Hotels in San Francisco

Location. Seamlessly blending Zen minimalist detailing with Western style comfort is the Hotel Nikko San Francisco (Calif.). Positioned in the Union Square neighborhood, this hotel provides convenient downtown location just five blocks from the Financial District and Museum of Modern Art, and one half mile from Chinatown. Transportation by cable car is one block from the property.
Hotel Features. ANZU offers an Asian fusion atmosphere where designers have blended a steakhouse environment with a sushi bar menu. On Sundays, the restaurant hosts a Symphony of the Senses brunch in conjunction with a live radio broadcast by a classical music station. Offerings include nigiri, sashimi, chicken, duck and prime cut steaks. Specialty drinks include the Nigori Osmosis and the Purple Rain. A business center, conference rooms, computer rentals and complimentary wireless Internet access are provided. A 24 hour fitness center overlooking a Japanese roof garden, solarium enclosed pool and a spa tub, hosts traditional Japanese Kamaburo meditation rooms, weight training and cardiovascular equipment. Separate saunas for men and women are featured at the health club, as is Shiatsu massage by appointment. Amenities include a gift shop, Starbucks, beauty salon, perfumery and an art gallery.

Guestrooms. Soft earth toned hues and Pacific design elements embellish the 532 guestrooms, which contain floor to ceiling windows that offer bay and city views, blond and ebonized wood furnishings and leather armchairs. Bedding features Frette linens, down comforters and pillowtop mattresses, while bathrooms offer granite accents, designer toiletries and massaging showerheads. Each includes plasma televisions, CD players and high speed Internet access. Pets are permitted.

Expert Tip. The Hotel Nikko San Francisco's ANZU bar is famed for its selection of more than 60 Sake Martinis, including the Caribbean Sake, Cosmo Sake, Summer Dream, Sake Quake and the Sake to Me. Servers and bartenders can provide recommendations to best fit guests' tastes.

Location. Monticello Inn in San Francisco, Calif., was architecturally inspired by Thomas Jefferson's Virginia home. This California boutique hotel occupies a 1906 building located two blocks from Union Square and one half mile from the Moscone Convention Center. The Powell Street Cable Car Line runs one block from the hotel, and ACT and Curran theaters are just two blocks away. Three blocks away, a local TIX booth sells half price day of performance tickets to theatrical performances.
Hotel Features. Monticello Inn's expansive lobby features a lounge area with a fireplace, blue velvet sofas and paintings of early American figures. A lively Italian American trattoria is attached to the hotel and serves breakfast, lunch and dinner. Menu options include pastas, pizzas, panini and risotto du jour. Complimentary morning Town Car service to the Financial District is available on weekdays. The hotel offers a high speed Internet station in the library, and complimentary wireless Internet access is available in public areas.

Guestrooms. The five story hotel features 91 distinctively designed guestrooms that include desks, colonial patterned slipper chairs, minibars and refrigerators. Guestrooms offer complimentary Internet access and multi line telephones.

Expert Tip. A dynamic supporter of the arts, Monticello Inn hosts a weekly literary salon, where local authors perform readings during hosted evening wine receptions. These events feature a variety of genres including travel writing, short stories, nature writing and memoirs.

The Beresford Arms is located in San Francisco, Calif. This historical hotel is just a short walk to Chinatown, fine shops, theaters, Union Square, and only three blocks to the Powell Street Cable Cars running to Fisherman's Wharf, Telegraph Hill, Ghirardelli Square and Pier 39. Several famous restaurants can be found jut steps away from the front door. Enjoy the beauty and splendor of this home away from home while experiencing fabulous service.
The historical Beresford Arms Hotel offers its guests elegant accommodations. An updated San Francisco Victorian style enhances the spacious guest rooms and suites. These rooms are equipped with a TV/VCR combo, deluxe bathrooms and a fully stocked honor bar. The junior suites are furnished with two queen beds, a kitchenette or a wet bar. Coffee and pastries are served in the morning. The Beresford Arms is convenient to fine dining, shopping and entertainment venues. This hotel allows pets with certain restrictions.

