Levi Plaza Garage

This garage is a nice scam business. We parked here for a few hours. There is a small sign posted saying that they close at 6 pm on Saturday. No where does it indicate that your car will be held for randsom if you do not return by 6! To the right side of the garage is a small sign that indicates an 80 dollar plus maximum parking fee for after hours car retrieval. When pulling in, no one. I mean NO ONE would ever notice this sign. Your vehicle gets locked up unless you pay $ 80.00. There were 2 more couples who arrived that were just as shocked and upset that we were. Avoid this scam at all cost! If there was a negative score, these guys would get it. This needs to stop! Any ideas? Bottom line is that the signs need to be in clear view. This guy must pull in thousands of dollars a week-​end.

This place is a f***ING SCAM! small sign posted saying that they close at 6 pm on Saturday and charge an 80 dollar plus maximum parking fee for after hours car retrieval. Your vehicle gets locked up unless u pay cash for the 80 dollars no matter how many vehicles you get. Avoid this scam of a shit hole at all cost!!!

We parked here for the Exploratorium and it was only $ 10 for 4 hours — great deal for SF! I also noticed it was only half a block from the cruise ship pier 27 and would be great for that as well.

ATTENTION: THIS PARKING GARAGE IS A SCAM!!! Do not go to this parking garage. It was right across from Pier 29 with «Public Parking» signs pointing to it. When I go to Pier 39, I usually park a few piers away to save money. I double and triple checked the sign to make sure there really was a «10 dollar flat rate» before four hours like we initially saw when we pulled into the garage. We saw nothing about having to get the ticket validated. Nothing other than the «10 dollar flat rate» that it claimed to have.
We make sure we get what we want to get done within four hours and make it back in time and lo and behold, we get charged 25 dollars! And then the scam artist of an employee said «Well there’s a catch, you have to get it validated at the exploratorium for a 10 dollar flat rate.» And he says otherwise it’s 3 dollars every 30 minutes and then it caps out at 25 dollars. And considering we were back before four hours, that would be 24 dollars at the most if you do the math.
If you’re going to charge something other than a flat rate, post that on the sign. And don’t retrospectively make up a «3 dollars per every 30 minute rate» when, since I was only there for four hours, does not mathematically make sense. I am an extremely thorough person and saw nothing saying that this parking flat rate needed to be validated by the Exploratorium.
THIS PARKING LOT IS NOTHING BUT A SCAM. Park elsewhere unless you feel like getting robbed even more than you already do in San Francisco. Literally any other parking lot would be cheaper, even the Pier 39 Parking Garage!

Not good. Avoid.

I am truly baffled by this business. I have parked in so many parking garages around San Francisco, so I’ve had attendant parking-​only, some were self-​park, many were very, very expensive, but I have never seen the minimum of 3 to 5 people who stand around each day and do literally nothing.
I’m almost thinking this is a money laundering business, because if I think about the massive multi-​floor garages that handle huge auto traffic like SFO, the Metreon etc. there is no one on call except an attendant possibly behind a cage to check you out, or maybe one near the ticket booth, but this garage’s two ticket booth are completely empty. So why do you need 3 – 5 people standing around literally 10 feet away talking about TV shows every day, gossiping and doing absolutely nothing?
This is why I had my money laundering theory, because if it were a union thing wouldn’t all the self-​serve parking lots in San Francisco have as many people standing around? I have not seen this level of staffing in my life, and this is not a high-​volume garage, there is no valet option, and how many people do you need to point you to the place where you will park your own car?
The worst part is that the spaces are so tight that if you don’t have a backup camera — some of the spaces can you take a great deal of time trying to inch your way way in or out of the smallest spaces I have ever seen. I’m really shocked at the cost of this garage, however it is very clean, and it is very safe, but again I do not understand for the life of me why those people stand around every day, and I am a weekly parker who comes in at least once to twice a week for the last few months.

Convenient? Yes. Ethical? Not really.
Parked here for a meeting @ Levi’s Plaza, it lasted about an hour. On my way out, about to pay and realized that I had misplaced my ticket. The two guys working here grinned ear to ear and exclaimed «Aw man! It’s $ 60!»
$ 60 daily maximum? Am pretty familiar with a lot of price gauging lots in SF proper and have never seen something so high.
My companion (who happens to be quite adorable and a fantastic negotiator) batted her eyes at the dudes.
«$ 60? We were only here an hour. Can’t we strike a deal?» she asks.
The guys look at each other and nod.
«OK, we have your ticket. You are nice.»
Turns out these same guys saw the ticket fall out of my pocket, picked it up off the ground and were holding on to it. Had we not tried flirting with them, they were planning to keep it and charge us $ 60 instead of $ 9.
Ludicrous. Find a meter and get the Pay by Phone app.

