The Fairmont San Francisco - San Francisco

950 Mason Street Atop Nob Hill, San Francisco 94108 United States
Guest rating 9.2
(Neighbourhood average 6.8)
9.2 overall guest rating
Average for the neighbourhood is 6.8
"Old Fashioned Modern Twist"
 by T from Dublin
What can I say About this hotel, I really Loved the old fashioned feel with the modern Twist.The ...
21/04/2009
37.79095, -122.40871
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Overview

Location.

Known as the "Queen of Nob Hill" and personifying the romantic appeal of the City by the Bay, The Fairmont San Francisco is positioned one-half mile from the Financial District and Union Square's famed shops and irrepressible nightlife. This property stands at the only intersection where each of the cable car lines meet, and provides complimentary morning Town Car service to the Financial District.

Hotel Features.

Laurel Court boasts rare wines and French-influenced cuisine. Tonga Room and Hurricane Bar offer Pacific Rim cuisine, tropical drinks, happy hours with full appetizer buffets and live bands performing on the pool's floating island. Caffe Centro serves lily coffee and Ghiradelli chocolates. Wireless Internet access is complimentary in public areas. On-site shops provide a range of retail delights, from a jade gallery to a cigar store that stocks pre-embargo Cuban cigars. The hotel's chief concierge, Tom Wolfe, is founder of the prestigious Les Clefs d'Or concierge association in the United States. Discounted access is available to the property's health club and fitness center that contains a sauna, steam rooms, cardiovascular equipment, and aerobics and yoga classes. Spa treatments include the Smoothing Body Polish, Swedish massage and Shiatsu.

Guestrooms.

The 591 guestrooms at The Fairmont San Francisco are housed in the seven-story main building and an attached 24-story tower. The hotel's rooms contain windows that open onto an inner rooftop courtyard. All accommodations include mahogany or ebonized-wood furnishings, two-poster beds and Asian antique reproductions. Rooms feature high ceilings, pale saffron walls and walk-in closets. Rose-marble bathrooms are stocked with Miller Harris toiletries. Bedding features include Italian Frette linens, down pillows and extra-long mattresses. High-speed Internet access is available for a fee.

Expert Tip.

Known for its gilded ceilings and famous façade with supporting Corinthian marble columns, the hotel housed the former Venetian Room where Tony Bennett first crooned, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco."

The pet fee may vary per night.

Why book with us?

Facilities

Services

  • ATM/banking
  • Beauty services
  • Breakfast available (surcharge)
  • Cell phone/mobile rental
  • Coffee in lobby
  • Complimentary newspapers in lobby
  • Concierge desk
  • Concierge services
  • Currency exchange
  • Doorman/doorwoman
  • Express check- in
  • Express check-out
  • Fitness equipment
  • Full-service health spa
  • Hair salon
  • Health club
  • Internet access in public areas - high speed
  • Internet access in public areas - surcharge
  • Internet access - wireless
  • Limo or Town Car service available
  • Massage - treatment room(s)
  • Medical assistance available
  • Multilingual staff
  • Nightclub
  • Parking (surcharge)
  • Parking (valet) $50/Day $50 SUVs/Day
  • Porter/bellhop
  • Safe-deposit box - front desk
  • Sauna
  • Security guard
  • Shoe shine
  • Spa services on site
  • Steam room
  • Tour assistance
  • Wedding services

Business & Event

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Audio-visual equipment
  • Banquet facilities
  • Business center
  • Business services
  • Computer rental
  • Conference room(s)
  • Dry cleaning service
  • Event catering
  • Exhibit space
  • Meeting rooms (small groups)
  • Room service (24 hours)
  • Secretarial services
  • Technology helpdesk
  • Translation services

Rooms (all rooms include)

