Best hotels in Civic Center (San Francisco)
A neighborhood beacon for the new energy coursing through San Francisco’s Mid-Market area, San Francisco Proper Hotel resides in a beloved flatiron building that was built in 1904 by the city’s pioneer of lavish Beaux-Arts architecture, Albert Pissis. Inspired by the city’s and building’s past, interior designer Kelly Wearstler takes a warm, romantic approach to the design of the 131-room hotel by combining a happy pastiche of deep colors, rich textures, classic design pieces, found vintage furniture, and local artworks from emerging talent. The hotel’s three restaurants off the lobby are also connected to the pulse of the neighborhood. A flowing social space, the Villon restaurant serves contemporary American cuisine.
Overall 8.7 Excellent
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Excellent
9.6
Pros: The design, staff, bedding, dining options within the hotel. The roof deck lounge is beautiful. The Aesop products and bathrobe are luxurious.
Excellent
8.8
Pros: Very polite and friendly staff, lovely hotel inside, very comfy bed and excellent toiletries to use. It was our honeymoon and the hotel brought us a gift which was a very nice touch. Excellent rooftop bar with some lovely cocktails! Try the warm one with tea in it and cream on the top. Yum!
Mediocre
2.9
Excellent
10.0
Pros: The modern design and customer service .. quite rooms almost triple glass insulated .. great location fast walk to everywhere.. rooftop is beautiful and if you stay at hotel you are always guaranteed to have a spot!
Excellent
9.6
Pros: The rooftop bar is very cool and the staff were all great.
Excellent
9.6
Pros: The sheets felt so smooth and comfortable, as did the pillows.
Excellent
10.0
Pros: Fabulous hotel. Great design. Roof top bar is exquisite! Most comfortable bed I’ve ever slept in. Definately will retutn
Excellent
9.1
Excellent
8.8
Pros: Very creative and beautiful decor, great staff. Shame about all the homeless people just outside the hotel - not hotel's fault, but very grotty district.
Good
7.9
Pros: It is beautifully designed hotel with excellent bedding quality!
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Overall 8.7 Excellent
Based on 1,132 reviews
Bar
9.8
Wellness
9.7
Vibe
9.7
Amenities
9.0
Service
8.8
Room
8.2
Food
7.8
Breakfast
7.6
WiFi
6.5
Comfort
6.1
Location
5.5
Value
3.4
Bar
9.8
Vibe
9.7
Amenities
9.1
Service
9.0
Room
8.1
Food
7.6
Location
5.2
Vibe
9.7
Amenities
9.2
Service
8.8
Room
7.7
Comfort
6.2
Location
5.5
Bar
9.8
Vibe
9.7
Service
9.0
Amenities
9.0
Room
7.9
Location
5.4
9.6 Excellent
Pros: The design, staff, bedding, dining options within the hotel. The roof deck lounge is beautiful. The Aesop products and bathrobe are luxurious.
Cons: Location is good In relation to getting around the city, but the immediate surrounding area seems to be a hub for the homeless. This doesn’t deter me from wanting to stay here again - just good to know ahead of time.
8.8 Excellent
Pros: Very polite and friendly staff, lovely hotel inside, very comfy bed and excellent toiletries to use. It was our honeymoon and the hotel brought us a gift which was a very nice touch. Excellent rooftop bar with some lovely cocktails! Try the warm one with tea in it and cream on the top. Yum!
Cons: Room was a little on the small side (although I guess this is common in San Francisco) and the area isn't the best but we didn't have any problems.
2.9 Mediocre
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Cons: I had the most unpleasant experience at Proper hotel. I booked a premium room, just to receive an e-mail from the property in the afternoon of the day I booked that my reservation was downgraded, without further detail or a return e-mail or phone. When I checked in, it turned out that instead of the premium room I am getting a bunk bed room (sic!), and the only option is to take it or the staff would try help me find another hotel. I was tired and could not search for other rooms so I accepted it. Needless to say, when I was checking out, reception staff tried charging me the original rate of the Premium room, and it took some negotiations to persuade them to charge me a proper lower rate for the worst room in the hotel. Ghastly consumer service.