The Prescott Hotel enjoys a central location on Post Street in the heart of Union Square, convenient to high end shopping, the Moscone Convention Center and the cable cars to Fisherman's Wharf. For the musically inclined, the hotel is around the corner from Ruby Skye and Biscuits & Blues, where rising stars test their acts before going national. Jam sessions of the musical kind are big at the B&B.
Travel & Leisure Magazine recently named this hotel as one of its "Best Value Hotels" and one of the top 50 in North America. To the delight of the culinary inclined, the hotel is home to Wolfgang Puck's restaurant, Postrio. Robert Rauchenberg's paintings, Dale Chihuly's glass sculptures, swirling copper and marble ribbons and the oh so glamorous crowds set the state for pure Puck: sautùed sea scallops with ginger pineapple and jalapeno vinaigrette, and roasted liberty duck breast with mille feuille of curried peaches, among other yummy delights. Throughout the hotel, guests can indulge in wireless high speed Internet surfing, complimentary coffee and tea in the mornings and morning sedan rides. The hotel features hosted evening wine receptions. The hotel also offers a state of the art fitness facility.

Guestrooms feature custom cherry wood furniture, crisp Italian linens, black granite nightstands, CD players and terrycloth robes. "Dress for Success" amenities include special toiletries and hair care products, collar stays, cuff links, manicure supplies, tweezers and nail files. The Prescott Hotel is a destination unto itself for many guests, including entertainment moguls and touring authors, who, along with vacationers, are attracted to Puck's Postrio and nearby theaters and nightclubs

As with real estate, the three operative words for hotels are location, location and location. Guests at the chic Hotel Monaco are just steps from Union Square's high end shopping and entertainment, the Moscone Convention Center, financial district, world class theaters, cable cars and light rail trains.
Occupying a 1910 Beaux Arts building, the hotel features French inspired architecture and sensually rich dùcor. The hotel features hosted evening wine reception complete with tarot card readings and massages. In addition to enjoying freshly baked, complimentary cookies, guests can pamper themselves in the hotel's health club and Equilibrium spa, which features manicures, facials and hot stone massages.

The hungry will enjoy the hotel's Grand Cafù, a French brasserie that resembles a 1920s Paris train station. The bar even offers five kinds of Manhattans and other sophisticated concoctions.

Decorated with lime green and yellow wallpaper against red chinoise canopies, guestrooms feature Chinese style armoires, bamboo writing desks, Italian Frette bathrobes, pillow top beds, European linens and fancy Aveda bath products. Some rooms feature high speed Internet access. Lonely guests can get "pet" goldfish for company.

Meanwhile, the hotel also features pet pampering services, such as Bone A Petit packages of bottled water, bowl, Good Dog towels, chew toys, gourmet cookies, temporary tags, and clean up bags.

The Hotel Monaco provides plenty of eye candy for business travelers, 40ish couples, European families and pooches who mostly frequent the place. Although located only two blocks from Union Square's hustle, the hotel's air of comfortable calm is in the tarot cards.

Location. Positioned in the North Beach area of San Francisco, Calif., the boutique Hotel Boheme is one half mile from Chinatown, Lombard Street and the cable cars of San Francisco's MUNI system. Coit Tower, Fisherman's Wharf and Union Square are one mile away. Airport transportation is provided by the property for a fee.
Hotel Features. Vibrant colors and literary and visual motifs of the Beat poetry era embellish this intimate hotel's interior decor. Parking is available nearby and a variety of restaurants are located in the surrounding area. A concierge desk is available, as are business services and wireless Internet access.

Guestrooms. Bohemian style guestrooms contain windows that open, cast iron beds, painted wood furnishings, antiques, framed artwork and fabrics in contrasting prints. A guestrooms include cable television and complimentary wireless Internet access. Bathrooms contain complimentary toiletries and showers only.

Expert Tip. Evening cordials are served in the hotel's reception area.

The 39 story Marriott San Francisco Hotel stands just south of Market Street, opposite the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, a block from the Moscone Center and the Museum of Modern Art, and two blocks from the cable cars. The Yerba Buena Gardens is the site of numerous festivals, art shows, free concerts and performances by top name dance troupes. The lobby and public areas feature large sculptures, original art and fountains. Brochures detail self guided art tours. The Marriott's health club includes an indoor pool and outdoor roof garden, along with cardio equipment, weights, steam rooms, saunas and a spa tub. The atrium's Garden Terrance restaurants feature expansive breakfast and lunch buffets, while the 4th Street Bar & Grill provides wide screen TVs, burgers, pizza and beer on tap. On the 39th floor, the hotel's lounge boasts panoramic views of this mystical City by the Bay through gigantic seashell shaped windows.

Guestrooms feature warm natural tones and bold textiles, reminiscent of private homes. Guests will enjoy luxurious beds dressed with soft down duvets and crisp linens. The rooms also feature high speed Internet access.

