Bijou

Union Square, San Francisco

Virgin rating

Gibson
Double Room
Gibson
Double Room

The hotel

Just minutes from Union Square and the Downtown district’s endless shopping and dining options, this remodelled historic hotel is in a busy city spot. It's great for getting your sightseeing fix and, of course a bit of retail therapy. When you feel the need to escape it all, head to the elegant lounge bar for a cocktail or a craft beer — and maybe a tasty seafood dinner.

Amenities

  • Bar
  • Internet Access
  • Close to City Centre
  • Restaurant

Where is it

Right in San Francisco’s downtown and financial district, on the corner of Eddy and Mason Streets. Just moments from Union Square’s attractions, including the Westfield Shopping Center.

Hotel information

65 rooms. All with HDTV, WiFi, telephone, iron and board, and safe. Standard Rooms have 1 king-size bed, 1 queen-size bed or 2 double beds, sleeping maximim 4 adults. Please note that rooms have a fan, no air-conditioning. 

Gibson restaurant and bar (open for dinner and drinks, Tue–Sat). Welcome glass of wine at check in. In-room spa services. Dry cleaning*. Room service*. Complimentary WiFi. Parking*

This hotel has a resort fee of $29.11 plus tax per room, per day (payable locally, subject to change)

*Denotes local charge. 

Rating summary

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Traveller rating

  • Excellent (195)
  • Very good (371)
  • Average (240)
  • Poor (99)
  • Terrible (60)
Image of the Tripadvisor rating Good value

Aug 18, 2022 Zw532110

TLDR: This hotel is dated but clean, and the location is very convenient. Pros: You are 1 block from the Hilton. There are some really inexpensive restaurants (native Nepalese, Indian, Pakistani, Thai) a few blocks northwest if you are adventurous. The tourist spots and restaurants are east and north. My room was clean, well stocked with… Read more
TLDR: This hotel is dated but clean, and the location is very convenient. Pros: You are 1 block from the Hilton. There are some really inexpensive restaurants (native Nepalese, Indian, Pakistani, Thai) a few blocks northwest if you are adventurous. The tourist spots and restaurants are east and north. My room was clean, well stocked with towels and toiletries, a desk, and an ironing board. The internet worked fine. The front desk agent, Joi, was very helpful. Cons: The hotel charges a “resort fee” of $25 per night on top of the booking and taxes. While it is in the Priceline fine print, it is not a good practice and in my opinion unacceptable and should be discontinued. The other con is that it can get noisy because it is an urban environment, but wear some foam earplugs (provided gratis). Warning: Also, the lift was out of order, so you will be climbing stairs with your luggage. Read less
Image of the Tripadvisor rating Ok hotel, terrible location

Aug 14, 2022 A4612JQlouiseh

The staff are really helpful and friendly I couldn’t fault anyone who we dealt The hotel on the other hand wasn’t the best. First of all the lift was being refurbished so we had to use the stairs they are very narrow. Our room was the small, with no air conditioning or fridge. The room did have a safe but we couldn’t get it to lock so we couldn’t… Read more
The staff are really helpful and friendly I couldn’t fault anyone who we dealt The hotel on the other hand wasn’t the best. First of all the lift was being refurbished so we had to use the stairs they are very narrow. Our room was the small, with no air conditioning or fridge. The room did have a safe but we couldn’t get it to lock so we couldn’t use it. The hotel had free bottles of water and tea, coffee and hot chocolate in the lobby. We had to pay a service charge for our stay of $116.45 for our 4 night stay. Our room wasn’t made up or clean towels or bins emptied for the whole time we were there. We had to ask for more toiletries. The area around the hotel was awful. We didn’t sleep well as through the night the neighbourhood comes alive in a bad way, shouting in the streets, loud music. We expected staying in a city we’d hear traffic and sirens from emergency vehicles. The hotel to update their windows to give guests that extra soundproofing. We didn’t feel safe around the area of the hotel. Read less
Image of the Tripadvisor rating Just get the lift fixed

Aug 11, 2022 MrsDD24 Telford, United Kingdom

The positives- room very clean, bed comfy and linen fresh. Location for the centre is brilliant- two mins walk from Powell tram station and the shops. Uber from airport was cheap and took 30 mins. Negatives- no lift, it’s not worked for ages judging by review. Stairwell is narrow and dirty. Not a good welcome. Just get it fixed. The area- homeless… Read more
The positives- room very clean, bed comfy and linen fresh. Location for the centre is brilliant- two mins walk from Powell tram station and the shops. Uber from airport was cheap and took 30 mins. Negatives- no lift, it’s not worked for ages judging by review. Stairwell is narrow and dirty. Not a good welcome. Just get it fixed. The area- homeless people outside. They don’t bother you but are noisy so if you have a room overlooking where they hang out you will be kept awake by music and shouting and swearing. Read less
Image of the Tripadvisor rating Awful worst hotel ever

Aug 4, 2022 554clareb Epsom, United Kingdom

Awful Worst hotel in my life I've stayed in EVER DO NOT STAY HERE Arrived. Lift wasn't working and trip advisor guests have said this has been going on since JUNE. we were on 5th floor 4 cases and were told after a 24 hour trip if we didn't like it we could have our money bk by mercedes. The room in 3 days was not cleaned once despite… Read more
Awful Worst hotel in my life I've stayed in EVER DO NOT STAY HERE Arrived. Lift wasn't working and trip advisor guests have said this has been going on since JUNE. we were on 5th floor 4 cases and were told after a 24 hour trip if we didn't like it we could have our money bk by mercedes. The room in 3 days was not cleaned once despite putting a note on door saying please clean. Was told they missed it....twice. don't have a clue what 30 dollers resort fee per night plus 250 dollers deposit was for.... Should have paid us to stay there on top of that bar was not open And 250 deposit you do not get bk for 5 Days 4 of us in a room we had zero room to swing a cat Stairs as lift broken dated and dirty and never cleaned Awful Thanks bijou for ruining our experience of San Francisco you should be made up that you ruin holidays for what???? Read less
Image of the Tripadvisor rating Poor hotel, very dated

Jul 29, 2022 Richard H Leeds, United Kingdom

When we found this hotel on here it looked lovely! We booked it for our stay in San Francisco and then when we turned up the fun began! The hotel had a homeless man in a tent living outside playing music from a boom box all night and day who the hotel knew by name so he had probably been there a while. The lift wasn’t working so for my heavily… Read more
When we found this hotel on here it looked lovely! We booked it for our stay in San Francisco and then when we turned up the fun began! The hotel had a homeless man in a tent living outside playing music from a boom box all night and day who the hotel knew by name so he had probably been there a while. The lift wasn’t working so for my heavily pregnant wife 2 flights of stairs did not help! When we opened the door to the room we found that the lights were missing from the light holdings, and we had no running water in the shower! We changed rooms and ended up on a room facing the street so were treated to 24 hour boom box music all night! A shocking stay avoid this hotel as it is dated and clearly needs some work doing to it. On the positive it is in a good location with most things 10 to 20 minutes walk away Read less