A good-value hotel at Union Sq, the eight-story Stratford has simple white-walled rooms with blonde-wood furnishings and occasional scuff marks – but they're clean, as are bathrooms with rainfall showerheads (no bathtubs). Rooms on Powell St offer views over the cable-car line, but they can get loud. The elevator is s-l-o-w.
A remodeling is in the works for 2019.