Argonaut Hotel at Fisherman's Wharf
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Hotel Coverage: Argonaut Hotel at Fisherman's Wharf
And the Lobby that Looks Most Like a Red Lobster is...
If there was an award for the hotel lobby that most resembles a Red Lobster, that award would go to San Francisco' Argonaut Hotel. The place is a tourist hotspot purely because of its location at Fisherman's Wharf and, as a result, the place is almost too packed to...
June 14, 2011
Inside The Argonaut Hotel in San Francisco
Longtime readers of HotelChatter know The Argonaut Hotel is one of our go-to hotels in San Francisco. Why? Good rates, comfortable beds, kitschy nautical theme and free WiFi (for Kimpton's InTouch members.) Oh, and most importantly, we don't have to deal with the glut of Union Square that makes...
January 12, 2010
San Fran Hotels Get Cheap for the Easter Bunny
So Easter weekend is upon us and if you are looking for a last-minute getaway, fake that you're Catholic and that you need to take off Good Friday for an Easter Vigil and head to San Francisco.We looked at rates on Expedia.com for Friday to Monday and rates are looking...
March 19, 2008
The Best San Francisco Hotels Not In Tourist-Trapped Union Square
San Francisco possesses one of the world's most head scratching hotel scenes. The majority of top hotels here are located in an area of town called Union Square. Tourists drool over this area because of its many shops and proximity to the Powell and Hyde cable car. However, San...
November 28, 2007
Best Hotels for Fireworks in San Francisco
Fourth of July is just two weeks away so in case you are headed to a big city for some fireworks fun, we'll be taking a look at hotels with prime fireworks views. Have a favorite hotel for gawking at bombs bursting in air? Send it our way.The fireworks in...
June 21, 2007
Coping with our Wandering Hotel Eye
You know the drill, a shiny new hotel walks into your life and you fall in love. Despite the fact that she lives right next to Fisherman's Wharf, and that she is always talking to lost-looking tourists, you love her. She has free WiFi, exposed brick, comfortable beds, and...
May 04, 2006
Good Rate: Argonaut Hotel
[Welcome to our weekly Good Rate/Bad Rate feature. This screenshot was taken April 11, 2006 and is subject to change. Enjoy.]It is no secret. Our love for the Argonaut Hotel is deep.While we once snagged a room for $109 on Hotwire.com back in the day, we aren't complaining about...
April 11, 2006
Room with an Anti-View
You know the scene. You open the door to your brand new hotel room, run over to the window, open the blinds and bam, you are hit with the anti-view. Maybe you are looking down a dirty alley, witnessing a drug deal, staring at an air shaft in the...
March 31, 2006
Zagat's 2006 Hotel Guide Gets It Right
Hotel In Question: Argonaut Hotel Zagat's Take: "Ahoy, there!" - Kimpton's "funky, nautical-themed" boutique hotel in a renovated 1907 warehouse is "a welcome addition to Fisherman's Wharf" and especially "friendly for families, including pets"; the "luxuriously appointed rooms" sport original brick walls or wooden beams, "comfy beds" and "great...
November 04, 2005
Argonaut Hotel: Staff Rocks
Couple parting images and comments on the Argonaut Hotel in SF. First, the staff is extremely friendly. Everyone we encountered at the hotel said hello. Furthermore, we checked in after 2 AM and the front desk clerk was still able to be welcoming-- well past the witching hour. Last...
January 24, 2005
Argonaut Hotel: From Inside The Nautical Walls
This place is all it is cracked up to be. We love the kitschy nautical theme, though it may induce seizures in some, for us it just runs so parallel to the touristy nature of the Fisherman's Wharf area, where this hotel resides. Not in a bad way. Like...
January 21, 2005
Argonaut Hotel: Live Updates
After fawning over the Argonaut Hotel, and taking a tour of the place last year, we are finally here as a paying guest. That's right, HotelChatter is making a west coast swing for the next couple of days, and all updates will be on west coast time, and will...
January 20, 2005
SF Argonaut snagged for $109 a night on Hotwire
Later this week, we will be trading in our man fur coat for an umbrella, when we travel to San Francisco for a couple days. Of course, this brief trip meant it was time for us to put our money where our mouth has been, and get ourselves a...
