San Francisco has a tenacious, pioneering spirit. After the great earthquake of 1906, the city recreated itself. The Fielding Hotel at the corner of Geary and Mason Streets, a modern building offering 152 rooms on eight floors, was built in 1909 and advertised ″comfortable appointments and courteous service…at a location in the midst of the amusement and shopping centers of San Francisco.″ The luxury hotel in San Francisco quickly established itself as a popular home away from home for travelers, with drive-up garage service, a coffee shop, cocktail lounge, and free television and radio in all rooms.de

The Fielding Hotel was later owned by Ernest F. Peterson and Edith G. Nichols, whose adopted son Robert Peterson became a renowned poet. Robert was greatly influenced by his childhood in the Fielding Hotel. Growing up in the hallways and inner sanctums of the old hotel, watching the passing parade of gamblers, race-trackers, jazz musicians, boxers, and traveling salesman, he developed a keen idiosyncratic eye for human nature that would later give his poems their particular style and charm.

In 1939, four additional floors were added to the San Francisco hotel, as part of the ‘Barbary Coast Modernization’ spurred by the Golden Gate International Exposition. The Fielding became the New Fielding Hotel, advertised as the city’s ‘Newest Smart Hotel, streamlined for finer living.’ From the 1940s to the 1960s, the hotel’s ground floor was home to Bob’s Steak House & Coffee Shop, Bob’s Nevada Lounge and Bob’s Prime Rib & Smor gasbord – a trio of popular eateries whose humorous advertising postcards are a fabulous example of the city’s unique mid – century style.

In 2014, following an extensive two – year renovation, we’ve restored the San Francisco boutique hotel in its entirety, reopening it as Hotel G, with 153 rooms. We’ve strived to preserve and reveal the luxury hotel’s historic features with a simple and relaxed design that makes you feel you are in your own home away from home. Just as it did for Robert Peterson, we hope our downtown San Francisco hotel inspires you and lends a little extra charm to your life.