Music City Hotel - Home of the San Francisco Music Hall of Fame

This is a great place. Naturally, the experience may be different when it comes to cleanliness and noise, depending on the guests. I stayed in a 6 female capsule and it was great. The capsule is actually very roomy and comfortable. There is a stocked kitchen and shower in the room, and plenty of privacy considering the fact that it's 6 people. The atmosphere in the whole place was great and the front desk was awesome.

This place is a gem. I've stayed about a week at the hostel and used the rehearsal space a few times. Absolutely awesome. The practice spaces are comfortable and very well equipped with backline gear, well planned, thoughtfully staged for quick setup/breakdown, and priced generously, too. The hostel rooms have Japanese style pods with blackout shades for privacy which is great in dorm situations. They provide more than enough comfortable bedding, towels and bath amenities and the showers are hot with excellent water pressure. Noticeably, everywhere you go is CLEAN and modernized, the bathrooms always stocked with paper towels and tp. The walls are decorated with SF music memorabilia just about everywhere, so it never feels like you're in a space that wasn't carefully designed to cater to your appreciation of MUSIC🙏🤘. They have a cocktail bar and kitchen, with awesome staff. Front desk is friendly and helpful on all accounts. Oh, and the entire hotel is also a museum which you can walk while listening to an audio guided tour (qr code) through the storied history of SF pop musical history, which hipped me to grip of recording artists I hadn't heard before and enlightened me to SF connection to artists I never knew had ties to the bay area. Maybe I missed some though, where were the Pretty Things and Modern Lovers? Surely somewhere I didn't have my eyes open. Anyway, I can't say enough good things about this place, and I'm grateful to them for keeping a light on for musicians like me and for carrying a torch for the appreciation of music past and present, -APmercury

It was under renovations when I was there so it was hard to sus out the vibe and meet people, though I’m sure it’s much better when it’s up and running and there’s live music! It was very clean and the staff was great. The main reason my rating isnt higher is because it was insanely expensive for what you get…especially considering the building is very old and there’s no elevator. Rooms definitely look better in the pictures (but that’s often the case). There was also a hefty property tax ($110 CAD) that I was not made aware of before I booked. Big ouch on top of an already overpriced room.

Really cool themed hostel! I love that the key cards are like VIP passes, and the pod set-up is super private and comfortable. Good and clean, private bathrooms. Easy check-in. The location is fairly central, part way between the very popular neighborhood of Nob Hill and the less popular neighborhood of Tenderlion, which is a bit rougher. So you may feel a bit uncomfortable in the area at night if you're not aware of which way you're walking. Otherwise can't recommend enough! Great value in the price.

Nice hostel! Front desk clerks are nice. Looked like a museum. Didn't like the hot water didn't work half of the time of my stay tho :(. They were doing some construction (and the note about that was posted around the place) but from talking to the front desk, there was a misunderstanding with the start date, and so I guess they turned off the hot water which was annoying. I also didn't like how the rooms were super hot. There was a fan built into the bunk beds, but honestly, you could not even tell if the fan worked for it did nothing for me. They do have a separate fan for the entire room, but too small and not super useful for everyone due to its size. Otherwise, nice hostel. I would come back! They kept a good job keeping the communal bathrooms clean so I can't complain there. In a good location too, but I will say, its near the Tenderloin which holds a big percentage of homeless people living on the street. A sad sighting (if you ask me) but they are harmless.May scare some folks, but don't be. They are human just like we are and just trying to survive.