We stayed 1 week at the Hotel Drisco during our first visit to San Francisco & now we couldn't imagine staying any where else. For us, the neighborhood was much preferable to downtown. Pacific Heights is quiet & beautiful & close to great boutique shopping streets & wonderful restaurants. We felt like locals. It was easy to take municipal transit to all the touristy sites. The entire staff was lovely & extremely helpful. Our room was large & well-appointed. The complimentary breakfast was far superior to all others we have experienced. We look forward to our next visit.

Our experience at Hotel Drisco was a mixed bag. It is a very lovely historic hotel and the service is second to none. Every single employee treated us with the utmost courtesy and respect.

The room was nice with everything we needed, though it was VERY SMALL. We booked a standard king room and asked for one on the top floor but the room we got was much smaller than the photo on their web site portrays. BUT, it had a great view which I was very pleased with, being my first time in San Fran.

We enjoyed the wine reception the evening we arrived and it was very welcoming with various wines and appetizers. It was wonderful. The morning breakfast service was a nice variety of various breads, croissants, pastries, cheeses, cold meats and hot oatmeal. It was just right for us. And the coffee was some of the best I have ever had!!

After checking out, we walked outside with our luggage only to discover that our rental car had been towed!! Evidently my husband unknowingly parked in front of a private driveway the night before. All the parking spots on the side street were taken and he had to find a spot in the front at night and in the rain. He did not see a garage door or driveway and it was definitely not marked as "no parking". The hotel manager called & found out it had been towed that morning, just hours before. She called us a taxi to take us to retrieve the car. It cost a whopping $500 and we were also ticketed!! That fiasco way more than DOUBLED the cost of our stay at this hotel. Fortunately we did not miss our flight.

Now we do take responsibility for our mistake and acknowledge that the front desk clerk did offer assistance with parking the night of the offense, though the car was already parked by that time. However, we feel the hotel could do a WHOLE LOT MORE to make sure this doesn't happen to their guests. They brag on their web site about free street parking and how hotels downtown can cost more than $60/night for parking. But they do not show you where can & CANNOT park or tell you the car has to be moved every 4 hours on weekdays or you'll be ticketed. I only found this out beforehand from other trip adviser reviewers so I asked the doorman if he would move our car us one day, which he did.

Also, I feel that since the hotel knows how strict they are about parking (not to mention one of the highest towing costs in the US!), they could provide some kind of hotel sticker or something to put in your car which would alert the police that you are a guest at the hotel and hopefully contact the hotel with any problems to avoid guests getting towed.

Because of this, I deducted a whole review point. It was a big, costly negative for us. Otherwise, I would have rated this hotel a four.

I have travelled to San Francisco many, many times and recently have been staying in the downtown/Union Square area at a variety of quality hotels. This time, mostly because the downtown prices were outrageous in October I chose Hotel Drisco which was reasonable. I was very happy with my choice. I knew the neighbourhood wasn't far from the Union Street and Fillmore Street areas which meant lots of dining and shopping options. The hotel is in the midst of the beautiful, classic old mansions of Pacific Heights which means it is quiet, clean and scenic.

A great feature I only learned about after check in was a free morning shuttle service in a Lincoln SUV to downtown; in my case the door of my conference hotel. My own car was parked on the street nearby and the hotel moved it when needed to comply with the parking rules. My room was very large with every comfort. There was a very elegant European style breakfast included.
In short it was a wonderful stay. A new visitor to SF who wanted to see all of the usual tourist sites might prefer to stay in the center. For someone who knows the city and likes the neighbourhoods this is ideal.

My girlfriend and I stayed here the night before I proposed to her. The hotel was perfect in almost every way. However, no hotel is perfect which I will delve into later in my review. Our room was very spacious with a separate sitting area and over sized bathroom. The location can't be beat as the views are incredible and it is away from all of the hustle & bustle of the city. Parking was a bit difficult to find at certain times of the day. We arrived back at the hotel pretty late the night that we stayed here and I had to drive around for about 5 minutes to find a spot. I ended up finding a spot about a block away from the hotel so I highly recommend dropping the luggage and everyone else off at the front of the hotel before finding a spot. I would have been rather difficult to haul our bags up some of the hills after finding a parking spot.

The only complaint that we had about the room was that the walls are very thin and if you are a light sleeper will hear activity from other rooms as well as outside. I woke up once during the night due to this, but I am a light sleeper so it is a common occurrence.

When we visit San Francisco again in the future we will not hesitate to stay at the Hotel Drisco again.