Larkspur Landing South San Francisco

Flight to Mexico was cancelled and we needed a place to stay. Unfortunately, all the tech bros were in town learning how to genetically modify babies at the BIO conference, so last-​minute hotel options were slim. We found this place on
, and though the price that night was wayyyyyy too elevated, it gets five stars for what it is… a no-​frills, extended-​stay hotel. Our experience was pleasant and issue-​free, and the staff (particularly the two women working the front desk that night and the gentleman working housekeeping) were extremely friendly and kind. Even got us breakfast when we missed it in the morning!

Booked this place between house moves. Roomy. Good bargain and friendly staff. We have two dogs and they are welcomed too ;)

Such friendly staff, Steven and Amy at the front desk were great. They helped us figure out transportation to and from not only the hotel but also around San Francisco! The room was very nice and clean. The bed was very comfortable!
There was a mini kitchen in our room too.
The complimentary breakfast added the final touch! I would definitely come back to this hotel next time I am in San Fran.
The free shuttle service is a fantastic addition to an already great stay!

This is an older hotel that needs some updates and a little TLC, but the five stars is for the customer service. First night I checked in, two lovely ladies greeted me and made me feel welcome.
Unfortunately, I got a room directly beneath a family with children stomping and running around throughout the night, keeping me up. I spoke to Glory at the front desk the next day and asked her for a room on the top floor so that I wouldn’t have anyone above me. She relocated me with no issue. Thank you, Glory! Because of you, I was able to get much needed rest!

Review based on the Executive Suite
Pros:
— Big room for the price (Expedia plus promo code if you can find it!) We got the executive suite for about $ 118 including tax
— Bedroom is in its own room than the «living room» and kitchen
— Couch will pull out into an extra bed
— Bathroom has 2 sinks!
— Kitchen will have pots and pan in the cupboard
— Free parking
— Complimentary apples and cookies and other stuff at the front desk area
— Close to SFO airport
— Close to downtown/AT&T park/​Piers
— Free breakfast
— Cozy «home» vibe
— Friendly service
Cons:
— Some furniture items may need to be updated
— Full body mirror is inside the bedroom, but barely any lighting so it’s very dark and you can’t technically do your make up (for girls), well, for me at least
— Saw some tiny hairs behind the pillows
— Need more lighting because it seems a bit dim
— If you come back late, you may need to park a bit far from the entrance (not hella far, but less convenient than you would want, I suppose)
— We booked through expedia and they do not print you out a receipt after check out because expedia send the receipt through email. We have gotten receipts after check out from other hotels we stayed at (more convenient for us to have a hard copy)
Overall:
This is great for people who are traveling with large groups of people or someone who is staying in the area long term since it has a kitchen and all that. I think that if you ask for extra blankets and pillows they would give it to you (if anyone is planning on sleeping on the pull out couch). I really do enjoy the bathroom having 2 sinks because more people can be in the bathroom getting ready than being cramped inside. I wouldn’t want to pay a lot for a hotel to just sleep in, I assume people are doing business or out exploring so the price and the room is definitely a steal, in my opinion.

Totally helpful front desk staff. Some of the best rates in the area. Convenient to Kaiser Permanente Oyster Point. (½ mile away). Less than a mile to restaurants (Grand Ave).

I’ve stayed here twice now. Both times I booked through Hotwire. I like finding «All-​Suite» Hotels because they usually have more amenities and I like having a kitchen while I’m on vacation to save some money (aka: not eat out too much).
I really like Larkspur Landing. All the staff I came across were friendly. All rooms come with a fully stocked kitchen. I’ve stayed in a Studio and 1 bedroom room. They have laundry on-​site for free (you need to buy detergent from them or bring your own); free breakfast (weekends serve French Toast and Waffles); and evenings they put out fresh cookies at the front desk. Parking is also free, self-​park and shared with the Hilton Garden Inn.
Tip: if you’re getting anything you need to toast for breakfast, you have a Toaster in your room.
Location is 1 exit away from SFO Int’l Airport, and I think they share a shuttle to and from with the other hotels nearby. Fridays & Saturdays, there’s a shuttle service for guests to Union Square!
I definitely will be back for my future trips in the SF area.

The people that work here are clueless and not helpful in the least. They misquoted a room rate then denied the rate altogether. I’m never one to lie so it really was a kick to the gut when they did this. I recommend going with another hotel

Checking in I had told the front desk I had a service dog in the car.
He says to me «um no ma’am, unless it’s for the blind. We don’t accept service dogs.»
Site unseen HE decides? Hmmmmm
The Americas disabilities Act?
Oh, by the way.
This Is a DOG friendly hotel… hmmm
When the manager called me back she explained staff had been trained and just told me what the hotel policy was.
Plus look at photos. Back entrance opens right up to the outside where there is a disgusting dumpster.
Just not what I expected.

