Metro Hotel

The Haight & Hayes Valley


Trendy Divisadero St is lined with boutiques and restaurants, and Metro Hotel has a prime position – some rooms overlook the patio of top-notch Ragazza pizzeria. Rooms are cheap and clean, if bland – ask for the SF mural room. One room sleeps six ($182), and the studio double has a kitchenette. Handy to the Haight, with 24-hour reception but no elevator.


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