Oceanview Motel

stayed two nights. when leaving last morning, accidently left one suitcase, but when I called back management they said it was not there, whoever has my suitcase, probably passed around my clothes, souvenirs and toiletries to their family and friends, hope they enjoyed my suitcase and dirty laundry. One morning there was human poop in the garage near our car. The drinks machine did not work, the ice machine did not put out any usuable ice. There was garbage under the bed from previous tenants. You are better off sleeping on the beach, the homeless are more trustworthy.

This place has bed bugs they bit my brother so bad all week we stayed there he thought he had posing ivy

Stayed at this motel for 2 nights while in town for a SF State graduation. We paid $ 300 for 2 nights which is cheap for SF. I read reviews ahead of time which were ok. I should have checked Unilocal.I understand this is a very old and small hotel so my expectations were low. I just needed a clean shower and room with a comfortable bed… I’m not a picky person. The motel smelled horrible but our room was passable. Unfortunately, my husband woke up covered in bed bug bites. I immediately took photos and emailed management and tried to handle this quietly but they did not bother to respond. I will continue to contact them until I get a response. At minimum, they should refund the cost of the room. Steer clear of this place. They don’t care about the filth.

Place is falling apart. Smells and the linens are awful.
Also — this is where Bradley Nowell of Sublime overdosed and died (RIP) so that’s just too much for me to handle sleeping in.

1 star is for unsunken mattress and no bed bugs.
And a parking spot
Maybe the bagel joint next door
Absolutely ZERO pride of ownership.
Filthy is putting it lightly.
Tepid shower
Zombie clerks
Un changed sheets
Hair everywhere
Sickening hallway carpets
Broken ice machine
Dead outlets
Curry stench (and I like curry)
Holes in the un-​changed sheets
Bullet holes?
Sticky bathroom floors
Goo spots on the TV screen
Disgusting slimy saran wrap on the remote
Should be condemned or turned into homeless shelter.

Free wifi and free parking are the only two things I like about the motel. There is good coffee shops around the corner. The room needs improvement. It’s a little dirty. I have to unclog my own toilet. :-/

This place is disgusting. Checked in and went to our room to find mold all over the bathroom and the shower head leaking. I maybe could have dealt with no shower for one night, but that was the best part of the room. There were little flies everywhere and the pillow cases were stained. I pulled up the sheets and found a huge (maybe the size of a soccer ball) stain in the middle of the bed. We promptly asked for a new room — and were given one that was even More disgusting and smelly. The reception guy tried to explain that the stains are 100% okay because the sheets are clean. WTF. How do I know they are clean?! Needless to say we did not stay here and got refunded… Id rather sleep in my car where I’m not going to catch diseases.

Good lord what a dump and at 160 a night, it was insulting. A fan in the bathroom that is on whenever the light is on and sounded like it needed replaced 20 years ago it was so loud! Not much parking, mb 15 – 20 spots. Room came with a super uncomfortable bed, coffee maker, and fridge.
Only plus is it was near the beach and lots of nice cafes and restaurants. But as others have said spend a bit more and stay somewhere else, take the muni in from the city, or just don’t plan on being in your room!
Original review: 7÷25÷2014

I suppose one star is good since I can’t really give it no stars. Not to mention, the office didn’t give me any problems refunding us. It was obvious I was there and ready to battle.
I was suspect about this place from the beginning. The environment screamed it wasn’t clean and equipment /​rooms were outdated. For the nightly cost, this place should be no less than 100%.
1. The parking lot had this very foul burning tire smell. Not really sure what it was but it wasn’t nice.
2. The colors of the halls and the carpet chosen came straight out of The Overlook Hotel in The Shining. Ugly and very outdated.
3. In our room (115), the lamp on the left side of the bed did not work, the remote control didn’t turn on the tv, the bathroom had mildew on the ceiling and on the tub lining, and the shower took roughly 10 minutes to get hot.
4. This right here is what did it for me. Me being 6’4, I can obviously see in higher places than normal and that came very handy today. Upon stepping in the shower, I looked above the light over the sink and saw a used crack pipe.
This tells me that whoever left it there will more than likely be coming back to get it. Let’s not forget the diseases that might be on that crack pipe and in the room for that matter. I immediately went to the office, got a full refund and got the hell up and out of there.
Lastly, why was there a crack pipe in our room???
I’m happy the wife and I are in a better Hotel now. Her safety is my guarantee!
This place needs to be shut down until a full health inspection is done.

