California Parking

2 dollars per 30 minutes on weekends. Easy in and out. Pay the cashier before you leave. Easy to park and walk over to Eastern Restaurant for some dim sum.

California Parking just did valet for an event that I did in SF at The Metreon. They were great to work with. Really reasonable rates and were good at advocating for us with the venue. If you need valet parking in SF they are the company to execute that.

***BEWARE***
The attendant started angrily yelling at me and shaking when I asked questions. He asked for my ticket when I was leaving. I asked, «Do I have to pay before leaving?». Within seconds it escalated and he could not control himself. After I told him he needed to calm down he asked me «where are you going?» and «do you need any recommendations?» Clearly this guy is off his meds and is a liability to the parking lot.
Get your ticket, park, KEEP THE TICKET WITH YOU and pay at the keyosk or the attended my loose his mind on you.
Better yet… park somewhere else.

If you can’t find street parking, this parking garage isn’t too shabby for $ 12 max for evening parking. It’s conveniently located close to Chinatown and North Beach.
Evenings after 5pm to closing, $ 2 each 30 minutes, $ 12 until close, and $ 28 for overnight
Sat/​Sun: $ 2 each 30 minutes, $ 12 for 12 hours and $ 28 for 12 – 24 hours
Garage Hours:
Mon-​Thu 6:30am-11:00pm
Fri 6:30am-2:30am
Sat: 8:00am-2:30am
Sun 9:00am-11:00pm

Nicest attendant, great price, clean, well-​lit, safe place to park.
We visit the area about once a year, and were parking to go to dinner. Afterwards we were going to spend a few hours on the pier. The attendant, Murray, gave us great directions that had us ride a trolley and see a lot for the time we had. He was the nicest guy and gave us a lot of his time explaining directions and suggestings places to see. He even lent us a sweater for the trip. We’ll definitely be parking there on our next visit.

We parked here when we went to a club nearby on Broadway. It was $ 12 for all day parking but if you lose your ticket, it’s about $ 25. So make sure you keep your ticket! And make sure you get the car out by 2:30am!
By the way, you can pay ahead via the Parkwhiz app.

The single star is for how difficult it is to use Park-​Now at this garage. And for the bad attitudes of the attendants. I’ve done it twice now. Bottom line, I would rather circle the block fifteen times and spend thirty minutes looking for a spot. It’s the same experience — painful. Only you don’t have the sarcasm from the 555 Jackson attendants if you look for your own spot.

I live in the south bay AND rarely go to the city (thank you manual car). but today I had an interview and I was not to be deterred. Let me define me driving in the city, I can’t follow the lane directions, half the time I didn’t know if I was in a proper lane. After being flustered driving around for 40 min trying to find street parking I decided to give in and pay for parking.
I ended up at a place close to my interview, pulled in, talked to the attendant and realized I was going to pay over $ 30 if I was lucky. I asked for his suggestion and he preferred to a parking garage off Jackson (we won’t mention the illegal turn he suggested I take to get there) lol,
Although the spaces seemed small (normal for sf) I had no problem finding a great space. The garage is well lit, very clean and I felt safe ~ not an easy task. It was a few blocks from my appt and as I was walking I passed two other garages both charge TWICE the amount I was paying and looked. Sketch.
My appt was two hours, when I returned to my car I noticed I had dropped some money on the floor out in the open AND it was still there… wth???
Murray who ran the register was beyond kind making my stressful drive not stressful at all. You can’t find a better place to park your car then here.