Recently completed a stay here and the hotel is in a great location in Nob Hill (closer to Chinatown, really), at the top of a steep steep hill, so either take cabs or the cablecar. Do not walk back up that hill. As to the hotel itself, very nice linens, very nice rooms, lobby nice, staff nice, however, they simply either forgot to clean my room or didn't bother and then charged me for a bar snack I didn't take and overcharged my credit card by almost double. This wouldn't be so bad if I hadn't reconfirmed the bill when I left, which i did. For a hotel of this caliber, these mistakes will preclude me from ever staying there again.
Also, as to valet, it's a hefty $50+ a night and every parking lot close by is a hotel lot which charges the same so it makes little sense to park your own car unless you do it several blocks down the hill at a smaller garage. Do yourself a favor, pay the $50.
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