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Clift

$$$$, Union Square

User Rating: **** 3.6

Fodor's Review:

Behind the cream-color brick facade lies a "hotel as art" showplace, conceived by entrepreneur Ian Schrager and artist-designer Philippe Starck. The dramatically textured and illuminated lobby, dominated by a gigantic Napoleonic chair, offers surreal yet practical seating options, some adjacent the roaring gas fireplace. Spacious rooms with high ceilings have translucent orange Plexiglas tables, and two huge "infinity" wall mirrors. Some visitors remark on the thin walls, and also recommend booking a room on an upper-level floor to avoid street noise. The renowned Art Deco Redwood Room bar, paneled with wood from a 2,000-year-old tree, draws "beautiful people" nightly. Asia de Cuba restaurant artfully fuses Asian and Latino cuisines.

User Reviews & Ratings:

Enjoyed my stay!

Posted by Bill from Las Vegas NV on 12/28/05

I stayed in a king bedded room on the 3rd floor with a inner-view. The room was small, and the bathroom was smaller, but for the price I paid, I was happy, I booked on hotwire for around $175 a night. I would not have been satisfied if I payed the normal rate of $310.
ROOM: 4.0
ATMOSPHERE: 3.0
SERVICE: 3.0
VALUE: 4.0
RATING: 3.6

 

INFO

  • Address: 495 Geary St., San Francisco, CA, 94102
  • Phone: 415/775-4700; 800/697-1791
  • Fax: 415/441-4621
  • Web site
  • Hotel Details: 337 rooms, 26 suites
  • In-room: safe, VCR, dial-up, Wi-Fi.
  • In-hotel: restaurant, room service, concierge, bar, gym, laundry service, public Internet, parking (fee), no-smoking rooms, some pets allowed (fee). minibar.
  • Credit Cards: AE, D, DC, MC, V

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