It’s not the Ritz but for the price not bad
The office is shady and door A needs painting and carpet cleaning or change but once you climb the flight of stairs to the hallway reminds me of the Bates hotel as I looked down the hallway. Walking down the hallway wondering when the ghost of the hotel would met me. Didn’t happen !! Open the door to face an ocean view with red sunset. Major problem is they need to paint the door frame and running boards. It doesn’t cost alot of money to paint the door frames. How could you let this hotel run into disrepair is beyond my understanding.

My boyfriend and myself came here for a few days and considering that this was a MOTEL and not a hotel we were extremely impressed.
The location is great. The beach is across the street, the transportation is right outside and there are lots of good restaurants in the area.
The room was bigger than we expected. We loved that we had our own little fridge and microwave. The room was cleaned daily and our bed was comfy and clean. The bathroom was a good size and also very clean. We never had a problem with the shower or the toilet. We also had a TV with cable and Wifi which was good for nights in.
The price wasn’t terrible considering this is San Francisco and motel/​hotel prices can be really expensive. We paid with cash so we had to put down a $ 200 deposit but we got it all back at the end of our stay.
Overall we LOVED our stay here and we totally recommend this motel especially if you’re not super picky about motels and are just looking for a comfortable place to lay your head at night.

So to begin, we stayed here because we had no other choice. My husband, 6-​month-​old baby and I were traveling from Orange County and we needed a place to stay… on Valentine’s Day, so of course everything was booked! We were able to book this one and figured, we only need it to rest before we left early again the next day.
First off, we’re not picky people, we didn’t mind the fact that the bus/​train thingy passes RIGHT in front of the motel, that the entrance to the rooms is through a tiny custodial stairway, that our room number was SHARPIED in because the numbers had fallen off, the fact that our window was cracked and had duct tape all over… we overlooked that because it’s expected out of these rinky-​dinky motels! Well we got ready for bed and went to sleep… hours later my husband wakes up to something biting his hand and back, he turns on the light to find two bed bugs right where he was laying!!! BED BUGS! Huge brown things crawling around the bed! I immediately grab my sleeping baby and we call the office, no answer! I start looking to try and book another motel but it’s late (and Valentine’s Day) and everything is overpriced or no vacancy. We literally packed up our things and slept in the car.
Early the next day we talk to the manager and it’s as if we’re telling him the shower water was too cold: he doesn’t even care! No expression (like he’s heard it all before) and simply states NO REFUND. We showed him pictures, showed him the bite marks, my husband even caught the bed bugs in the disposable coffee cups that are in the room and SHOWED IT TO HIM: NO REFUND.
ARE YOU FREAKIN KIDDING ME?!?
We didn’t even sleep in the bed bug infested room and we STILL had to pay the ridiculous amount of $ 115!
Just stay away from this place! Management is rude and dishonest and doesn’t care about anything besides your money!

We went for Valentines weekend and chose this place because it was $ 120/​night which was WAY overpriced for what we experienced. First of all, the name is misleading because there is no view of the ocean. There aren’t even any balconies. Since we are from out of town, we asked the front desk representative about some romantic restaurants and she literally told us, «There are some restaurants if you go left out here (pointing to the street), or if you go right you may find one,» and considering the street ONLY goes left or right shows their poor attempts as hosts. It is an Indian family who owns te building and rents out the rooms and it seems they are the ones who clean the rooms and not an experienced housekeeper. Whoever lived next door to me had multiple kids who would run around and bang on the walls. When the family cooked, the curry smell leaked into our hotel. Morning til night the smell of curry seeped through the vents. In the bathroom, there was a used shower cap with hair still dangling from it, boogers wiped on the wall above the toilet seat, pubic hair on the toilet, and a couple the complimentary toiletries were barely used and recycled for us. The bed was made but it had such a musty feel. I had to put down a layer of my clothes to sleep on because I was so sketchy of the linens. While getting ready I walked around in my socks and the floor was so dirty, my socks turned almost black and my feet were sticky even while wearing my socks. There are a bunch of homeless people that hang around in the front. They appeared to be drunk and talking at an excessively loud tone. The office closes after a certain time so I couldn’t request any towels or fresh linens. If you are even slightly concerned about hygiene, do NOT book a room here. If I could give a rating lower than 1 I would. I will never return to this place.

