S.F.'s Best Moderately Priced Places to Stay

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Back to San FranciscoSan Francisco's Best Mid-range Hotels

Laurel Inn, 444 Presidio Ave., Pacific Heights (tel. 800/552-8735 or 415/567-8467; www.jdvhospitality.com), may be off the beaten track, but it's one of the best affordable, fashionable hotels in the city -- and it has free parking. Just outside of the southern entrance to the Presidio in the midst of residential Presidio Heights, it's a chic motel with soothing, contemporary decor and equally calming prices.

White Swan Inn, 845 Bush St., Union Square (tel. 800/999-9570 or 415/775-1755; www.jdvhospitality.com), is where to go if you prefer to be downtown and immersed in more classically San Francisco surroundings. Small, ridiculously charming rooms (complete with antiques) that feel more like apartments combined with afternoon cookies make your stay here sweet and homey.

The Warwick Regis, 490 Geary St., Union Square (tel. 800/827-3447 or 415/928-7900; www.warwicksf.com), is even closer to Union Square than the White Swan, and for travelers who prefer stately old-world style over floral fun, a better choice. Extremely well cared for and beautifully decorated, it's my favorite midrange pick.

Hotel Adagio, 550 Geary St., Union Square (tel. 800/228-8830 or 415/775-5000; www.jdvhospitality.com), is far more chic and hip than its category counterparts. Part of its allure is due to its relative newness -- the 1929 Spanish Revival building was renovated in 2003. The other part is that it was done very well -- with sexy streamlined rooms swathed in rich shades of brown and a very chic restaurant and bar on the ground level.