Hyatt Regency
Financial
District / Embarcadero Area
Official Information / Reservations
A
huge Hyatt located near half the broker-dealers, attorneys, and
stockbrokers in the Western U.S. The Hyatt Embarcadero is
located in a lauded mixed use retail, office, shopping mall geared
primarily for yuppie business people. Good choice for convenience
and service but location and style not the most exciting for your
money.
Jim
writes in Winter 2001, "Being new to San Francisco for
our 25th Wedding Anniversary we did not know what to expect in the
way of accommodations in San Francisco. We were told that anywhere
in San Francisco proper would be very expensive. But since this
was an Anniversary weekend getaway we decided we wanted to stay in
the heart of downtown San Francisco.
So our trek
began to find that "special hotel" at that "special"
price. After looking at many travel websites it was apparent that
we would need to decide what area to stay in. Would it be Fisherman's
Wharf, the Financial District, Nob Hill or the Embarcadero areas.
Would it be a local hotel or a chain. Would it be quaint or just
run another cookie cutter room in a large hotel. Our great dilemma
was this. Do we trust a professionally written description and a
small photo of a local hotel or do we go with a large trusted chain?
After mulling
all of our choices we chose the Hyatt at Embarcadero Center. At
the stated rate on their website it was much more pricey than we
had hoped for but we went ahead and tried to book one of their "online
specials" at the Hyatt website. For about 36 hours we tried
to book online but there was a problem getting the reservation page
to load. We called the toll free number and we were told that "online
specials" must be booked "online". They offered to
book at a higher rate but we declined. That smelled fishy. We gave
up at one point and booked a room with another large luxury chain
in San Mateo, south of San Francisco.
As time went
on and the day of arrival drew closer we both still wanted to stay
downtown in the city of fog so that we could experience the heart
of San Francisco. Just few days before departure we were notified
of an internet special from Yahoo for hotels in San Francisco and
guess what. Our first choice of Hyatt was there after all!
We booked,
we flew, we stayed. Enjoyed every minute of it! Great service from
everyone in the Hyatt staff. Great food from both the lobby
restaurant
for breakfast and in the revolving Equinox Restaurant atop the Hyatt.
The views at night were great. We even had a full moon rising over
the bay while we toasted each other and then enjoyed a wonderful
dinner.
Our only problem
during our stay was with the cable TV. It must have been on the
blink and the channels kept fading in and out. Yep, you are wondering
why in the world are you complaining about the TV in a city that
has more spectacular views than just about any in the world? Well,
guess what the TV turned out to not be a problem after all. We were
having so much fun we just flat forgot all about crazy TV.
If you can afford
it, we highly recommend San Francisco's Hyatt Regency
in the Embarcadero Center. "
5 Embarcadero Center
While hotel prices fluctuate rapidly-- for June 1-5, 2003--
prices quoted ranged from $270-$330 with a median price quote of
$300.
Official Hyatt
Information & Reservations
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