Hotel Whitcomb

Hotel Whitcomb

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#155 of 240 hotels in San Francisco
3.5 of 5 bubbles
Location
3.3 of 5 bubbles
Rooms
3.5 of 5 bubbles
Value
3.6 of 5 bubbles
Cleanliness
3.6 of 5 bubbles
Service
3.6 of 5 bubbles
Sleep Quality
"TURN OF THE CENTURY GRANDEUR Welcome to Hotel Whitcomb Once San Francisco's lively City Hall, the elegant Hotel Whitcomb offers a unique mix of timeless hospitality and urban convenience. Discover the splendor of this historic landmark, as well as the comfort of its modern conveniences. Walk through its front doors and onto the bustling Market Street in the heart of San Francisco. It all starts at Hotel Whitcomb."
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Property amenities
Valet parking
Free internet
Fitness Center with Gym / Workout Room
Bar / lounge
Business Center with Internet Access
Conference facilities
Spa
Baggage storage
Paid private parking on-site
Wifi
Coffee shop
Breakfast available
Snack bar
Vending machine
Banquet room
Meeting rooms
Concierge
Gift shop
Non-smoking hotel
24-hour front desk
Express check-in / check-out
Dry cleaning
Laundry service
Room features
Air conditioning
Housekeeping
Room service
Safe
Flatscreen TV
Room types
Non-smoking rooms
Suites
Smoking rooms available
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HOTEL CLASS
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3.0 of 5 stars
HOTEL STYLE
Historic Hotel
Classic
Languages Spoken
English, Spanish

