Columbus Motor Inn

I wouldn’t recommend staying in room 305. We weren’t feeling well and decided to stay in on a Saturday night and the club right outside our window was very loud all night. Other than that… A great hotel!

Simple, clean accommodations with a very nice staff at a budget rate in a great location. Very pleased.

Yes! Deserves 5 stars! We stayed for 2 nights in August to attend all 3 Giants-​Cubs baseball games at at&t.
Our needs?
Free parking. Check!
Public transportation to the ballpark. Check! (Bus #30 picks you up outside hotel lobby)
Close to wharf. Check! (10 min. Walk)
Nice breakfast spot. Check! (Pats Café around the corner)
Comfy room. Check! (Much bigger than I expected. 2 queen beds plus couch)
Free internet. Check!
Plus what we didn’t need but ended up really enjoying… hotel is in a neighborhood so it has a different vibe than the more touristy areas. Cable car right around the corner, guys that work the lobby are pleasant, informative with directions (nice maps). Super close walking distance to unexpected places like Niorth Beach and Lombard Street. We could see Coit Tower from our window in our room. Also, very quiet room.
Would stay here again!

fancy it’s not but I walked everywhere. chinatown, union street… and trader joe’s is right around the corner. I wish I could live at this location it was just perfect. We had 3 adults and two kids. the adjoining room with king bed and two queens were huge together. We preferred that over our suite. Four seasons it’s not. Five stars it is.

Really nice clean rooms within walking distance to Fisherman’s Wharf. Take a bus to China Town, just a short distance. Free parking which is hard to find in SF. Very helpful employee’s help you get around town on the bus.

we were skeptical at first, but we liked this place! great location, clean rooms, decent price, free parking … what more could you ask for? we had a room on the front of the building, but we just closed the windows and ran the air all night long and we couldn’t hear any street noise. i thought it was weird at first that there were not screens on any windows/​doors, but i guess its pretty standard in this city. next time we will ask for a room on the 3^rd floor with a balcony. i kinda wish they would replace the super old nasty apples in the basket in the lobby though! this place is totally decent and we will be back!

I generally do not expect much from a «motor inn», but this one definitely deserves a 5 star ranking for its type!
We selected them primarily for the included free parking, so we could park it and forget about it. The entire facility was very clean, and the staff extremely helpful. We had a side room, but even our friends overlooking the street thought the room was quiet, given the city location,
Great proximity to the wharf and everything we wanted to experience

Gave 3 stars based on location, not friendly at all. Don’t understand why some of the people gave a great review on cleanliness. This place stinks!!! Elevator needs air freshener. Stuffy! Don’t expect much it’s pretty much a motel

Love this little place. Only place I stay at when in S.F. Walking distance to Fisherman’s Wharf and Chinatown. Near cable cars. Very cheap, too.

We had a nice one night, weekend stay here. Its perfectly located near Cobb’s Comedy Club. Its within walking distance from the club and many great dinning destinations.
They have a parking garage at the ground level. We got a spot right in the front of the entrance. Kind of a tight lot but my husband is an expert parker, so we were all good.
The lobby is tiny and the elevator is the only way in and out from the rooms to the outside. Check in was fast and convenient. Many, many tourists obviously make their way in and out all day.
We were told that we got the last room available. It was on the 1^st floor (technically 2^nd floor). It was the wheelchair accessible room. The peep hole was at belly button level. Plus the room area and bathroom area were really spread out.
Our view was of the wood siding wall of the homeowners association next door. It was like looking out a basement window but you’re actually one story up. Very strange. We didn’t come for a memorable view though. The room was clean and comfortable.
We will absolutely come back again when we want a quick local get away for a comedy show and some great Italian food.

This is the place to stay if visiting SF. It is clean and affordable and perfectly located to just about everything. Free parking, free wifi, clean and cozy. Great stay!

Clean. Cozy. Affordable. Friendly and helpful staff. Will be back my next trip into San Franisco.

Stayed here Thanksgiving week with my sister and a friend. We absolutely LVOED this hotel. We have stayed in many hotels in SF, including the Westin St Francis, Hilton, Hyatt, etc. This was by far our most pleasant experience and I have already recommended this hotel to several friends. The rates are awesome, you cant beat the free parking, and the location is amazing. We didnt have any problems with street noise at night. We felt really safe walking around after dark, and it is close walking distance to a lot of toursity things, as well as local bars, restraunts and shopping. I will absolutely stay here my next trip.