10.0 Excellent
Pros: The modern design and customer service .. quite rooms almost triple glass insulated .. great location fast walk to everywhere.. rooftop is beautiful and if you stay at hotel you are always guaranteed to have a spot!
Cons: The smell of weed outside the hotel and the homeless scene is sickening.. maybe enforce some pls do t smoke around the hotel
9.6 Excellent
Pros: The rooftop bar is very cool and the staff were all great.
Cons: The local area, like a lot of downtown, has a huge homeless problem. I never felt unsafe, it was just distressing to see.
9.6 Excellent
Pros: The sheets felt so smooth and comfortable, as did the pillows.
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10.0 Excellent
Pros: Fabulous hotel. Great design. Roof top bar is exquisite! Most comfortable bed I’ve ever slept in. Definately will retutn
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9.1 Excellent
Pros:
Cons: The hotel was well decorated, sexy and had a great vibe. The rooftop bar was awesome and had lines out the door everyday for the sunset. But the tenderloin is an awful.
8.8 Excellent
Pros: Very creative and beautiful decor, great staff. Shame about all the homeless people just outside the hotel - not hotel's fault, but very grotty district.
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7.9 Good
Pros: It is beautifully designed hotel with excellent bedding quality!
Cons: The location, slow valet service (waited more than 30 minutes in the morning. I have never done anything like this before in any of the hotels in the world, :(
A neighborhood beacon for the new energy coursing through San Francisco’s Mid-Market area, San Francisco Proper Hotel resides in a beloved flatiron building that was built in 1904 by the city’s pioneer of lavish Beaux-Arts architecture, Albert Pissis. Inspired by the city’s and building’s past, interior designer Kelly Wearstler takes a warm, romantic approach to the design of the 131-room hotel by combining a happy pastiche of deep colors, rich textures, classic design pieces, found vintage furniture, and local artworks from emerging talent. The hotel’s three restaurants off the lobby are also connected to the pulse of the neighborhood. A flowing social space, the Villon restaurant serves contemporary American cuisine.
Overall 8.5 Excellent
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Excellent
8.2
Pros: Had a great common area with a fireplace and a good basic breakfast. Overall a great place! Rooms are the perfect size and clean and bathroom I had was large.
Excellent
10.0
Pros: Loved the eclectic feeling of this hotel! The staff was super friendly and helpful. There is a big common space/ living room and 24 hour open snacks that gave us the comfort of being at home.
The room was clean and comfortable and felt private. The restaurant below is open late with great food and drinks, the perfect place to come back to after long days roaming the city.
Excellent
10.0
Pros: That there was a bar right below us. I really liked to free breakfast and the staff was very nice!
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Overall 8.5 Excellent
Based on 103 reviews
Location
10.0
Food
8.1
Amenities
8.0
Cleanliness
8.0
Value
6.3
Service
6.0
Room
5.9
8.2 Excellent
Pros: Had a great common area with a fireplace and a good basic breakfast. Overall a great place! Rooms are the perfect size and clean and bathroom I had was large.
Cons: If you're a light sleeper, DO NOT stay here. Street is extremely busy most of the time, windows/walls didn't block any sound. It was also a little odd that the bartender/bar was also the front desk so if you needed something you had to call the bar.
10.0 Excellent
Pros: Loved the eclectic feeling of this hotel! The staff was super friendly and helpful. There is a big common space/ living room and 24 hour open snacks that gave us the comfort of being at home.
The room was clean and comfortable and felt private. The restaurant below is open late with great food and drinks, the perfect place to come back to after long days roaming the city.
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10.0 Excellent
Pros: That there was a bar right below us. I really liked to free breakfast and the staff was very nice!
