Ascot Hotel

Two stars for «character». That’s about it. This hostel-​like establishment is located in the heart of SF, on the outskirts of Lower Height and Downtown. If people sleeping in storefront stoops and zombie-​like drug addicts freak you out, stay away. I booked a room here in last minute desperation. The guy who runs the place realized that fact and took advantage of the situation and ripped me off.
According to other Unilocal reviews (which I read after the fact), you can get a weeks stay here for 100 bucks. The guy charged me 65 bucks (cash only!) which got me a tiny room with a sink, dirty mirror, a squeaky twin mattress with barely washed bed sheets and a broken smoke alarm hanging from the ceiling. I found it amusing to see the window propped open with a roll of toilet paper. I guess that’s because there wasn’t a fan on the ceiling to circulate the stuffy, musky air. I assume the toilets and showers were in a common area… I didn’t bother. Check out was at 11 but I didn’t even have to set my alarm because my neighbor had the crack rock coughs all night.