Civic Center Inn

Travelers streamline their San Francisco visit with express check-out at this convenient inn, perfectly positioned for exploring the city's most iconic venues

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February 2026

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March 2026

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Civic Center Inn provides a practical base in San Francisco's heart, just a short walk from Moscone Convention Center. Travelers can connect to WiFi, park for free, and access helpful concierge services. The multilingual staff ensures guests from all backgrounds feel welcome.

Popular amenities

Parking included
Free Wi-Fi
Housekeeping
24/7 front desk

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Room options

All rooms

1 bed

2 beds

Showing 3 of 3 rooms

Standard Room, 1 King Bed

Highlights

TV

Blackout curtains

Private bathroom

Cable channels

Daily housekeeping

250 sq ft
Sleeps 3
1 King Bed

Standard Double Room, 2 Double Beds

Highlights

TV

Blackout curtains

Private bathroom

Cable channels

Daily housekeeping

250 sq ft
Sleeps 4
2 Double Beds

Standard Room, 1 Queen Bed

Highlights

TV

Blackout curtains

Private bathroom

Cable channels

Daily housekeeping

230 sq ft
Sleeps 2
1 Queen Bed

About the area

Located in Downtown San Francisco, a neighbourhood in San Francisco, Civic Center Inn is in the entertainment district and near a metro station. Ferry Building and Golden Gate Bridge are notable landmarks, and travellers looking to shop may want to visit Pier 39 and Union Square. Looking to enjoy an event or a game? See what's going on at Oracle Park or Chase Center. Visit our San Francisco travel guide

790 Ellis St, San Francisco, CA, 94109

What's nearby

Van Ness Avenue
2 min walk - 0.2 km
San Francisco City Hall
6 min walk - 0.6 km
Orpheum Theatre
8 min walk - 0.7 km
Great American Music Hall
2 min walk - 0.2 km
Bill Graham Civic Auditorium
8 min walk - 0.7 km

Getting around

San Francisco Station
4 min drive
Market St & Larkin St Stop
11 min walk
San Francisco International Airport (SFO)
30 min drive

Restaurants

Piccolo Italia Pizza
3 min walk
Great American Music Hall
2 min walk
Sai Jai Thai
3 min walk
Saigon Sandwich
3 min walk
Lers Ros Thai
2 min walk

About this property

Civic Center Inn

Hotel near Union Square

Close to Lombard Street, Civic Center Inn has plenty to offer. Guests can connect to free in-room WiFi.

Other perks at this hotel include:

Free self-parking
A round-trip airport shuttle (surcharge), express check-out and express check-in
A 24-hour front desk, free newspapers and tour/ticket information

Room features

All 80 rooms include amenities such as free WiFi.

Other conveniences in all rooms include:

Bathrooms with showers and free toiletries
TVs with cable channels

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₹5,944 total

includes taxes & fees

12 Mar - 13 Mar

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Property amenities

Internet

Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

24-hour return airport shuttle (surcharge)
Free self parking on site
Limited on-site self parking
Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Conveniences

24-hour front desk
Free newspapers in lobby
Luggage storage

Guest services

Concierge services
Housekeeping (daily)
Multilingual staff
Tour and ticket assistance

Accessibility

If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
Lift
Stair-free path to entrance
Well-lit path to entrance
Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
Wheelchair-accessible parking
Wheelchair-accessible path of travel
Wheelchair-accessible path to lift
Wheelchair-accessible public bathroom
Wheelchair-accessible registration desk

More

3 floors
Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bedroom

Blackout drapes

Bathroom

Free toiletries
Hair dryer (on request)
Private bathroom
Shower
Towels provided

Entertainment

TV with cable channels

More

Access via exterior corridors
Free local calls

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; check-in end time: 5 AM

Express check-in available

Minimum check-in age - 18

Check-out

Check-out before 11 AM

Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

An adult aged 18 or older must assume all liability for the booking

Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival at the property

Information provided by the property may be translated using automated translation tools

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome

Rollaway/extra beds are not available.

Cots (infant beds) are not available

Payment types at the property

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy

Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges

Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed

The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation

This property accepts credit cards; cash is not accepted

Safety features at this property include a smoke detector

Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property

Property is also known as

Civic Center Inn

Civic Center Motel

Civic Center Hotel

Civic Center Inn Hotel

Civic Center Inn San Francisco

Civic Center Inn Hotel San Francisco

Frequently asked questions

Is Civic Center Inn pet-friendly?

