Holiday Inn San Francisco Golden Gateway, An Ihg Hotel

“Pretty cheap but for a reason”

The check in process and the lobby for the hotel was nice. I liked how there was a designated parking structure for guests. The view of San Francisco was pretty good. The room was very average. The elevator was extremely loud, I woke up multiple times during the night because the sound of the elev… more

The check in process and the lobby for the hotel was nice. I liked how there was a designated parking structure for guests. The view of San Francisco was pretty good. The room was very average. The elevator was extremely loud, I woke up multiple times during the night because the sound of the elevator shook the bed.

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“One of my SF go-to hotels”

I lived in San Francisco for 40 years and now I come back frequently for short visits. The Holiday Inn Golden Gateway is one of my go-to hotels. The hotel is a 25 story tower surrounded by 5 story buildings. If you are on a mid-to-upper floor the views can be amazing. You can ensure this by explic… more

I lived in San Francisco for 40 years and now I come back frequently for short visits. The Holiday Inn Golden Gateway is one of my go-to hotels. The hotel is a 25 story tower surrounded by 5 story buildings. If you are on a mid-to-upper floor the views can be amazing. You can ensure this by explicitly booking an upper floor corner room for a nominal upcharge. On my last two visits I had a panoramic view of the bay, Alcatraz, Coit Tower, the Transamerica Pyramid, Nob Hill, downtown, and the bay again. It's very centrally located, which is another way of saying it is equally far from most tourist attractions. But SF is the city that birthed Uber, Lyft, and Waymo, and you can quickly grab a ride and get to nearly anything interesting in 10-20 minutes. One exception is the cable car. There are two (remaining) cable car lines in SF. There's the one that all the tourists take that runs north-south and is crowded. Granted it is also more scenic than the one that runs east-west. But the latter starts right outside the Holiday Inn and goes all the way to The Embarcadero and the ferry building. The ferry building is now a large food and shops court. And if you want you can switch cable car lines at the top of Nob Hill where they cross. Now for my big complaint, which unfortunately can't be fixed and costs the review a star. The average SF high temperature in August is 70 degrees and in January it's 56. Nobody who lives in the city has air conditioning, you just throw open a window any time of year and get a nice ocean breeze. But not at the Holiday Inn - All windows are completely sealed shut and each room has its own loud HVAC unit (not sure about the V) that cycles between chilly and stuffy. Some people in this forum complain about having to pay for parking. That's so precious. In fact, this hotel has one of the lowest parking rates I've found. And it's a Really Good Garage. It's high security, you can come and go as you please, and it's integrated with the hotel on every floor so you don't have to go the bottom and then back up. At checkout time bring your bags right to your car and you're on your way.

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