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Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco at Embarcadero
San Francisco, California, United States · Four Seasons · Grand Luxury
The top eleven floors of 345 California Center began welcoming hotel guests in 1987 under the Mandarin Oriental flag. Glass skybridges link the Financial District tower's twin crowns high above the city, an architectural flourish that survived the Loews chapter and Four Seasons' 2020 arrival.
- 155 rooms
- Opened 1987
- Neighborhood: Union Square
- Rooms from 350 sq ft (33 m²)
- Architect: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
- Interiors: Marzipan
About Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco at Embarcadero
- The tower kept the Mandarin Oriental flag for nearly three decades before Loews took over in 2015 and Four Seasons arrived in 2020.
- The Ferry Building's restored 1898 terminal, now a celebrated food market, is an eleven-minute walk away.
- Entry-level rooms start at 350 sq ft (33 m²).
History
The 48-story tower at 345 California Street was completed in 1986 to designs by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill — the firm that has shaped more of San Francisco's Financial District skyline than any other — at a reported cost of $83 million. What distinguished the building architecturally was not its height but its engineering: the top eleven floors were conceived as a hotel with glass skybridges connecting twin towers at altitude, a structural solution to the program of linking two separate volumes above the office base. The skybridges, spanning open air between the towers at the hotel level, remain among the most dramatic architectural details in the city's skyline, visible from the Embarcadero waterfront and from across the Bay.
The hotel opened in 1987 as the Mandarin Oriental, San Francisco — the Hong Kong hospitality group's first American property — and immediately became one of the Financial District's most prestigious addresses, its rooms at the building's peak offering views across the Bay to Marin County, east to the Bay Bridge, and south to the airport on clear days. The Mandarin Oriental occupied the space for nearly three decades, operating through the dot-com boom and bust and the post-financial-crisis San Francisco renaissance. Loews Hotels then operated the property from 2015 to 2019, before Westbrook Partners purchased the hotel portion for $117.7 million in 2019 and secured Four Seasons as the third operator in the building's thirty-five-year history. The rebranding as Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco at Embarcadero was completed in October 2020, with interiors by Marzipan bringing a new aesthetic sensibility to the rooms and public spaces while the tower's structural drama remained unchanged.
The hotel's address on Sansome Street places it steps from the Ferry Building, whose 1898 Beaux-Arts terminal was restored and reopened as a celebrated food marketplace in 2003, and within easy walking distance of the Embarcadero waterfront promenade, the Transamerica Pyramid, and the financial institutions that form the neighborhood's economic core. Wayfare and Rye, the hotel's restaurant, occupies a handsomely designed room that carries forward the Financial District's tradition of serious dining in an elevated setting. The property received two Michelin Keys in 2025, affirming its position as one of the two Four Seasons addresses in San Francisco.
The setting
At 222 Sansome Street in San Francisco's Financial District, Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco at Embarcadero inhabits a sleek tower originally built in 1987 as the Mandarin Oriental, within blocks of the iconic Transamerica Pyramid. The Ferry Building is eleven minutes on foot, Union Square fourteen minutes, and SFMOMA fourteen minutes, placing guests equally close to the city's banking core and its cultural institutions. Converted to Four Seasons in 2020, the property brings the brand's exacting standard to an address that puts the Embarcadero waterfront and the historic pulse of San Francisco's financial heart within easy reach. 7 miles from Golden Gate Bridge.
Restaurants and bars
- Orafo — Restaurant · California-Italian · Chef Gunnar Planter
- The Overlook — Restaurant
Experiences
- California Street cable car — The California Street cable car line runs steps from the hotel and connects with the Powell-Hyde line to Lombard Street.
- Ferry Building food and farmer's market — Culinary delights and a twice-weekly farmer's market at the Ferry Building, every Tuesday and Saturday.
- The Lounge & Bar — All-day dining with elevated bar bites, hearty entrees, craft cocktails, draft beers and a curated wine list.
- Bay ferry rides — Ferry rides across the bay to Angel Island, Sausalito, Alameda or Oakland.
- Sports and entertainment — Sports and entertainment at Chase Center and Oracle Park.
- Photo walking tour — Photo walking tour of San Francisco landmarks led by a local professional photographer.
Amenities
- Full-service spa; fitness center
- Panoramic San Francisco Bay views from the twin glass skybridge towers
- Top 11 floors of the 5th-tallest building in San Francisco
- Steps from the Embarcadero waterfront and the historic Ferry Building
- Pet-friendly
Awards
- AAA Four Diamond (2026)
- Forbes Travel Guide Recommended (2026)
- MICHELIN Two Keys (2026)
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