Argonaut Hotel

This hotel is amazing. The staff is friendly and the rooms are nice. The Argonaut is in a perfect location. It’s situated to provide a pleasant bike ride into the Presidio or a nice walk to Russian Hill or Nob Hill. I hate the wharf and pier 39, but this hotel is just far enough away from that garbage that you don’t feel like you’re staying in a gaudy tourist trap.

We absolutely loved this hotel! My wife and I stayed here ¹⁄₁₄ — ¹⁄₁₇ for our 10 year anniversary. We stayed in room 411, which was a suite. Suite was beautiful and very spacious, almost a little too big for us, =).
This is hotel is in a great location. You can pretty much walk to Ghiradelli Sqaure, any of the piers and catch the cable cars. Save yourself $ 60/​night for parking and Über/​Cab when you need to.
Hotel staff is very friendly. Donovan at the door is awesome and very helpful!
I would definitely stay at Argonaut Hotel again when we come back to SFO.

Awesome hotel! It is cool that it is dog friendly, especially since you’d never even know there were dogs there! Everything is clean and it doesn’t smell like pets. For the room, it was huge! It had a nice and roomy entry way, awesome décor, and the shutters were fun (and extremely practical). My boyfriend and I stayed here one night. While our room didn’t have a view of anything pretty (we didn’t pay for a view), the hotel was so clean and well put together that we really didn’t care. We loved exploring the information center that’s connected to it. Don’t let the name fool you! This looked like it could have been a museum of Disneyland’s caliber! Definitely check it out. We ordered room service for breakfast and we were NOT disappointed by the quality of the food. The prices are expensive, but they are competitive with breakfast prices for that area. We explored Ghirardelli Square at night and got dinner at the Pub there. It was delicious and recommended. Also, we did valet and paid the $ 50 for parking. While this is outrageous, it is normal for SF. It sucks, but it comes with the city. Overall, we LOVED it here! Stay here if you can :)

Nice location. Great service. Friendly staff. There are plenty of restaurants nearby. We toured the ships just across the street. There’s a Starbucks just behind the hotel. The cable car station is just across the street. Ghirardelli Square is a quick walk away. Our hotel room was comfy.

Enjoyed this hotel, rooms very clean staff very attentive. So easy to walk outside the hotel and enjoy the wharf or catch a cab to the shops at Union Square.
Would book again with them!

4 – 5 years ago the hotel had newer or better maintained bed covers, feature/​ornamental pillows, etc. Now they are showing their age, kind of dirty, not washed for a long time. The low room’s light is kind of masking the luck of cleaning. The carpet is old and unclean after so many years of use. This is a 3stars hotel now, overpriced. The location is close to ocean, but the area is like a ghetto sometimes.

Absolutely loved this hotel! Can’t say enough about our stay! The staff, the room, the location and the experience were all wonderful! We stayed in room 438 and it was an adorable brick-​walled room with a lovely view of Ghirardelli square, the cable cars, the park and the ocean! The bed was so comfy and the robes were like clouds (we purchased one to take home) With the Fisherman’s Wharf right outside the door we couldn’t ask for a better location. This hotel was clean, friendly and relaxing. After a day on the wharf and pier it was the perfect oasis to warm up and recharge. Thank you to the Argonaut staff for our amazing experience! We recommend highly and will be returning! Special thank you to Christine for 5 Star service!

I’ve stayed twice at this hotel and have had excellent experiences both times. The location is great and the décor is really neat. I really love the nautical theme. This hotel is very clean and welcoming with great views of the bay. Friendly staff too! And they’re dog friendly… huge plus!

