Quite simply the best. Few live up to the hype, the Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco does. We stayed two nights in May 2008. Firstly if you are uncomfortable paying the room rate at the R-C, SF then you shouldn’t stay there. No amount of service and fine surroundings will make you happy. However if you wishing to make your holiday pleasant and special (it is a holiday after all, not regular life) then the complete package of the Ritz is tough to beat .. maybe unbeatable.
My logic is this for perhaps $200 more than a ‘comfortable’ hotel you get – a very central location (10min walk to Union square) and the Cable Car stops outside, the facilities are great, the rooms a beautifully appointed and the staff are second to none (yes none). In addition the restaurants are first class, our breakfast at the Terrace was equal to the best I have had, and absolutely nothing is a bother. No little niggles or disappointments.
I have stayed at a great number of 5 star hotels worldwide (incl. the Waldorf-Astoria and Ahwahnee) and the Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco beats them all.
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