The Battery
North Beach, San Francisco
“Private members-club hideaway”
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Booking a room grants instant resident membership, opening up leafy courtyards, strict no-photo policies, and five private bars buzzing with creatives.
“Private members-club hideaway”
Resident Member privileges unlock five distinct club bars, a leafy courtyard garden, and nightly cultural programming.
Ken Fulk interiors blend exposed brick and industrial steel beams with bespoke wallpaper and curated vintage furnishings.
Fourteen spacious suites featuring Japanese soaking tubs, Dyson hair dryers, and Apotheke bath amenities.
In Jackson Square among historic brick buildings, steps from the Embarcadero and Financial District towers
Rooms
Ken Fulk layered the suites with rich vintage textiles, exposed industrial brick, and deep Japanese soaking tubs set in natural stone.
Backstory
Tech entrepreneurs Michael and Xochi Birch converted a historic Barbary Coast marble warehouse into this private members' retreat in 2013.
Eat & drink
Dine beneath the Murano glass bar at Woolsery, or slip into the Musto Bar for drinks surrounded by black cerused oak.
The neighborhood
Set in historic Jackson Square, where 19th-century brick storefronts border both the Financial District and North Beach cafes.
“A 14-suite boutique hotel hidden inside an exclusive private members' club in Jackson Square.”
“If you’re expecting a private member’s club in today’s San Francisco to be a sort of ping-pong playground full of app-pitching tech hucksters, then you’ll be very pleasantly surprised.”
The app
Hotel Please was drawn for the phone in your hand — and this is the flat version of it.