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The Sentient SF

1.0 star property

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Standard Single Room, Shared Bathroom
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Reviews

4.0 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Laundry
  • Free WiFi

Room options

Standard Double Room, Shared Bathroom

  • Sleeps 2

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Standard Single Room, Shared Bathroom

Standard Single Room, Shared Bathroom

  • Sleeps 1
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About the area

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179 Julian Ave, San Francisco, CA, 94103

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Family friendly

  • In-room microwave
  • In-room refrigerator
  • Laundry facilities

Conveniences

  • Laundry facilities
  • Limited-hour front desk

Guest services

  • Tour and ticket assistance

More

  • Edwardian architecture
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bathroom

  • Shared bathroom (in-room sink)

Entertainment

  • TV

Food and drink

  • Microwave
  • Refrigerator

More

  • Individual decor

Policies

Payment types at the property

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Property is also known as

Sentient SF
Sentient SF Hostel
Sentient SF Hostel San Francisco
Sentient SF San Francisco
The Sentient SF San Francisco
The Sentient SF Hostel/Backpacker accommodation
The Sentient SF Hostel/Backpacker accommodation San Francisco

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The Sentient SF Reviews

Reviews

4.0
Rating 10 - Excellent. 1 out of 12 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 1 out of 12 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 2 out of 12 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 12 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 7 out of 12 reviews

3.8/10

Cleanliness

4.4/10

Staff & service

3.6/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Pablo

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

6/10 Okay

Jazzy kathy, Los Angeles

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Sharing toilets if beyond 60 yrs old, bad choice!

I tried to stay in this hotel where you share the bathrooms, but it's not for me. I am at an age where I usually go to bathroom at least once between 11pm-6am, most nights. You have to wake up enough to take your own toilet tissue, disinfectant spray to toilet seat or seat covers. The showers were in another room, and you need a minimum of 2 towels per person because you need one for the floor. Ugggg However, how I got threw it all, I just thought of it as a camping trip! The walk-in closet in the room had no rail to hang your things. There appears to be new owners transitioning & they mentioned adding TV's to the rooms, but I would much rather have a rail in the closet so that I can hang my things. The only way I would return, this hotel would need to send me a coupon of only charging me $40 per night.& no "black-out' dates except no Christmas or no New Years!

2/10 Terrible

Kris, Santiago, Chile

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Get away, it's horrible

Incredibly mouldy, smelly, dark, ugly rooms. They look nothing like they appear on the photos. My room had no working electric outlets. I was on the 3rd floor and the only working bathroom was on the 1st floor. I got out of there as soon as I could. I'm asking for a full refund to Expedia. Do not come here, spend a little bit more and get someplace better.

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Not recommended

This is a budget hotel. However, staff is exremely unfriendly - at the check-in they called me "ey, you". The Room is the most basic possible, which means there is neither a bed side chest nor any cupboards, so you have to lay everything on the ground (there is not even a trash). But most importantly - it is not clean. The bed linen had dirt on them, in the sink and on the floor there were bugs running around. To sum up - I do not recommend this place. By the way, it's not a joke - they do not provide toilett paper, you have to bring your own...

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities

The basic of the most basic.

Once we arrived, it seemed the manager in charge that checked us in really didn't know what he was doing. We got booked a room a single bed room when online it said that I was to receive a double bed room. Charged us a $25 late check in fee. I felt he could have not charged the late fee for booking us the wrong and smaller room. Location as far as city and neighborhood wise was fantastic. Room was not that bad, just didn't get what I was told and a bit unhappy with that. Cleanliness was alright. Nothing fancy, nothing 5-star. One of those rooms that is literally there just for you to change and sleep in, which worked out for us. Was not a huge fan of late check in fee. Might possibly consider returning.

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

a nightmare in SF

I suggestthis"hotel" should be removed fromanybooking sites due to whatit reallyis which is most filthy and unlivable space on this planet

2/10 Terrible

Frank sales, M

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Terrible place to stay!

I got there at 5:30 pm, and there was no one to check me in ,waited for 35min and finally some came, he also was charging me a $25 ( cash ) late fee for checking in after 5 pm , I will NEVER stay there again!

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Ikke værd at anbefale

På emailbekræftelsen var receptionen angivet at være åbent til kl. 19, men da jeg ankom kl. 18.45 var der ingen tilstede. En beboer fra hotellet lukkede mig ind i lobbyen hvor jeg ringede til en angivet nr. Her fik jeg receptionisten i røret, der var ude og spise og lovede at være tilbage inden for 3/4 time. Efter 1 times ventetid ankom han endelig og jeg blev tjekket ind. På grund af ventetiden ville han afstå fra at opkræve mig et strafgebyr på 25 $ for sen indtjekning - et beløb jeg ikke under nogen omstændigheder havde accepteret at betale idet jeg ankom inden for den tid, som min bekræftelse havde angivet at receptionen var åben.

2/10 Terrible

Martin

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Cheap, great location

Very cheap hostel, clean bed linen, small rooms, night staff was always smoking weed. Great location. Do not expect Hilton standards, it is a hostel.

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Disliked: Staff & service

it was..

better than i expected.

2/10 Terrible

Eusebio cardenas, San Fransisco

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Sorry I did not stay, the worst hotel I ever seing. Not clean not comfort, and when we ask the fron desk desk office if I can call it a fron desk office. For the queen bed we was getting there was no queen bed, some of the bathroom was not up to service. It was disgusting, the worst place I ever seeing it should not be call a hotel. It is a dump

2/10 Terrible

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Hostel not hotel

This is a run down old building not a hotel at all the room was void of anything but to cots on had one outlet was more of a flop house than hostel, the room next door was slead as crime scene. Would not leave valuables in the locked room. Kept the one light on so they might think we were in the room.