Our between Christmas and New Year's vacation, beginning at the Waterfront Hotel in Oakland, was a bust. There were some positives: the location on the marina, steps to the ferry to S.F., and nice beds. With 2 teenagers and dad needing the "free interenet access," we found that "free," was the speed, (15 minutes) to download an e-mail, then tech... More

I am from the Bay Area but moved away. I visit often and when I do, I prefer to stay at the Waterfront in Oakland. I've stayed there at least 11 times since about 2005. It is affordable, clean, wonderful service, cozy, charming, safe and very accessible to everything (including expressway to San Francisco.) Right where you are there is... More

What a great location this is and the hotel is possibly 3 stars out of 5. 4 Stars if you get a waterfront room (a real one). To be honest though, even the waterfront view is tainted by the industrial equipment and buildings across the channel. The hotel room itself has a nautical theme and wants to be upscale but... More

I live in a decent sized East Coast city near an large Amtrak station. I'm accustomed to trains. At least, I thought I was. Ignore any review that tells you the train noise is not noticeable in rooms on the bay side. It is noticeable, and runs in force from 5AM to 10PM. It's not just one or two horn... More

This is the 4th time we've stayed at The Waterfront HotelminOakland and each time we love it a little more. The bright entrance with multicolored lamps and colorful mosaics welcomes you. The staff is friendly and knowledgeable. Our room has a balcony overlooking the harbor as well as a fireplace. We were walking distance from the ferry and had a... More

To start out with the bad, the other reviewers are completely correct that the train here runs all night. I don't think it's every 15 minutes, but more like every hour or two during the late night hours. At any rate, it woke me up several times because the rooms are not soundproof. It's not really acceptable, but I'm not... More

The room was very small and had a full size bed . I booked a room with the city view and ended with the valet desk view bed was very small for 2 people and our experience from this hotel is not pleasant. I checked in with another couple and ended with us getting the same room. We checked back... More

I really had high hopes for this place but unfortunately it didnt deliver. We checked in the day the someone had hit a fire hydrant and flooded the entire restaurant and half the hotel. So we pull up in our taxi as they are moving out furniture, pulling up the floors, running cords everywhere to get to fans, I thought... More

the trains run 24 hrs a day, about every 15 min a train comes thru with the horns blowing, 1 block from the hotel. the tv remote is in analog and the tv is digital, to change the channel, its extremly slow, you have to press the channel selector 3 times to change the channel. i was on the second... More