(Rates from $119.00)
Hotel Carlton, a Joie de Vivre Boutique Hotel
Historic San Francisco hotel with eclectic decor
Near cable car
Built in 1927, this nine-story downtown San Francisco hotel is 3 blocks from a cable car line, 6 blocks from Union Square, and 8 blocks from the main entrance to Chinatown.
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Complimentary evening wine receptions are held in Hotel Carlton's lobby; the hotel provides complimentary weekday morning Town Car service to the financial district and other destinations.
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All 161 nonsmoking guestrooms at Hotel Carlton feature Tibetan mountain-themed art, hand-painted Moroccan tables, ceiling fans, marble-top desks, pedestal sinks, and Egyptian-cotton linens.
More room informationTraveler Opinions: Hotel review summary of Hotel Carlton, a Joie de Vivre Boutique Hotel, San Francisco Hotel
| Overall satisfaction | 94% of travelers (167 of 177) recommend this hotel | ||||
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| 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.4 | ||
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Most recent reviews and ratings for Hotel Carlton, a Joie de Vivre Boutique Hotel in San Francisco
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| 5 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
“The Carlton Hotel is the best stay in SF for stay for the price!"
We had a perfect stay at the Carlton from Nov. 4th to 9th. The staff the best. They put our friend close in #610 and us in #608. None of us found the walls paper thin. The view wasn’t great but we didn’t care. You could hear the doors in the hallways and water running but nothing unordinary. We could hear sirens sometimes from a nearby fire station and hospital but it wasn’t bad. I sleep with earplugs anyways. The room is a good size with a desk and big closet with safe, iron and ironing board. The bed was sooo comfortable! rooms clean and the perfect temperature. Nice Moroccan, modern decor, a coffee maker in room with complimentary coffee, teabags would be nice. It’s a green hotel so you can have laundry done or not, just let the cleaning staff know. They also have recycling bins which is great.There are 2 computers in the Lobby, you get 20 minutes free per day on your Visa. The free wine tasting in the evenings from 5:30 to 6:00pm is awesome and it’s very popular!! We thought the location was great, lots of buses go nearby and not too far from Market St. and Union square. Good shops and restaurant nearby. I know there are some rough spots in the Tenderloin, we had no problems. The SAHA Restaurant is fabulous and we were not disappointed. The food was amazing! and they had Vegan options. a reasonable amount and price for the fantasic flavor sensations there.So I would just say "stay here" next time you are in San Francisco it’s a FABULOUS Hotel!
Alcatraz is worth a visit on your to SF but plan it ahead if you can as it’s busy. Golden Gate park is very nice. Union Square for Shopping. Haight / Adshbury for Shopping and atmosphere. (and Amoeba Records is your into Vinyl like my man) Amazing Restaurants all over the city. I highly recommend the SAHA at the Carlton as I said before. Get a yourself a Muni pass at the little booth before you go down to the stairs to the station at the Powell station. Only pay for how many days you need when you get there, its $24 bucks for a week I think and you scratch out the days on the card you paid for and are there and can use it for all Municiple (Muni) transit . on the street, buses, trolly’s, cable cars and subway type Muni, it’s just not good on the Bart. This way you don’t don’t have to worry about digging for change and can hop on and off things all over the city.
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| 4 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
Nice hotel, but...
Very nice hotel for the money, but a little too close to the not-so-nice part of town.
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| 4 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
Confortable and warm Hotel
We visited San Francisco the last two weeks, it was the first time in San Francisco and whe did’nt know the city. Al first we booked another hotel but we decided to change to Carlton Hotel. It was a good experiences. The people were very nice, the hall it’s very confortable, you can fell as if you are in your home’s living home (there were confortable sofas and a chimney) The roon was very nice, warm and confortable. Very clean and with a good taste decoration. I recomend sincerely