  • Air conditioning
  • Bathrobes
  • Bathroom scale
  • Bathroom telephone
  • Cable/satellite TV
  • Child care (in room, surcharge)
  • Climate control
  • Clock radio
  • Complimentary newspaper
  • Complimentary toiletries
  • Cribs (infant beds) available
  • Desk
  • Electronic/magnetic keys
  • Electronic check-out
  • Extra towels/bedding in room
  • Hair dryer
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Hypo-allergenic bedding available
  • In-room safe
  • Internet access - high speed
  • Internet access - surcharge
  • Internet access - TV
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Makeup mirror
  • Massage - available in room
  • Minibar
  • Multi-line phone
  • Pay movies
  • Premium bedding
  • Premium TV channel(s)
  • Rollaway beds
  • Shower/tub combination
  • Smoking rooms
  • Turndown service (on request)
  • Video-game console
  • Voice mail
  • Wake-up calls
  • Wireless Internet access - surcharge

General

  • Air-conditioned public areas;
  • Ballroom(s);
  • Bar/lounge;
  • Coffee shop or café;
  • Elevator/lift;
  • Gift shops or newsstand;
  • Number of floors: 7, 24;
  • Number of rooms: 591;
  • Patio;
  • Restaurant(s) in hotel;
  • Shopping on site
Check-in time is 3 PM
Check-out time is Noon
Pet fee charged at hotel/condo
Pets accepted

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Photo identification and credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.

Know before you go

The pet fee may vary per night. The Fairmont San Francisco accepts dogs and cats only (surcharge).

Awards

The Fairmont San Francisco is listed in the 2009 Travel + Leisure 500. The hotel received the Institutional Investor World's Best Hotels award in 2008.

Dining

Laurel Court - The restored Laurel Court restaurant offers breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea, and dinner in an ornate setting, with wall murals and glass domes overhead. Large lunch buffet features seasonal fruits and salads. At dinner, French-inspired regional cuisine is offered. Menu items include herb-crusted spring Niman Ranch lamb, and striped bass in a spiny lobster broth. The Laurel Court Bar offers an array of wines and a light-fare menu.

Tonga Room and Hurricane Bar - Tropical tiki room hosts a happy hour with a full appetizer buffet. Live band plays into the evening on a floating island, in the middle of a swimming pool. The restaurant is open for dinner and offers Pacific Rim cuisine and such dishes as Kung Pao chicken, Mongolian beef chow fun, and stir-fried Maine lobster.

Cafe Cento - Homemade pastries, Tuscan-style sandwiches, and array of salads. Illy coffee and Ghirardelli chocolates. View of city's iconic cable cars.

Recreation

Club One, on the hotel's terrace level, is a health club and fitness center available to hotel guests at a discounted rate. It has weights and cardio equipment, saunas, and steam rooms, and offers aerobics, spinning, and yoga classes, as well as massage.

A children’s playground–one of very few found in the city center–is located in Huntington Park, one block from the hotel. The residential Nob Hill area that surrounds the hotel is suitable for running; the hotel concierge can assist with route planning. Several public-play golf courses in San Francisco include Presidio (three miles away) and Lincoln Park (five miles). Ocean beaches are located six miles west of the hotel.

San Francisco is a hilly town, but largely bicycle friendly, and many visitors enjoy riding rented bikes over the Golden Gate Bridge, five miles from the hotel. Guests can return the same way or put their bikes on passenger ferries departing from the town of Sausalito across the bay and travel back by water to the recently restored Ferry Building on the Embarcadero, one mile from the hotel.


  • Aerobics on site
  • Bicycle rentals nearby
  • Golf - driving range nearby
  • Golfing nearby
  • Helicopter/airplane sightseeing nearby
  • Pilates classes/instruction nearby
  • Playground nearby
  • Yoga classes/instruction nearby

Guestrooms Guestrooms

Deluxe Room with 1 King

1 king bed with pillowtop mattress and Frette Italian linens. Nob Hill, San Francisco skyline view. Located in Tower building. 370 square feet. Sitting area. Large desk. Flat-screen TV. MP3 docking station. Marble bathroom with separate shower and bathtub.

