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SF Hilton &Towers 4/19-4/21/2002

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3577 35th floor, Tower I
April 23, 2002 by
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3577 35th floor, Tower I

Left the hotel feeling pretty good. It's in a good location near Union Square or the Powell Place MUNI/Trolley stop. The Hilton Gold Status very much impressed the wife who never has had status when staying at a hotel. For a more complete report of the entire weekend, you can catch my post in Trip Reports. Or, you can email me if you have any questions

Check In

Arrived about 1:45pm, new Gold Card in hand, and hopped into the Hhonors line. (The 10 people in the other line gave me odd looks.) This was a priceline stay for $65/night. (I feel lucky that we got the Hilton; we were feeling adventurous when we booked via priceline.) So, I pre-emptively asked for a room with a view in the Towers. The CSR at check-in was helpful, saying that they only had a room with two double beds available, but if we were wlling to wait we could get a room with a King in 90 minutes. (This was my wife's first trip to SF, and our first trip alone together in over two years.) So, we opted to wait, checked our luggage and went out to lunch. Coming back a few hours later, we were given room 3577 (35th floor, Tower I).

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The bellman who brought up our luggage, in conversation, said that we were in one of the newly renovated rooms, although of standard size. The room was nice, although a bit on the small side; though this being San Francisco, I wasn't expecting a large room. The view in 3577 is spectacular though! We could see from Twin Peaks to the Golden Gate Bridge, and the sunset that evening was very nice; got a little hot with the sun beaming in late afternoon though.The bed was non-descript. I don't have any complaints about it other than the pillows were very flimsy.

Dining

We stopped by the Concierge Lounge (17th Floor, Tower 2) Friday evening and had some very good appetizers (Pot Stickers and Chicken kabobs) and soda. Late Saturday night we went up to Cityscapes on the 46th floor. They were not serving any food at 11pm (we had wanted dessert, and went back down and ordered room service). However, there was a live band, and dancing. For non-hotel guests, there was a $10 cover charge to get in. Cityscapes has an amazing view of the city! We sat down for a little while on the Bay Bridge side, and enjoyed the night time view of the city. Service was slow though, and we left after the waiter didn't show up with our sodas after about 20 minutes. The Creme Brulee I got from room service was excellent. Both mornings we went to the Concierge Lounge for juice. They also had the regular fare of cereal, muffins and fruit. The Lounge is open on weekend for breakfast from 6:30am to 10am. It proved extremely crowded in the mornings.

Check-out

One warning though...I mentioned that we were in a newly renovated room. They were still doing renovations on our floor or the floor above us; because we heard loud hammering when we first got into the room. The Bellman assured us taht it would stop by 5pm (which it did) and we didn't hear it the rest of the weekend. However, if I had been in my room trying to work during the day, it would have been unbearable. Opted for Video Checkout; the only charge to my credit card was $17 for the room service Saturday night. I sure hope I get those 10 HHonorsPoints!http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/wink.gif

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