli Square. Around the block from Chinatown and northbeach. Overall, a great location.
They also have a few nice amenities including complimentary wifi and breakfast (cereal, muffins, juice and coffee. Nothing sans gluten, but great for all my coresidents). The front desk is kind and curious. English wasn’t fantastic, but certainly good enough to get the job done.
The rooms are pretty small but have comfortable beds, a mini fridge, a small closet, vanity, and under the bed storage. The bathroom was clean and stocked with the usuals. Water didn’t get very hot and had very minimal water pressure. All was well within my basic requirements in a hotel with one exception, the noise passage through the walls and under the adjoining door to a room with unknown occupants was a little ridiculous. Coughing could be heard all night, any talking, at night even loud whispering. Luckily my neighbors didn’t like the tv on all night or anything, but it was still really uncomfortable hearing so much of their privacy, and assuming they were hearing mine!
Overall I would definitely stay here again if need be, as the location is great and you can certainly be quite comfortable. Caution considering the noise travel as my stay could have been miserable if I’d had different neighbors. Also, price seemed a bit high to me for what you get.

Staff was friendly and very helpful. Room was really small but clean and we’ll kept. Continental breakfast was pretty pathetic but I don’t really care about the food. Close to cable cars as Pier 39. I was only there for 2 nights but I would definitely stay there again.

It lies on the border to several very different neighborhoods. On one side are streets lined with Asian markets. A block away is a small Italian area. Down the street, the neon lights from many strip clubs glow at night.
The room was simple. It was small but that wasn’t a concern for me. It was clean and maintained. The hotel was quiet at most hours.
Direct access to public transportation. Easily within walking distance to many attractions and sights. The hotel offers a very inexpensive shuttle to SFO.
Staff was helpful and gave good advice/​directions.
I never worried about my safety in the surrounding area.
The included breakfast was basic. The coffee was terrible. Several times I skipped it and opted for an early lunch elsewhere.
The price was the best I could find for the location.

Clean rooms, and public areas. Walking distance to many San Fran attractions and neighborhoods Was within walking distance to the start of Wipro marathon too

Staff were extremely helpful with providing directions, parking solutions, and general hospitality. While not a 5-​star resort, this establishment is clean, comfortable, and an overall excellent value for its location. The rooms are of a sufficient size, and the bathrooms surprisingly open. The continental breakfast was cute and the dining area rich with historical charm. The employees obviously take pride in their work. If you’re young and traveling on a budget, this hotel is an absolute treat. We will be booking a room again.

I don’t think we could have done better.
The price of the room was reasonable, the staff was helpful, the place was clean, and there was parking in the hotel’s underground garage.
The location is amazing if you are a tourist in San Francisco. Chinatown meets Little Italy meets Jack Kerouac’s beatnik hangouts meets strip clubs. All of them a few steps from this hotel. We knew we were someplace special.
The lack of a 5^th star — because the rooms are small and the breakfast (included in the room price) was continental — just cereals, pastries, coffee, juice.

SIMPLY WONDERFUL
I can’t rave enough about the SW! It is clean, stylish, and the staff is excellent! The rooms are on the small side, but by no means are they cramped. Quite a bargin for the price. I had read reviews and was worried it was going to be noisy. IT WAS NOT NOISY AT ALL ! The parking garage is conveniently located right at the Hotel, and the $ 30.00 fee is competitive. We couldn’t have been in a better location. The SW straddles the borders of North Beach and China Town. We left our car in the garage and walked everywhere. To Fisherman’s Warf, to the Financial District, and all around China Town and North Beach! The SW staff was very friendly. They offered restaurant suggestion and gave good directions to where we wanted to go!
Honestly, I had second thought about writing this review! They are the kind of place one hopes to keep their little secret !!!

Not a bad place, but nothing special.
Room was tiny, but acceptable. Had half a nice view of the skyline, half a nice view of Grant Street. The TV was standard definition which I was disappointed with. The mini fridge was off when we arrived. The King Bed was nice and firm, and there was an extra comforter in the TV cabinet. There was a nice desk for your laptop, plenty of outlets for your chargers. The bathroom was well lit, clean, and the shower was large. The bathrooms came with plenty of towels, which you can ask for more. The Lobby was nice too. The entire hotel had a nice look to it, i.e. golden looking elevators.
The location was not horrible. It was about a mile walk from Market Street. We came during LGBT 2013 Pride. All you gotta do is walk a mile and the subway M train is there. You’re also close the north part of the city. The neighborhood was quite loud and disruptive on Friday night even with the windows closed on the third floor, but we were all a little drunk and the central AC was on which helped. Saturday night was much more quiet.
The staff was polite. The maids didn’t speak a lot of English but I managed to get an answer to my question about finding a bottle opener by showing them a photo on Google Images. The front Desk was helpful and I read they offer some kind of shuttle service to SF Airport.
Parking is $ 30 a night, however that pricing is on par with the rest of the city. When I visited, parking was plentifully but according to others, it’s limited. You can reserve a space each morning with the front desk. There was a $ 20 key deposit, but it’s refundable. There offer $ 1 sodas, and $ 1.50 waters. Our rates were $ 169 a night before the 15% tax. This was really good compared to other lower rated hotels in the surrounding areas; it was only $ 10 more than the queen sized bedrooms. When I checked their website there was only mention of tea and coffee time in the morning. I called the front desk about the breakfast that I saw mentioned in Unilocal comments, but they disconnected so I gave up. WiFi was free, but it would not connect with my 3DS, most likely Nintendo’s fault. I would get kicked off WiFi every so often on my tablet, but my phone remained a steady connection. Someone with us had a iPhone, and it had the same problems as my tablet.
If I needed to be in this area, I would come back again! I was on a budget and I feel this place was great for it. However due to the cons, and if I have more of a spending budget next time, I will find another place to visit.

Hotel was clean, but the entire hotel smelled like Chinese food. The staff was friendly and we were able to check in a little earlier then check in time.
Parking is the same price if you tried to find a local garage to park your car, so I would recommend parking at hotel.
Great location if you want to explore China town, North Beach or working in the financial district. The street was loud for several hours at night but that is part of the experience being in the city.