San Francisco · Since 1913

One block
from Union Square.
Half a block
from the cable car.

Name: Hotel Union Square San Francisco
Address: 114 Powell Street, San Francisco, CA, 94102, US
Telephone: (415) 225-6600

131 rooms on Powell Street, in a building that has been a hotel since 1913 — through the Exposition, Prohibition and every version of this city since.

Call (415) 225-6600 Reservations are taken by telephone while our booking system is being set up.

The hotel

San Francisco's first boutique hotel

Powell Street runs from Market up over Nob Hill, and the cable cars have climbed it since 1888. We are on the first block, which means the turnaround is at the end of the street and Union Square is at the other.

The building opened in 1913 as the Golden West, put up for the visitors the 1915 Panama–Pacific International Exposition was expected to bring. It has 6 floors, 131 rooms and 7 suites, hardwood floors throughout, and mosaics in the entry that have been there since 1935.

The rest of the story is worth reading — it involves a 10,000 square foot speakeasy and a detective who became a novelist.

1913Opened
131Rooms and suites
1 blkTo Union Square
14 miTo SFO

Rooms

Ten kinds of room, from compact to the penthouse

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Deluxe King

1 king · sleeps 2 · 27 in the hotel

The room we put most people in and the one we hear least about, which is the compliment. A king bed, a seating area, a desk that works, and blackout curtains for the mornings after a long flight.

One king bed
Seating area with a sofa or chair
Hardwood floors
Work desk with a lamp

Urban King

1 king · sleeps 2 · 20 in the hotel

A king bed in the footprint of an Urban room. Hardwood floors, a private bathroom and a proper desk with a lamp and an outlet at desk height.

One king bed
Hardwood floors
Private bathroom
Work desk with a lamp

Cable Car Suite

1 king and 1 sofa bed · sleeps 4 · 1 of these

There is one of these. It looks out over Powell Street, where the cable cars have run since 1888 and still start their climb from the turnaround half a block below.

Looks onto Powell Street
King bed and a sofa bed
Sleeps four
One of a kind

The neighbourhood

Everything on this list is a walk

Not a drive, not a transfer, not a shuttle. This is what is within ten minutes of the front door on foot.

0.1 mi Powell Street cable car turnaround Where the Powell-Hyde and Powell-Mason lines begin
0.1 mi Union Square One block north — shopping, hotels and the plaza
0.1 mi Powell Street station BART and Muni Metro, direct to SFO
0.1 mi The Flood Building Where Dashiell Hammett worked as a Pinkerton detective
0.2 mi Westfield San Francisco Centre
0.3 mi Theater District The Curran and the Golden Gate
0.4 mi Chinatown The oldest Chinatown in North America, through the Dragon Gate
0.5 mi Yerba Buena Gardens
0.6 mi San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
0.6 mi Moscone Convention Center The city's main convention venue

More of the city, and how to reach it

Come and stay

The desk is staffed at every hour

Call for a room, a late arrival, or a question the site does not answer. We are at 114 Powell Street, on powell street between market and ellis streets.