Cons: There was nothing that I disliked :)
Inn at the Opera is a charming European-style boutique hotel. This quaint hotel is seven stories and has 48 boutique-style resort suites. Lovers of the arts will find an inspiring getaway at this elegant resort, which was built in the 1920's to house visiting opera stars. Centrally located near the Civic Center, Davies Symphony Hall and the Opera House, this deluxe retreat features antique-style furnishings with individually decorated suites and a European ambience. Complimentary continental breakfast is served daily for all guests and complimentary Wi-Fi is included in every room. These studio and one-bedroom resort suites are perfect for two to four guests and feature a queen bed, love seat or sleeper sofa (one-bedrooms only), with TVs throughout, an iPod docking station and a kitchenette with a microwave, coffee-maker and refrigerator. Don't miss the fresh cookies every afternoon in the lobby! Discover hundreds of live performances each year in this inspiring neighborhood, including graceful ballets, Broadway productions, live music concerts, theatrical performances, operas, symphonies and more. Revel in the sights and sounds of this beautiful city, from the treasured bells of the bright red cable cars to the foghorns bellowing across the Bay. You can explore it all from this central location in the heart of the San Francisco, an enchanting destination with an artistic lifestyle and poet's soul. While you're here, don't forget to check out other iconic attractions of San Francisco such as Alcatraz and the Golden Gate Bridge, or take a stroll along Fisherman's Wharf and tour a wide range of art, history and science museums.
Overall 8.1 Excellent
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Excellent
10.0
Pros: The room was adorable, spacious, clean, and comfortable. The staff was super friendly. The 24/7 coffee and water was a nice touch as were the 3pm cookies. The hotel and experience overall far exceeded my expectations.
Mediocre
3.8
Pros: The location near the City hall and the Opera.
Excellent
8.8
Pros: Location was quite good and we felt at ease walking around the area. San Fran does have quite a large homeless community but they are generally very polite and never feel intimidating. The bed was comfy and the complementary breakfast was a bonus
Good
7.5
Pros: Good Wifi. Clean room. Value for money.
Excellent
8.8
Pros: The area around the hotel was wonderful for restaurants and shopping. The coffee, cookies and water in the lobby were a treat..
Excellent
9.6
Pros: Loved our stay at Inn at the Opera! The staff were friendly, the location was easily accessible to a lot of different areas of SF, and the breakfast and daily cookies were delicious. Would definitely stay again!
Excellent
8.2
Pros: I loved hearing the opera singers practicing late morning! Otherwise very quiet.
Excellent
9.6
Pros: Convenient location, comfortable bed, gracious staff and delicious breakfast
Excellent
9.2
Pros: Location
Excellent
9.6
Excellent
9.2
Pros: Location was great, we walked to dinner. Breakfast was great also. Room was nice & spacious
Excellent
10.0
Pros: Close to where I live
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Overall 8.1 Excellent
Based on 411 reviews
Cleanliness
9.4
Location
9.0
Breakfast
8.8
Service
8.7
Food
8.4
Value
7.8
Room
6.3
Amenities
5.6
Comfort
4.2
Location
9.2
Service
8.6
Room
5.3
Comfort
3.8
Location
9.2
Room
6.2
10.0 Excellent
Pros: The room was adorable, spacious, clean, and comfortable. The staff was super friendly. The 24/7 coffee and water was a nice touch as were the 3pm cookies. The hotel and experience overall far exceeded my expectations.
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3.8 Mediocre
Pros: The location near the City hall and the Opera.
Cons: I was traveling for work and had a 6 nights stay at Inn at the Opera. Even though that credit card (Business) was given prior to my trip the hotel insisted on taking the amount of 2130 USD from my private credit card. The travel agency that booked my stay try to solve that with the hotel with no luck, because Inn at the Opera refused to use the business credit card. The worst was that i tried to speak with a supervisor because it was clear that reception couldn't help and the answer i was given was that he was a very busy man. I found that attitude totally direspectful. The room was quite small for the American standards, with old and heavy furnitures. The room was constantly humid. Even though i stayed there for six nights the bedsheets were never changed. The toilet-articles were never replaced with new even though i demonstratively left the little that left from the soap to be seen and replaced. The hotel lacks amenities, they offer complimentary breakfast which is good but having in mind the outrageous high price a room cost per night ‘’complementary’’ sounds funny.
