The Marina Inn on San Francisco Bay

Very nice staff. This is a good choice if you need to fly in or out of the Oakland airport. It is very close by, has a shuttle service, and while the rooms are about what you would expect from an airport hotel, the staff makes the difference.

Friendly staff, clean hotel, old school SF vibe, sits right on a marina across the Bay from SF, tasty breakfast, large selction of TV channels (and TCM), large shower, strong water pressure, room windows open wide, comfortable beds and pillows, ample parking, restaurants/​bars within walking distance, 4 miles from OAK, airport shuttle, great stay!

Stayed one night and next day checked out .I asked for a top floor but at check in the clerk said they only had ground floor .But he said you’ll like it He was right. probably better to have ground floor. The Marina was right outside our balcony. Its beautiful and serene. The room was nice and clean with everything you need. The staff was warm and friendly. Check in was smooth. The breakfast was fruits waffles bagels eng muffins etc. Their was a really nice staff woman whom helped me as I was trying to grab everything LOL .You can walk the Marina .I gave 4 star because I wish check in was earlier its3pm

Hubby and I stayed here for the weekend for the A’s vs Giants game and this place was amazing. The rooms were clean and nice, the staff were very friendly and helpful when planning our day. The view from the marina is beautiful. The hotel has bikes you can rent for free and they have trails all around he marina. The restaurant next door is great and they give 10% discount for Marina Inn guest. We will be back next baseball season for sure.

Simply horrible customer service. Booked a room through Hotwire was given a single bed at check in. Asked for two beds to accommodate my kids they refused. A/​C unit in room didn’t work and they refused to give us a comparable exchange. When asked for a refund they said you’d have to work that out with booking company. Do not stay here. Then headboard fell off when we sat in bed!

This place is a hidden gem. Located on the San Leandro Marina it offers a calming view of the bay. The hotel it self was very decent. Updated rooms with all the essentials. It was nice our room, 324 had a patio and pool view. The staff were all warm and welcoming. Check in & out was smooth.
Nearby Horatio’s Dining and Complementary breakfast buffet with waffle station was a nice touch.
I’d stay here again.

The Marina Inn is wonderful! We stayed here for our honeymoon and it was great. The room was clean and adorable with its small touches. The staff was very friendly and helpful. When we wanted to go into San Francisco they gave us maps and showed us which lines to take on the train to get there. We then took their complimentary shuttle from the inn to the local train station and when we were done for the day and back at the station you just call them and they come pick you up. The continental breakfast was very nice and had quite a few options that should make anyone happy (especially when you don’t have to go buy breakfast!). There is a restaurant you can walk to that is very good and also does the room service.
Overall, a great hotel and if I was going back to San Francisco I would definitely stay again!

This is a great place to stay. Rooms are very clean, the bathtub is immaculate. The view of the harbor is great. Breakfast is pretty good. Pastries, fruit, make your own waffles, juice, milk, and coffee. Only took one star off because the Keurig coffee machine in the room wasn’t working and there was a piece of hair on the bedsheet. But those were very minor things in my opinion. Love the Neutrogena toiletries, mini fridge, and microwave. They also give fresh baked chocolate chip cookies and milk every day at 5:00 p.m. The pool was clean. Would definitely stay here again!

The Marina Inn is an upscale Nantucket-​style boutique hotel. Sitting on the bay with a gorgeous view of boats and the harbor, it feels like your amid a sleepy little fishing village in New England. I loved the modern amenities like flat-​screen tvs, mini-​fridge, comfy beds and Neutrogena brand toiletries. Nothing beats the fresh-​baked chocolate chip cookies and cold milk in the evenings! Its close to everything such as Downtown SFO, Oakland Airport, outlet stores, and freeways. Our visit was during the summer and the pool and Jacuzzi were fantastic! The staff was extra attentive to our every need. If its not on the menu, just ask fr it. Like room service from the nearby restaurant, shuttle van and in room massage. They really care about their guests. That must be the reason this hotel is always sold out.

The marina inn is really cute and cozy. The room is clean and the accommodations are extra nice. Free two bottles of water in every room, free cookies at 5pm, coffee and teas available, continental breakfast, 24hr gym and heated pool/​jacuzzi. The front desk are all friendly. The only thing is that room service do not pick up food that we are done eating so we leave it outside our door to be cleaned. Also if you want your towels and linens washed daily you will have to leave a note for them to pick up. Overall I have no complaints, one of the better hotels I’ve stayed at!

Clean, quiet, by the water and the park. A lovely, simple and quaint getaway where the service is good and the treatment is respectable. It is nice on the inside and the price are good for what you get. I recommend this hotel to anyone coming to the Bay Area or for a «stay-​cay» it is great too!

Nice, quiet and inexpensive hotel. It seems like a lot of older people book here. Not fancy at all so if that’s what you’re looking for-​keep looking. The staff was very helpful and friendly. Loved the cookies and milk at night. (They have apples for the health nuts)
The room was clean and well stocked. I like that the rooms come with a mini fridge and microwave. Great way to save some money.
The fitness center consists of a treadmill, elliptical, bike and a bowflex.
The continental breakfast was good. Boiled eggs, homemade waffles, oatmeal, fruit, bagels, donuts, pastries etc…
I really wanted to go swimming… but we ran out of time.
Nice place to stay.

Room was 119 per weekend night on expedia. Not bad. Free parking, free continental breakfast, Location is a bit far if you’re doing a Bay Area excursion, ie want to hit SF and Oakland areas. Beds get the job done. Room is small. Bathrooms are newer n clean. No frills no thrills. Nice pool area. Only a few rooms with a Marina view.

