UC Law - Parking Garage

This is my new favorite parking garage as it's near the Orpheum, City Hall, Symphony , the Ballet and UC Hastings.

We came on a Saturday to watch The Lion King and it was only a block and half away. It felt cleaner than most garages and well kept . Also felt safer!

Rates were $8 per hour for a max of $32. Not bad for safety and convenience ! Show was spectacular and payment was easier with a live cashier!

Look forward to coming back

Best place ever to park - safe and clean. For $ 22 before 8:30 is perfect ... and our my 7:30...

The best part of the garage is Ryan, the manager. He's always cheerful, efficient, and helpful. He is able to explain easily the quirky way that I have to pay for the garage by partly using my tax advantaged credit card and then partly by my regular credit card. And the rest of the staff are also very helpful as well. They often are out front and say hi as I drive in. The garage is also kept incredibly clean!

Access is weird and parking usually means a drive to the very top floor and then you better get lucky. Coming back on foot was strange and thankfully they had a few signs to navigate the gates to get to the pay station. Not sure about the price as a couple hours ran me $24 and the whole day would have been $32 ... nice marketing I guess.

They have an awesome $8 all day rate on Sundays. This is perfect for me when I go visit my son. The spot is conveniently located near City Hall, Symphony, Museum and UC Hastings.

The only drawback is that a lot of their spots are reserved and compact on the lower levels. But even with that, there have been plenty of spots for me to park.

A real live cashier is available on the first floor to assist you with payment, but they also have a machine.

There is an elevator and stairs for use. To date my car has never been broken into or vandalized in any way.

Here's What I Think... For all the times I can't get a street park, this is the place I choose. Remember to bring your yellow ticket with you because you need to get "paid" ticket before you get to your car

A three-star parking garage review is probably akin to a five-star restaurant review. So take this fwiw...

The good:

-Great location near City Hall, Asian Art Museum, Superior Court, Library and many other places including the UN.

-Very clean (for a parking garage) and well-marked signage and striping

-Fairly, ahem, "reasonable" prices with a $27/max (see attached pics)

-Secure building as you can't re-enter without scanning a parking ticket at the door

-Philz Coffee™ on the bottom floor

The Bad

- Payment machine is credit card only; not a biggie but some people might prefer cash

-Lots of homeless around the building but again that's SoP for SF

The Ugly

-Those SF parking prices. Oy gevalt...

This is probably as good as it gets for SF parking garages. Highly recommended for a day at the museum.

Nothing worse than having a bad experience parking in SF. We had tickets for the Orpheum Theater and after a little research chose the UC Hastings Garage. It turned out to be an excellent choice.

The garage is clean, well lit and the attendant was friendly and monitoring what was going on. It is a short two block walk from the garage to the Theater.
We arrived mid afternoon and left at 11:00 pm. The cost was $27.00 which is the maximum and for a safe and attended garage is IMO a very good value.

If someone asked me what type of establishment I review the most on Yelp, I would have to say that it would definitely be restaur....I mean parking garages. Finding myself at different client sites all the time, I am always looking for reliable parking garages nearby. And for the past week, I've been consistently parking at the Civic Center garage since it was the only clean, space, and spacious parking garage that I knew of in this immediate area. It wasn't even till today when I had to Google street view way my to a nearby site for this client that I accidentally stumbled upon this garage! While I wish I discovered this garage sooner, the price certainly can't be beat! Unlike the Civic Center Garage where I pay $29 for all day parking (or $35 if I stay past 12hrs), early bird rates (in by 9am, out by 6pm) here at UC Hastings Parking Garage is only $18! And while the garage spaces themselves aren't quite as wide as the ones in the Civic Center Garage, they aren't as tight as many of the garages found throughout the city.

The lower levels of this garage does fill up pretty quickly, and when I arrived at 8:30 in the morning, I still had to circle all the way up to the 5th floor before I found a spot to park. The interior of this garage is pretty clean and well lit, and doors require your parking pass for reentry, which helps to keep people who don't belong out.

Make sure to pay for your ticket before leaving the garage. Pay machines are located on the first floor. Hours here are Mon-Sat 7am-11pm, and Sun 7am-9pm.

Decent parking structure, but if you're staying here for a long period of time, they will get your wallet like nothing you could have imagined. They are not going to take it easy on you if you want to stay longer.

However, the structure is relatively clean and easy to navigate. It's not that large, but again it's clean and you need your ticket to get in, so most of the time you won't have strangers just walking and trying to open your car doors.

You need to park and are in the area, then this is a safe bet.

Great garage. Use the front pedestrian door only for entry or exit. Bring the ticket with you and pay when returning to the car.