OT - San Francisco Hotel for Family and Beast? - The Unofficial BMW M5 Messageboard (m5board.com)

RGCohen · 9th January 2002, 23:26

I'm planning a long weekend in San Francisco and would like to stay near Union Square. I am hoping to find a hotel that would be good for the family and have a safe place to self park the beast. Pretty nice hotel rooms seem to run $160-$200 these days, which is fine.
Anyone have any suggestions?

cohenfive · 10th January 2002, 00:14

here are a couple of possibiliites for you:

westin st. francis--i think there's a public garage right there

pan pacific hotel--again, a public garage

campton place hotel--nearby public garage

the clift hotel--don't know about parking but it's a cool hotel, just redone by philipe starke.

i'll check on addresses for you. how long are you staying in the bay area? doing anything fun if the weather holds up??

oh, nice name!!

richard cohen

greg · 10th January 2002, 01:09

I'll simply second Richard's recommendations - those are all excellent choices.

I hope if you have some time here you'll give us locals a chance to buy you a beer.......

M5xtc · 10th January 2002, 01:36

A little OT:

Does anyone have info about the White Swan Inn in SF. I will be staying there later in the month.

Appreciate any info. I'm a SF neophyte.

GerryM5 · 10th January 2002, 02:56

I just stayed in SF at the Four Seasons on Market (2 blocks from Union Square). It has absolutely fab rooms and service. The car entrance is on Third and very easy to get in and out of the parking and touring around the city. The St. Francis, Cliff and Campton Place are and all fine hotels (roughly same price range) right next to Union Square. The traffic is a mess. You might want to avoid that hassle if you can.

califm5 · 10th January 2002, 03:07

I second the 4 seasons....I valet there several times a week to use the gym....self park also available.

VanCooper · 10th January 2002, 04:04

I was in SF in November and stayed at the courtyard by Marriot downtown SF. Very nice and spanking new hotel! They have valet service for your car and they took good care of my father's M5 when they parked it (wrote down the mileage every time I left it to them). I would recomend it to anyone

chinloc · 10th January 2002, 12:10

I just stayed at the Ramada at 8th and market for 89 dollars a night on the weekend......self parking in a garage with a guard...My m5 was fine (however dont park under the water pipes, because I did and a bird was in there and crapped on my car)

Hamann7 · 10th January 2002, 12:21

I stayed at the Westin St. Francis last time I was in Frisco, just a couple of weeks ago. If you do stay there, pay a little more and get the high floor view rooms in the newer tower. The original building really sucks and has a funky smell to it. The hotel is run by a bunch of morons, though. But, the tower rooms are nice, even if they are in the Four Seasons price range.

The Ritz Carlton is also very nice. But no matter what, avoid the SF Hilton, they made the St. Francis people look like geniuses, and the rooms are pretty crappy for the price too.

Adam · 10th January 2002, 13:02

We stayed when we came over to san francisco in the Marriot by the bay..it si really nice and they had an under ground car park

all the best
Adam