Talk about trying to gouge a customer. We’ve stayed there twice and we were here Thursday night so we thought we’d compare prices. I came across a Cody or Colby or Coby at the Desk asking him if he’d match the Hilton Garden Inn’s price of $ 119 per night. He excused himself and came back a minute later that he would and can only offer $ 189 per night. Are you kidding me?
Enough said.

Free laundry and grocery shopping!
Kitchen in every room
Friendly staff
Free parking
Reasonably priced for San Fran
Definitely will return!

There were pluses and minuses. The pluses were the amenities. First, the breakfast buffet was good. Second, the room size & décor was nice. Third, the location & proximity to SFO and 101 North & South is good. Lastly, it’s close by to Starbucks, gas stations & SSF downtown.
However, the face to face interaction needs re-​training to improve their customer satisfaction & overall experience. The cons were 1) upon check in, the process was delayed due to sending us to the wrong wrong & wrong key card. 2) the key cards were not working the next day. 3) Having conversation with the Front desk staff that included inappropriate comments & unprofessional behavior. 4) upon check out, front desk had no records of the DVD rental so I could have taken it with me without them knowing, or if I were to be charged with incidentals, there’s no written sign off.
Unfortunately the experience was terrible and not above or met my expectations. No accountability and unacceptable «standards» or lack thereof. I would have been better off staying next door to the Hilton Gardens or The embassy suites without any hassles or unprofessionalism.
Too bad, I thought they would deliver a stellar experience.

cute little hotel in south city that serves its purpose as a business traveler’s home away from home as the suites have a bedroom, living room, dining/​meeting area, kitchen, and bathroom. there’s even a whiteboard in the meeting area, so you can easily have a meeting for 5 – 6 people and have everyone look at the whiteboard.
this hotel also works for families who are traveling and require additional space or access to a kitchen. it is possible to sleep up to 6 people in the suite given the amount of sleeping space!
i visited my cousin and his family while they were staying here and was quite impressed with the setup of the room as it was probably the largest hotel room i’d ever seen. amenities include a large flat screen tv in the living area, adjustable, ergonomic chairs in the dining/​meeting area, free wifi, stove with cookware and utensils, microwave, and coffee maker.
although the bathroom was quite spacious, and included all of the usual toiletries and plush towels, i felt that this room didn’t quite match the rest of the suite since the sink counter tops, toilet, and tub appeared to be a bit outdated. while the bathroom floor had more modern tiling, as did the shower wall, the rest of bathroom could probably use an upgrade.
there is free coffee, tea, and hot water in the lobby, by the registration desk, as well as a café in the lobby. parking is free onsite for guests and their visitors.
very convenient to the 101 freeway, accessible via either grand avenue or oyster point boulevard. also less than 10 minutes from sfo.

First impression was great! We are having a road trip driving from LA to San Francisco, this is our last stop. I thought the hotel is great because I thought it just a 2 stars hotel, since we have been staying in 1 or 2 stars hotel almost the whole trip. My fiancé told me this is a 4 stars hotel, I was like what? They need to update their décor, most of the stuff inside are not broken but look worn out.
I love the fact they ha kitchen in the room but I am not going to cook here it’s vacation so it doesn’t matter.
Yeah! The breakfast was alright! Just typical cereal, milk and a few slice of bread. I don’t like to eat this. :(I was hoping they had more like a real breakfast like sausage, egg and cheese or bacon… Etc.
Overall it’s not bad but it not good for a 4 stars hotel.

My friends and I recently stayed at Larkspur Landing in South San Francisco when we were in the city for my friend’s wedding. Not a bad hotel to stay at — very clean, we had a decently large hotel suite, with a couch, a desk, a separate bedroom, and even its own kitchen (though we didn’t have any use for that). The hotel was clean and quiet and it was very reasonably priced, considering San Francisco hotels are ridiculously priced. And checkout is at noon (not 11am), which is a plus. Just about the only downside to the hotel was the service at the beginning — when we were checking in, there were some technical issues and we had to wait a while. Other than that, great hotel to stay at. Note — it is sort of in the middle of a financial district with almost nothing around except other hotels and office buildings. The closest restaurant is about a 20-​minute walk across a bridge and in a semi-​industrial area. If you have a car, it’s a lot more doable.

We have loved this chain since discovering one in Sacramento. They had awesome beds, water pressure, and free parking!
On the weekends they offer a free shuttle to the city where we were able to walk to our concert venue! We paid $ 111 on travelocity for one Saturday night and left feeling much safer sleeping outside of the city and having our car parked outside of the city as well!
*it was $ 40 to take a cab back from the city since we were out late

We were going to templeSf for a bday. We didn’t want to drive back to San Jose and decided to get a cheap, close hotel that was near the club. So we found this place on Unilocal.
Stayed here for one night ! It was clean and they had great service and was accommodating. Def will come back here !

