![]() The real draw is downstairs: the Thai restaurant, Japanese whisky bar and lounge are all in an enormous, open-plan, light-filled room, and prove to be a great way of tasting the local culture. The spacious guestrooms are symbolic of this marriage: coloured in muted tones, with wooden screens, low-lying tables and graphic prints. Nestling in Japantown, Hotel Kabuki seamlessly fuses chic Asian styles with cosmopolitan San Francisco vibes. ![]() A beautiful, historic property, and an elegant stay. A stately, yet homely, 19th century mansion just a 3-minute walk from the landmark Painted Ladies row of colourful houses in Alamo Square, this charming B&B features unique rooms furnished with ornate four-poster beds, heavy drapes and beautiful artworks, the walls painted in royal-blues, peaches and brooding reds. Chateau Tivoli is more or less a museum of objets d'art, curios and artefacts.The rooms are plush, with a palette of reds, yellows, blues and whites, and the Trattoria serves up excellent food, and makes its own limoncello! Set in a grand building with the neoclassical facade of a Renaissance palace, the interiors are colourful and modern while still retaining some of the original grandiosity, with a marble-tiled stairwell and bathrooms. Seemingly stolen from the set of a Wes Anderson movie, The Marker is a delightfully chic stay a few blocks from Union Square.Its rooftop bar is something of a local landmark, with its extensive cocktail list, and fabulous city views. The interiors - from the lobby to the restaurant - are styled in a Victorian-meets-Art Deco vibe (the lobby itself effectively doubles up as a modern art gallery), and the spacious guestrooms and suites are ablaze with a dizzying mix of patterns and retro furnishings. The Proper Hotel is that cool kid at school who was always at the forefront of the latest trends.The games room, with its trendy lighting, is a nice addition. A great place for families on a sightseeing expedition, the light-filled and spacious rooms are decked out in a nautical theme, with seabird pillows, faded old maps and private terraces boasting sublime views. Hotel Zephyr, in Fisherman's Wharf, is a cool, laid-back and endlessly fun place to stay.Downstairs, you'll find a cool cafe serving infamously tasty coffee, and there's a trendy Japanese restaurant next door. Glowing in a distinctly hipsterish vibe - post-industrial-chic - the elegant, whitewashed rooms still manage to be snug. A former YMCA, Harbor Court Hotel is now a luxurious stay with sweeping views of San Francisco Bay.This endlessly chic stay combines exposed brickwork with New Wave artwork on the walls, while the cosy, colourful rooms have plush, sink-into beds. Just two blocks from Union Square, Hotel Emblem's hip, Beat-themed boutique accommodation sets the scene with sangria on arrival.Definitely one of the most unique hotels in San Francisco. But rock'n'roll isn't merely a matter of personal decorating: the moody, dimly-lit bar is a favourite of locals and has the atmosphere of a speakeasy, while also being a regular host of live music. With a kind of reclaimed post-industrial vibe of ornate fireplaces and exposed brickwork set alongside comic book art, peace signs and velvet cushions, it certainly packs a stylishly retro punch. Moody, chic and sexy, The Zeppelin is aptly named because it exudes the sort of rock'n'roll aesthetic of its namesake.The Cavalier Restaurant is a highlight, serving good old fashioned British fare. The games room is worthy of note, where you can go on a nostalgia-trip of air hockey and pool, in the glare of a red telephone box that was placed there, seemingly, by some drunk students in the name of irony. A trendy stay in the highly central location of Union Square - the famous shopping district - it resembles a kind of upmarket student digs, with its repurposed vintage decor of salvaged antiques, recycled wood and mosaic-tiled bathrooms. Hotel Zetta is the ultimate regression session.We've done the hard work - all you have to do is choose from our list of the most unique and cool hotels in San Francisco and start planning your stay. Our experts have selected the zaniest, loudest, quirkiest and most idiosyncratic, from bohemian-chic stays and hipster escape pads in renovated harbourside warehouses, to luxury B&Bs in Victorian mansions and exclusive, luxury hotels hidden in private members clubs. So, it makes sense that there are so many unique and cool hotels in San Francisco. San Francisco is the USofA's iconic Capital of Weird: haven of free-love hippies, beret-wearing revolutionaries, underground music and Beat poets.
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