Great customer service ! Everyone of the staff members I came across smiled and said hello. Our check in and check out was fast and the ladies were both very friendly. Our room was very clean and had a cozy feel. The only downside was there was a noise from the elevator I believe it was that we could hear throughout the day and a few times during the night. The price was very reasonable and I would definitely want to come back !

Great hotel for the price.
The hotel is good, but it’s nothing extravagant. Clean rooms and decent accommodations. We had to coordinate a group reservation and the staff was easy to work with. The Hotel is also collocated with two great restaurants, El Torito and Horatio’s. It was perfect for a business trip.

This place is in the Marina in San Leandro right on the water with great sunset views and ample parking. San Leandro is very industrial and near Oakland that sets records each year for crime, but this Marina seem very safe — I have worked here occasionally for decades and always feel safe in the Marina. The only hazard perhaps are the wild Skunks that roam the parking lots occasionally — they know it’s safe too and aren’t very afraid of you (keep their tails down). I have had a Skunk bang his nose into the screen door of my found floor room overlooking the boats at dusk — that God we had the screen door closed so he didn’t run into the room — he was perhaps as startled as us but did not spray.
The management here is great and what I would call merchants in that they look after the client’s interest first. The rooms are clean and property well kept. The morning breakfast is included and very good. AND it’s like the only safe area in San Leandro in my view.

For an «Inn», this was a really good surprise.
Excellent staff at the desk, friendly and helpful. The room was clean and had 2 complimentary water bottles.
Parking was easy.
We didn’t try the jacuzzy or the swimming pool.
Complimentary breakfast was awesome, had anything you would want, including waffle machines!
Definitely recommend the place when in Oakland or San Leandro, better experience than in some «higher end» hotels.

The hotel definitely looked pretty dated from the lobby, but the inside of the rooms are slightly more modern. However, my one biggest complaint about the rooms are the outlets. It was almost IMPOSSIBLE to find one. The ones I did find either didnt work, were super loose and didn’t hold the plug, or had other plugs of plus connected into them which led to a huge confusion.
The balcony is nice with a view of the marina. But I noticed a ton of cob webs in the corner — looks like the staff never goes out there. A little sweep up would be nice.
They give you 2 bottles of water a day free of charge which is a nice perk. The wifi worked fine during our trip and the bed and room was comfy. We loved the «fresh baked cookies» every night. I HIGHLY doubt they are fresh backed, maybe just freshly put into a bag and under a heat lamp to warm up but they were pretty good and we had them nightly.
The breakfast we didn’t touch and looked pretty weak. They had fruit, yogurt, waffles, bagels/​english muffins, danishes and donuts some cereal and hard boiled eggs. Don’t try to find anything warm on that table besides coffee. It was kind of a hodge podge of stuff thrown together. None of it looking particularly appetizing.
The parking lot is large and we never had a problem getting a spot.

I am rating this Inn based on value, it’s not right to compare it to the 4 seasons. For the $, you can’t beat it and I would love love love to stay here again, I would live here if the owner let me :) This 3 star costs as much as some 1 star in downtown SF. Prices in SF are really ludicrous, parking in the overpriced hotels alone is $ 50 on average a night, b4 taxes! Plus the higher the stars, the more they nickel and dime you for every little thing. I Love SF, but not $$$$ much! Will just drive there…
Someone took off a star because they could not smoke on the balcony? OK this is so a 5+++++ review now. Ha! You don’t think the nasty smoke gets into your neighbors open door who is trying to get FRESH air??? Smoke travels you know.
Positives:
Free Parking ;)
Free Wi Fi ;)
Free Breakfast till 10 :) (continental but hey, they don’t have to offer it!)
Rates are reasonable
Thomas got me a room when every site said they were full. Thomas rocks!
Front desk staff, shuttle drivers and housekeeping were all awesome
Balcony!
Clean rooms!
View of the marina (the other side no balcony, view of golf course)
Fresh cookies and milk at 5pm!
Free shuttle to & from airport as well as Bart station
Microwave & fridge in room
Free bikes to bike around the beautiful area.
Outdoor pool & jacuzzi
Negatives:
Stinky fridge in both rooms, though clean (no stars removed)
Did not eat next door at Horatios because it smelled musty and weird (no stars removed)
I had originally reserved the Washington Inn downtown Oakland and then later changed it to Executive Inn Marina, both in Oakland. I checked out both while there for comparison sake. I am soooo glad to not have stayed at the old Washington Inn, not a good feel at all in there. It’s an old hotel with an ancient elevator. Plus they charge your card in advance and getting the $ off was a headache. Executive Inn was similar in so many ways to my hotel, both are on the marina overlooking the water and sailboats. Executive was also 3 floors but overall bigger, similar floor plan too. Their rooms appeared smaller, though could be because their 2 beds were queens and ours full. I was happy with the size of our room :) The non marina side faces the noisy street, versus the golf course at my hotel, and the marina side, while nice, looked much more industrial on the other side of the water. It’s not bad at all, both offer the same amenities pretty much, but so glad reviews instead lead me to this awesome hotel, much better greener nicer area.
Man, my reviews are long, but my hotel reviews are just plain ridiculous lol. Their more like stories than just reviews. You can read them to your children as bedtime stories ;)

Booked a room last minute and was lucky enough to get a balcony facing the pool area. Although there is NO SMOKING in or near the hotel (minus one star for not being able to smoke in our balcony and no bathtubs).
Good thing about this hotel is their free breakfast (waffle maker too), mini fridge in your room, Otis Spunkmeyer cookies fresh baked, get to ride around Marina with their cruisers, clean spotless room, and king size bed with all white sheets is pretty comfy.
You can dine in or grab some drinks near by at Horatio’s
Real close to Oakland airport