I really liked my stay here at The Argonaut. I wanted to love it so much, but there were things that I just couldn’t let go of, which is why I did not give them a «five star» rating.
PROS:
LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION! The location was absolutely amazing! I loved being able to wake up in the morning and step out to the Wharf and grab my morning coffee. I loved that everything was within walking distance, or a short car ride.
Friendly staff-​Everyone always had a warm smile and greeted us like we were family. They printed my boarding passes for me, and we had a lovely conversation about our hometowns.
HUGE room! So much space for activities! Not that we were in the room much, but still, SO MUCH ROOM!
The room was CLEAN! Clean bathroom, clean living area, and clean sheets. I never felt like I got the «heebie jeebies» or anything like that.
It felt like home… nothing was over the top «luxurious», so if you’re looking for something like that during your stay, this is not the place for you. However, I loved it. It was like staying with family.
CONS:
Our room was STREET LEVEL. People could see in our room! Someone actually made eye contact with me the first time I opened the shutter like blinds things on the window, thank goodness I wasn’t in by birthday suit when I did it! That would have been HORRIFYING! It would have helped if there were normal drapes or blinds, but the plastic shutters meant that we had no natural light or could even open them the entire stay. I was really sad that I paid a little extra for a deluxe room with at least a decent view, and I couldn’t even open the shutters. BOO!!!
Since we were street level you heard the drunkards yelling, people talking, buses/​trolleys passing, invest in some earplugs people.
I think the room above me had a family staying up there… they were up at 6:30 every morning jumping around. It really brought me back to apartment living. Very, very noisy.
Again, invest in some ear plugs if you’re a light sleeper like myself.
When checkout came along there were additional charges ($ 81.53 to be exact). We ordered no room service food, we ordered no movies, we didn’t eat or drink anything from the mini fridge, and we didn’t mess up anything in our room (I’m a clean freak, by the way, so no mess). On the first night of our stay, we put two water bottles in the mini fridge (our own) which we were told at check in we could do at no cost, so we took advantage. At that point we didn’t even move any of the liquor, sodas, or anything like that. The only way I could see this being a possibility would be our last night, we went to a cool little brewery down the coast that, we got a little growler to go… We probably made it back to our room about 8−9PM. We moved some of the items in the mini fridge in an attempt to fit the beer growler in there while we got some ice cream… I think my hubby took out two cans of soda, and a couple of the mini liquors out, and forgot to put them back in the fridge (Boys, you can’t live with or without them!) However, we did put them back in the fridge when we got back (they were still very cold). If that’s what they’re referring to, that would mean that in the 5 – 10 mins we took to go and get ice cream, someone went in our room, saw that the cans/​bottles were out and assumed that we drank them, WHAT?! It was like 10 at night?! Who does that?! Were they watching for when we left so they could check?! AGH! For some reason it just creeps me out! Oh! And our «do not disturb» light was on the entire time. The maids never made our beds, and they didn’t have to clean during our stay. I get it, it’s your hotel, and you can go in any time you want… I would have invited them in to take a look if they were ever concerned! It just rubbed me the wrong way-I’m sure it wasn’t for this, but I really can’t think of any other reason for it. It was just really weird for me… Now I will say, they did reverse the charge, and if they didn’t, I would have been REALLY upset.
Now the pros really did outweigh the cons, please do not let this review scare you away. I would stay at this hotel again the next time I come to visit San Francisco. It was an awesome hotel. If I wasn’t street level, and we didn’t have those extra charges, it would have been absolutely amazing, just a little disappointing. I’m very sorry about that!

Giant bed! I’m 6′-4″ and I can stretch my arms and legs out and not touch the top or bottom.

Bait and switch at it’s finest.
Booked this hotel through hotwire, wasn’t notified until a few days ago that when you book this 4* hotel, they put you in a room with 1 queen bed. You can even book this «basement» room on their website. Oh and if you want the 4* hotel experience you just paid for, you have to pay again.
Total bait and switch tactics here.

Parking is $ 50 per day at the hotel, so outrageous. They also charge $ 100 per night deposit on top of your room rate, for incidentals.
When pulling our luggage out of my friend’s car, the bellhop’s cart toppled over onto his car, causing a huge dent. Supposedly they’ll cover it, but the fact that it happened at all is ridiculous. The manager said they would cover it, but she was nowhere to be found when it came time to file all the paperwork. The assistant manager kept saying she was «off site.» Your hotel dents a customer’s car and you can’t bother to be onsite? For real?
Front desk is RUDE RUDE RUDE. Called front desk because the room service people forgot to give me silverware (you have to call the front desk when room service doesn’t answer), she had an attitude when I asked for it. Was I supposed to eat with my hands?
Called back to ask for a bellhop upon checkout. She almost hung up on me. What the heck?
Water is $ 4 in the rooms.
Bathrooms are small.
Overall, really pricey and not much bang for buck. Probably won’t stay here the next time we come – it just doesn’t seem worth it.
Being from Texas, I was very friendly and polite and this was our first time visiting SF. I guess Californians aren’t the same. It’s good to know that SF isn’t very friendly to tourists when it’s a tourist city.
Won’t be staying here again next time I visit.

This is a cool place. A little on the pricey side, but we got a good deal on
. The hotel is very unique, and the service and cleanliness has been top-​notch!
The ease of access to the Wharf makes it well worth the trip!
We would definitely stay here again (if we could get a good price)!

Very nice hotel at a great location in San Francisco. We love the nautical theme throughout the hotel! Valet parking only at this hotel. Staff were really friendly and accommodating. While we were checking in, another staff member entertained our kids… took them to the treasure chest to pick out some goodies (toys, candy and such). Concierge was pretty quick delivering our luggage after we got checked in and got our room. The room we got was smaller than we expected but worked for what we needed. Just wished I knew how tiny they were prior to getting the room so we could have upgraded to a bigger room. We usually stay at all suite hotels and used to having all that space. And with the price you pay at this hotel, we were expecting bigger rooms. But I guess you pay more for the location!
Hotel provides complimentary happy hour drinks and snacks. It’s walking distance to fisherman’s wharf and Pier 39 where you can do a lot of SFO sightseeing and activities. Also located just across from the cable car station at Ghirardelli Square.
We did love our stay here and the location was great for us! We will definitely stay here again in the future!

