Civic Center-Tenderloin

This is a popular backpacker hostel just two blocks from Union Square.

Clean, cheap, safe, fun. The hostel has 75 beds in total, some are 4 or 5 bed dorms and others private rooms. All rooms have their own private bathroom. They offer a free breakfast and free wi-fi.

This is a pretty standard but comfortable inn near Van Ness. They offer some free limited parking and a complimentary breakfast.

This is an older building and the rooms are in need of paint, but it's relatively clean. There is a nice Indian couple who runs the place, they have wireless internet and a community computer in the lobby and a continental breakfast each morning. It's in a great location, just 2 blocks from Union Square.

Great hostel operating in two buildings just off Union Square. All rooms have their own bathrooms.

Civic Center Hotel

Furnished rooms with a sink in each room no televisions. Only metered street parking is available at the hotel.

This hotel has 96 well decorated rooms in the heart of downtown. All rooms have 300 thread count sheets, high definition TVs, complimentary breakfast, and free wi-fi.

It's on the eastern outskirts of the Tenderloin, but there can be people sleeping in stairways and panhandling right next to the hotel, so it's authentic enough. Inside it is perfectly clean.

This is a 460 room historic boutique hotel. An elegant, opulent building, it was first used as a temporary city hall after the 1906 earthquake. Italian marble, Austrian chandeliers, and a short walk to the Symphony/Opera and the Asian Art Museum. It also has a piano bar/wine bar.

This hotel has 29 well appointed guestrooms and 18 suites which are individually decorated. It is situated in an excellent location, just a stones throw away from the War Memorial Opera House.

A boutique hotel, favored by musicians of all stripes, with free parking and breakfast.

This is a triangular shaped boutique hotel in the heart of downtown. It's an older building, but quaint and well maintained. Within easy walking distance to the bars and clubs of SoMa. If you want to spend a weekend clubbing and don't mind being surrounded by seedy porn stores and homeless people, this is great value.

Hotel features Jeffrey Chodorow's Asia de Cuba restaurant, the Redwood Room, the Living Room, private apartments, penthouse suites and meeting facilities.

A luxury boutique hotel featuring a fresh design that bridges its Spanish Colonial Revival architectural roots to a clean and contemporary design aesthetic. This elegant downtown San Francisco hotel is 2½ blocks away from the Powell St Cable Car line, 6 blocks from the Moscone Convention Center and is close to the Financial District, Chinatown, North Beach, Nob Hill, and SoMa.

Sleek, modern boutique hotel just off Union Square. This place is pretty hip! It's also a non-smoking hotel.

A fun and hip boutique hotel. This is part of Kimpton Hotels, a San Francisco based hotel and restaurant company.

This is a deluxe boutique hotel in a 17-story Spanish Revival building. They have free high speed internet and a wine appreciation hour every evening.