About this hotel
General information
For more than a century Fairmont San Francisco has crowned the summit of Nob Hill, and it remains one of the landmarks of the city’s historic core. It is the original Fairmont, opened in 1907: the stately Beaux-Arts main building is joined by a modern 23-storey Tower whose upper floors look out across the city and San Francisco Bay.
The hotel is as suited to leisure travellers as to business guests: 23 event spaces covering some 6,700 m² hold up to 2,300 guests, and the team also arranges meetings and weddings. From here the famous cable car is the easiest way down to the Financial District and the city’s main sights.
Location
The hotel sits at the very top of Nob Hill, San Francisco’s most patrician neighbourhood, with the cable car connecting it to the Financial District and the principal sights.
Spa
Chateau de la Beauté, a day spa on the lobby level, offers facials, manicures and pedicures, body treatments, sugaring and hair services with Biologique Recherche, MBR Cosmetics, Bellefontaine and Dazzle Dry products. Massage, sauna and steam room are found at Live Fit Gym & Wellness Spa.
Sports & leisure
Live Fit Gym & Wellness Spa on the Terrace Level has a modern training floor with professional instructors, a sauna, a steam room and massage rooms. Lobby shops sell original art and custom jewellery and host wine tastings, while the concierges arrange transfers, private tours and Alcatraz tickets.
For children
Families have spacious rooms with bunk beds and dedicated family suites; on request the hotel plans activities and city itineraries for children and arranges babysitting.
Restaurants & bars
The kitchens use herbs from the hotel’s rooftop garden, which is also home to its beehives, and restaurant dishes are available in the rooms.
- Laurel Court Restaurant & Bar — seasonal California coastal cooking beneath a domed ceiling and marble columns, serving breakfast, cocktails and dinner, plus the afternoon tea that has been a house ritual since the hotel opened in 1907
- Tonga Room & Hurricane Bar — Pacific Rim Asian cooking in a tropical room complete with a staged rainstorm, live music and a dance floor; the bar is known for its Mai Tai
- Cirque Bar — a Prohibition-era bar with gilded Art Deco murals, serving coffee during the day
Pets
Pets are welcome for an additional fee; they must be kept on a lead and are never to be left alone in the room.
Rooms
The 606 rooms and suites are divided between the historic main building and the modern Tower, ranging from quiet courtyard-facing rooms to panoramic suites above the bay, including six legacy suites.
Each room has a writing desk, high-speed internet, a safe, a smart TV, a minibar, a fridge, a Nespresso machine, bathrobes and a marble bathroom.
Fairmont 1 Queen
A quiet interior room in the historic main building with high ceilings, a queen bed, generous wardrobes and a marble bathroom; sleeps two.
Fairmont 2 Queen
A main-building room with lofty vaulted ceilings and opening windows onto the city or the courtyard, two queen beds, a large desk and a marble bathroom.
Fairmont 1 King
Set in the main building under vaulted ceilings, with opening windows over the city and Nob Hill, a king bed, a large desk, ample wardrobe space and a marble bathroom.
Fairmont Family Room
A spacious family room in the main building looking over Nob Hill, with two queen beds and a bunk bed. Sleeps up to seven, no more than five of them adults.
Fairmont 1 King with sofabed
A vaulted main-building room with city and Nob Hill views, a king bed, a double sofa bed, a desk and a marble bathroom.
Junior Family Suite
An open-plan main-building suite with a sitting area and sofa bed: the smaller version has a queen bed for up to four, the larger two queens and a walk-in wardrobe for up to six.
Signature Skyline View
A contemporary room on floors 2–23 of the Tower with picture windows over the city, a king bed or two queens, a work desk, a seating area and a marble bathroom with separate shower and bath.
Signature Bay View
Set on floors 2–23 of the Tower facing the bay, Alcatraz and Coit Tower, with the Golden Gate Bridge visible from higher floors; a king bed or two queens and a marble bathroom with shower and bath.
Signature Skyline Corner View
A corner room in the Tower with a sweeping city outlook, a king bed, a work desk, a seating area and a marble bathroom with separate shower and bath.
Moderate 1 Double
A compact room in the historic main building facing the courtyard, with a double bed; best suited to one guest.
One Bedroom Suite Balcony
A main-building suite with a queen bedroom, a parlour and a marble bathroom, where French doors open onto a generous balcony above the rooftop garden. It can connect to a neighbouring room to form a two-bedroom suite.
One Bedroom Suite Corner
A light-filled corner suite in the main building overlooking Nob Hill, with a separate king bedroom, a parlour with sofa bed and dining for four, and two bathrooms.
One Bedroom Suite
A main-building suite with city views: a king bedroom, a spacious parlour with a queen sofa bed and a marble bathroom. It can connect to a neighbouring room to form a two-bedroom suite.
Signature Golden Gate Suite
A contemporary suite on floors 12–23 of the Tower with panoramic views of the city, the bay and the Golden Gate Bridge; a king bedroom, a parlour with a double sofa bed and a large marble bathroom.
Signature Bay View Suite
Set on floors 2–11 of the Tower behind large picture windows, with a king bedroom, a parlour with a double sofa bed and a marble bathroom. Connecting rooms are available.
Buckingham Balcony Suite
A stately fifth-floor suite in the main building with built-in bookcases, a dry bar and a decorative fireplace, a king bedroom and a glass-enclosed balcony over the skyline and the rooftop garden.
Cambridge Suite
A legacy suite overlooking Nob Hill, with a large living room and sofa bed, a king bedroom with walk-in wardrobe and dressing table, and two full bathrooms. It can be connected to form a two-bedroom suite.
Napoleon 2 Bedroom Suite
A two-bedroom suite on the second floor of the main building with a living room and wet bar; the king master bedroom has a spa-style bathroom and views of the city and rooftop garden, the second bedroom two queen beds.
Tony Bennett Suite
A legacy suite on the 22nd floor of the Tower dedicated to Tony Bennett, hung with his original artwork and looking across the bay; a king bedroom.
Fairmont Suite
The presidential suite on the 23rd floor of the Tower, with 270-degree views of the city and bay, a king bedroom, a spa-style bathroom with double vanity and deep tub, and a living room with dining table.
Penthouse Suite
Spanning the entire eighth floor of the main building: three bedrooms (two kings and a queen), four bathrooms, a living room with fireplace, a formal dining room, a kitchen, a library, a billiards room and a terrace over the city and bay.
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