8.8 Excellent
Pros: Location was quite good and we felt at ease walking around the area. San Fran does have quite a large homeless community but they are generally very polite and never feel intimidating. The bed was comfy and the complementary breakfast was a bonus
Cons: Our room was cold. In addition it was at the front of the hotel and this meant there was more traffic noise than we would have liked. The noise from the security shutters woke us really early on a couple of mornings
7.5 Good
Pros: Good Wifi. Clean room. Value for money.
Cons: Provide guests with enough shampoo. Respond to questions via Booking (I've sent my Q twice - no reply).
8.8 Excellent
Pros: The area around the hotel was wonderful for restaurants and shopping. The coffee, cookies and water in the lobby were a treat..
Cons: The bedroom was a little cramped for us.
9.6 Excellent
Pros: Loved our stay at Inn at the Opera! The staff were friendly, the location was easily accessible to a lot of different areas of SF, and the breakfast and daily cookies were delicious. Would definitely stay again!
Cons: The rooms could definitely be bigger
8.2 Excellent
Pros: I loved hearing the opera singers practicing late morning! Otherwise very quiet.
Cons: Couldn't get the room cool enough.
9.6 Excellent
Pros: Convenient location, comfortable bed, gracious staff and delicious breakfast
Cons: Small rooms
9.2 Excellent
Pros: Location
Cons:
9.6 Excellent
Pros:
Cons: Concierge/salesperson for club membership
9.2 Excellent
Pros: Location was great, we walked to dinner. Breakfast was great also. Room was nice & spacious
Cons: It took a long time to get the car when we requested it
10.0 Excellent
Pros: Close to where I live
Cons:
Inn at the Opera is a charming European-style boutique hotel. This quaint hotel is seven stories and has 48 boutique-style resort suites. Lovers of the arts will find an inspiring getaway at this elegant resort, which was built in the 1920's to house visiting opera stars. Centrally located near the Civic Center, Davies Symphony Hall and the Opera House, this deluxe retreat features antique-style furnishings with individually decorated suites and a European ambience. Complimentary continental breakfast is served daily for all guests and complimentary Wi-Fi is included in every room. These studio and one-bedroom resort suites are perfect for two to four guests and feature a queen bed, love seat or sleeper sofa (one-bedrooms only), with TVs throughout, an iPod docking station and a kitchenette with a microwave, coffee-maker and refrigerator. Don't miss the fresh cookies every afternoon in the lobby! Discover hundreds of live performances each year in this inspiring neighborhood, including graceful ballets, Broadway productions, live music concerts, theatrical performances, operas, symphonies and more. Revel in the sights and sounds of this beautiful city, from the treasured bells of the bright red cable cars to the foghorns bellowing across the Bay. You can explore it all from this central location in the heart of the San Francisco, an enchanting destination with an artistic lifestyle and poet's soul. While you're here, don't forget to check out other iconic attractions of San Francisco such as Alcatraz and the Golden Gate Bridge, or take a stroll along Fisherman's Wharf and tour a wide range of art, history and science museums.
With a stay at Hayes Valley Inn in San Francisco (Western Addition), you'll be a 5-minute walk from War Memorial Opera House and 5 minutes by foot from Louise Davies Symphony Hall. Featured amenities include a computer station, multilingual staff, and luggage storage.
Overall 7.8 Good
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6.3
Excellent
8.8
Pros: Location was awesome! Breakfast and kitchen were nice. Staff was really friendly. Good amount of space in the room (207). Althought the shared bathrooms were different, it worked quite well given the cost of the room. Great value for the location!
Good
7.9
Pros: Great location to trendy restaurants and proximity to all things - Oracle park for the baseball, union square, bridge etc.
Excellent
9.2
Pros: Clean and cute little hotel. Ideal for San Francisco explorers.
Excellent
9.2
Pros: The bed was comfortable and the room was sizeable for us for our couple of nights stay. The facilities were great for what they were. Really like the small touches like welcome chocolates, the shower basket, and coat hangers in the room. Lots of storage space, and having a sink in the bedroom was very handy!
