Originally Posted by
wsm007
With all due respect, the Four Seasons is probably seen as the best hotel in the city. Then maybe the Mark Hopkins, Fairmont Nob Hill, or Omni. The St. Regis feels like a gussied up W, which is right up the street.
It’s tough to understand where you’re coming from when even TripAdvisor characterizes both the Omni and Mark Hopkins InterContinental as only 4 star hotels—just like the W, GH, Westin St Francis, and LM hotels. Perspective seems to be important in this evaluation.
The 5 star hotel list in San Francisco includes only the StR, FS, RC, Loews, Fairmont, Fairmont Ghirardelli Square, Taj Campton Place, and Palace hotels.
With this thread discussing the Marriott luxury options, the obvious consensus is that the StR, RC, and Palace hotels clearly are the top choices. The W and JW are considered luxury by Marriott but are considered 4 star hotels otherwise in the context of luxury discussion.
I think you will find after a quick review of the Luxury Forum here on FlyerTalk that the St Regis is considered by most to be the best in San Francisco and certainly by almost everyone to be easily as good as the Four Seasons. Most luxury travel guides and reviews speak to the same conclusion, as well.