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The Orchard Garden Hotel Gets Dumped On

Where: 466 Bush St. [map], San Francisco, ca, United States, 94108

April 16, 2007 at 9:14 AM | 4 Comments

Last we heard from New York Times hotel maven Denny Lee, he'd "discovered" The Bowery Hotel. What groundbreaking news did he bring us this Sunday? Word of The Orchard Garden Hotel. You know, the one we mentioned last year.

The review itself is hardly flattering. There's nothing particularly bad about the place, the article says, but:

The hotel is far from stylish, and the drab and featureless interior seemed, at best, like a nice Holiday Inn. Rather than applauding its virtue, you end up wishing the Orchard had been more wasteful...It felt like sleeping in a plain cardboard box.

Though the rooms are low on luxury, the breakfast buffet sounds nice with granola and organic coffee on offer. Just don't have too much. This is a green hotel after all:

The toilet...did an amazing job with a small gulp of water, though the recycled bathroom tissue was not exactly soft.

Coincidentally, HotelChatter spent a night at the hotel this past weekend and we'll have our take on this green hotel later this week.

[Photo: Peter DaSilva for The New York Times]

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