I expected a run down place and it was. That’s OK. The walls are just too thin. That’s mainly the problem. The guy next door was up all night, making a ton of noise and talking. The second night, there was a different voice of a highly intoxicated, histrionic man at very ungodly hours. THIN WALLS.
And I’m a light sleeper.
I liked the area. It was a quiet, clean neighborhood. There weren’t any thugs or scary people around (just in the room next door). Right across the street from the beach. Private, free parking lot. An ice machine. Your own bathroom. The room was very small but fine for two lovers who have better things to do than stay in the room all day.
And every room comes with a fridge, microwave, and coffeemaker.
It’s within walking distance to several non-​chain restaurants, cute little shops, and a 7-​Eleven.

1. lousy customer service
2. moldy air conditioner/​heater
3. bed bugs… LIVE bed bugs…
stayed somewhere else after the staff/​manager gave us a refund.

A one star motel right next to a five star café. What a shame.
I didn’t have the pleasure in actually staying here, thank god, but a friend of mine did so I was able to see just what a cheap motel price will get you. We walk through a door, up a flight of stairs and then we’re crammed into a tiny hallway before getting to the room. The main thing about this motel is you can tell they just don’t care. Dirty heater/​air conditioner, full of dust and dead bugs. A missing smoke detector. Mold in various places around the room, including above the shower. Also in the bathroom are two holes where you can tell something was hung there and they just didn’t bother to patch it up. The bathroom sink took ten minutes to produce hot water. The heater was on for a good fifteen minutes before you can feel any slight resemblance of heat.
If you want to visit this area of the city, I suggest two options. Actually spend a little more money and stay at a better motel. Or get a hotel downtown and take the muni for two dollars.
A lot of restaurants to eat at. A lot of places to visit, and you’re right on the beach. Don’t ruin the trip by staying here.
You’ve been warned.

The staff here probably stole my mom’s money.
In July 2013, my 65 year old mom stayed here for a couple nights. She was about to move across country to where my brother and I live, and had recently sold her old car in cash. When she came to this motel, she put the money in her pillowcase, thinking it would be safer there than in her purse. Unfortunately, she forgot to take the money out of the pillowcase when she left the motel and left town.
Weeks later, she realized she had forgotten to take the money out of the pillowcase. Distraught and depressed, she told my brother and I about what had happened. I called the motel hoping that there’d be that one-​in-​a-​million chance that the staff had found the money in the pillowcase and, being good people, had kept it in case a guest called for it (which they surely would have found if they changed the pillowcases between guest stays).
But when I called, the manager seemed to be strangely quiet. I asked if anyone had reported finding some money in a room, he just bluntly said «No.» I explained my mom’s story, how her mom had recently passed away, how stressed and forgetful she was due to this, and how she really needed the money that she lost. The manager seemed uninterested in offering the slightest bit of help. He didn’t want my name, my phone #, nor did he offer to ask his cleaning staff if they had found anything. Obviously I can’t prove that the motel people took my mom’s money, but it really seemed like the manager was too unwilling to help.
My mom made a huge, foolish mistake putting that money into the pillowcase and leaving it behind. I have no idea why she didn’t think to just deposit it at a bank. But that’s the kind of person she is. She often makes poor decisions that don’t make any sense.
All this being said, I still think most people should stay away from this motel. If I went to a motel and left behind a laptop or a smartphone, as clumsy and dumb that would be, I’d still have some hope that the staff would find it and return the items to their rightful owner if it was possible. But it seems that at this motel, if you leave anything behind, the staff will just keep it for themselves.

The only redeeming quality is that this ‘hole’ is across the street from the beach and next to Java Beach coffee house.
Otherwise, lousy customer service, over priced, and black mold in the bathrooms and the ice machine. It also looked as though someone painted the wall with beer. Raj ((onsite owner /​manager???)) seemed less than concerned with the black mold situation (s)…
I highly recommend the Seal Rock Inn which is close by, similar in cost and much cleaner!

