if you have never been to San Fran, 6th street is where all the homeless is, and this hotel is at 7th street, so basically one block away. Day time was okay to walk around but you would not want to go outside when it is dark. As others reviewed previously, hotel has some sort of strange smell even though they tried their best to use diffusers to cover it. If you are just looking for a place to sleep and this is the place to go, around the downtonw, convinient, cheap.