Excellence, elegance, and style were the three main ingredients of our impression of the Park Hyatt. The Park Hyatt is the gateway to a shopping, restaurant, and business complex anchoring the western end of the
Embarcadero Center at the intersection of Clay and Battery Streets. It’s connected by walking bridges above the streets to the four skyscrapers of the EC, which march to the water’s edge and stand sentinel over San Francisco Bay.
Park Hyatts are designed to cater the executive traveler during the week, so weekend rates are
priced well, making it one of the finer escapes the city has to offer without incurring a Ritz-Carlton or Four Seasons dent to the pocketbook. King accommodations ranged in the 200’s depending on the view, floor, and the season, versus mid 300-400 dollar ranges of comparable hotels and Union Square boutiques. And, of course, enjoy complimentary tea or coffee and newspapers in the marble lobby every morning.
Luxurious hospitality greeted us from front door to room door. We were inspired by the stunning display of contemporary architecture. Simple and elegant, the marble, granite, and glass beyond the front door lends definition to the lobby, and hence, expectations. The distinctive experience of the staff’s personal attention to detail and service—our car doors being opened by a valet and the trunk by bellhop in concert with doormen’s bows, reception-desk greetings, and concierge smiles—are only exceeded by the stunning vistas of the water from Bay-view rooms.
Rooms are meticulously clean, with in-room dining, high-speed Internet, WebTV, and pay-per-view movies. Windowed walls of glass provide dreamland views of the bay, city, and bridges upon walking in as well as waking. The beds, with European pillow-top mattresses, allowed us to sink into nothing less than a cloud that evening! Upon waking to such overwhelmingly beautiful views—you gaze out the windows from bed wondering if you’re still dreaming.
The Park Grill, locally acclaimed as one of the "great secret quiet spots" to eat in this city, offers a unique presentation of American cuisine coupled with fine selections of Napa, Sonoma, and international wines. A dining terrace adjacent to the sky-bridge connecting to the second level of Embarcadero Center is available too.
It is a great venue for an evening cocktail surrounded by the lights of the city’s towers, for weary travelers arriving late and preferring to not leave the hotel the first night, or perhaps for a Sunday brunch.
This sleek hotel’s location is at the virtual hub of several downtown districts—the Financial District, Barbary Coast, Chinatown, North Beach—defining San Francisco’s signature architectural juxtaposition of old meets new. For a luxurious and distinctive visit on the San Francisco Bay, make Park Hyatt a choice.