Understated elegance
My wife and I travelled to San Francisco for the first leg of our 25th anniversary trip. She did her due diligence and came up with the Drisco hotel from Tripadvisor. We only stayed for three nights but I certainly wished it had been for longer. The day after we arrived, the staff were adressing us as Mr. and Mrs. So and So. It is an older hotel in a very exclusive area of San Francisco (billionaires row), and it suits the area well. As an older building it has the squeaks and quirks of old hardwood floors, and the room was smaller, but we felt this added to the charm. Our room was great - they provided champagne on arrival to celebrate our anniversary. The breakfast was something to behold - how often do you see five different jams and clotted cream available at your "box store" hotel. The afternoon wine service was something we were only able to enjoy once but I would recommend it highly. If we had one complaint it was that the free wifi didn't seem to work well in our room. Not only would I recommend staying here, I hope to visit again in the future.