This is a cute boutique hotel located in downtown Oakland. We booked for an overnight stay. There are no elevators. Be prepared to take your luggage up some stairs. If you pay the extra fee for parking, the lot is right across the street. It's "secured" meaning there's a padlock you enter a code into to get in and out. The front desk staff helped us get into the lot after we checked in and out when we left to go home (Thanks, ladies!) Because of the location of the hotel, we left our car there and walked, took public transit and Uber'd. Very easy. It's not the greatest of areas, but we felt safe. We didn't hear the traffic noise or the live music playing across the street from our room. We loved seeing all the art work and photo panels on the walls. There's a nice common area downstairs with a pool table and board games.
Our room was small but adequate and clean. There's not a lot of lighting. The ceiling light wasn't very bright and there was only one beside table and lamp. There's a good sized mini fridge in the room. There's a community microwave in the common room, downstairs. The queen size bed was comfortable with A LOT of pillows. We had to stack the decorative ones on the desk. WiFi was spotty at times. Overall, it was really quiet stay except for the early risers at 5 am walking and talking in the hallway. Use the complimentary ear plugs if you're a really light sleeper. read more