Enjoyed my stay here from beginning to end! Drove from San Diego to the bay, and decided to stay here instead of downtown like last time. This place was a good call.
For starters, I did not have to pay for parking, which was awesome, but bad thing about it is the parking lot is shared between two hotels. Still, in California, parking can be a hot commodity and saving money on parking is always a plus! Pricing is nice, and it’s right outside of the city hustle and bustle, which makes it feel like a mini-​getaway at the end of the day after fighting traffic and busy streets.
The amenities were nice, and the gym served its purpose. Room was spacious and clean, bed was a 7 out of 10, my personal preference is a soft pillowtop.
If you are staying in the Bay and want to save some cash while still being close to everything, this is the place to stay!

I had to take a quick trip to San Francisco and there were only a few places that offered reasonable rates. I didn’t want to stay in any of the big name hotels because their rates were about $ 300 per night. This hotel came up on the Expedia search and their rate was about $ 160 per night for the 1-​bedroom suite so I booked it. The day before my check in date, I got an email and I could do a pre-​check in. It gave me options about my room, like if I wanted a view or a higher floor and what time I would be checking in. I completed that short form and the next day, I had a reply email saying my room would be ready for me.
I checked in an hour later than the time I had put. The lady who checked me in was very friendly and I shared with her that I was visiting from Hawaii. She gave me some info about the city and told me that the i280 was closed this weekend. I was assigned to a room on the 2^nd floor. I took my suitcase up to the room and was ready to unpack but then when I looked at my phone to check the time, there was no reception bars. I looked out the window and noticed I was in the back of the building. So I went back down to the lobby and told the same lady that my room had no cell phone reception and I needed it for incoming calls. She immediately went on the computer and started to find another room for me. I moved to a room on the top floor and it had a balcony, it was still a 1-​bedroom suite. There were a few things weird about this room like the door handle. I had to turn it up to open, instead of down like how it should be. It took me 3 tries to figure that one out. In the bathroom, the faucet for the tub, red was cold water and blue was hot water. I stood there waiting for the water to get hot and all I got was ice water. But finally, I decided to see what would happen if I left it in the blue area and I got hot water right away. The balcony door didn’t lock. I tried to lock it at night but I think the lock was jammed so I put a chair in front of it. I already move rooms once and I had unpacked. I didn’t want to move again so I stuck with it for the next few nights.
The room was spacious but if I opened the sofa bed, it would be tight. There was a large table that I used as a work desk and dining table with 2 chairs. The bedroom had a tv, ipod docking station, and the balcony. The bathroom had a double vanity. The mini kitchen came with pots, pans, dishware, utensils, knives and dish washing soap. The kitchen was useful because there were times where I had left over food and I could reheat it and cook up an extra side dish. I had to buy my own condiments (oil, salt, pepper) though. The hotel offers a free grocery service which I didn’t get a chance to use but some of the things I did take advantage of were:
— free breakfast (pre-​packaged muffins and danish, cereal, oatmeal, bagel, bread, yogurt, mini cans of fruit juice, oranges, bananas, milk, coffee, tea, hot water)
— free laundry (bring your own detergent or buy it from the front desk for $ 2.50)
— free Wi-​Fi (not high-​speed but fast enough to check email)
— free parking (a lot of hotels charge for parking now)
In the evenings, they have fresh baked chocolate chip cookies at the front desk. You have to get the timing right for this. I only got the cookie once when I was heading out to meet a friend for dinner. That was a very delicious cookie.
Overall, the hotel is good. If you’re coming to the city for work or for a vacation with the family I recommend giving this place a try. It’s close to the on ramp and off ramp for the freeway. If you happen to get a room with the balcony, go outside and check out the view. It’s pretty nice.

This is the poorman’s version of a San Francisco hotel. Located near Pharmaceutical Way, it’s decorated simply with framed posters in the halls, and the lobby is very small. The hotel room is for short-​term stays complete with kitchen, but all in all, its certainly not deluxe. It’s certainly comes up short in comparison with nearby hotels, Hilton and Embassy Suites.
Good things:
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1. Free Transportation in a 1 – 3 mile radius. Of course, the driver wasn’t available when I needed them, but still.
2. Free breakfast. Nothing beats free, but it was packaged pastries and loose fruit, coffee’s and tea’s. Not great.
3. Reasonably priced. For $ 139, it’s a good value.
4. Clean. That’s the main thing.
5. Pretty good size indoor pool, and fitness room.