Hotel De Anza

Staying at this hotel for a few days with someone else, I now know what the other mixed reviews mean, but with more context. It's not a bad hotel, but there are things to improve on. Here's my review. The hotel was built in the 1920's but is renovated to modern standards. It's in a great location for going to big-name tech company headquarters located in San Jose; it's right next to several. It's also next to San Pedro Square, which has restaurants and also two modern cafeteria-style buildings full of places to eat. I did not park a car, but instead took a rideshare from the airport. The elevators are fast, but relatively small compared to other buildings. I didn't see the restaurant open, but the hotel did have notices posted that they serve breakfast, which I did not try in favor of local San Jose eateries instead. My room was clean, and modern. It looks like most other renovated hotels of this era, with similar furniture. It's what I expect from the word "hotel". However, the in-the-wall A/C unit was indeed very loud. I haven't heard an A/C unit that loud for a very long time. The noise reminded me of old-style units from decades ago. Also about noise, there was intermittent loud plane noise, as the hotel is along a flight path for the San Jose airport. There were complimentary earplugs provided. The bathroom was modern as well, but starting to show age with cracks/blemishes here and there. My room did not have a tub, but I only shower anyway, so that was fine. The shower was modern, with a sliding glass door. The sink was modern as well. The toilet flushed at a somewhat slow pace with swirling time, it might've been somewhat older but was clean and worked. Besides, I practice "flush early, flush often" for all toilets of unknown quantity, to avoid clogging. There was unlimited hot water, it just seemed to fluctuate up and down slowly over time; I had to adjust the temp valve during the shower, more so than other hotels I've been in. The staff was friendly. That matters a lot. With other hotels in the local area, I wouldn't necessary choose this hotel in particular, due to the noise of the A/C unit, and other things I wrote about. It shows up as a 4-star hotel in Google Maps currently, but I'd say it's a 3.