All rooms include All rooms include
  • Air conditioning
  • Bathrobes
  • Bathroom scale
  • Bathroom telephone
  • Cable/satellite TV
  • Child care (in room, surcharge)
  • Climate control
  • Clock radio
  • Complimentary newspaper
  • Complimentary toiletries
  • Cribs (infant beds) available
  • Desk
  • Electronic/magnetic keys
  • Electronic check-out
  • Extra towels/bedding in room
  • Hair dryer
  • Housekeeping (daily)
  • Hypo-allergenic bedding available
  • In-room safe
  • Internet access - high speed
  • Internet access - surcharge
  • Internet access - TV
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Makeup mirror
  • Massage - available in room
  • Minibar
  • Multi-line phone
  • Pay movies
  • Premium bedding
  • Premium TV channel(s)
  • Rollaway beds
  • Shower/tub combination
  • Smoking rooms
  • Turndown service (on request)
  • Video-game console
  • Voice mail
  • Wake-up calls
  • Wireless Internet access - surcharge

Deluxe Room with 2 Queens

2 queen beds with pillowtop mattresses and Frette Italian linens. Nob Hill, San Francisco skyline view. Located in the Tower building. 370 square feet. Sitting area. Large desk. Flat-screen TV. MP3 docking station. Marble bathroom with separate shower and bathtub.

All rooms include

Fairmont Exterior Room with 2 Queens

2 queen beds with pillowtop mattresses and Frette Italian linens. Nob Hill view. Located in historic main building. 425 square feet. Royal blue and gold decor. High-speed Internet access (surcharge). Flat-screen TV. MP3 docking station. Marble bath. Windows open.

All rooms include

Fairmont Exterior Room with One King

1 king bed with pillowtop mattress and Frette Italian linens. Nob Hill view. Located in historic main building. 425 square feet. Royal blue and gold decor. High-speed Internet access (surcharge). Flat-screen TV. MP3 docking station. Marble bath. Windows open.

All rooms include

Fairmont Rm 1-2 Ppl.

All rooms include

Fairmont Room

1 queen bed with Frette Italian linens. Limited inner-courtyard view. Located in historic main building. 325 square feet. Royal blue and gold decor. Wireless Internet access (surcharge). Flat-screen TV. MP3 docking station. Marble bath.

All rooms include

Main Building Balcony Ste

One queen bed with Frette Italian linens in separate bedroom. Private balcony with garden and city views. 750 square feet. Parlor. High-speed Internet access (surcharge). Flat-panel TVs, Bose sound system. Marble bathroom with separate tub and shower.

All rooms include

Main Building Suite

One king bed with Frette linens in separate bedroom. City view. 750 square feet. Separate living room/parlor. High-speed Internet access (surcharge). Flat panel TVs, Bose sound systems. Marble bathroom.

All rooms include

Moderate Room

1 double bed with Frette Italian linens. No view. Located in historic main building. 275 square feet. Royal blue and gold decor. Wireless Internet access (surcharge). Flat-screen TV. MP3 docking station. Marble bath.

All rooms include

Signature Room with 1 King

1 king bed with pillowtop mattress and Frette Italian linens. Nob Hill, San Francisco Bay, Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz Island, and Coit Tower view. Located in Tower building. 370 square feet. Sitting area. Large desk. Flat-screen TV. MP3 docking station. Marble bathroom with separate shower and bathtub.

All rooms include

Signature Room with 2 Queens

2 queen beds with pillowtop mattresses and Frette Italian linens. Nob Hill, San Francisco Bay, Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz Island, and Coit Tower view. Located in Tower building. 370 square feet. Sitting area. Large desk. Flat-screen TV. MP3 docking station. Marble bathroom with separate shower and bathtub.

All rooms include

Tower Suite Room

One king pillow-top bed with Frette linens in separate bedroom. San Francisco Bay and city skyline views. 640 square feet. Bay windows and telescope. Separate living room. High-speed Internet access (surcharge). Flat-panel TVs, MP3 docking station, Bose sound system. Marble bathroom with separate shower and bathtub.

All rooms include

Terms & conditions

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Photo identification and credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
The following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out. The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
Prices shown exclude taxes and fees unless otherwise stated.

