Stanford Court San Francisco

Stanford Court San Francisco is a beautiful boutique hotel that is named after railroad tycoon Leland Stanford, who helped lay the first tracks for the first intercontinental railroad. Today, the Stanford Court San Francisco sits at the city's only intersection of the famous cable car lines.

This hotel is also a patron of the arts. Guests can visit an art gallery in the Stanford and see all kinds of pieces from both local and international artists. In a unique twist, visitors can use electronic kiosks throughout the gallery to purchase the art pieces and have them automatically sent back home when they leave.

Each of the rooms here is named after different stages of the tech startup phase, in an appropriate nod to the city's close association with Silicon Valley. The rooms have been given fun names like the Startup, Incubator, Accelerator, Skyline, and Enterprise. All of the rooms come with amenities like HD television and a minifridge, but the Enterprise has a separate living or work area from the bedroom.

Hungry guests at Stanford Court San Francisco can simply head over to Seven Stills Nob Hill. This is a combination of a gastropub and a distillery with an emphasis on delicious craft whiskeys. Visitors will find the menu is split into Heads, Hearts, and Tails, which each correlate to appetizers, entrées, and desserts. The signature item on the menu is the steak & whiskey flight, but there are several other excellent dishes here as well, such as the grilled Atlantic salmon with caper sauce and the rubbed & rye, a coffee-rubbed ribeye.