Location

1231 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
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SusanPrillaman wrote a review Jan 2020
Tucker, Georgia
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Hotel Whitcomb was the only hotel I could locate with a suite that contained double beds for less than $800 or so in the area near Golden Gate Theater. While the beds were very comfortable, the furniture in the "parlor" needed to be cleaned or replaced. Even so, it was serviceable for our short stay. Staff was pleasant and accommodating but we had to ask for a coffee pot which was delivered immediately.
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Date of stay: December 2019
4.0 of 5 bubblesValue
3.0 of 5 bubblesRooms
5.0 of 5 bubblesLocation
2.0 of 5 bubblesCleanliness
4.0 of 5 bubblesService
4.0 of 5 bubblesSleep Quality
Trip type: Traveled with family
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Response from TylerGardSF, Director of Operations at Hotel Whitcomb
Responded Jan 8, 2020
Hello and thank you for this great review and feedback! I'm very pleased to know that you enjoyed your interactions with our team and that your request for a coffee maker was promptly fulfilled. I truly appreciate your feedback about the furniture in the room needing to be cleaned and will ensure that our Housekeeping team addresses this right away. Thank you so much for being our guest and we'll hope to welcome you back the next time your travels bring you to San Francisco. Take care!
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rslansky wrote a review Jan 2020
San Diego, California
4.0 of 5 bubbles
The hotel was clean and well equipped. The service was friendly and positive. The room was more than adequate, other than not having a light in the closet. The wifi and TV/cable were great. The water filtration system (near the elevator) was very nice additional feature.
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Date of stay: January 2020
4.0 of 5 bubblesValue
4.0 of 5 bubblesRooms
4.0 of 5 bubblesLocation
5.0 of 5 bubblesCleanliness
5.0 of 5 bubblesService
4.0 of 5 bubblesSleep Quality
Trip type: Traveled on business
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Response from AlexTran-Whitcomb, Front Office Manager at Hotel Whitcomb
Responded Jan 17, 2020
Dear rslansky, Thank you for the positive review. I am pleased to hear that you had an overall good stay here with us. It is great to know that our guests enjoyed the hotel, our service, and other facilities including the WiFi, TV, and our FLO water system. We appreciate the business and hope to see you next time whenever you travel back to San Francisco. Farewell!
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Basem wrote a review Feb 2020
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
4.0 of 5 bubbles
The staff in the hotel are ver friendly especially โ€œBurneyโ€, he is helpful and always smile. Also the location is good and close to the convention center.
I recommend it for anyone have an event at Moscon center because of the price compared with others. Itโ€™s four stars hotel but it a little bit old. I was lucky to get a room at the Market street. All rooms at that street are bigger than others but they are noisy because of the cars.
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Date of stay: February 2020Trip type: Traveled on business
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Response from AlexTran-Whitcomb, Front Office Manager at Hotel Whitcomb
Responded Feb 29, 2020
Dear basemabdul, Thank you for taking the time to write the review. We are pleased to hear that you enjoyed your stay here with us as well as the interaction with your team member, Burney. We appreciate your comment about the location and the value that we offered. On the other hand, we do apologize for the street noise coming from Marketing street due to our central location. Thank you again for choosing the Hotel Whitcomb and we hope to have an opportunity to welcome you back soon.
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mikestrek wrote a review Feb 2020
Santa Maria, California
5.0 of 5 bubbles
We just checked out this morning after staying two nights. We stayed here for my wifes birthday and when you first walk in the lobby you feel like you're being transported back to the 1920's. This hotel is really historic and has a fun feel to it. Take advantage of the valet parking and leave the driving to the subway, bus, taxi or UBER that just made it easier for us to get around town and not worry about parking. We saw the musical Hamilton which was right across the street so we just walked. This hotel was built in 1910 but has been very well kept up, there are also plenty of restaurants across the street and around the corner so easy to walk to. The staff was always helpful and we would recomend this hotel and we will for sure be back.
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Date of stay: February 2020
5.0 of 5 bubblesCleanliness
5.0 of 5 bubblesService
5.0 of 5 bubblesSleep Quality
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Response from AlexTran-Whitcomb, Front Office Manager at Hotel Whitcomb
Responded Feb 11, 2020
Dear mikestrek, Thank you for taking the time to write the review. We appreciate for such a great compliment about the hotel, our location as well as how helpful our staff was. We are pleased to hear that you had a good stay and would come back in the future. We want to say thank you for choosing the Hotel Whitcomb out of many hotels in San Francisco and see you next time!
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Juan P wrote a review Jan 2020
San Leandro, California
5.0 of 5 bubbles
The Whitcomb hotel is conveniently located downtown Civic Center in San Francisco, blocks from the UN plaza, Civic Center, the Historic City Hall building, the Supreme Court of the State of California, the Asian Art Museum, and many more attractions. Transportation to other downtown attractions are only a BART or MUNI ride away; including Shopping at Powell or conducting business at Montgomery center. This location is highly recommended for travelers seeing to experience SF, the community, food (which I highly recommend visiting the Gyro King โ€“ Greek food; or a couple of blocks away, the Lers Ros restaurant), or if you are an art lover, the museum, ballet, etc. Back to the hotel, the staff are incredible. The beds are comfortable, and the hotel feel brings you to an era of the 1930 and 40s; it is an older hotel with all the amenities of a modern building; internet is free, drinking water fee, including ice, big screen TV, etc..i love the blankets, very soft and comfortable. For what ever reason you don't like the room, no problem, contact front desk and they will do their best to accommodate your request, etc. In other words, this is a great hotel at a great price; book via their website and you get perks. Highly recommended. Did I mention they have great staff; staff that cares? Yup, they do! Enjoy your stay. Cheers, Jp.
