What a fabulous place right in downtown San Francisco
This is a beautiful hotel. The rooms are big and comfortable. Although the hotel is over 100 years old, with amazing chandeliers and 14 foot ceilings in the rooms and much higher in the lobby, it's all been modernized and kept up to date. The most amazing part was a full size (though not deep) swimming pool, all located just off Market Street. (We were visiting with our granddaughter and she loved the pool.) The hotel is right at a Bart/Muni station so public transportation is a breeze. The Garden Court on the main floor is gorgeous, but you'd probably not want to eat there unless you were on an expense account: VERY pricey. We got a good rate on Hotwire, so the hotel itself wasn't expensive. The bar in the lobby was also expensive, but a nice treat for one drink; the restaurant attached to it (the Pied Piper) looked like it had reasonable prices, but we didn't get a chance to eat there. Next time... We really want to return to this hotel.