This site has been a big help in the past and hoping you all can come through again.
Been searching all over for a really nice B&B in SF but nothing has clicked yet. Would love a place in a pretty neighborhood - centrally located. Preference for a Victorian house with nice antique furnishings. Awesome breakfast is a must. Lots of charm and character appreciated.
Have you looked here for some suggestions? The Washington Square Inn is in the middle of North Beach. A great neighborhood, but the inn may not exactly match your preferences.
Good luck! gloria
Posts: 976 | Location: San Francisco bay area | Registered: 12 May 2003
Kevin, I know this is not a B&B, but near the Powell Street Station there is the Andrews Hotel, which has a breakfast buffet in the corridor right outside your room each morning.Its very European, cozy, free videos, small rooms but they do have private baths. Service is fine and there is a wonderful, romantic restaurant on the first floor. I forget the street but you can google it I know.
Posts: 466 | Location: Massachusetts | Registered: 11 April 2006
Gloria - Hi, thanks for the suggestion. That looks like it might fit the bill and you are right that the North Beach neighborhood is very nice.
Karrie - thanks as well. Looks nice, but definately in search of a B&B. Really looking forward to sitting down and having someone make breakfast for us after a long season here !
And yes Pauline, I know we should look into rentals - perhaps once we are retired - again !
Kevin, If there are any B&B's you'd like checked out, send me an email. I'm only about an hour from SF, and would be happy to see if reality matches the net presence.
There's a Monet exhibit I've been wanting to see at the Legion of Honor, so it wouldn't be a chore to visit the City for a day ...
Posts: 14265 | Location: The Beautiful San Francisco Bay Area | Registered: 06 August 2001
Especially Donna for the Iloveinns.com web site. It looks like they may have some kind of 2fer deal on B&Bs, and a couple of the places I was interested in are on their list. I am going top call them now and check it out.
And thanks Colleen for the offer to check out places. We are now thinking about the Archbishop's Mansion. I like the location right on Alamo Square and the rooms seem huge and decidedly funky/charming. Not cheap, however, and some comments on tripadvisor (especially concerning the breakfast) have me worried. But I guess you can't have everything and if we could get the rooms at 2 nights for the price of one, it would be worth it.
Funny, on the same trip we are going to Olympia, WA and found a great looking B&B there in about 2 seconds. SF (San Francisco to all you Santa Fe residents) is proving much more difficult.
Ever since I first saw your post, I've been trying hard to remember the names of the places I've used in San Francisco. Over the years, I've stayed in several B&B's and small hotels in the Union Square area when I was going there regularly for professional conferences. I know the Andrews Hotel was one, but I have been attempting without success to retrieve the name of the nice B&B where I last stayed. Finally, I went to the B&B website and saw the name Petite Auberge. From its location, I'm pretty sure that's the one. If so, I would certainly recommend it. Check it out.
Also, I, personally, would prefer the Nob Hill area to Alamo Square, if you don't mind the regular walk up the steep hill. I think it would be safer; I'll check with some of my many relatives who live in the Bay Area.
I think you mught like the Hotel Drisco, located in Pacific Heights. I stayed there quite awhile ago...it was called the El Drisco then. I loved it. It is located in a residential neighborhood, but very close to everything. I checked recent reviews on Tripadvisor and they are quite positive. Here's a link: Drisco Hotel
Christine
Posts: 135 | Location: Portland, Oregon USA | Registered: 06 January 2006
Kevin - nothing to add to the suggestions you've gotten so far - but -- when will you be in SF? Any time for a GTG? Would be fun to meet you, and there are several of us around here who are ready to GTG whenever.
Judy
Posts: 1855 | Location: Berkeley, CA | Registered: 22 March 2005
Originally posted by KevinWidrow: And yes Pauline, I know we should look into rentals - perhaps once we are retired - again !
I am not a big fan of vacation rentals in US/Canada cities. In Europe - yes! In US/Canada resort areas - yes! But in cities like San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles, Toronto, Vancouver - we always stay in hotels. Usually a small hotel.
It is probably because we got burned by a vacation rental in NYC in 1997 - the worst place we have ever rented and we rented it from an agency (NY Habitat) that people still have good things to say about! Also because with a hotel you can book or cancel at the last minute. And we are usually going for less than a week.
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