Kensington Park Hotel

Very close to a cable car stop, only abou 80 feet away. If you prefer, you can take the cable and go down to the cable car turnaround (one stop away), where the BART station and MUNI buses/streetcars can bring you almost anywhere. Thr room is big enough for a family of 4 (2 adults, 2 small children). Good furnishing with a LCD TV. Only limited channels. Good lighting. Lack of bathroom counter space, but it is clean. The bathtub is low (not the usual one you find in your home), water pressure is great. In-house parking is $35 overnight (exc tax), so go park at White House Garage (intersection of grant/stockton, which is 2 blocks away. rate is $29 a night (exc tax), anything beyond 8 hrs is considered one day. Driving is horrendous (and parking), so consider taking the public transportation which can bring you to Fisherman's Wharf, Embarcardero, Chinatown, Financial District, Litte Italy (north beach), Lombard St (crooked st), etc. Cable car is $5 one-way, and MUNI buses are $1.50 each. The BART goes by distance. If you buy the 3-day MUNI passport at $18, you can travel unlimited on MUNI buses/streetcars and cable car. BART not included. Walgreens (around the corner of hotel) sells the passport. The cable car can get very crowded at the stop, so you might want to get down to the turnaround for boarding. The food in Chinatown is good, you can get good dim sum. The hotel can get slightly noisy in the early morning (garbage trucks), so maybe you want to request for higher floors.