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Random question: San Francisco hostels?

waxjunkywaxjunky 1,849 Posts
edited May 2009 in Strut Central
I have a friend coming to SF for about 10 days to do some cooking in town (she is on leave from The Fat Duck over in the UK). I'm recommending a hostel because cheapness is a priority.Anybody know which ones are the cheapest/cleanest/safest?

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  • skelskel You can't cheat karma 5,033 Posts
    Wow. She must be good, that's #2 in the current 'world's best' list

    2009 Top 50
    2009 winners list:

    El Bulli, Roses, Spain
    The Fat Duck, Bray-on-Thames, UK
    Noma, Copenhagen, Denmark
    Mugaritz, San Sebasti??n, Spain
    El Celler de Can Roca, Girona, Spain
    per se, New York, US
    Bras, Laguiole, France
    Arzak, San Sebasti??n, Spain
    Pierre Gagnaire, Paris, France
    Alinea, Chicago, US
    L'Astrance, Paris, France
    The French Laundry, California, US
    Osteria Francescana, Italy
    St John, London, UK
    Le Bernardin, New York, US
    Restaurant de l???H??tel de Ville, Crissier, Switzerland
    Tetsuya's, Sydney, Australia
    L'Atelier de Jo??l Robuchon, Paris, France
    Jean-Georges, New York, US
    Les Creations de Narisawa, Japan

    B/w

    Snail Porridge?

  • street_muzikstreet_muzik 3,919 Posts
    The one in the Tenderloin is real nice. Seriously.
  • magpiemagpie 160 Posts
    i stay at te eone near Coit tower...cheap private rooms...
  • jinx74jinx74 2,287 Posts
    there was a nice one next to foreign cinema on mission and 18th(?)

    anyway.. tons of white kids wearing tshirts, shorts and flipflops speaking their native tongues there so i assume this is a good spot.
  • jinx74jinx74 2,287 Posts
    where is she going to be chefing it up?
  • waxjunkywaxjunky 1,849 Posts
    where is she going to be chefing it up?

    French Laundry, then off to Chi-town for Trotter's and Alinea, then to some spots in NYC.
  • jinx74jinx74 2,287 Posts
    shit! i was going to try out some of her cooking but i would have had to make a res two months ago to eat there.

    if she needs a homecooked meal have her come to my house. ill buy all the food and she can cook. haha!
  • cascade_mysterycascade_mystery 59 Posts
    Green tortoise hostel in north beach.
  • waxjunkywaxjunky 1,849 Posts
    Ain't no such thing as half-way cooks. I'm hoping that if she gets a free dinner at TFL, that I get to go.
  • LaserWolfLaserWolf Portland Oregon 11,517 Posts
    The one in the Tenderloin is real nice. Seriously.

    That's where we stayed.

    Private room, private bath. Free toast and coffee, and sometimes a little more in the morning. As safe as any place else. Around the corner from the Saigon Sandwich.
    There is another hostel a few blocks away, on a less seedy block.

    There is one in a state park [or federal park?] on the water. You have to book way ahead of time to get a private room there.
  • GrandfatherGrandfather 2,303 Posts
    http://www.adelaidehostel.com/html/index.html

    stayed there for a week a few years ago
    very cheap, private room, free breakfast stuff
    clean as heck too
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