The Hotel Adagio is a wonderful boutique hotel located in the heart of San Francisco. When we arrived we were warmly welcomed and since we arrived around 1800, the front desk person, Joel, offered to make us restaurant reservations at a small Italian place up the road. We felt that was very helpful, allowing us to drop our bag offs and just go straight out to dinner instead of trying to decide where to go on our first night there.
The lobby is modern and very classy. They have a nice small bar and restaurant there. We never tried it, but it looked very inviting.
We had a wonderful room on the 14th floor. If you don't mind heights, I would definitely ask for a high floor as the views are very nice. The room had a flat panel television with a nice selection of channels. They also provide a stereo and you can request an adapter from the front desk to attach your ipod to it. There is a mini-fridge in the room which is your typical mini-bar. We asked the person who brought our bags to the room if it was a refrigerator, and he said no, it was a mini-bar, but did we want the items removed so we could use it to store our own items, some wine and cheese we brought along. We said, yes please and within 10 minutes all the contents were removed and we had our own little fridge. I thought this was a very nice touch, it shows they were more concerned with our comfort than with the profit they may have made off the min-bar ( which wouldn't have been anything anyway as we don't use them). A very nice touch.
The room was clean, bed was very comfortable, furniture very nice. The windows even opened here! We loved the cool San Francisco breezes at night. Of course you are downtown and on a busy street, so if you don't mind the traffic and fire engines, then enjoy the open windows. If not, you can close them and have peace and quiet, as they are all double paned.
The hotel is located in the Tenderloin area. Not the best, but I used to live about a block away in the 70's and the area has been undergoing some improvements. You are a few blocks from Union Square where all the great stores are, large and small. From Union Square you can get anywhere, North Beach, Chinatown or Fisherman's Wharf. We walked back to the hotel many times at 2200- 2300 at night, no problems.
While you are there, I would suggest heading around the corner to Dotties True Blue Cafe, 522 Jones St. Best breakfast in the city. Get there early or be prepared to wait in line. It's small, but the food is excellent and well worth the wait. The hotel staff gave us this hint. The next street west is Jones and you can walk there and see Dotties down the street. If there is a line, you can call in your order and then go down, walk to the front of the line, pick up your order and eat it in your room.
A Great hotel in a great city! Highly recommended













