Argonaut Hotel, San Francisco

Perfect location, walking distance to all that the area has to offer.

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Good breakfast and lunch available at the blue mermaid restaurant and lovely outdoor seating area for when the weather is good.

Room dimensions meant it was quite long and not that wide with just one window at the end, so less natural light than we would like ideally

Great location to public transport and local attractions.

Property was fine. Maybe slightly pricey for the room but the location is what you’re paying for.

Argonaut went above and beyond for our recent birthday stay. The room, location, staff, amenities, restaurant, etc. were first class! Always on our list for return visits.

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The Argonaut Hotel is in a wonderful location, right on Fisherman’s Wharf. The staff were incredibly kind and welcoming. Bed and pillows were super comfortable, and despite being in a busy area, it was a quiet and peaceful experience.

The restaurant hotel, The Blue Mermaid, left a lot to be desired. While it’s convenient for early morning grub, it’s overpriced for the quality of food you receive. You do get a $15 daily credit during your stay, which is helpful, and the service is decent. But there are better food options nearby for less (the Buena Vista, for example).

My only other critique has to do with the general “perfume” of the hotel. I was surprised at the distinct smell emanating from the lobby and hallways on each floor. It wasn’t an unpleasant smell, but it was really strong on certain days. As someone who’s sensitive to perfumes, this was a drawback for me.

While I appreciate an environment that smells good, I prefer to not have distinct scents super prevalent in the hotel I’m staying. This is just personal preference, however, and may not be a negative to everyone.

Very convenient with lovely adjacent restaurant , friendly staff and big rooms

No tea/coffee making facilities in room

Loved the location. Restored canning factory transformed into a luxury hotel. The bartender Jeff is so friendly and gave us superb advice about what to see and what places were t worth the trouble. We were so glad we followed his advice to visit the San Francisco Science Academy. Amazing experience. The rooms are comfortable and clean. Housekeeping came every day. Loved it.

What’s not to like?

Location, cleanliness, size of rooms & modern interior style room was fantastic. Concierge was exceptional & breakfast/restaurant terrific. Definitely stay here again & will definitely recommend to others. Just brilliant.

We loved the location on Fisherman’s Wharf. 5 minutes from Pier 39 and 5 minutes from the station for the cable car.
We were offered a free upgrade for the room: highly appreciated.
The staff were friendly. I loved chatting with the lady at the concierge desk.
Elegant hotel, very nice gym and interesting historical details to discover in the huge building that was once a can factory.

Great location, comfortable beds, interconnecting rooms

Good location, beds were very comfortable, towels were thick and good.

Price quoted for parking overnight, horrendously expensive. Regular TV channels were limited

The rooms were clean and the bed was comfortable.

Everything was great but I sure would love coffee by the fireplace for early risers.

A fantastic hotel with superb friendly staff. Stayed for my Wife's birthday and we were treated amazingly!

Great location at Fisherman’s Wharf and great to walk and even for swimming in the ocean. Spacious room. Very competent and organized “lost and found department “.

Bathroom a bit small. Overnight parking is crazy expensive, feels like a ripp off.

Location

Value for money

Location is great near the water. Nice bar and restaurant

Great location and fun hotel. Liked having restaurant on site

Our room could have used a new bed. A bit lumpy with divots

Great location, big beds, lovely good size room, lovely big mirrors and great magnifying mirror . Good to have hairdryer in room but the heat setting was a bit too hot for me. Loved the pumpkin contest for Halloween and the decorations. Loved that we could store luggage - all staff above and beyond excellent found all to be really helpful, friendly, knowledgeable and polite. Blue mermaid excellent again great staff, food was outstanding and really complemented the red wine.

Stayed in 3 different rooms and the last was the best and couldn’t fault. The previous 2 rooms both had noisy fridges - motor keeps firing up and did disturb my sleep. Hairdryer temp too hot. Would have been nice to have a little pack of biscuits with the tea/coffee machine and hot chocolate sachets - found the light lamps a bit difficult to turn on/off but did love the lighting in the rooms

Amazing location and view! Our room was excellent with several nice touches including the toiletries.

Everything! The staff, the room, the lobby, all fantastic!

Didn’t know you could self park until after we checked in. Valet was $75 for one night.

A very solid hotel, and obviously well run, and with helpful and engaging staff. Stayed for two nights after switching from another hotel that was underwhelming (Hotel Enso on Sutter Street). Quiet rooms, good restaurant - both breakfast and dinner were absolutely fine for the solo business traveller. Shout out to Angel on the Front Desk and Tony the General Manager, who helped to sort a couple of issues with room availability and modifying my booking, and which generated a lot of goodwill.

Not much to be honest - rooms are short of sockets if you need to plug in anything away from the multi connector they provide. Shower flow is a little on the shy side, but did not detract from the room experience.

Breakfast was very average food not very hot and not the big American breakfasts that we'd heard about and quite expensive therefore only taken once because of this

Shower could have been more powerful. Coffee wasn't good

Proximity to the swim park

Wait for a room and the bathroom wasn’t the cleanest

Location, location, location…….

We wish we could have stayed longer

Beautiful brick building, but all renovated indoors. I had the bay view room. Excellent location to run to GG bridge, take the trolley or walk to the hill, ferry building etc. Staff super nice and helpful.

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Lovely hotel, highly recommend. Rooms are a bit of a funny shape but they work well

We were woken by an alarm in the room next door that continued for about half an hour at 6:00am. Not the hotels fault but realised that the walls were thinner than we thought.

Location was exceptional.

Having more time to spend in SF.