San Francisco hotel? Other recs?

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Anonymous wrote:We really enjoyed the Wyndham Canterbury in lower Nob Hill.

I live in SF and do NOT recommend tourists stay in Lower Nob Hill, unless they're from NYC. They won't be able to handle the drug use, the homeless, the crazy, etc.

Yeah, you don’t want to stay there.

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Anonymous wrote:We loved eating our way through Chinatown on the Stretchy Pants food tour.

https://www.stretchy-pants.com/chinatown-food-tour/

The best Chinese restaurants are NOT in Chinatown.

I don’t know if “the best Chinese restaurants” are in Chinatown, but they are really good. Far better than you can find most places in DC. At the end of the day, I love a good meal, but when I travel, I’m not on Yelp and other review sites, looking for the “best” so I can get validation from others. Strange way to live.

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Anonymous wrote:I recently stayed at the Beacon Grand (the old Sir Francis Drake which has been rehabbed). Union Square area. Price was pretty reasonable, my room had a view of the Bay, and the bar felt glamorous.

I stayed there also recently and enjoyed it. The service was really great. And, yes, the bar is lovely.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We really enjoyed the Wyndham Canterbury in lower Nob Hill.

I live in SF and do NOT recommend tourists stay in Lower Nob Hill, unless they're from NYC. They won't be able to handle the drug use, the homeless, the crazy, etc.

Have you been there recently? It was in a great location. Yes, walk three blocks south, and there are lots of homeless people. Don't walk down there, and it was completely fine.

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Hyatt Embarcadero. Close to things downtown, close to BART, ferry building, near water.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We really enjoyed the Wyndham Canterbury in lower Nob Hill.

I live in SF and do NOT recommend tourists stay in Lower Nob Hill, unless they're from NYC. They won't be able to handle the drug use, the homeless, the crazy, etc.

Have you been there recently? It was in a great location. Yes, walk three blocks south, and there are lots of homeless people. Don't walk down there, and it was completely fine.

I walk from Hayes Valley through Civic Center to downtown about once a week, so yes. Nob Hill proper is fine. The further downhill you go, the less fine it is.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We really enjoyed the Wyndham Canterbury in lower Nob Hill.

I live in SF and do NOT recommend tourists stay in Lower Nob Hill, unless they're from NYC. They won't be able to handle the drug use, the homeless, the crazy, etc.

Have you been there recently? It was in a great location. Yes, walk three blocks south, and there are lots of homeless people. Don't walk down there, and it was completely fine.

I walk from Hayes Valley through Civic Center to downtown about once a week, so yes. Nob Hill proper is fine. The further downhill you go, the less fine it is.

So then, stop spreading fear and hysteria. Or are you just trying to scare the tourists away?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We loved eating our way through Chinatown on the Stretchy Pants food tour.

https://www.stretchy-pants.com/chinatown-food-tour/

The best Chinese restaurants are NOT in Chinatown.

I don’t know if “the best Chinese restaurants” are in Chinatown, but they are really good. Far better than you can find most places in DC. At the end of the day, I love a good meal, but when I travel, I’m not on Yelp and other review sites, looking for the “best” so I can get validation from others. Strange way to live.

My goal is not to simply have Chinese food that’s only better than you can get in DC. My goal is to get the best the city has to offer. You went to Chinese restaurants full of tourists. It has nothing to do with validation, and everything to do with great food.