Clift Hotel

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Check out works by worldwide artists and furnishing collections, including the Louis XVI chair, staged throughout the public areas of this hotel as evidence of a major reconstruction in the 1990s.

Expert Tip. Bathrooms boast robes and Agua Bathhouse products. High-speed Internet access, cable television and DVD players are accessible in each room. Guestroom décor also includes sleigh beds and Venetian-glass lamps and desks. Custom-made white-birch furnishings complement rich velvet, leather and silk fabrics. The CLIFT Hotel has 363 guestrooms with sumptuous bedding consisting of down comforters and 400-thread count Egyptian cotton linens.

Guestrooms. Recreational offerings include a fitness center with cardiovascular equipment. Additional hotel amenities include a business center with complimentary high-speed wired and wireless Internet access. The 30-foot ceilings, digital art, subdued lighting and leather and velvet furnishings attract celebrities and local trendsetters. Legend claims that the bark from a single California redwood comprises the walls of the Redwood Room, the hotel's renowned bar. Appetizers include lobster pot stickers and coconut-conch ceviche, while popular main dishes include roasted lime and garlic duck and Hunan-style fish stuffed with crab. Silk curtains, mahogany and leather banquettes, hand-blown Murano glass lamps, and a communal dining table fashioned from hand-etched Venetian mirrors define this elegant setting. Guests receive preferential access to the hotel's legendary restaurant, Asia de Cuba. The eclectic collection of this hotel's modern furnishings provide a drastic difference from its classic Italian Renaissance exterior, originally constructed in 1913.
Hotel Features. Both Transamerica Pyramid and AT&T Park are one mile away. This hotel is one-half mile from the Moscone Convention Center and Nob Hill. , blends old-world ambience with modern glamour just two blocks from Union Square's dining and shopping venues. The historic CLIFT Hotel in San Francisco, Calif.