Known as the "Queen of Nob Hill" and personifying the romantic appeal of the City by the Bay, the landmark Fairmont San Francisco (California) is positioned one half mile from the Financial District and Union Square's unusual shops and irrepressible nightlife. This property stands at the only intersection where each of the cable car lines meet, and provides complimentary morning Town Car service to the Financial District.
Laurel Court boasts rare wines and French influenced cuisine, including Striped Bass in Spiny Lobster Broth and Herb Crusted Niman Ranch Lamb. Tonga Room and Hurricane Bar offer Pacific Rim cuisine, tropical drinks, happy hours with full appetizer buffets and live bands performing on the pool's floating island.
Conference rooms, a business center with computers and wireless Internet access are provided, and shops ranging from a jade gallery to a cigar store with pre embargo Cuban cigars are located on premises. Discounted access is available to the property's health club and fitness center which hosts a sauna, steam rooms, weights, cardio equipment and Aerobics and yoga classes. Spa treatments include the Smoothing Body Polish, Swedish massage and Shiatsu.
The 571 guestrooms are housed in the seven story main building and an attached 24 story tower. Fairmont rooms contain windows that open onto an inner rooftop courtyard, and all accommodations include mahogany or ebonized wood furnishings, two poster beds, Asian antique reproductions, high ceilings, pale saffron walls, walk in closets, separate vanities and rose marble bathrooms with bathrobes and complimentary toiletries. Bedding features triple sheeting, down pillows and extra long mattresses. High speed Internet access is available for a fee.
Known for its gilded ceilings and famous faôade with supporting Corinthian marble columns, the hotel housed the former Venetian Room where Tony Bennett first crooned, "I Left My Heart in San Francisco." The hotel's chief concierge, Tom Wolfe, is founder of the prestigious Les Clefs d'Or concierge association in the U.S.