This is a great place to park if you keep a few things in mind. 1– they close early on the weekends and the will charge $ 80-​$ 100 to let you get your car out. 2– great if visiting Exploratorium, leave when it closes. We stayed to visit Pier 39 and the door to parking garage from elevator was locked. We had to find someone for help. Very scary. In fact, the whole floor had so few cars that we could have been easy targets. It was only 7:30. 3– validation doesn’t matter because you put it into a machine to pay. 4– almost all other business in area were closed. As a female tourist traveling with kids, it was uncomfortable. 5– price wasn’t bad. $ 25 for 9 hours in San Francisco. Probably should have parked at Pier 39, but we chose something in the middle and walked.

We had a good experience here. We went to the Exploratorium today and with validation we were able to park here for $ 10 for 4 hours. Roughly a 10 – 15 minute walk to the Exploratorium. We entered the garage at Noon on a Wednesday and found parking right away. We have a SUV and found a big parking space at street level which is unusual for SF garages. A previous reviewer had stated the spaces were small? Maybe as you get to the lower levels they are? We also stayed a little past our 4 hours and still was only charged for $ 10. Sweet! A few good eats close by werethe Deli in the same building as the garage, a Starbucks, Il Fornaio, Fog City and Parlor 1255, although seating is outside in a drafty plaza. Not ideal for those with a kid like us. But the menu looked awesome!

First of all, the parking spots are ridiculously small. Once you find an open space it takes a long time to park because it hard to maneuver into the poorly designed garage.
Parked here for just over 2 hours, unfortunately we lost our parking ticket. We were friendly when we walked up to the attendant to explain that we lost it and he started laughing at us saying «It’s $ 100!!!» We calmly told him that we had only been there 2 hours and he just kept laughing saying we owed $ 100. The maximum should only be the maximum for the day, which is $ 25, so he was definitely trying to rip us off. His attitude was horrendous, the way he was smirking and laughing at us. I will never ever park here again, this place is a total scam!

As expensive as the next guy but at least your car is secured and safe for the day. I use it if I need to go to the area for the day.
Staff is ok. never had any trouble with them.
The payment booths are easy to use.
Also, remember to check the time they close for the day. Sometimes it is too early and that won’t work if you are having dinner.

After seeing the poster «10 dollars first 4 hours», I got in. I left my car for a little bit over 2 hours and the bill was 24 $. I asked the man at the entrance and he told me that the first 4 hours 10 dollars was only if you stay more than 4hours. seriuosly? If i stay less then 4 hours should I pay LESS? This was a RIP OFF. Don’t go there.

$ 10 for up to 4 hours with validation from the Exploratorium ($ 15 student-​local admission)
Without it, the rate here will probably break your wallet. I was here on a Saturday. Since I got in at 1:30pm and the Exploratorium closes at 5pm, I figured this was the best place the park. It was also very convenient. 5 – 10 minute walk to the Exploratorium at Pier 15. The garage closes at 6pm.
Not sure what the normal rate is, but it’s $ 3 for every 20 minutes after whatever the rate is.

Big fees await you at this lot. A 2hr.20min. stay yielded me $ 20. They are two sets of parking kiosks. A pair at the garage entrance, and another pair at the Sansome/​Greenwich door-​entrance. It’s clean and well-​lit, plus your tires go squeak when you drive through the tight turns.

IF you can’t find parking in the street then you gotta park in the lot. pwned

First of all, this garage has an automated parking ticket system. There really is very little need for a garage attendant, except to maybe help the occasional parker who is new to the system, or who has a problem with their ticket. Unfortunately, the parking attendant is probably the rudest person on earth. I had a problem with my ticket, and before I could even ask him about it he say’s «Cant you read… Look at the sign!!!»
I explained that I was using the garage to use my gym across the street and they validated the ticket, and that I did not know I needed to put it into the machine. He say’s «don’t park here for your gym… use your gym’s parking»…This garage is used for my gym… no question. This guy was rude, mean, and I refuse to park there ever again. Actually, Ampco should really consider replacing the staff there. I manage commercial property and would never use a company that allowed that kind of abuse from their employees. The guy is lucky I didn’t deck him.

Too bad the dictates of finite physical space conspire against garage selection and constrict free market forces for good. I’m painfully reminded of this every time I use Levi Plaza Garage for the following list of pain points:
* Barely enough space to navigate around the fancy Porsches & Beemers, making parking quite stressful.
* Usurious rates: $ ³⁄₂₀ minutes? Um really?
* Creepy voice-​automated voice ticket guy who asks me every time if I’d «like a receipt?» It never stops getting jarring.
…but truly the worst part is the attendant, who borders on harassing you every time you enter, directing you to the payment stand even if you’re just grabbing something from your trunk, and obliviously continuing this fruitless habit after you’ve established a pattern of just grabbing something from your trunk.
He outdid himself today when, after they gym lost my parking ticket and called him to explain and work something out for me, he rigidly refused to accommodate any need, kept passing the buck back on them, and gratuitously said he was «sorry» as he handed me back my Visa once he billed it $ 25.
I’d just made a smidge more teaching a class at the gym and the front desk was so friendly about the whole thing, so the only negative part of the experience wound up being: HIM.
Ugh. Street parking from now on!