Argonaut Hotel

This hotel is nice, but not so nice that it demands the price they're charging. I had a suite with the "bay view," which is essentially their nicest room, and after our long weekend I felt I had overpaid.

First of all, the positives. All the staff I interacted with was friendly and helpful. The location is impossible to beat as well, walk to Ghirardelli, walk to the water to see the sunset by the Golden Gate, shop for souvenirs or walk to eat, you can do it all on foot here and the options have no end. Finally I'll say the on-site dining place, Blue Mermaid, is pretty decent. We had their food first as in-room dining for breakfast, this was just OK, mostly because it was cold when it got to us. But we stopped by on our last night in town for some drinks and small bites, and really enjoyed ourselves. First of all the bartender was awesome, I forget his name because he got me too drunk but shoutout to that guy lol. We also tried the trio of chowders and they were quite good. My wife also had some garlic fries that were tasty as well.

The views are decent but the amount of the "bay" you can "view" (at least from the 2nd floor I was on) was pretty negligible. But if you bend down and squint you can see a scintilla of the Golden Gate so there's that I guess.

The room itself was pretty big, with a separate living room/dining room type of area you could close off from the main sleeping area and bathroom. Would probably be great if you have little ones.

The bed is a spring mattress which in my opinion is or should be extinct. Memory foam y'all, let's go. Bathroom was badly in need of a remodel, shower is very small and felt very old. I will say, my wife loved the jetted tub. Although in my opinion it also looked like it was from the 80s, even if it functioned just fine.

All in all is this a decent option if you're visiting SF? Yes. But be careful about which room you're selecting, and do your research. You can easily end up overpaying here.

Editing to add, since they replied and implied I don't understand cost of living--I live in Los Angeles, sir, so I most certainly understand that wages must keep up with cost of living. I never said I don't want to pay $2K for a hotel room for a long weekend--what I said was that if I am going to pay $2K for a hotel room for that length of time, it should be better than your hotel was. And thanks for the snark! Busting another star off the review for that one.