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Fairmont San Francisco

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At a Glance

    Pros

  • huge bathrooms
  • stunning lobby
  • great location

    Cons

  • some guests have complained about spotty service
  • hills can be challenging for those on foot

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Fairmont San Francisco Review

This hotel, which dominates the top of Nob Hill like a European palace, has a rich history that includes surviving the 1906 earthquake and hosting the signing of the United Nations Charter in 1945. Architect Julia Morgan's timeless 1907 lobby design includes alabaster walls and gilt-embellished ceilings supported by Corinthian columns. In the main building gracious rooms done in conservative color schemes have high ceilings, fine dark-wood furniture, colorful Chinese porcelain lamps, wonderful new beds, flat-screen TVs, and marble bathrooms. Rooms in the Tower are generally larger and have better views. Amenities and special services (including free chicken soup if you're under the weather and a newly crafted Media Lounge complete with multiplayer Guitar Hero and Wii Golf) keep loyal guests coming back. Don't miss drinks at the recently spiffed up Tonga Room, an outsized Tiki lounge that serves blue tropical cocktails with umbrellas.

    Hotel Amenities

  • 591 rooms, 65 suites.
  • Restaurants, bars, gym, spa, parking, some pets allowed.
  • Rooms have: Internet, Wi-Fi.
  • Rate includes no meals.

Member Reviews

  • TravellinMan, from New York
    8/7/10

    Beautiful room, incredible views (including the fireworks on July 4th) and very good service, particularly for the price.

    Ratings details: Room: 4 | Atmosphere: 5 | Service: 4 | Value: 5
  • Perigrinator, from Everywhere...
    12/20/06

    Don't go here! While the hotel has been renovated and is absolutely beautiful in places, the service is dismal. My room was actually a charming old suite but I gave everything a low rating as I do not want to encourage anyone to stay at the SF Fairmont - that would be a tragedy. From management to the concierge, the service never got above a minus 5 on a scale of 1-10... I am a long time Fairmont customer and plan to never stay at the SF Fairmont again. I think, however, that the service is localized to the SF Fairmont as the other Fairmont Hotels at which I have stayed still retain fairly consistent service (if not stellar).

    Ratings details: Room: 2 | Atmosphere: 2 | Service: 1 | Value: 1
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