This Marriott created quite a buzz when its peach colored tiers and reflective seashell windows debuted on the downtown skyline in 1989. Today, the buzz comes from more than 100,000 square feet of meeting space that make the Marriott one of the city's premier convention hotels with a prime location that also attracts vacationing families.

Location. Hotel Carlton, a Joie de Vivre Boutique Hotel occupies an enviable location four blocks from San Francisco's Nob Hill and theater district. This stylish property stands one half mile from Union Square, and one mile from the convention center and North Beach. California Street cable cars run three blocks from the hotel and the city's most popular attractions are within two miles of the hotel. San Francisco International Airport is 14 miles away.
Hotel Features. Constructed in 1927, the hotel's bright and airy lobby features hand carved moldings and an intimate fireplace. Complimentary property amenities include evening wine receptions, high speed wireless Internet access and weekday Morning Town car service to the financial district and select destinations. Two computer workstations with high speed Internet access are located on the lobby level. Saha, a Middle Eastern style restaurant, serves Arabic fusion cuisine in sleek dining quarters with dark wood floors and chairs upholstered in dramatic red leather. Classic dishes include Saha's red curry served with stuffed acorn squash and tofu, Moroccan couscous, and lamb tagine with prunes and almonds.

Guestrooms. All 161 non smoking guestrooms include hand painted Moroccan tables, Lucite beaded table lamps, 1930s style easy chairs, marble topped desks, ceiling fans and Tibetan mountain photographs. Bathrooms have pedestal sinks and are stocked with designer bath products. Deluxe accommodations feature city views and complimentary high speed Internet access. Superior rooms have limited views and dial up Internet access.

Expert Tip. A distinguishing feature of this hotel is its unusual collection of international art and artifacts that includes tribal figurines, Oriental rugs and photographs provided by the American Himalayan Foundation.

Location. Hotel Griffon is just over one half mile from The Embarcadero in San Francisco, Calif. The hotel is within one mile of TransAmerica Pyramid, Museum of Modern Art and the Moscone Convention Center. Chinatown and Nob Hill are one mile away. The hotel is just over one mile from Union Square, the theatre district and Market Street.
Hotel Features. Renovated in 2007, smoke free Hotel Griffon features complimentary wireless Internet access throughout the hotel. The hotel serves daily complimentary continental breakfasts including baked items, yogurt, oatmeal and fruit. Tonno Rosso by FAZ, the hotel's Mediterranean style restaurant, features French doors and views of the Embarcadero and Bay Bridge. The restaurant serves Tuscan style pasta, seafood and steaks. Hotel Griffon offers The Boardroom, a meeting room available by reservation.

Guestrooms. Renovated in 2007, guestrooms at Hotel Griffon feature flat screen televisions, cable television and CD players. Complimentary wireless Internet access is provided. Drapery, bedding and seating include contemporary brown or white fabrics. Rooms have mahogany furnishings. Rooms include coffeemakers. Select rooms feature original 1906 white washed brick walls or views of the San Francisco Bay. Bathrooms include Aveda bath products.

Expert Tip. Beginning in the 1840s with the Gold Rush, The Embarcadero was called the Barbary Coast. In the 1920s, the Barbary Coast was converted into San Francisco's Produce District. By the 1980s, The Embarcadero had developed into a "city within a city" with many companies' corporate headquarters. Today, The Embarcadero features SBC Park, The Embarcadero Roadway, the Embarcadero Center Cinema, stores and restaurants. Special events include wine and music festivals, art exhibits, garden shows and holiday ice skating.

With its distinctive bay windows and Edwardian Architecture, San Francisco's romantic Hotel Majestic is the ideal locale for a getaway or to host your next important business meeting. Located in Pacific Heights, a few blocks from the cable cars and high rises of downtown, The Majestic is a respite in one of the city's most charming Victorian neighborhoods. The hotel was constructed in 1902, but over the years as San Francisco has changed; The Majestic has kept pace and never lost sight of its unique architectural heritage and Edwardian ambiance.
The guest accommodations are beautifully decorated with English or French antiques and beautiful spreads. You can close your door to the world and enjoy the peaceful Edwardian ambiance in these cozy rooms. Most of these rooms have full baths with a tub or shower and many with claw footed bathtubs. Throughout the years, The Majestic has been a refuge from the bustle of Union Square and the Financial District, offering travelers sanctuary in the quiet of a Pacific Heights neighborhood.