Historic hotel with many original features, like high ceilings in the rooms (makes it feel more spacious). Fairly quiet, great location in/next to Gaslamp District. Because it's an old hotel, you get the historicness but also it does feel older, like the elevator (which was fine-- a bit slow, but only 4 floors in the hotel, so no biggie). But, it's a trade-off for the character of the hotel.