Good
7.5
Pros: Location, breakfast
Excellent
9.2
Pros: Their willingness to solve any inconvinience
Excellent
10.0
Pros: Everyone was polite the stay was great I am from the USA so the bathroom / tub situation was unusable to me. However, extremely clean And very appreciated Breakfast was awesome Can’t wait to come back Thank you for asking :) Maryjo R. Williams
Excellent
8.5
Pros: Great location.
Excellent
10.0
Pros: Great host and great location.
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Overall 7.8 Good
Based on 1,302 reviews
Location
9.2
WiFi
9.0
Breakfast
8.8
Cleanliness
8.5
Service
8.2
Food
7.9
Value
7.6
Vibe
6.2
Room
6.0
Amenities
4.5
Location
9.5
Breakfast
9.0
Cleanliness
8.8
Food
8.1
Service
7.4
Room
6.3
Amenities
4.4
Comfort
3.3
Location
9.3
Breakfast
8.7
Service
8.3
Room
5.0
Comfort
3.5
Location
9.1
Breakfast
9.0
Service
8.5
Room
6.3
Comfort
3.7
6.3 Good
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Cons: bathroom was gross...never clean...it wasnt satisfactory
8.8 Excellent
Pros: Location was awesome! Breakfast and kitchen were nice. Staff was really friendly. Good amount of space in the room (207). Althought the shared bathrooms were different, it worked quite well given the cost of the room. Great value for the location!
Cons: The room (207) we stayed in was pretty dated. The red comforter and curtains were not very nice looking. I'd replace these with a more calming blue, white, or grey. Not a super expensive fix. Also, the room smelled like old furniture. Might help to do a deep clean of this room or replace some of the old furniture/carpetting inside of it.
7.9 Good
Pros: Great location to trendy restaurants and proximity to all things - Oracle park for the baseball, union square, bridge etc.
Cons: Room was quite small and the shared bathroom facilities was strange - no basins in the toilet room and no mirror in the shower room. The worse thing though was the younger snooty girl on front desk who had no initiative and was not flexible at all with an earlier checkin.
9.2 Excellent
Pros: Clean and cute little hotel. Ideal for San Francisco explorers.
Cons: Breakfast is rich but same every day.
9.2 Excellent
Pros: The bed was comfortable and the room was sizeable for us for our couple of nights stay. The facilities were great for what they were. Really like the small touches like welcome chocolates, the shower basket, and coat hangers in the room. Lots of storage space, and having a sink in the bedroom was very handy!
Cons: The bed that we had was squeaky but nothing some earplugs couldn't fix.
7.5 Good
Pros: Location, breakfast
Cons: Small room, shared bathroom
9.2 Excellent
Pros: Their willingness to solve any inconvinience
Cons: They have not arranged my request until I arrived.
10.0 Excellent
Pros: Everyone was polite the stay was great I am from the USA so the bathroom / tub situation was unusable to me. However, extremely clean And very appreciated Breakfast was awesome Can’t wait to come back Thank you for asking :) Maryjo R. Williams
Cons: Just getting use to the bathroom and showeri . From USA just unusual but very clean and safe Thank you :)
8.5 Excellent
Pros: Great location.
Cons: Nothing.
10.0 Excellent
Pros: Great host and great location.
Cons: Nothing.
With a stay at Hayes Valley Inn in San Francisco (Western Addition), you'll be a 5-minute walk from War Memorial Opera House and 5 minutes by foot from Louise Davies Symphony Hall. Featured amenities include a computer station, multilingual staff, and luggage storage.
Located in San Francisco (Civic Center), Oak Hotel is within a 5-minute drive of Painted Ladies and Cable Car Museum. Featured amenities include express check-in, express check-out, and a 24-hour front desk.
Overall 6.7 Good
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6.3
Pros: Friendly and helpful staff! Our internal flight from Seattle was delayed and my luggage was missing at the airport so we didn't arrive until 1am. Check-in was sorted very quickly by the friendly employee at Oak Hotel, and they were helpful in collecting and delivering my luggage to my room once it had finally be returned by San Fran airport.
