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Embarcadero hotel with views of San Francisco Bay
Cable cars: 2 blocks
This San Francisco hotel is on the Embarcadero waterfront overlooking the bay, across from the historic Ferry Building, two blocks from a cable car line, and 12 blocks from Union Square.
V is for vitality
The eight-story Hotel Vitale has a fitness room with exercise machines and complimentary yoga, several outdoor terraces, and a rooftop spa with views of San Francisco and the bay.
Flat-screen TVs
Twice-daily housekeeping is offered in Hotel Vitale's 200 guestrooms that offer premium bedding, limestone bathrooms, LCD TVs, MP3 docking stations, and complimentary wireless Internet access.
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Hotel Amenities
- General
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This smoke-free hotel is dog-friendly and home to Spa Vitale (surcharge) offering massage and skin-care treatments, as well as outdoor deep-soaking tubs with water views. A fitness room has exercise machines, and a complimentary yoga is offered daily.
Contemporary Italian cuisine is showcased in the first-floor Americano Restaurant, adjacent to the lobby and facing the Embarcadero; the circular bar offers bay views. Seasonal outdoor dining is available, and room service is provided around the clock.
The hotel business center has a computer, printer, and complimentary high-speed Internet access. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available throughout the hotel.
- Full-service health spa
- Massage - spa treatment room(s)
- Technology helpdesk
- Concierge services
- Complimentary newspapers in lobby
- Use of nearby fitness center (complimentary)
- Fitness facilities
- Restaurant
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Room service (24 hours)
- Limo or Town Car service available
- Parking (surcharge)
- Multiple large conference rooms
- Event catering
- Business center
- Banquet facilities
- Multiple small meeting rooms
- Audiovisual equipment
- Business services
- Total number of rooms - 200
- Porter/bellhop
- Express check-out
- Doorman/doorwoman
- 24-hour front desk
- Multilingual staff
- Express check-in
- Number of floors - 8
- Medical assistance available
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Shoe shine
- Video library
- Coffee/tea in lobby
- Air-conditioned public areas
- Elevator/lift
- Valet parking (surcharge)
- Smoke-free property
- Tours/ticket assistance
- Media library
- Free Wi-Fi
- Valet parking
- Pool table
- Suitable for children
- Internet
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Available in all rooms: Free Wi-Fi, Free wired high-speed Internet
Available in some public areas: Free Wi-Fi
- Parking
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Parking (surcharge), Valet parking, Valet parking (surcharge)
- Room Amenities
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- Premium TV channels
- Pay movies
- CD player
- Hypo-allergenic bedding available
- Premium bedding
- Climate control
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- Complimentary newspaper
- Air conditioning
- Multi-line phone
- Voice mail
- Minibar
- Wake-up calls
- Designer toiletries
- Bathrobes
- Hair dryer
- Extra towels/bedding in room
- Makeup/shaving mirror
- In-room massage available
- Shower/tub combination
- In-room childcare (surcharge)
- Electronic check-out
- Electronic/magnetic keys
- DVD player
- Desk
- Clock radio
- Iron/ironing board
- Pillowtop mattress
- Rollaway/extra beds available
- Cribs/infant beds available
- Microwave (on request)
- Refrigerator (on request)
- Daily housekeeping
- Turndown service (on request)
- Private bathroom
- In-room safe (laptop compatible)
- Ergonomic chair
- Cordless phone
- Speakerphone
- Free Wi-Fi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Dial-up Internet access (complimentary)
- Water view
- City view
- Sea view
- Courtyard view
- Down comforter
- Down blanket
- Dining
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Americano Restaurant - A lighthearted ambience prevails at this street-level fine-dining restaurant. The open kitchen serves Italian cuisine with a California influence. Menu items might include halibut carpaccio, pizzas, fresh pasta, grilled tuna with sweet peas and shoots, or grilled New York steak stuffed with trumpet mushrooms. Restaurant is separated by curtains from its circular bar, popular with locals after work; alfresco dining is offered on the patio facing the Embarcadero. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner daily, and brunch on weekends.
- Recreation
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This hotel has a penthouse spa (surcharge) offering health and beauty treatments, including massage in individual or couples treatment rooms. In-room massages are also available. Outdoor deep-soaking tubs in a garden-terrace setting offer city and water views. The hotel fitness room has a treadmill, an elliptical trainer, an exercise bike, free weights, and a weight machine. Twice-daily yoga sessions are offered in the hotel's rooftop studio. Guests have complimentary access to the YMCA one block away, which has fitness equipment and a swimming pool.
The Embarcadero, across the street from the hotel, offers running, cycling, and in-line skating paths, and is the departure point for fishing and sightseeing excursions on the bay. The hotel overlooks Justin Herman Plaza, which has a children's playground. Kayaking and sailing are possible on San Francisco Bay (concierge has details). A seasonal outdoor ice-skating rink is located in the Embarcadero shopping area (one block). Presidio Golf Course, open to the public, is four miles away, and the public Lincoln Park Golf Course is six miles. The hotel is five miles from the Golden Gate Bridge, which has wide pathways for walking and cycling, and it's seven miles to ocean beaches.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
- Aerobics nearby
- Hiking/biking trails nearby
- Bicycle rentals nearby
- Fishing nearby
- Playground nearby
- Yoga classes/instruction on site
- Spa
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Located on the penthouse level of the hotel, Spa Vitale offers massages in three treatment rooms with water views and outdoor deep soaking tubs. An urban oasis with spectacular city and water views including a dramatic view of the Bay Bridge, this San Francisco spa will nurture and revitalize guests seeking a fresh approach to spa services and a once-in-a-lifetime bathing ritual experience in an urbane setting.
- Aromatherapy treatments
- Spa tub in spa
- Massages
- Facial treatments
Spa Vitale is an intimate space for those more interested in the highest quality massage experience than in a larger destination spa with less attention to personal detail.
For more information and reservations, please call 415.278.3788 or e-mail dearspavitale@jdvhotels.com.
- Accessibility
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To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the “Special or Accessibility Requests” section of “Trip Preferences” when you book your hotel.
- Accessible path of travel
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- Accessible parking
- In-room accessibility
- Accessibility equipment for the deaf
- Accessible path of travel
- Accessible bathroom
- Roll-in shower
- Accessible parking
- In-room accessibility
- Accessibility equipment for the deaf
- Braille or raised signage
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Policies & Fees
- Check-in
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Minimum check-in age is 21
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
- Check-out
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Check-out time is noon
- General
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
- The name on the credit card used at check-in to pay for incidentals must be the primary name on the guestroom reservation.
No rollaway/extra beds available
- Fees
- Show non-mandatory feesThe following fees and deposits are charged by the property at time of service, check-in, or check-out.
- Valet parking fee: USD 50 per night (in/out privileges)
The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.