Starwood Preferred Guest - San Francisco Weekend; Any Recommendations

Anyone care to give me their 2 miles worth as to which Starwood Hotel would be the best for me to stay at in SF? One area I really enjoy is North Beach? I usually stay outside the city but this time I am going to stay the weekend and want to stay in the city? Any ideas???

The Sheraton Fisherman's Wharf is probably the closest Starwood to most of the North Beach neighborhood, not that any of the Starwood properties are all that far from North Beach. I guess it all depends on the type of accommodation you like and the price you want to pay.

I always cab it to North Beach, especially on the weekends, as parking there is about the worst in all of SF (very limited public parking.)and it ain't great shakes anywhere.

Just came back from SFO recently.

Palace Hotel does not live up to its standard in terms of room quality. Service is good but rooms are below average and noisy.

W San Francisco is cool, better decorated than all the W Hotels in NYC but some of the front desk agents can be quite cold (not all). Concierge is helpful, XYZ restaurant has good quality and service. Rooms are small (about 2/3 size of W Union Squre or W Tuscany) but everything is there (CD Player, VCR, Tarzo teas...). It's like a room in W Union Square NYC squezzed into a smaller room.

Westin St. Francis, probably the most impressive and the best decorated hotel in the area. The inside is unbeliveably well furnished. It's ironic but I think this one should be called the Palace, not the one on Montgomery/Market Streets. But, service level doesn't match the beauty of the hotel. Rooms vary a lot, you can get a good one or bad one, it really depends. The range here can be quite big.

Sheraton Fisherman Wharf, I haven't actually stayed there but passed by and talked to the front desk manager (inquire about room rates and availability) and he was more than helpful. I say judging by the short visit, this hotel has better than average service level than most Sheratons. The front desk manager was very professional yet keeps a relax and casual mood in his attitude. Even though the night I inquired was totally sold out, but he was able to find room for me and was offering it at a decent rate. I had to decline but if I had chance or on a special occasion, I'll definitely try that Sheraton. The atmosphere in that hotel seems to be consistent with Fisherman's Wharf. It's nicely decorated, not luxurious but in character with the theme of the location.


Overall, go for the W or the Westin, but not the Palace. The W is difficult to get an upgrade. Westin is more likely, but it's a bet b/c they do have rooms and quite a bit of Suite but it depends on who checked you in. Whereas W doesn't have many suites available.

Although I had positive experiences there, the Sheraton Fisherman's Wharf has had mixed feedback:

http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/Forum74/HTML/001514.html

It can also be considered to be in North Beach....while in junior high, my paper route covered that area.