Perks and quirks for $200
I visited these hotels, where I was shown rooms within the $200 limit. For more on these accommodations, go to latimes.com/moresfhotels.
Hotel Majestic
Parking: $20
Amenities: Room service. Internet access for a fee. Use of nearby health club with pool, $10 daily. Bellman. Free cab vouchers to the city center weekday mornings for corporate guests. No pets. Nonsmoking.
Pros: Lovely old mansion in quiet lower Pacific Heights. A fighting fish named Catherine Beta-Jones is at the front desk.
Cons: Nine blocks from Union Square. No air conditioning. (Ceiling fans are being installed.)
1500 Sutter St.; (415) 441-1100 or (800) 869-8966, www.thehotelmajestic.com.
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Kensington Park Hotel
Parking: $35-$40
Amenities: No room service, but upscale seafood restaurant Farallon next door will deliver, as will Waiters on Wheels (from selected restaurants). Free Internet access. Business center with free high-speed Internet. Free morning coffee. Bellman and concierge. Small exercise room on-site and use of Hotel Diva fitness center. Pet-friendly. Smoking permitted on one guest floor.
Pros: Good location close to shopping, theater, restaurants.
Cons: The rooms could use updating. Only those on the three Royal Court floors have been renovated.
450 Post St.; (415) 788-6400 or (800) 553-1900, www.kensingtonparkhotel.com.
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Hotel Union Square
Parking: $30-$36
Amenities: No room service, but Waiters on Wheels delivers. Free Internet access. Free morning coffee. Business center. Bellman and concierge. Free use of Hotel Diva fitness center. Pets OK ($50 fee). One floor permits smoking.
Pros: A good choice for fans of mystery writer Dashiell Hammett, who loved the hotel.
Cons: Powell Street cable car clang-clangs past the hotel, and there is also heavy foot traffic. No air conditioning.
114 Powell St.; (415) 397-3000 or (800) 553-1900, www.hotelunionsquare.com.
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Serrano Hotel
Parking: $39
Amenities: Room service (breakfast and lunch). Restaurant. Free high-speed Internet access. Free morning coffee. On-site fitness center. Air conditioning. Bellman and concierge. Pet-friendly. Limited number of smoking rooms.
Pros: Attractive restoration of a 1917 Spanish Revival building.
Cons: The hotel's standard rooms are small.
405 Taylor St.; (415) 885-2500 or (866) 289-6561, www.serranohotel.com.
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