This review is for a Motel, not a Hotel. So as you read this review, envision your Hotel standards and drop it a couple levels to Motel standards.
Location, Location, Location! A lot of great restaurants are walking distance, the Muni is right outside, the beach is across the street, and Golden Gate Park is two short blocks away.
The prices were pretty good at 77 – 100. We were in the city on a very expensive holiday weekend so we settled for a cheap motel.
The room was spacious and the bedding was clean. The towels, on the other hand, were really gross. They were stained grey. eeew. The toiletries are bare minimum. Parking was a plus and there is a nice safe hallway.
The most curious thing was that the hallways smelled like curry the whole time. I am so craving Indian food now!
The motel itself was pretty shady but I must say the staff was quite friendly. The maid was very smiley and they were nice at check-​in. There was, what I thought was, a dead bum greeting us at check in. He wasn’t really moving and well, I thought I might be being dramatic. he was probably just really high or drunk.
We checked in and went for a stroll around Golden Gate Park. Upon returning we saw that the bum was actually deceased. It took onlookers at the coffee shop to bring this to anyone’s attention. When I talked to the staff about it they felt really bad and said it was sad. I guess one gets used to transients sleeping on the side walk in SF. With that said I still think they should have paid more attention to detail. Poor guy.
Anyways, I would stay here again. The rates are great for the location and the staff was nice.

I was there for the Warren Hellman Memorial (Hardly Strictly Bluegrass) festival out on the ocean, right at the end of the Panhandle, which was about 2 blocks north of this motel. I found the motel through Unilocal,and it turned out to be a winner for what we needed. Not cute, not particularly luxourious, but it was the BASICS, and was relatively inexpensive.
Here’s the low-​down:
Linens — tightly fitted, and tended to bunch up through the night, but this is fairly common in SF, even in the more expensive rooms, IMHO. They were completely clean, including the cover, and the sheets were new enough not to be particularly rough or to have ‘balls’. They smelled fresh. The towels were okay, not super-​fluffy, but adequate and clean.
Noise — Yup, you could hear people walking in the halls, talking and leaving the building. We were on the inside, facing the courtyard, so we couldn’t really hear the Muni overnight. I appreciated taht. (Rm. 120)
Shower — Clean, but a taste of mold on the grouting in the corners. I can live with that. Plenty of hot water. Get in, get out…
Hangers — Probably 10 on an exposed metal bar coatrack, next to the sink. We only needed one, so no problem.
Parking — we were there on a ‘no vacancy’ weekend, and there were empty spaces. However, we put our car down near the Hardly Strictly venue overnight, so that we’d have a good parking place for the next day, so it wasn’t really an issue for us. We actually only parked about two blocks away from the motel, over on the old feeder road parallel and immediately east of the Pacific Highway (one block west of the motel), and there were abundant parking spots in that area. I was actually pleased with the amount of parking in this area at night — WAY more than Lombard, for instance. It’s the Sunset, and seemed pretty mellow to me. Yeah, there are a few low-​end parker/​campers, but I didn’t see any of them lingering about. Lots of couples and dog-​walkers and joggers at night. No obvious drunks moaning, «I’m bleeeeding…» (see my previous post about Lombard Street motel).
Elevator — No biggie. This place is only 2 stories high. I can survive with one or two flights of stairs. The stairs are interior. You have to have a card to get in through the door at the parking area — door is across from the office.
Smell? — It was okay when we were here. I suspect that some of the owners/​relatives live in a couple of the rooms, and they probably use curry occasionally. But our room smelled completely fresh. The lobby smelled okay to me. Small, claustrophobic lobby, but you’re in, you’re out, and it’s over.
WiFi — excellent access.
Price — Excellent for SF.
Transportation — Right at the end of Judah line. It’s actually a great place for folks that just need a place to crash during Hardly Strictly. Judah Line goes right by 19^th, which would be the stop for HSB.
Cable, Decent TV screen, VCR Player.
King-​sized bed for the price. Great! Blankets thin — we could have either turned on the heater or asked for an extra blanket, but we were too tired… so we just cuddled. (okay by me)
Fridge AND Microwave included. That’s bonus in this town, I think, at this price.
Old torn lampshade on one side of the bed, but I can live with that, also. It’s too bad, because it does detract from the first impression.
They seem to have a thing for Van Gogh, and most of the prints in the hallways are Van Gogh screens. I found that intriguing.
I had basically NO interaction with staff, and didn’t want any, so I was okay with that.
There you go. I actually recommend this if you happen to be attending HSB and aren’t looking for luxury… If you want a complementary breakfast and deference from staff, then probalby you should head up to Stanyon Park Inn and pay the extra $ 95 a night…