Argonaut Hotel

A favourite location for lots of families arriving in California, so hotel is well kitted out for that. Rooms are comfortable, but definitely on the smaller side (reflecting the historic nature of the building). We had a courtyard facing room, which is not a courtyard but instead a bare concrete inner space. Bed comfortable, room very clean, toiletries etc good. Excellent gym open 24/7. Staff always friendly. On site parking expensive: I would recommend parking in the public parking nearby for around 1/2 the price. Two minute walk from the front door. Restaurant fine for breakfast, but expensive: $200 for a family of five! Fisherman’s Wharf area is okay but a bit soulless and other restaurants in the area, mediocre and expensive. Although the hotel is good, and I would recommend it to anyone visiting SF for the first time, next time I would probably stay in a different part of town.

Was charged a "guest amenities" fee of 42 dollars per night inc taxes. No choice. They tell you this at checkin. This is to cover complimentary stuff which you would expect in hotel booking cost. Coffee in room and use of hotel wifi. Rip off. Book elsewhere.

Great hotel, but know you're in a tourist area and that brings a lot of noise with it

Staff from Door Mann to bartender to front desk were amazing! We will definitely be back

Location

We were so happy with our stay at the Argonaut. Our room was very clean, and cleaned thoroughly each day. We used the fitness room, and were pleased with the variety of equipment provided. We had a spectacular view of the Warf.

Wonderful location for fisherman’s wharf, restaurants, trolley and cable car. We had a view of the Golden Gate Bridge from our room. Very nice hotel. Very quiet. Good restaurant attached to hotel and other amenities.

The hotel itself is beautiful. The finish superb and the location outstanding. I wanted to give a 5 star review based on that alone. However, our room was not cleaned for two days and when I went and made reception aware the supervisor was quite rude and intimated that I may have been at fault by not making the cleaners aware that I wanted the room cleaned!! I had left the light on for 2 days that said,’please make up my room’. Not sure what further measures were required! I was told that they couldn’t do anything about my room that day as the cleaners went home at 4 pm! It was now 6pm. I was so gobsmacked in an American hotel where customer service is king, to be given that response. They did relent and gave money off but I was really disappointed the way that it was handled. Also, on our first day the carpet throughout our floor had, what looked like, Shake n vac sprinkled all over it. Only problem. It was left like that for 2 days! It looked unprofessional in such a totally beautiful hotel to have white powder all over the carpet. All the guests on my floor were discussing it and mystified why this would be left this way and considered acceptable in such a prestige hotel. I wanted to really love this hotel experience and it has great facilities. It just needs better management and staff that care.

Perfect location! Beautiful boutique hotel and the staff was top notch! We had a wonderful stay and we would stay here again for sure!

Charming hotel in ideal location central to restaurants, shopping, and sight-seeing opportunities.