No, pets are not allowed at this property.

How much is parking at Civic Center Inn?

Self-parking is free at this property.

What time is check-in at Civic Center Inn?

Check-in start time: 2 PM; check-in end time: 5 AM.

What time is check-out at Civic Center Inn?

Checkout is at 11 AM.

Does Civic Center Inn provide a shuttle to the airport?

Yes, there's an airport shuttle.

Where is Civic Center Inn located?

Located in Downtown San Francisco, this hotel is within a 15-minute walk of Van Ness Avenue and Union Square. Moscone Convention Center and Oracle Park are also within 3 miles (5 km). Market St & Larkin St Stop is 11 minutes by foot and California St & Van Ness Ave Stop is 11 minutes.

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Civic Center Inn Reviews

3.8

4.0

Cleanliness

4.2

Location

5.0

Staff & service

3.6

Property conditions & facilities

6/10 Okay

Swervymac007, Santa cruz

10 Jun 2020

Disliked: Staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

The rooms are pretty well run down with a profession baffled crew on stand bye constantly trying to ask to use your room for one reason or another and then they try and run you out luckily I’m known and have a little clout and will get crazy if necessary so I was able to uproot them all in all not a family place or not for average people only hardcore gangsters and prostitutes but if that’s what your into it works fine definitely not a family establishment

Stayed 1 night in May 2020

2/10 Terrible

Andrew

23 Dec 2021

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Stay away from here! Too dangerous. Never experienced anything like this before. The inn was surrounded with wanderers and trespassers shouting and fighting. The building/parking lot was dark with no valid lights. The office was closed, lights off, and vacant to the point that we did not attempt to get out of the car for check-in. Broken glasses in the parking lots and the roads surrounding. Safer to sleep on the streets by Ghirardelli Square.

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

2/10 Terrible

Justin, Seattle

13 Dec 2021

Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities

The wild west of hotels.

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2021

2/10 Terrible

Deana

20 Nov 2021

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities

The property was dirty, I was very unhappy. I will never stay there again,

Stayed 1 night in Sep 2021

2/10 Terrible

Emely

20 Nov 2021

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Horrible Sucio Inseguro No se queden

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021

2/10 Terrible

Jiri

12 Nov 2021

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

This was rubbish! When we checked-in and paid, we were given a room that smelled like somebody died there! The air was full of smoke, marihuana and alcohol, it was toxic! We turned out immediately and went somewhere else!

Stayed 1 night in Nov 2021

2/10 Terrible

JOSUE

11 Nov 2021

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Un hotel de terror... Afortunadamente viajé solo, afuera de mi puerta 2 tipos drogandose, fue una pésima experiencia. Toda la noche entra y sale gente y gritan y platican, se emborrachan y y se orinan en las escaleras. La primera habitación tenia cucarachas... CUCARACHAS y pedí cambio me mandaron a otra habitación igual de horrible pero sin cucarachas. El olor de la habitación era insoportablemente a cigarro. Las colchas rotas, almohadas sucias, sabanas con pelos, cortinas rasgadas, alfombra pues ni la pisé... tuve que dormir verstido para evitar alguna infección en la piel. Toallas del terror, rotas y percudidas. Por último la recepción te atiende muy de mala gana y por una ventanita como de banco da miedo hasta mostrar tu pasaporte. Reservé 4 noches... solo soporté la primera y decidí hacer un cambio de hotel. EXPEDIA SUGIERO QUE TIENE QUE REVISAR LOS HOTELES QUE SUBEN A SU PÁGINA, LUGARES ASÍ NO DEBERÍAN DE SER OPCIÓN.

Stayed 4 nights in Nov 2021

2/10 Terrible

Liced

7 Nov 2021

Liked: Staff & service

Disliked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Sucio, peligros e inseguro.

Stayed 5 nights in Nov 2021

2/10 Terrible

Avelito, Portland

6 Nov 2021

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

The place was filthy outside and inside the room. Our blankets are full of cigarette holes. Room smells heavily of cigarette. Heater/ac doesnt work at all therefore there was no ventilation. at the same time opening the windows doesnt make sense as outside smells like trash. worst hotel I have ever been. The person that check as i was rude.

