Hotel Vitale-a Joie de Vivre Hotel

Property Amenities

This smoke-free hotel is dog-friendly and home to Spa Vitale (surcharge) offering massage and skin-care treatments, as well as outdoor deep-soaking tubs with water views. A fitness room has exercise machines, and a complimentary yoga is offered daily.

Contemporary Italian cuisine is showcased in the first-floor Americano Restaurant, adjacent to the lobby and facing the Embarcadero; the circular bar offers bay views. Seasonal outdoor dining is available, and room service is provided around the clock.

The hotel business center has a computer, printer, and complimentary high-speed Internet access. Complimentary wireless Internet access is available throughout the hotel.

  • Massage - treatment room(s)
  • Full-service health spa
  • Technology helpdesk
  • Concierge services
  • Complimentary newspapers in lobby
  • Use of nearby fitness center (complimentary)
  • Fitness facilities
  • Bar/lounge
  • Restaurant(s) in hotel
  • Breakfast available (surcharge)
  • Room service (24 hours)
  • Parking (surcharge)
  • Parking garage
  • Parking (secure)
  • Limo or Town Car service available
  • Meeting rooms (small groups)
  • Banquet facilities
  • Business center
  • Conference room(s)
  • Event catering
  • Audio-visual equipment
  • Business services
  • Internet access in public areas - high speed
  • Internet access in public areas - complimentary
  • Internet access - wireless
  • Express check- in
  • Number of rooms: 200
  • Porter/bellhop
  • Express check-out
  • Doorman/doorwoman
  • 24-hour front desk
  • Multilingual staff
  • Number of floors: 8
  • Medical assistance available
  • Dry cleaning/laundry service
  • Coffee in lobby
  • Shoe shine
  • Video library
  • Air-conditioned public areas
  • Elevator/lift
  • Smoke-free property
  • Tours/ticket assistance
  • Media library
  • Parking (valet)
  • Pool table
  • Fax machine
  • Photocopy machines
  • Suitable for children
  • Umbrella
  • Wheelchair accessible

Accessibility Options

To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the “Special or Accessibility Requests” section of “Trip Preferences” when you book your hotel.

  • Accessible path of travel
  • Accessible bathroom
  • Roll-in shower
  • Handicapped parking
  • In-room accessibility
  • Accessibility equipment for the deaf
  • Braille or raised signage

Rooms

This eight-story hotel’s 200 guestrooms have pillowtop mattresses, 440-thread-count linens, and down comforters and pillows. Decor includes soft accent colors, such as mint blue and pale green, and original works of art.

Other highlights include divans, picture windows, and large work desks with ergonomic chairs. Rooms include cordless phones, wall-mounted LCD TVs, CD players, MP3 docking stations, minibars, in-room safes, and bathrobes.

Also complimentary are high-speed and wireless Internet access. Bathrooms are separated from rooms by sliding doors and feature makeup mirrors.

Room Amenities

  • Premium television channel(s)
  • Pay movies
  • CD player
  • Premium bedding
  • Hypo-allergenic bedding available
  • Complimentary newspaper
  • Air conditioning
  • Climate control
  • Blackout drapes/curtains
  • Internet access (complimentary)
  • Voice mail
  • Multi-line phone
  • Minibar
  • Wake-up calls
  • Designer toiletries
  • Hair dryer
  • Bathrobes
  • Makeup/shaving mirror
  • In-room massage available
  • Extra towels/bedding in room
  • Shower/tub combination
  • In-room childcare (surcharge)
  • Electronic check-out
  • Electronic/magnetic keys
  • DVD player
  • Pillowtop mattress
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Non-smoking only
  • Desk
  • Clock radio
  • Rollaway beds
  • Cribs (infant beds) available
  • Microwave (on request)
  • Refrigerator (on request)
  • Housekeeping
  • Turndown service (on request)
  • Private bathroom
  • Complimentary toiletries
  • Ergonomic chair
  • Cordless phone
  • Speakerphone
  • In-room safe (accommodates laptop)
  • Wireless high-speed Internet access (complimentary)
  • Wired high-speed Internet access (complimentary)
  • Dial-up Internet access (complimentary)
  • Water view
  • City view
  • Sea view
  • Courtyard view

Dining

Americano Restaurant - A lighthearted ambience prevails at this street-level fine-dining restaurant. The open kitchen serves Italian cuisine with a California influence. Menu items might include halibut carpaccio, pizzas, fresh pasta, grilled tuna with sweet peas and shoots, or grilled New York steak stuffed with trumpet mushrooms. Restaurant is separated by curtains from its circular bar, popular with locals after work; alfresco dining is offered on the patio facing the Embarcadero. Breakfast, lunch, and dinner daily, and brunch on weekends.

Recreation

This hotel has a penthouse spa (surcharge) offering health and beauty treatments, including massage in individual or couples treatment rooms. In-room massages are also available. Outdoor deep-soaking tubs in a garden-terrace setting offer city and water views. The hotel fitness room has a treadmill, an elliptical trainer, an exercise bike, free weights, and a weight machine. Twice-daily yoga sessions are offered in the hotel’s rooftop studio. Guests have complimentary access to the YMCA one block away, which has fitness equipment and a swimming pool.

The Embarcadero, across the street from the hotel, offers running, cycling, and in-line skating paths, and is the departure point for fishing and sightseeing excursions on the bay. The hotel overlooks Justin Herman Plaza, which has a children’s playground. Kayaking and sailing are possible on San Francisco Bay (concierge has details). A seasonal outdoor ice-skating rink is located in the Embarcadero shopping area (one block). Presidio Golf Course, open to the public, is four miles away, and the public Lincoln Park Golf Course is six miles. The hotel is five miles from the Golden Gate Bridge, which has wide pathways for walking and cycling, and it’s seven miles to ocean beaches.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.

  • Golfing nearby
  • Golf - driving range nearby
  • Ice skating nearby
  • Swimming nearby
  • Running track/path nearby
  • Basketball nearby
  • Aerobics nearby
  • Yoga classes/instruction on site
  • Hiking/biking trails nearby
  • Bicycle rentals nearby
  • Fishing nearby
  • Playground nearby