{"id":14410,"date":"2023-01-21T20:17:07","date_gmt":"2023-01-21T20:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/?p=14410"},"modified":"2023-01-21T20:17:08","modified_gmt":"2023-01-21T20:17:08","slug":"my-review-of-intercontinental-san-francisco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.verylvke.com\/en\/2023\/01\/21\/my-review-of-intercontinental-san-francisco\/","title":{"rendered":"My review of InterContinental San Francisco"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Having been a software engineer for almost ten years, it’s weird that I’ve never been to San Francisco or the bay area. Now that I got laid off I finally have time to go on a pilgrimage \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Compared to LA, hotels in San Francisco are much more friendly priced, and you can find a pretty decent hotel for around $200. I decided to redeem my IHG BOGO voucher here, and there are two InterContinentals in the city – one in downtown<\/a> for which I’m going, and the Mark Hopkins hotel<\/a> at a less convenient location for tourists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The hotel is about eight-minute walk from the Powell Street metro station, which takes you directly to the airport. <\/p>\n\n\n

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At 33 floors high, the hotel stands out in the immediate neighbourhood. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The entrance is small but elegant. The ground floor is a big open space with reception, bar and restaurant.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Like many other InterContinental hotels, or hotels in general in the States, the hotel has so many different rooms types that I lost count. I ended up booking Premium West Side View as it’s price difference from the entry-level room isn’t much. I was upgraded one-level to the corner room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The receptionist greeted me warmly, and I didn’t have to ask about the Diamond breakfast benefit or 4pm late check-out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before I was let go, he went to the back office and returned with a bag of welcome gift. To my slight disappoint it’s only two bottles of water \ud83d\ude1b They also sent me a bottle of Evian the next day.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The corner room is quite impressive at first glance. The hues and finishes are soothing.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The highlight of course, is the 180-degree floor-to-ceiling windows and the views that come from it.<\/p>\n\n\n

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You don’t normally get a chance to be so up high in Europe. It’s a shame that San Francisco doesn’t have so much of a skyline, and the hotel isn’t close enough to the coast.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The curtains are electric and you only need to give it a pull for it to open or close by itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is also a view from the bathroom. But beware of the construction workers on the crane!<\/p>\n\n\n

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One motivation for me to pick this hotel was its swimming pool and jacuzzi.<\/p>\n\n\n

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They are fine. But the hall is quite old and so small that no loungers can fit in. It’s weird that there’s not even any place to sit in!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I was given a voucher which entitles me to the breakfast buffet.<\/p>\n\n\n

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The whole buffet well, is spread across one single table.<\/p>\n\n\n

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There aren’t many choices as you can imagine, but they do offer congee which is a nice touch.<\/p>\n\n\n

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There is an a-la-carte menu but payable. According to the voucher taxes are not included, but I didn’t have to pay anything when I checked out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

InterContinental San Francisco isn’t the best hotel you can find in town, but I love the corner room and don’t miss out if you admire a view.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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