Built into a historic fruit-packing warehouse, this beautiful luxury hotel is the best in the area by far. Located directly opposite Hyde Street Pier, the...

Although it sits just half a block from Union Square, this refined hotel attracts a very discreet and wealthy following. Neatly tucked into a small space on...

This Schrager-Starck property is still the hippest hotel in town, and doesn't it know it. Staff range from cooler-than-thou to ultra-friendly (thankfully,...

One of a number of small hotels and B&Bs along Bush Street, the Cornell makes no secret of its origins: the Lamberts, who've run the Cornell for decades,...

Although it's run by a large chain, this comfortable, modern hotel with artful touches feels like a one-off. The service is friendly and professional, and...

Despite the deeply uninspiring name, this elegant, relaxed hotel gives guests a taste of Wine Country within a stroll of both Union Square and Chinatown....

On the Embarcadero waterfront, Harbor Court is something of an undiscovered treat. The stylishly cosy rooms look out to San Francisco Bay and the bridge; in...

Now owned by Joie de Vivre, the Adagio has been in town in one incarnation or another since 1929. Its current version is the best yet: the casual, mellow...

As the Radisson Miyako, this efficient Japantown hotel was a favourite of Japanese business travellers. Its new incarnation, unveiled in late 2007, should...

The Majestic is the oldest hotel in the city to have remained in continuous operation: it welcomed its first guests in 1904, only two years after it was...

The Milano boasts some of the best-value rooms in Downtown, and one of the best locations: right next door to the San Francisco Shopping Centre, a block...

Part of the Japan Airlines hotel chain, the 25-storey Nikko is incredibly popular with Japanese visitors but welcoming to all. The rooms and suites are...

Named after Kenneth Rexroth, MC for the fabled Six Gallery reading that provided a launchpad for the Beat Generation, the Rex is one of the city's most...

Right next door to the more lavish and expensive Monaco, this 17-storey Spanish Revival building is no less decoratively daring. The lobby is in a Moorish...