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The Fairmont keeps its own rooftop bees, which tells you something about how seriously it takes the whole enterprise. This grand Nob Hill hotel has been around forever, stately enough to slow your pace the moment you walk into the lobby. Rooms lean elegant over flashy, with Frette linens and Le Labo amenities. The concierge is one of those genuinely useful ones who knows where locals actually eat, not just where tourists end up.
Two honors, in evidence:
The record strongest first
- Michelin Guide Selected Hotels
- Condé Nast Traveler 23 Best Hotels in San Francisco
One number, weighted & current 79
How we score
Nearby in the record closest first
- The Huntington Hotel Stay · 74
- The Big Four Old-school American Eat · 65
- Grace Cathedral Do · 62
- The Coffee Movement Coffee Eat · 80
- Restaurant Naides Filipino, Contemporary Eat · 90
- The Ritz-Carlton, San Francisco Stay · 90
- Powell & Hyde Cable Car Turntable Do · 62
- Pacific Cocktail Haven Drink · 92
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