Mr & Mrs Smith

Clift

San Francisco, United States

The Clift hotel is the epitome of San Francisco decadence – the monumental scale of the lobby, the drama of the double-storey Redwood Room bar, the theatrical elegance of the restaurant means that this place has the glam factor in spades. But escape upstairs and the rooms are fresh, simple and stylish – a tranquil haven for when you slip off your Louboutins. It’s all about serious luxe here… and then some.

Need to know

• Rooms 366, including 106 suites.
• Rates Double rooms from $225.00, excluding tax at 15.57 per cent.
• More details Breakfast is an additional US$15–US$20 a person.
• Facilities Gym, laundry service, in-room spa treatments, WiFi (US$14.95 a day). In rooms: king- or queen-size beds, flatscreen TV, CD/DVD player, iPod dock, air-conditioning, minibar, Agua by Korres toiletries.
• Poolside There’s no pool at Clift.
• Check-out Midday; though this is flexible for an additional cost. Earliest check-in, 3pm.
• Children Baby cots are available free of charge, and extra beds can be put into rooms for US$50 a night. Staff also provide a babysitting service for a flexible cost, though you must give at least 24 hours notice. There’s no children’s menu in the restaurant. More...
• Also Slimline pets (well, those under 40lb) are welcome at the hotel – provided you pay a US$150 supplement and keep them on the fifth floor only… Smokers are permitted to light up in designated rooms.

Food and drink at Clift

• Hotel restaurant

  The enormous dining room at Asia de Cuba, swathed theatrically in maroon silk drapes, and centred around a vast, cross-shaped Venetian mirrored dining table, offers glamorous dining at its finest. The menu is a bold fusion of Asian and Latin influences – Cuban barbecue chicken served with sticky coconut rice and avocado cilantro fruit salsa is a house classic – making this one of the most exciting dining experiences in town.

• Dress code

  Louboutins and lounge suits should do the trick.

• Top table

  If you’re not keen on sitting at the communal dining table, try a table by the window for the best view of the beautiful people in the adjacent Redwood Room.

• Last orders

  The restaurant closes at 10pm, Sunday to Thursday; and at 11pm on Fridays and Saturdays. Cocktails are shaken in the Redwood Room till 2am seven days a week.

• Room service

  Drinks, hot meals and snacks are available 24 hours a day.

• Hotel bar

  With an elongated etched Murano glass bar and bottles soaring up to the heavens, the Redwood Room is a place to see and be seen. Jam-packed at weekends, often with a queue to get in, this is the drinking den of choice for San Francisco’s elite, who come here to see, be seen and sip mandarin lemongrass martinis. Like the music, the feel here is lounge-bar cool – with decadent red velvet furniture lining the intimate alcoves around the room, and digital artwork displayed on plasma screens.

Also worth knowing

• Weddings This property is suitable for weddings. More...

Clift 495 Geary Street, San Francisco, 94102