Orchard Hotel

Orchard Hotel sits in Downtown San Francisco, one of those discreet four-star additions that travellers tend to bookmark before the rest of the city catches on. Downtown San Francisco is doing some of the heavy lifting here: it's barely a stroll from the centre of San Francisco, and that proximity does change the…

Orchard Hotel sits in Downtown San Francisco, one of those discreet four-star additions that travellers tend to bookmark before the rest of the city catches on. Downtown San Francisco is doing some of the heavy lifting here: it's barely a stroll from the centre of San Francisco, and that proximity does change the trip. Expect well-appointed rooms with an in-house restaurant and reliable wi-fi, practical details that keep showing up in consistently flattering comfort feedback. The numbers behind the reviews tell their own story, well over 1,600 reviews, scoring strong on balance. Reputation has held up across enough stays to mean something. Recent rates have been hovering around €160 a night, which lands as a middle-of-the-road option for the city. The honest read on Orchard Hotel is that it deserves a side-by-side look against the bigger San Francisco names rather than a headline of its own.