222 Sansome St.
800/526-6566 or 415/276-9888
www.mandarinoriental.com

Top 11 floors of the city's third-tallest skyscraper in the financial district, 6 blocks from Union Square.

ROOMS 158, streamlined and Asian-inflected, with binoculars to enhance the best hotel-room views in town. Our favorites: corner Bridge to Bridge rooms that look out on both the Golden Gate and Bay bridges.
SERVICE Staff-to-guest ratio of 0.5 to 1.
FOOD Silks serves very good American-Asian fusion dishes in a quiet room.
FACILITIES Gym, wireless high-speed Internet throughout.
COST Doubles from $515.