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Date of stay: January 2020
5.0 of 5 bubblesValue
5.0 of 5 bubblesRooms
5.0 of 5 bubblesLocation
5.0 of 5 bubblesCleanliness
5.0 of 5 bubblesService
5.0 of 5 bubblesSleep Quality
Trip type: Traveled on business
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Response from AlexTran-Whitcomb, Front Office Manager at Hotel Whitcomb
Responded Jan 24, 2020
Dear Juan P, Thank you very much for taking the time to write the review. It is such a great compliment and we appreciate your time and effort for it. We are glad to hear that you had a good time here with us, and you enjoyed the location, the amenities that we offered, the food and attractions around here as well as the great review about our staff. We thank you for the business and hope to see you again next time soon.
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Tevfik_Steven_Harris wrote a review Feb 2020
5.0 of 5 bubbles
James G. saved my trip! As I stated in the extensive review on the previous page of this survey, my trip started off awful and on the 2nd floor but the very next night I was upgraded to room 601 which has a great view of City Hall and a nice bath tub & shower. Please refer to the extensive review I provided on the survey that preceded this page. It is redundant for me to be asked at this point to basically rewrite the review that I provided already after clicking submit.
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Date of stay: February 2020
5.0 of 5 bubblesValue
5.0 of 5 bubblesRooms
5.0 of 5 bubblesLocation
5.0 of 5 bubblesCleanliness
5.0 of 5 bubblesService
5.0 of 5 bubblesSleep Quality
Trip type: Traveled on business
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Response from AlexTran-Whitcomb, Front Office Manager at Hotel Whitcomb
Responded Feb 23, 2020
Hello Tevfik_Steven_Harris, Thank you for the positive review. I am pleased to learn that one of our team members, James was able to make your stay memorable. We are glad to hear that you had an overall good experience here despite the awful start of your trip. We appreciate your feedback and the business, and we hope to have another opportunity to welcome you back soon!
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Shane B wrote a review Apr 2021
Madison, Wisconsin
1.0 of 5 bubbles
Be careful check bed. Bed bugs and they will not help u. Stay elsewhere
Reached out for a long time to replace lost items due to bed bugs. Got strung along. Terrible management awful place. Would not stay unless it was a last resort.
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Date of stay: June 2020Trip type: Traveled on business
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Matt H wrote a review Jan 2020
San Diego, California
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Location, Location, Location! Historical registered hotel that has been nicely updated but the hotel does still show its age. The location on Market Street across from the Orpheum Theater was fantastic as we were in town to see HAMILTON. The hotel lobby is large but not heated so you can feel the weather conditions even when you get inside away from the elements. The front desk staff are friendly, helpful, prompt and professional. There are a bar and small coffee/bakery shop in the lobby as well which is very convenient. The elevators are are on the small side but add to the charm and character of the Whitcomb. The hallways to and from the rooms are immense and attributed to a bygone era of classical hotels. Our room featured two queen beds, a huge walk in closet (doors were not in the track and were left leaning against the wall to allow access. Perhaps a work in progress?) The beds were clean and comfortable. The bathroom was quite large and clean, but oddly the bathroom door opened INTO the room, which is again attributed to the age of the hotel. Housekeeping did a marvelous job keeping the room In order during our extended weekend stay.
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Date of stay: January 2020
5.0 of 5 bubblesValue
5.0 of 5 bubblesRooms
5.0 of 5 bubblesLocation
5.0 of 5 bubblesCleanliness
5.0 of 5 bubblesService
5.0 of 5 bubblesSleep Quality
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Response from AlexTran-Whitcomb, Front Office Manager at Hotel Whitcomb
Responded Jan 22, 2020
Dear matth733, Thank you for an honest review and a great compliment. We appreciate the feedback, and we are pleased to hear that you had a good stay with us. It feels great to know that you like the location, our bar, the food at grab-and-go station as well as the interaction with our staff. Thank you again for the business, and we hope to see you next time whenever you travel back to San Francisco.
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Isabel S wrote a review Mar 2020
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Hotel atmosphere was exceptional. Service attendants were very tentative. As soon as we arrived, Burney welcomed my family and I with a pleasant and respectful manner that made us feel so much at home. After checking in, he informed us about the amenities offered and things that can be done around the vicinity if weโ€™d be interested. Our room was very clean and even as we walked in to our room, another staff member offered to bring us a set up of coffee and extra towels if needed seeing that we had our boys with us. We ventured every day that we stayed and came back at 6pm comfortably enough to just relax and sleep. Hotel is located so close to many historical areas and shopping centers, it made everything so much easier for us. More than happy with our experience and stay at Whitcomb Hotel, Thank you Burney!
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Date of stay: March 2020Trip type: Traveled with family
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Response from AlexTran-Whitcomb, Front Office Manager at Hotel Whitcomb
Responded Mar 4, 2020
Dear isabelsB8865ZP, Thank you for taking the time to write a positive review. We are pleased to hear that your stay with us was comfortable and pleasant. We are glad that our team member, Burney was able to make your stay memorable with the city attractions as well as the amenities that we offered. We appreciate your business and hope to have another opportunity to welcome you back sometime soon.
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Ankit wrote a review Feb 2020
Kolkata (Calcutta), India
5.0 of 5 bubbles
We were a bit concerned booking room @ Hotel Whitcomb reading the reviews but went ahead considering the location.

