San Francisco
8 Mission St./The Embarcadero. 8
stories; 200 rooms. Fitness room;
full-service spa. Restaurant; room
service. Valet parking $69/night; no
self-parking. Pets ok. Destination/resort fee $42/day.
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| exterior of 1 Hotel San Francisco in San Francisco, California |
Situated
just across the street from the scenic bay and kitty-corner to the Ferry
Building complex of shops and eateries, 1 Hotel San Francisco provides a
stellar view of the bay and the Bay Bridge.
Design choices take cues from nature, with use of plants throughout and recycled
barn-wood flooring in the lobby entry. It
is interesting to know that the rustic wood walls in the elevator and adjacent
landing areas are beams recycled from the old Bay Bridge. The hotel makes minimum use of paper, plastics,
and single-use items. Guest rooms are stocked
with a carafe and glasses fashioned from wine bottles, which guests are
encouraged to fill along with their own water bottles at the filtered water
station located on each floor. A “farm
stand” alcove in the lobby provides complimentary snacks that might include
apples and fresh lemonade. The
imperfect, lightly blemished produce comes from the Ferry Plaza Farmers Market
across the street might otherwise be discarded.
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| front desk at 1 Hotel San Francisco in San Francisco, California |
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| farm stand snack bar at 1 Hotel San Francisco in San Francisco, California |
Among the amenities
included with the resort fee are:
●Audi
e-tron house car service that shuttles guests with a two-mile radius of the
hotel (upon availability–first come, first served)
●an Audi
self-drive car available for loan
●a variety
of fitness and wellness experiences.
Examples include complimentary fitness classes, a Saturday Sunrise
event, and an Earth Day Watercolor Workshop.
●in-room
Nespresso coffee
●casting
to in-room TV from your personal device
●purple
recycled aluminum regular pedal bikes from Nespresso and Velosophy, and E-bikes
from RAD are available to borrow at no cost
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| special events board at 1 Hotel San Francisco in San Francisco, California |
Each
of the quiet guest rooms has a small wall plaque of greenery just outside the
door and a smooth flat rock etched with “not now” to place on a ledge there as
needed. Furnishings are made from a
variety of recycled woods, and some walls are lined with sound-dampening
cork. Walk-in showers feature luxe
amenities from the hotel spa, and bathroom amenities come in packaging that
includes fun suggestions on how to repurpose them--a shower cap can double as a
camera or snack bowl cover, cotton swabs can also be used as keyboard cleaners
and perfume applicators.
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| view from room 500 at 1 Hotel San Francisco in San Francisco, California |
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| bathroom amenities at 1 Hotel San Francisco in San Francisco, California |
Terrene
On
the ground floor, Terrene restaurant
provides a waterfront view along with a dinner menu that satisfies various
stages of hunger, including mezza dips as well as salads, sliders, and seafood. Its bar offers an expansive menu of creative
cocktails, with infusions and garnishes made for the tasty drinks by the
enthusiastic chef who uses herbs and cuttings from his rooftop garden. He also makes good use of honey harvested
from two rooftop bee hives. Breakfast is
more casual, with a menu board listing coffees, pastries, and smoothies (I
loved the taste and pretty pinkish color of one made with dragonfruit) along
with larger options such as a sweet potato waffle and a sunrise bacon-and-egg
sandwich. Seasonally, seating is
available outside with heat lamps on an expansive patio fronting the scenic bay
side.
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| cocktails at Terrene restaurant at 1 Hotel San Francisco in San Francisco, California |
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beet muhammara, baba ganoush, and laffa bread at Terrene restaurant
at 1 Hotel San Francisco in San Francisco, California
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breakfast menu board at Terrene restaurant at 1 Hotel San Francisco
in San Francisco, California |
Itinerary for this San Francisco staycation:
It feels good to pare down to the simplicity of traveling with just what
fits in a backpack.
day 1:
lunch, Red’s Java House
afternoon,
Pier 24 Photography, tour the
galleries
snack and
browsing, Ferry Building
check in
to 1 Hotel San Francisco
dinner, Terrene (hotel restaurant)
day 2:
breakfast,
Terrene (hotel restaurant)
late
morning, plus snack or lunch, SalesforcePark
afternoon,
browse shops in the area
return
home
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| staycation backpacks on bed at 1 Hotel San Francisco in San Francisco, California |
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