Book a room at the W San Francisco

The W Hotel seems like the original hip hotel, like it defined the genre itself. These days, the San Francisco W’s challenge is to maintain the position of “the place to be” in San Francisco's crowded hotel market. While there are mixed reviews of the crowd and atmosphere, the hotel has undeniably one of the coolest lobby scenes around, a great location and great rooms that reflect the Starwood Hotel group's standard of quality.

Located adjacent to the SF MOMA art gallery, Moscone Center, and a block away from the new Westfield Shopping Center, this hotel is in a premium SOMA location. A person could spend a weekend in SF at the W Hotel and never leave a five block radius, all while still eating, partying, and shopping in some of the city’s finest establishments.

Inside, the hotel has two bars with a DJ spinning most nights in the lobby. The XYZ Restaurant is well known and generally gets good reviews. It would certainly suffice as a nice corporate dinner or fine dining experience. There are so many good restaurants in the area though (Roe, Osha Thai, Oola, Ame), so XYZ Restaurant has stiff competition.

The rooms are stylish, with attention to detail that you tend to get with larger high end hotel chains. The staff is friendly and little details are well attended to (Bliss soap products in the bathrooms for example). This is one of the most sought after locations for Moscone Convention goers (it’s across the street) so you will likely be subject to the schedule of the Convention Center when it comes to pricing. A word of caution, however: as of this writing the hotel charges a pretty penny for their internet connection service. The ideal scenario: you go do your thing at the convention center, bring your laptop since there’s WiFi in Moscone, and bring back some new business contacts for drinks at the hotel bar after the trade show floor closes. Then, put your computer in your room and enjoy the hotel. If you’re not there on business, go to the bar on the second floor--it’s even cooler and seldom used.

Book a room at the W San Francisco