We were really surprised with the warm welcome by Mr. Burney - who helped us get early check-in to the room (really helpful after 16 hours flight) and explained about the nearby attractions. Rooms were small but very clean and comfortable.

Would definitely recommend this hotel.

Thanks Burney
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Date of stay: February 2020Trip type: Traveled as a couple
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Response from AlexTran-Whitcomb, Front Office Manager at Hotel Whitcomb
Responded Feb 14, 2020
Hello Travel295573, Thank you for the positive review. I am glad to hear that you had a good time here with us despite the size of the room. It is a great feeling to know that our team member, Burney was able to make you felt welcoming. We appreciate the feedback and the business. We are looking forward to your next stay with us soon.
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Answer from Jacob Wilson
Ipswich, Australia1 contribution2 helpful votes
I stayed here back in January for 7 nights. I didnโ€™t mind it at all. The hotel is a little aged, but the rooms are clean and the staff were not too bad. There is a grocery store and pharmacy down the road and access to the trams and rail below is perfect to get back to the Embarcadero and Bay. I would use this hotel again. I would recommend this
Answer from Jacob Wilson
Ipswich, Australia1 contribution2 helpful votes
The hotel is a little old but from our experience was clean and linen was white (which is a must for us). The area is next to Tenderloin which is a little more troublesome, but really just keep an eye out for any trouble. Public transport is close and a 5 min ride on the Rail below gets you to the Embarcadero or out to the Zoo etc.
Answer from Roberto
Milan, Italy99 contributions75 helpful votes
As I always say: safe in number. If u are on your own those homeless may approach you and bother you begging for food and money. Otherwise u will be fine. Avoiding the station area? Good idea.
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chudsonsf wrote a tip Mar 2020
1 contribution2 helpful votes
5.0 of 5 bubbles
"Rooms are generously sized and nicely appointed. Bed and bath linens are quality."
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Charles520 wrote a tip Feb 2020
Boston, Massachusetts9 contributions22 helpful votes
4.0 of 5 bubbles
"8th floor worked well for me."
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Yvette wrote a tip Feb 2020
1 contribution2 helpful votes
5.0 of 5 bubbles
"Rooms facing the Civic Center"
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Fish-Fun-Seaker wrote a tip Feb 2020
Vancouver, Canada77 contributions79 helpful votes
4.0 of 5 bubbles
"Avoid rooms facing market Street"
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Richard D wrote a tip Feb 2020
Mount Shasta, California1 contribution2 helpful votes
4.0 of 5 bubbles
"Ask for the largest square footage if booking the Superior Queen as there are differences."
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United StatesCaliforniaSan FranciscoDowntown San Francisco / Downtown / SoMa / Mid-Market
NUMBER OF ROOMS
459
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Frequently Asked Questions about Hotel Whitcomb
Which popular attractions are close to Hotel Whitcomb?
Nearby attractions include Asian Art Museum (0.3 km), Scenic 49 Mile Drive (0.3 km), and San Francisco City Hall (0.4 km).
What are some of the property amenities at Hotel Whitcomb?
Some of the more popular amenities offered include a lounge, a fitness centre, and a spa.
What food & drink options are available at Hotel Whitcomb?
Guests can enjoy a lounge, breakfast, and a snack bar during their stay.
Is parking available at Hotel Whitcomb?
Yes, paid private parking on-site, secured parking, and valet parking are available to guests.
What are some restaurants close to Hotel Whitcomb?
Conveniently located restaurants include Sam's American Eatery, Golden Era Vegan Restaurant, and Gyro King.
Are there opportunities to exercise at Hotel Whitcomb?
Yes, guests have access to a fitness centre during their stay.
Is Hotel Whitcomb located near the city center?
Yes, it is 0.1 km away from the centre of San Francisco.
Are any cleaning services offered at Hotel Whitcomb?
Yes, dry cleaning and laundry service are offered to guests.
Does Hotel Whitcomb offer any business services?
Yes, it conveniently offers a business centre, meeting rooms, and a banquet room.
Which languages are spoken by the staff at Hotel Whitcomb?
The staff speaks multiple languages, including English and Spanish.
Are there any historical sites close to Hotel Whitcomb?
Many travellers enjoy visiting Golden Gate Bridge (7.2 km), Alcatraz Island (5.4 km), and City Lights Booksellers (2.3 km).
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