It's no accident that the Hotel Drisco is No. 2 on Trip Advisor in San Francisco.
My buddy and I stayed here for one night last week on the first leg of a trip to Sonoma. I wish we could have extended our stay. He's hardly the B&B type, but even he was won over by the Drisco.
Parking was a cinch. We found a spot directly across the street from the hotel and didn't have to move our rental car from 4 p.m. until 11 a.m. the next day.
We were immediately greeted with hot towels after a transcontinental flight and found our room to be quite charming and comfortable. Plenty of outlets to plug in iPhones, Droids and laptops. Complimentary bottled water in the room and chocolate cookies were a nice touch.
The coffee/tea service in the parlor next to the reception desk tied us over until supper.
John, the general manager, and the other John and Marti were all very helpful and friendly. They seemed genuinely interested in how we enjoyed our stay.
Location, location, location. We opted for the Drisco over Union Square or the Financial District because, quite frankly, those cookie-cutter hotels could be anywhere. Nothing says San Francisco like Pacific Heights, the dramatic vistas of the Palace of Fine Arts and sound of fog horns in the distance.
Our friends stayed down at Fisherman's Wharf and it made me appreciate the Drisco even more.
High marks for the breakfast: bagels, oatmeal, cereal, fruit salad, hard-boiled eggs, etc.
I also appreciated the reminder call I received about my upcoming reservation 72 hours before my stay. Nice touch.
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