The hotel was booked by a friend and we had no idea how well situated we would be! This hotel is perfect for exploring San Fransisco, your in walking distance of all the piers, the trolley and the hop on hop off tour buses to get you around. The hotel it’s self is beautifully decorated with a nautical theme, the Blue Mermaid serves great food I would recommend the chowder bread bowl it’s delish!!! The staff are great especially the bell boys/​men, Troy was incredibly polite and helpful with our bags and pick up to the airport. In the evening they did beer and wine tasting in the reception area and even though our room was at the front of the hotel we heard hardly any street noise! The bath robes on your room are interesting I have never seen ones like this before!
All in all a great stay I hope to be back soon!

Love this hotel. it was our first time staying here. It was close to everything and it’s set on fisherman’s wharf. WE had a the deluxe king room suite where it had a living room area and our king bed. our view was great. we can see people walking by and saw gharradelli from our view.
Beds were comfy. The robes were epic. I love the theme of the room. Wish I couldve stayed longer

Once again, did not fail to impress. My daughter is in town visiting so my gf and I decide to play around in SF for the day. So prior planning, I book a hotel close to the wharf and within walking distance to the trolleys. Unfortunately, the hotel I booked was misrepresented by some awesome pictures on Expedia. Needless to say, no refund for late booking, but it didn’t matter as long as we were out of this dump. So I called the Argonaut, not only did they understand the skin crawling situation, but discounted the stay by 25%, sweet! If you have ever stayed here, you know the extent the staff will go to to ensure the absolute best.
There is a 5 – 6 pm beer and wine social, I only mention it as FYI, an attached restaurant and valet parking. Can’t get around SF parking. The hotel charges 50.00 per day, with unlimited car retrieval. Just make whether you are out by 3 pm, or you will be charged another day.
The room was immaculate as always, and they provide robes along with the usual toiletries. Let me add, the robes are Kimpton originals. Also available is a mini-​bar, while some hotels charge for disrupting the contents, here you’re allowed to use the fridge and move things around as required. I really can’t add any more to all the accolades already stated. Just know, the Argonaut is top notch

So fantastic, we can’t wait to go back. Perfect location. Suite 411 has a fun view of the cable cars on the corner of Hyde and Beach. So much space for a family of 4. Kids had their own digs. Perfect service and the hotel left us a complimentary bottle of wine to enjoy and snacks for the kids:) will do this again soon for sure.

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I’ve stayed at this hotel several times. It seems that every other visit there is an issue. This is truly a shame because the hotel itself is breathtaking. I love the whole overall vibe of the hotel. The location is ideal. However, being a four star hotel there shouldn’t be these inconsistencies.
Pros this visit: Ease of check in. Received requested room. Doormen and Concierge were incredibly polite, helpful and friendly.
Cons this visit: Being a Kimpton member and saying the secret word didn’t yield me much of anything. Room was incredibly noisy (which has never happened before) to where you could hear conversations clearly from other rooms. Housekeeping wasn’t quite up to par. Vacuuming was an issue and had sheets with black ink spots. The door, though it sounded as if it shut, didn’t completely. So, if you didn’t check your door, someone could have easily gotten into your room.
I did mention the issue with the door at check out and mentioned the rest in the survey I received after my stay. I received a response from the hotel via email. They apologized for the issues and wanted to know when it would be convenient to discuss this with me. I responded to the email, including time frames and a phone number. A week later I have not heard a thing. This is very disappointing. I guess this is what happens when you’re acquired by IHG. (Note: WiFi is free if you are a Kimpton Rewards member. It costs nothing to join, so you might want to do so before your visit or you’ll have to pay for WiFi.)

Love the location of the hotel — strategically located by the end of Fisherman Wharf (west side), within walking distance to Pier 39 and famous restaurants like Gary Danko /​Scoma /​Buena Vista Café.
The room itself is decent, spacious living room and a huge bathroom. There is also a free happy hour from 5−6pm where they serve free wine/​beer at the lobby.
Cons?
— There is no hook near the shower to hang your towel
— Hate the A/​C ! Whenever it kicks on, I can hardly hear the TV (if you are in the living room)
— Pillows are flat… like 180 degrees flat.
There are many other hotels around that area, Im not sure if I will stay here the next time I am back.

Rote Klinker, modern, gemütlich und besonders, so ist mir das ARGONAUT in Erinnerung geblieben ! Meine Frau hatte es als Zwischenstopp auf unserer Zwischenreise durch den Sunshine State für 3 Tage gebucht ! Super gelegen, direckt am Hafen und den Kabel-​Cars. Überall Input input input

Direkt an der Fishermans Warf, der perfekte Ausgangspunkt für Ausflüge. Das Pier ist keine 5 Minuten zu Fuss erreichbar, direkt gegenüber ist ein sensationeller Italiener, den man probiert haben sollte — göttlich.Parken ist leider nicht beim Hotel möglich aber direkt dahinter ist das günstigste Parkhaus an der Warf. Wir kommen bestimmt wieder.