Had a wonderful time in this quaint and civilised hotel. The service is outstanding, everywhere is immaculate and my room was really comfortable and a nice place to be in. Of course you should avoid this if you want an anonymous, large and bustling hotel. Here you have a boutique hotel with an old world charm where the staff recognise you. The breakfast is excellent and there is even a free wine and snack 'happy hour'. It's placed in an elegant neighbourhood and you are 6 short blocks away from the nice restaurants, delis, coffee shops, bars and shops of Greenwich Street.

Although we've travelled to SF several times this was our first stay at the Drisco. It's an older property, filled with character, and located in a residential neighborhood – Pacific Heights ($10 cab ride to Union Square). Their web site describes the property well, but it is the service that needs to be described. Right from the reservation phone call, to our endless questions, or our many requests for a variety of things (ie. room fans) the staff bent over backwards to accommodate our needs, always looking for ways to make our stay memorable. We try to get to SF every two years or so and from now on we'll stay at the Drisco!

The Rough Guide to San Francisco says "unless you are wedded to the area there are better hotels for the price Downtown" - I totally disagree - the hotel in situated in the very post Pacific Heights it is extremely quiet and there are lots of places to park your hire car
adjacent to the hotel and not have to pay exhorbitant parking fees. It takes about 10 minutes by car and/or cab to reach most of the locations in the city as traffic never appeared to particularly heavy. You can walk down to the waterfront in 10 minutes but the walk back up is at 45 degrees and makes you puff and pant - but that is good for you!
Lovely lovely rooms and suites, excellent service on the front desk, very adequate buffet breakfast - lovely touches like lots of DVD's to watch and we had two TV's in our room.
We spent the first night in the Petite Auberge and the noise levels inside and outside the hotel after a 24 hour transit meant we could not sleep - and the area itself was very rough. We were delighted with our stay we could back if we were in the area - be prepared though they do get very booked up.

Hotel Drisco was exactly what we were looking for in terms of a quiet long weekend away to celebrate our anniversary. The staff could not have been friendlier or more knowledgable, the breakfasts were delicious and the small touches like turndown, towncar service and wine/cheese made our vacation so relaxing. The hotel is in an a beautiful area with lots of shops and restaurants very close by. Its not the hub-bub of union square, which is exaclty why staying here was so relaxing. We can't wait to return and highly recommend this hotel.