Area map

The Fairmont San Francisco Union Square - Convention Center

A short guide to Union Square - Convention Center

Flagship stores ring Union Square, among the vanguard of West Coast retail. Chinatown begins at Grant Avenue and Bush Street, while Gold Rush-era mansions crown Nob Hill. South of Union Square, the convention center area includes the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Cable cars turn around at Powell and Market streets to head back to Fisherman’s Wharf.

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Nearby Activities & Points of Interest

Less than 0.5 mile

  • St. Mary Square - 300 yards
  • Old St. Mary's Cathedral - 400 yards
  • Union Square - 400 yards
  • Grace Cathedral - 400 yards
  • American Conservatory Theater - 500 yards
  • 555 California Street - 500 yards
  • Theatre District - 500 yards
  • Cable Car Museum - 500 yards
  • Chinese Culture Center - 600 yards
  • Lotta's Fountain - 600 yards

1.0 - 3.0 mi

  • San Francisco China Basin Heliport (JCC) - 1.9 miles

3.0+ mi

  • Sausalito Commodore Center Heliport (JMC) - 8.4 miles
  • Oakland Convention Center Heliport (JCE) - 11 miles
  • Oakland Intl. Airport (OAK) - 12 miles
  • San Francisco Intl. Airport (SFO) - 12 miles
  • Concord Buchanan Field (CCR) - 23 miles
  • Novato Gnoss Field (NOT) - 26 miles
  • Napa Valley Airport (APC) - 30 miles
  • Livermore Municipal (LVK) - 33 miles
  • Norman Y. Mineta San Jose Intl. Airport (SJC) - 39 miles

Reviews

  • All guests 9.2
(Reviewed by 175 guests)
9.2 out of 10
Average for the neighbourhood is 6.8
Reviewed by 175 guests (most recent english reviews are shown first)
10
"Old Fashioned Modern Twist"  by T from Dublin

What can I say About this hotel, I really Loved the old fashioned feel with the modern Twist.The hotel it self sits on the top of nob hill and the views are amazing, But be warned not for the faint hearted the hills round it are a killer !The lobby is stunning when u walk in and The staff were plesant and helpful.If you intend using the business center or the gym sign up for the presidents club otherwise the gym will cost you $15 per day and it is free to sign up.The fee for the use of the internet is also waived .All in all I Thoroughly enjoyed my stay and those of you who are old enough to remember Hotel with James Brolin ( as i do),will enjoy this hotel as this is where the show was filmed.

Posted on 21/04/2009
10
"Best hotel at best location in San Francisco"  by D from Oxford

We found on arrival that the main restaurant was closed for the duration of our stay for evening meals. We were immediately, without any prompting, offered a room upgrade with spectacular views of the bay. Decent bedroom size, quality bed linen and pillows. Staff were friendly and efficient and attended promptly to needs and queries. Excellent location with easy access to cable cars. No need to have a car. Will definitely use this hotel again on any future visit to San Francisco.

Posted on 22/02/2009
8
"super hotel BUT very pricey parking"  by n from hull, uk

super top quality hotel with service to match and also in a fab location! BUT parking charges are ridiculous, $57 per day (that 2 days per nights stay!) and they do not warn you of this before hand!!

Posted on 14/01/2009
10
"Impressive!!"  by P from South Yorkshire

A quality hotel right on the top of Nob Hill. Cannot fault it. Except it cost $53 a day to park car!! Fabulous meal in Tonga rooms.

Posted on 01/10/2008
10
"If you can get a good deal definitely book this hotel"  by J from Hampshire, UK

Great location, beautiful views of the Bay, lovely big rooms. Would definitely recommend The Fairmont.

Posted on 15/09/2008
10
"Wish I had enough money to rent the penthouse!"  by M from Leeds

We were totally amazed with the Fairmont as soon as we entered the foyer. It was absolutely stunning. The girl who checked us in was also brilliant. She gave us advice on where to go and as it was my girlfriends first visit she put us on floor 21 out of 23 so we had stunning views of the city! This truly is an amaxing hotel. The one downside however was that the bed was too comfortable. Room cleanliness was excellent and you got a paper each morning.

Posted on 17/08/2008

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