Mansion On Sutter

Old world charm in the heart of the city. It's not your typical impersonal large hotel or a trendy hipster boutique hotel and tricked out room decor and amenities. The place harkens back to a time when traveling is private, intimate and personal experience. The hotel is a spacious former private mansion converted into small inn. It has all the amenities of a large hotel but in an intimate setting. Located in a part of the city that's walking distance to Japantown.

This is a personal preference about lighting in general. It seems like the lights in my room is outfitted with 3000K LED lights. Warmer 2700k LED lights seem more in keeping with what I'm used to. 300K lights is too bright and they belong in public space... not in bedrooms.

With only two weeks to go until our trip was scheduled, I received notice that the hotel was unilaterally cancelling my reservation. No explanation was given even though I asked for one. The person calling apologized but the apology was perfunctory. He offered no serious help in arranging for other accommodations nor any form of compensation. The Mansion is a nice property (I’ve stayed there before), charges premium rates but clearly, they offer Holiday Inn level service (and that’s not fair to Holiday Inn). Needless to say, I will not be staying there again.