from $220 per night

3 Star Hotel

Hotel Boheme

North Beach & Chinatown

Our favorite boutique hotel is a love letter to the Beat era, wi...

from $309 per night

4 Star Hotel

Argonaut Hotel, A Kimpton Hotel

The Marina, Fisherman’s Wharf & the Piers

The top hotel at Fisherman's Wharf was built as a cannery in 190...

from $226 per night

3 Star Hotel

Cartwright Hotel Union Square

Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa

Built in 1915 and overhauled in 2008, the understatedly fancy La...

from $199 per night

3 Star Hotel

Petite Auberge

Nob Hill, Russian Hill & Fillmore

Petite Auberge feels like a French country inn, with floral-prin...

from $278 per night

3.5 Star Hotel

Hotel Kabuki A Joie De Vivre Boutique Hotel

Nob Hill, Russian Hill & Fillmore

The Kabuki nods to Japan, with shoji (rice paper screens) on the...

from $459 per night

4 Star Hotel

Hotel Palomar San Francisco, A Kimpton Hotel

Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa

The sexy Palomar is decked out with crocodile-print carpets, str...

from $98 per night

3 Star Hotel

Hotel Majestic

Nob Hill, Russian Hill & Fillmore

The 1902 Hotel Majestic holds a torch for traditional elegance –...

from $229 per night

3.5 Star Hotel

White Swan Inn

Nob Hill, Russian Hill & Fillmore

In the tradition of English country inns, the romantic White Swa...

from $279 per night

4 Star Hotel

W Hotel San Francisco

Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa

Sexy doormen stand sentinel, looking like bouncers at a disco, a...

from $369 per night

3.5 Star Hotel

Harbor Court Hotel, A Kimpton Hotel

Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa

Rooms are small at this repurposed, vintage-1928 YMCA hotel, but...

from $299 per night

3.5 Star Hotel

Warwick San Francisco Hotel

Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa

If you prefer high heels to hiking boots but can’t afford the Ri...

from $539 per night

4 Star Hotel

Hotel Vitale A Joie De Vivre Hotel

Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa

The ugly exterior disguises a fashion-forward hotel, with echoes...

from $299 per night

3 Star Hotel

Steinhart Hotel And Apartments

Nob Hill, Russian Hill & Fillmore

If you're staying in SF for a week or longer, the Steinhart is a...

from $555 per night

5 Star Hotel

Mandarin Oriental San Francisco

Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa

On the top 11 floors of SF's third-tallest building, the Mandari...

from $289 per night

3 Star Hotel

Laurel Inn, A Joie De Vivre Boutique Hotel

The Marina, Fisherman’s Wharf & the Piers

You get more bang for your buck at the Laurel Inn than at most d...

from $329 per night

4 Star Hotel

Clift

Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa

Form-over-function maestro Ian Schrager has invaded SF with an '...

from $279 per night

3.5 Star Hotel

Best Western Plus Tuscan Inn At Fisherman's Wharf

The Marina, Fisherman’s Wharf & the Piers

Staying at touristy Fisherman's Wharf doesn't necessarily mean y...

from $369 per night

3.5 Star Hotel

Orchard Garden Hotel

North Beach & Chinatown

SF's first all-green-practices hotel has soothingly quiet rooms ...

from $495 per night

5 Star Hotel

Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco

Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa

Opened in 2001, the Four Seasons is huge, confident and very cor...

from $395 per night

5 Star Hotel

The Ritz Carlton, San Francisco

North Beach & Chinatown

Expensive hotels usually look it, but the Ritz-Carlton is off th...

from $299 per night

3 Star Hotel

Best Western Hotel California

Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa

Alas, no pink champagne on ice, but it does provide frosted tequ...

from $249 per night

3 Star Hotel

Best Western Plus Americania

Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa

Rooms at this restyled motor lodge face a central courtyard and ...

from $860 per night

5 Star Hotel

The St. Regis San Francisco

Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa

The pinnacle of luxury, the St Regis is one of SF's three five-s...

from $299 per night

3.5 Star Hotel

Inn At Union Square

Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa

Traditionalists love the conservative chintz decor and personali...

from $166 per night

4 Star Hotel

The Westin St Francis On Union Square

Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa

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

from $199 per night

4 Star Hotel

Sir Francis Drake, A Kimpton Hotel

Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa

The city's most famous doormen, clad like clownish Beefeaters, s...

from $159 per night

3 Star Hotel

Queen Anne Hotel

Nob Hill, Russian Hill & Fillmore

The Queen Anne occupies a lovely 1890 Victorian mansion, formerl...

from $246 per night

3.5 Star Hotel

Hotel Rex, A Joie De Vivre Boutique Hotel

Downtown, Civic Center & SoMa

Strains of French gramophone music fill the intimate lobby and t...