January 18, 2005
2004 Awards: Best Newcomer
HotelChatter 2004 Award :: Best Newcomer Shortly after the Argonaut opened early in 2004 the rave reviews began to roll in to us here at HotelChatter. The reviews were so strong, and this new Kimpton Property sounded so unique, we decided to venture in the Argonaut in June when...
December 30, 2004
San Francisco Hotels: Live From the Argonaut...
Live from the Argonaut, it's HotelChatter. Yup, we are on the scene here in San Francisco frantically checking out hotel after hotel. Currently, we are at the newly minted Argonaut enjoying the free wireless in the lobby. Kimpton Properties gets that wireless was meant to be free, unlike some...
June 18, 2004
Hotel Palomar It Is
HotelChatter will be on location in SF at the end of next week, and we find ourselves scurrying around for a hotel at the eleventh hour (you're aghast I know). If you're anything like us, when you go to San Francisco, the last thing you want to do is stay...
June 09, 2004
The Argonaut Hotel - A shoe-in for any 2004 "Best of" list
Look up any best of San Francisco hotel list and you'll find your usual suspects: The Omni, the Ritz-Carlton, the Mandarin Oriental... for my money, there's no place I'd rather stay than the Argonaut Hotel, located at the end of Fisherman's Wharf. This is especially surprising because, as a...
February 20, 2004
Partner Reviews: Argonaut Hotel at Fisherman's Wharf
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Alarm clocks still can go off even if you unplug them, be sure to smash yours in to bits or throw it into the bay -
Get a loaner gold fish while you stay! -
Best hotel experience ever!!! Room 334 new year eve 2011-12. Thank you for everything! -
Great rooms! Love our 3rd floor king deluxe suit. Will stay here on our next trip to San Fran. -
Try the Blue Mermaid next door for breakfast! -
Let the kids take the wheel of a 19th century vessel here! -
Let the kids take the wheel of a 19th century vessel here!
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Pet friendly and people friendly. Food at mermaid is excellent. Take cable car from Hyde St. Awesome views. -
daily wine tasting at the lobby from 5-6 pm -
great location, next to Cablecar turnaround, next to "the wharf", next to streetcar stops and The Mermaid restaurant is very good. Enjoy! -
Come visit pop-eye the newest front desk employee. -
Check in during the month of August 2010, and say the word “Popsicle” at check-in. They’ll have a surprise for you! -
Stay in one of the corner suites
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stay here with your dog. they are welcome and they even have doggie room service.
Great Fisherman's Wharf location, great service
The Argonaut is a great hotel in prime San Francisco sight seeing location. Our top floor nautical themed room was very clean and spacious. ...
Great Location!
I stayed at the Argonaut Hotel while visiting San Francisco and absolutely loved it! It has very comfortable beds and beautiful decor insid...
Decent Hotel, Decent service
I was on my way to Los Angeles with few colleagues. One of them had to visit a relative in SF. So we had the opportunity of staying at Argonaut Hotel. It was a good experience. The service was great. The staff was really caring and it was very easy to find a cab. Now whenever I will have to stay at SF, Argonaut would be the place.
Very noisy (thin-walls)
The location is great. Tacky nautical theme is cute. Everything looked clean. And then we went to bed and we discovered the walls are paper thin, you WON'T sleep. We could hear the neighbors' TV on the whole night (and they didn't have it on loud), we could hear the showers running, toilets flushing, people talking in the hall. Worst ever, we did not sleep one bit. Way to expensive considering. And I woke up with a rash on my arms.
Can you say nautical
Good amenities but overboard with the nautical theme. They do have a wine hour each evening where you can socialize with other guest. The co...
First Class for pups and moms
I haven't been here personally but my sister loved it!!! And the Diva that she was :p, I believe her. It's very clean, unique, friend...
Solid and Notable
I stayed here in a room overlooking the bay with a wonderful king sized bed. The room was very comfortable, clean, and had a nautical theme that I found kind of cute, though unimportant. The over all customer service experience was most excellent and the adjacent restaurant has tasty, good food that's well prepared...especially the breakfast. I loved the omelets, as well as their lunch time seafood offerings. Be aware that this hotel is, more or less, RIGHT in the whole Fisherman Wharf tourist trap mess and there are lots of people as you open the door into and out of the hotel (which was kind of irritating). However, its great location takes you to all the bay destinations in a real hurry. I could even see the Golden Gate Bridge at all times! Now, that's cool. If you don't mind the crowds, then stay here. They are owned by the Klimpton Group and, like their other hotels, is a class operation.