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2021

2/10 Terrible

Elizabeth

4 Nov 2021

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

"Cigarette" burns in sheets

Literally anything wrong with a hotel, this place has it. I only stayed because it was very cheap and offered free parking, so you get what you pay for. Cleanliness and safety were the biggest issues. I would not stay here again.

Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2021

2/10 Terrible

Olivia

1 Nov 2021

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

scariest and most uncomfortable place I've been to. left immediately.

Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2021

2/10 Terrible

Artemio

28 Oct 2021

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Ghetto hotel

The hotel is smell so bad, no fire alarm or hazzard, no coursty on the guest at all no towell, no air condition trying to give it to me but I decline the place is like hell u can’t even lock the door so the worker there just come in to me door without permission and the old lady see me naked. They don’t answer their phone trying to call them from the room with the landline and I used my cell to call the office on the same time but no answer, it means if anything happen to you in the hotel they don’t care or is not liability to them, like you’re on your own risk.

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

2/10 Terrible

Jessica

27 Oct 2021

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Can’t walk to or from car without being propositioned from a prostitute or drug dealer. Dirty rooms no toilet seat ductape converting holes in the wall also bullet holes in the walls. The clerk or hotel manager was extremely rude. Wanted to put me in a room with no key card and told me I would need to ask the front desk every time I needed in the room. Changed to another room and only had 1 key card. Never coming back

Stayed 6 nights in Oct 2021

2/10 Terrible

vivian

26 Oct 2021

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Check in time is at 3PM, not at 2 PM.

Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2021

2/10 Terrible

Marcus

23 Oct 2021

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

There is nothing to like! Dirty, loud, drug users, prostitutes, no parking, terrible service, key didn't work daily, did have a king available which is what I booked for, house keeping didn't want to wash pillows, staff was almost never in office.

Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2021

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

22 Oct 2021

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

tv didn’t work, hotel was somewhat clean but was so old it looked like a dump

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

2/10 Terrible

Stefan Alton

21 Oct 2021

Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities

I did not like anything. The bath room was roach infested. The place very dangerious prople were argueing and fighting all night.

Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2021

2/10 Terrible

Mary

18 Oct 2021

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities

Very bad hotel, horrible neighborhood i had people knocking on my door claiming to be the police in the middle of the night. Very scary hotel i would not recommend to anyone

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

8/10 Good

Douglas

18 Oct 2021

Bed

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021

2/10 Terrible

Ariany

16 Oct 2021

Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort

Terrible

extremely dangerous place, it has all the signs of break-in, the furniture is all smoked from cigarettes and the smell in the room is unbearable. this hotel looks like a drug shelter with no rules. the pillows have no pillowcase, sheets were never washed, covered with holes everywhere made by cigarettes. the bathroom was dirty and the shower didn't stop dripping. the air conditioner does not work nor the heater. the broken windows with plywood to cover up, impossible to lie down on a bed that looks like it's never been cleaned. there are cockroaches!!!! it's definitely the worst place I've ever seen. unfortunately it has nothing to do with the photos on the site. flee. this hotel is a deception does not look like the photos!

Stayed 3 nights in Oct 2021

8/10 Good

Richard

15 Oct 2021

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service

downtown sf… need i say more

Stayed 4 nights in Oct 2021

2/10 Terrible

ALEJANDRA

15 Oct 2021

Liked: Staff & service

Disliked: Amenities, property conditions & facilities

La peor zona de San Francisco. Habitantes de calle hospedan este hotel. Fuman cigarrillo, hooka, toman alcohol y se drogan en los pasillos. Una zona muy insegura, alerta de robos a las personas y los vehículos. La habitación con sábanas sucias y rotas, tendidos quemados con cigarrillos y el olor en la habitación es muy desagradable. La puerta del baño estaba mala. Todo es muy viejo en las habitaciones, hasta las toallas que ponen para tu uso. No había parqueadero disponible cuando llegamos. La atención es muy buena pero de una te advierten que la zona es peligrosa y el hotel en malas condiciones. Al día siguiente habían carros de atención a indigentes frente al hotel. NO RECOMENDADO Y MENOS CUANDO VAS CON NIÑOS. No tuve en cuenta mirar la puntuación y comentarios del hotel antes de ir, desafortunadamente.

Stayed 1 night in Oct 2021