Since we stayed at one of its sister properties a year ago, we decided to give this motor inn a try knowing that it was closer to where we wanted to go/​visit while in San Francisco. It did not disappoint.
As others have mentioned, it’s located within walking distance to many tourist attractions. It’s in «Little Italy» a few blocks (4 – 5) from the restaurants/​pastry shops on Columbus. Keep walking and take Stockton (to the right) and you’ll get to «China Town». Two block from the hotel you’ll find Lombard Street and both Ghirardelli and Fisherman’s Wharf are 5 blocks away. Two blocks away you’ll find Trader Joe’s (a small market with ready to eat sandwiches, salads, pastries, drinks, etc.)
A short block away you will find the start/​end of a cable car line. In front of the hotel you can take public transportation (#30) to go to China Town and Union Square.
The room itself has a small closet with a safe, an ironing board and iron. The bathroom sink is right outside the bathroom. The sink counter is very small, too small to hold a coffee pot, ice chest, cups, and one’s toiletries. The mattresses were very clean and bed sheets as well. The pillows were small; you may want to ask for extras. We stayed on the second floor in the back, which was very quiet and picturesque. You get a view of some homes, a business, and some high risers, including the Coit Tower. Wi-​Fi worked great the first day, but not after that. Too busy touring the city to bring it up to the staff.
We parked in their lot right off Columbus. We later found out they have additional parking on the bottom which can be accessed from the alley.
The office staff is very friendly. They welcomed visitors each morning with complimentary apples or oranges.
Will definitely stay here again.

You can not beat the location of this Inn. This is by far not a «5» star Hotel. But, if you are looking for location, clean, and affordable… you will find it here.
We often us this Inn for our quick weekend trips. You will have direct access to the cable car for Union Square and China Town and you are just a few blocks from the touristy Pier 39.

I am only giving it 3 stars because of it’s great location to Fisherman’s wharf, the nice day receptionist (the night receptionist was grumpy and acted like he hated his job) and the free parking.
We stayed in early June and I went with this hotel due to all the positive Unilocal reviews. My room was horrible. We got the 2 bedroom «suite» which over looked the back end of the hotel which consisted of a dirty alley and neighboring houses right up against you… absolutely no view. You could hear the noisy neighbors coming home late at night or leaving early in the morning. The A/​C was crap so we opened the windows to find there are no screens on them (big safety concern) and mosquitos come in at night (got several bites). The room had a musty smell. Pillows were horrible (bring your own if you can).
I will definitely shell out the money for a nicer hotel next time (though this one was still over $ 200 per night) I am visiting San Francisco.

Haven been coming here for years actually since San Francisco was known as Yerba Buena.
The rooms are clean and spacious and the included free parking makes it one of best bargains in the City. The 30 Stockton stops right in front so park your car and forget it.

In terms of location, the Columbus Motor Inn can’t be beat: you’re a short walk from Fisherman’s wharf, in a very cool neighborhood with lots of bars and restaurants, and near lots of easy public transit options. For $ 110 a night including parking in such a touristy area and in such an expensive city, you can’t do much better.
The room was large and clean. The bed was comfortable, and it was quiet at night. (I requested a «back room» on the advice of someone else on Unilocal.) There’s reliable, fairly fast wi-​fi included. If you’re just looking for a place to park your car and lay your head at night while exploring the city, this is a good bet. It’s definitely no-​frills, and the public areas could be cleaner or newer. The elevator shakes like it might break. But the elevator works well, and the public areas weren’t outright dirty or run down.
The parking lot is very small: there were only 2 open spots when we arrived at 3:00 PM on a Friday. I’m not sure whether they have an additional parking lot anywhere else, perhaps on a second level? If you book here and have a car, you might want to call ahead to confirm that there is parking available for you. We parked the car and then walked/​took public transit for the whole trip.
I booked the room online, through a website with no security encryption, which made me a bit nervous. But I’ve been keeping an eye on my credit card since then, and there’s nothing amiss.
They don’t serve breakfast, and the front desk guy was suggesting people go to Pat’s Café around the corner. My advice is to skip Pat’s — we ate there once, and were disappointed with an overpriced and underwhelming meal. We had dim sum in Chinatown the next day, and enjoyed our breakfast much more!
Also: there’s an ancient soda machine in the hallway that sells sodas for $ 1! I haven’t seen a price like that on a vending machine in ages.

The receptionist was friendly. I don’t remember seeing anything about an airport shuttle on their website but there was one for $ 15 a person. It would have been worth it. Especially since it was raining when we got to San Fran. The location was great. Lots of stuff within walking distance and a MUNI stop right outside the hotel. The beds were very comfortable.
There was exactly one problem while I was here. I was taking a shower when all of a sudden it went from a hot shower with lots of water to a lukewarm drizzle. Come to find out they had turned the water off with no warning due to some plumbing issue. When I inquired about it they said they had me on a list to call when the water was back on. Great! Except I was in the shower when it happened. I told them I expected the inconvenience to reflect in my bill. They gave me measly $ 20 off a $ 350 bill. Not even 10%.
It is what it is. It was a nice room with a great spot so I can’t complain too much. I would stay there again.

Das Hotel ist das günstigste in der Nähe von allen Sehenswürdigkeiten und bietet somit für leute die spontan nach SF fahren um né kurze Sightseeing zu machen den Perfekten standort. Hotel ist soweit sauber, personal freundlich und man kann schnell ein– und wieder auschecken.

I echo all of the positives about this place: free parking, free internet access and some of the least expensive rooms in the city. We even had a view of Coit Tower.
What’s more, we left a ring with sentimental value in our room and the management sent it UPS to our home within two days.
It’s nothing fancy, nor does it pretend to be, but it is everything it bills itself and more. And that, my Unilocal friends, is what Five Stars is all about.