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Hotel Information: The fun begins the moment guests enter the hotel’s ornately decorated lobby with its trompe l’oeil ceilings, grand staircase, and cheeky reception desk mimicking a 1920s steamer trunk. Corporate travelers mingle with their vacationing counterparts at the hosted daily wine reception that has helped make this hotel a time-honored retreat located steps from the shops and galleries of Union Square.
Amenity highlights: This colorful boutique hotel in downtown San Francisco has a Grand Café restaurant reminiscent of a French brasserie, and a Petite Café Bar with Parisian ambience.
The hotel is not only pet friendly, but provides canine guests with complimentary bottled water, dog bowls, Good Dog towels, chew toys, and gourmet cookies. Guests requiring a little in-room company can enjoy a complimentary goldfish in a bowl for the duration of their stay.
Rooms
This San Francisco hotel offers 201 guestrooms in a seven-story building. An eclectic decorating style prevails, using a multitude of brightly colored fabrics and wall treatments including lime-green-and-yellow striped wallpaper, providing a tart contrast to the red Chinese-inspired bed canopies, antique-style armoires, bamboo writing desks, and high-backed chairs.
All rooms have pillowtop beds with down comforters and down pillows. Rooms also include complimentary wireless Internet access, CD players, and 27-inch flat-screen TVs. Marble bathrooms are separated from the sleeping area by space-saving pocket doors.
All Kimpton Hotels incorporate more than 40 eco-friendly products and practices through its environmental program, Kimpton Hotels EarthCare.
Guests can expect in-room recycling bins and water-efficient bathrooms. Other highlights include the use of use non-toxic cleaning products, recycled paper, and energy-efficient lightbulbs.
Room Amenities
- Internet access - wireless
- Premium TV channel(s)
- Cable/satellite TV
- DVD player
- Pay movies
- Video-game console
- CD player
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Premium bedding
- Climate control
- Complimentary newspaper
- Air conditioning
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Multi-line phone
- Voice mail
- Minibar
- Wake-up calls
- Housekeeping (daily)
- Turndown service
- Designer toiletries
- Bathroom telephone
- Bathrobes
- Hair dryer
- Shower/tub combination
- Makeup mirror
- Massage - available in room
- Electronic/magnetic keys
- Iron/ironing board
- In-room safe (accommodates laptop)
- Television
- Desk
- Clock radio
- Cribs (infant beds) available
- Smoking rooms
Recreation
Hotel Monaco has a fitness center with three exercise bikes, three stair machines, and two treadmills, as well as a selection of free weights and strength-training equipment. The hotel offers an in-room yoga channel, and guests can enjoy complimentary use of yoga mats in their rooms.
Several public-play golf courses in San Francisco include the Presidio Golf Club (four miles), and the Lincoln Park Golf Course (six miles).
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Golf - driving range nearby
- Yoga classes/instruction on site
- Helicopter/airplane sightseeing nearby
Property Amenities
Hotel Monaco has a brasserie-style, fine-dining restaurant and bar, and also hosts a daily wine-and-cheese reception.
Business travelers appreciate the on-site business center, complimentary Town Car service to the business district, and complimentary wireless Internet access that’s available in both guestrooms and public spaces. Guests also enjoy concierge services and 24-hour room service.
The hotel's spa offers massages, facials, body wraps, and nail care.
- Technology helpdesk
- Concierge services
- Concierge desk
- Complimentary newspapers in lobby
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Bar/lounge
- Restaurant(s) in hotel
- Room service (24 hours)
- Parking (surcharge)
- Parking (valet)
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Parking garage
- Parking (secure)
- Ballroom(s)
- Meeting rooms (small groups)
- Banquet facilities
- Business center
- Conference room(s)
- Event catering
- Audio-visual equipment
- Internet access - wireless
- 24-hour front desk
- Porter/bellhop
- Express check-out
- Doorman/doorwoman
- Security guard
- Multilingual staff
- Number of rooms: 201
- Number of floors: 7
- Tour assistance
- Dry cleaning service
- Fireplace in lobby
- Coffee in lobby
- Shoe shine
- Air-conditioned public areas
- Elevator/lift
- Umbrella
- Wedding services
- Fitness equipment
- Full-service health spa
Policies
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Cribs (infant beds) may be available and should be requested at the time of booking; fees may apply.
Photo identification and credit card are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in. Special requests made via this Web site cannot be guaranteed and may incur additional charges.
- Pets accepted
- Check-in time is 3 PM
- Check-out time is Noon
Know Before You Go
Guests departing prior to their scheduled departure date may be subject to an early departure fee, up to one night’s room rate plus tax.
All special requests are subject to availability upon check-in.
Fees
The following fees and deposits are charged by the property upon service, check-in, or check-out.
- Valet parking: $49 per night; $64 per night for oversized vehicles
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.
Dining
Grand Café - Guests enjoy preferred seating at this French brasserie-style restaurant reminiscent of a Parisian railway station circa 1929. Décor includes travel posters, soaring ceilings, arched windows, glowing chandeliers, and original sculptures. Contemporary seasonal cuisine and American favorites available daily for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Specialties include grilled “hanger” steak with roasted shallots and Sonoma duck breast with Yukon Gold potatoes. Fresh seafood daily, including clams, mussels, periwinkles, and oysters.
Petite Café and Bar - Occupying the front side of the hotel, this popular bistro bar serves French favorites such as Salade Lyonnaise and a classic cheese omelet until late evening on weekends. Sophisticated cocktails–there are five kinds of Manhattans–compliment after-theater socializing.
Awards And Affiliations
Hotel Monaco is listed in the 2007 Condé Nast Traveler Gold List of the world’s best places to stay.
Address
501 Geary St
San Francisco, CA 94102
USA
Nearest major airport:
San Francisco, CA (SFO-San Francisco Intl.)
Area:
Union Square - Convention Center, California, United States of America
