Lonely Planet Reviewed San Francisco & the Bay Area Hotels

Best Western Hotel California

Alas, no pink champagne on ice, but it does provide frosted tequila shots upon check-in and wine and che...

from $309 per night

Casa Madrona Hotel & Spa

Uphill from the town, the Casa Madrona is a compound of contemporary cottages around an original Victori...

from $249 per night

Best Western Plus Americania

Rooms at this restyled motor lodge face a central courtyard and look sharp, with a retro-'70s aesthetic ...

from $585 per night

5 Star Hotel

The St. Regis San Francisco

The pinnacle of luxury, the St Regis is one of SF's three five-star hotels (the others are Four Seasons ...

from $379 per night

Garden Court Hotel

Modern and exceedingly cheery, the Garden Court offers a bit of downtown luxury...

from $179 per night

The Sainte Claire Hotel

This landmark hotel was built in 1926 overlooking Plaza de Cesar Chavez...

from $370 per night

Inn At Union Square

Traditionalists love the conservative chintz decor and personalized service of this lovely boutique hote...

from $192 per night

The Westin St Francis On Union Square

This is one of SF's most storied hotels – Gerald Ford was shot right outside...

from $189 per night

Sir Francis Drake, A Kimpton Hotel

The city's most famous doormen, clad like clownish Beefeaters, stand sentinel at this vintage-1920s clas...

from $175 per night

Hotel Shattuck Plaza

Also downtown and close to the BART station is this stately 174-room facility...

from $68 per night

Super 8 Berkeley

A small, simple, well-kept establishment with genuine 1950s character, near California St.

from $145 per night

Queen Anne Hotel

The Queen Anne occupies a lovely 1890 Victorian mansion, formerly a girls' boarding school...

from $369 per night

Hotel Rex, A Joie De Vivre Boutique Hotel

Strains of French gramophone music fill the intimate lobby and the adjoining dimly lit lounge, intended ...

from $99 per night

Edwardian Hotel

An unassuming brick-faced inn, the Edwardian has an ideal middle-of-the-city location between the Castro...

from $214 per night

Nob Hill Hotel

Rooms in this 1906 hotel have been dressed up in Victorian style, with brass beds and floral-print carpe...

from $159 per night

The Mosser

This tourist-class hotel has some stylish details in its tiny rooms and tinier baths. Parking costs $29...

from $219 per night

Serrano Hotel, A Kimpton Hotel

The grand Spanish-revival lobby of the Serrano was completely redone in 2000 using original 1928 bluepri...

from $155 per night

Coventry Motor Inn

Of the scores of motels lining Lombard St (Hwy 101), the generic Coventry has the highest overall qualit...

from $395 per night

4.5 Star Hotel

Taj Campton Place

Refined and intimate, this jewel in the crown of the exclusive Taj hotel chain has sleek rooms with a pe...

from $149 per night

2 Star Hotel

Cardinal Hotel

Downtown, this restored, 1924 hotel oozes historic California character with its pristine Mission-style ...

from $259 per night

Inter Continental Mark Hopkins

Glistening marble floors reflect glowing crystal chandeliers in the lobby of the 1926 Mark Hopkins, a Sa...

from $211 per night

Hotel Diva

Favored by midbudget fashionistas and traveling club kids, the industrial-chic Diva's stainless-steel an...

from $224 per night

2 Star Hotel

Wharf Inn

This standard-issue, two-story motor lodge at the Wharf has clean, nothing-special rooms, ideal for kids...

from $169 per night

Hotel Durant

A block from campus, this 1928 hotel cheekily highlights that connection...

from $259 per night

Hotel Bijou

Deep in the down-and-out Tenderloin, the Bijou stands in disregard of its gritty surroundings, a safe ha...

from $139 per night

2 Star Hotel

The Andrews Hotel

Just two blocks west of Union Square, this 1905 hotel has friendly, personable staff, small but comforta...

from $116 per night

Hotel Tomo, A Joie De Vivre Hotel

Japanese pop culture informs the Tomo's aesthetic, with big-eyed anime characters blinking on the lobby'...

from $120 per night

1.5 Star Hotel

Motel Capri

You can't miss the signs for this well-preserved '50s motor lodge with vintage swank factor, an ideal st...