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The Herbert Hotel

161 Powell Street, San Francisco, CA 94102  | 
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Ranked #137 of 238 hotels in San Francisco
3.5 of 5 stars 122 Reviews
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slojudes
San Luis Obispo, California
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 21 February 2012 NEW

We were very disappointed in our hotel room. Although freshly painted and clean, the extremely small room was totally unfurnished. There was only a very small bistro table filled with a small coffee maker with 2 plastic wrapped styrofoam cups and plastic wear / packaged amenities for the Maxwell House coffee, and no room for another thing. There was no... More

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ParamountManagment, Manager at The Herbert Hotel, responded to this review
22 February 2012

The rooms in the Herbert Hotel were built in the early 1900's and so are of a smaller size. In our old rooms we did try to place a desk and chairs in every room but this lead to crowded rooms with no space to move and in addition since we are not a 3 or 4 sta hotel, we... More

Alexandre Ruggi... K
Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil
1 review
1 helpful vote
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 20 December 2011
1
person found this review helpful

I really recommend the Herbert Hotel in San Francisco. It's located on Powell Street, the main street in San Francisco, two blocks from Union Square, on the street of the streetcar. I had a problem in my bathroom and the solved very fast. The rooms are very good and the price very reasonable. It' my second time in San Francisco... More

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Galwaygirl1539
Cork
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 2 December 2011
1
person found this review helpful

I'm not sure if we were just unlucky with our room or if the website developers are using false photos or a serious amount of photoshop but our room was tiny, very bare and pretty noisy! It's a strange set up, almost hostel like, but I have to say it was really clean and served its purpose for our 5... More

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ParamountManagment, General Manager at The Herbert Hotel, responded to this review
5 December 2011

All of our room types are reflected in our website as they are. They have the red colorful set up or they have the more white and silver set up, we try to show both styles on our website as accurate as possible. Being a building from 1908 some of the rooms are on the small side but this is... More

Gussiecat
Holland, Michigan
Senior Reviewer
10 reviews
6 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 27 November 2011
3
people found this review helpful

After spending three miserable nights in the Union Square Plaza Hotel, I phoned the Hebert in desperate hope of a brighter, quieter, more comfortable room. The brochure showed clean, brightly decorated, pleasant rooms, and the one we were assigned did not disappoint. The seventh floor location had surprisingly little noise, since the windows were good and we were high above... More

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drpj1967
Diosd, Hungary
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3 reviews
3 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 25 November 2011
1
person found this review helpful

We stayed in this hotel for a weeklong vacation, and we were quite satisfied with it. Our room was on the 6th floor, a nicely decorated (we loved the brick backwall), spacious-enough bedroom with a clean bathroom. The real surprise was the decent and quiet heater which was really useful during those cold November nights. Since our window opened to... More

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Lisa C
San Francisco, California, United States
1 review
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 24 November 2011

The location of the hotel is great! It's unbeatable! The rooms are great, very clean with comfortable beds! You get free wired Internet. There's cable in the room, really great. The rooms really look amazing, great rooms for an unbeatable price! The hotel is located in downtown San Francisco! So you are in walking distance from the Bloomingdale Mall, Yerba... More

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Brendan H
Davis, California
1 review
1 helpful vote
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 12 November 2011
1
person found this review helpful

I needed a place to stay for a night while I was on business in San Francisco. The location was very close to the MUNI train station which was great for me b/c I didn't have a car. There's plenty of places to eat and grab a drink in the neighborhood as well. The room I got was perfect for... More

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Mary661
1 review
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 7 November 2011

I stayed here the first weekend of November this year, so it was a very cold weekend. Once my friends and I got to the hotel, we were not let in immediately. We were left to wait out in the cold with all of out bags until a guest was leaving the building to let us in. The staff member... More

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ParamountManagment, Manager at The Herbert Hotel, responded to this review
8 November 2011

Powell Street is a very busy street and to keep our Hotel safe and secure we do have a door that is locked and do buzz our guests in upon arrival. From that point forward their room key gives them access to the Hotel. Our junior suites have two styles, one with a bed and a couch and another with... More

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Phillip N
Los Angeles, California
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4 of 5 stars Reviewed 26 October 2011
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I have stayed at the Herbert a couple times and I plan on using it again. In all my experiences, the rooms were clean, the location was great, and the price was right. Did I mention the rooms were clean? More

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