Excellent
8.3
Pros: Great location, room equipment
Good
7.9
Pros: It’ s accessible with fair price !
Excellent
8.3
Pros: Bed very comfortable. Quiet night, no noise. Mac very kind, helped me with my luggage.
Mediocre
3.8
Pros: Hotel provided free coffee
Okay
4.2
Excellent
10.0
Pros: Very clean facilities, everything in good working order and neat. Good complementary coffee. Friendly and helpful staff. Quiet and courteous surroundings and fellow guests. Very cozy beds.
Good
7.9
Pros: Great location, nice staff, fair room, generally clean facilities
Good
6.3
Pros: Older man on the desk was helpful and kindly took my bag to my room. Lovely smile.
Excellent
8.8
Pros: Cozy. They cleaned the bathrooms multiple times throughout the day and have 24 hour service. I'd stay here again
Mediocre
2.5
Pros: Thats was the most disgusting hotel ever, dirty floor really bad lighting seems like a scene out of a horror movie
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Overall 6.7 Good
Based on 738 reviews
Cleanliness
6.3
Comfort
5.9
Location
7.7
Services
5.9
Staff
7.8
Value for money
6.4
6.3 Good
Pros: Friendly and helpful staff! Our internal flight from Seattle was delayed and my luggage was missing at the airport so we didn't arrive until 1am. Check-in was sorted very quickly by the friendly employee at Oak Hotel, and they were helpful in collecting and delivering my luggage to my room once it had finally be returned by San Fran airport.
Cons: Room was small and walls were thin so could hear other guests talking, listening to music etc.
8.3 Excellent
Pros: Great location, room equipment
Cons: Not very clean bathroom
7.9 Good
Pros: It’ s accessible with fair price !
Cons: N/A
8.3 Excellent
Pros: Bed very comfortable. Quiet night, no noise. Mac very kind, helped me with my luggage.
Cons:
3.8 Mediocre
Pros: Hotel provided free coffee
Cons: It was extremely dirty even the basic facilities like top of the fridge was not cleaned. Our room was a few door down from toilet, when someone flushed the toilet at night, it was really loud and felt like the wall was vibrating. It’s not worth for the price. We booked for 2 nights but checked out after 1st night.
4.2 Okay
Pros:
Cons: Parking is awful, we had a lot of stuff stolen from the car, people broke the windows, not a good area, not worth it at all
10.0 Excellent
Pros: Very clean facilities, everything in good working order and neat. Good complementary coffee. Friendly and helpful staff. Quiet and courteous surroundings and fellow guests. Very cozy beds.
Cons: Everything was satisfactory. The only thing that could have been improved is the accuracy of the clock in our room, or making sure the paper towels in the bathroom don't get jammed. And those things hardly mattered.
7.9 Good
Pros: Great location, nice staff, fair room, generally clean facilities
Cons: It's cheap modest place, no common areas, small rooms, shared bathrooms and lot off outside noice
6.3 Good
Pros: Older man on the desk was helpful and kindly took my bag to my room. Lovely smile.
Cons: Room wasn't clean. Sink had layers of others use in it. . Old and worn down carpets and bed linen. Duvet not washed and smelt if last person! Stayed 4 days with no room service. Towels worn out and small. Younger men had couldn't care less attitudes when asked questions. Watched TV and on phones rather than going any extra mile in any way!
8.8 Excellent
Pros: Cozy. They cleaned the bathrooms multiple times throughout the day and have 24 hour service. I'd stay here again
Cons: The shuttle you can pay for to take you to the airport took over an hour to arrive. I thought we were going to miss our flight.
2.5 Mediocre
Pros: Thats was the most disgusting hotel ever, dirty floor really bad lighting seems like a scene out of a horror movie
Cons:
Located in San Francisco (Civic Center), Oak Hotel is within a 5-minute drive of Painted Ladies and Cable Car Museum. Featured amenities include express check-in, express check-out, and a 24-hour front desk.
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