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Fake pictures in website, so terrible room, very dirty seem never clean. A lot of cockroach and rat run around the room. Such a nightmare. A lot of homeless around the area and feel not safe. Carefully before book the room.

I thought this was a hotel or hostel of some sort, but realized it was an SRO situation from the 70s and 80s. Each time I came to the gate, someone was there with a glass pipe trying to light it. Didn’t seem to matter what time of day as I saw it in the morning, afternoon, and evening. The elevator situation is a little precarious and needs explanation: The second floor functions as the lobby and check-in counter. You are expected to climb the staircase and not use the elevator to get there. You must be accompanied by staff to get to and from the ground floor. I had to explain my disability in order to use it, to either start from, or get to the ground level. If the door or gate isn’t drawn properly, it is rendered non-functional. This happened occasionally when I was trying to leave the premises. There were two staff members I interacted with. One had a gentle disposition, and had some kind of hospitality background. The other one was unkind, hated being there, and seemed to take it out on others. I am unaccustomed to someone raising their voice and lecturing me on “how things are,” and “you can’t just come and go all the time,” so I was taken aback by this. There was one time I called to request elevator use; I was told “I’m having dinner. I’ll send the elevator down when I’m finished” so I ended up wetting my pants, from waiting so long. It felt like my humiliation was on purpose. It was a challenge to sleep through the noise. It’s near the fire station, and the police department. Sirens blasting at all hours and if not for them, people with loud music and screaming competitions. The room itself is in a state of disrepair. Many dirty smudges and stains on the wall and door, burns and alarming stains on the floor. I had to plug in the microwave and refrigerator, covered in stickers. There was a dirty sock on top of the closet area. I would also receive the occasional, but dire knock on the door. It was always someone looking for someone who wasn’t staying in my room. I occasionally woke up to someone screaming in the hallway, just beyond my door. The shared restroom on the floor had much to be desired and often had a wet or flooded floor. I was tempted to take pictures to add to an album titled “Squalor porn.” All this on a birthday weekend made for a distasteful, uncomfortable stay.

Tenderloin isn’t an awesome area and while there are two doors you have to buzz in to enter - be prepared to hear that buzzing all day and all night. It does NOT look like the pictures and there was no heat.