The Andrews Hotel

Every now and then a four-star earns its place on a shortlist by simply doing the basics very well, The Andrews Hotel, in Downtown San Francisco, is one of those. Geographically speaking it's barely a stroll from the centre of San Francisco, and the strong location rating in guest reviews backs that up. Rooms feel…

Every now and then a four-star earns its place on a shortlist by simply doing the basics very well, The Andrews Hotel, in Downtown San Francisco, is one of those. Geographically speaking it's barely a stroll from the centre of San Francisco, and the strong location rating in guest reviews backs that up. Rooms feel well-appointed; the touches travellers mention most are reliable wi-fi, an in-house restaurant and on-site parking, and the comfort feedback has been broadly positive. It feels lived-in rather than staged, which tends to be the difference between a stay you remember and one you don't. Pull the review pages apart and you find around 710 reviews, with a broadly positive consensus that's hard to engineer. The reputation reads as steady rather than spiking. Pricing has been sitting near €126 a night and the value score puts it in a fair-value bracket compared with similar properties. Stack The Andrews Hotel against the better-known names in San Francisco and the trade-offs become genuinely interesting.