San Francisco’s Tonga Room is an exception at keeping such whimsy alive, and it’s even older than the “Happiest Place on Earth.” The historic Fairmont Hotel tiki bar turns 80 this year, and thinking ...

In October 2023, Hirbod’s San Ramon-based Eagle Canyon Capital sold the hotel’s 13-story, 264-room south tower to Mill Valley-based Throckmorton Partners for $73.1 million, or $276,894 per ...

Examiner reporter Natalia Gurevich learns how to make a Mai Tai cocktail from bartender Josh Hernandez at the Tonga Room at the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco on Thursday, April 17, 2025.

Bar Kabuki at Hotel Kabuki 1625 Post Street, San Francisco, CA 94115 One of San Francisco’s older hotels, the Hotel Kabuki has been the unofficial heart of Japantown since it was built in 1968.

It’s the Tonga Room inside the Fairmont Hotel atop Nob Hill in San Francisco, and it’s been wowing patrons since 1945—and the hype is earned!

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- The late legendary entertainer Tony Bennett left his heart in San Francisco and now there's a sculpture to prove it -- inside the hotel which helped make his song famous ...

The Venetian Room doors will open at 6.30 p.m. and the performance will begin at 7.30 p.m. Tickets are $75, and $30 for individuals age 30 and under; tickets may be purchased online at ...

This 15-unit building is in Nob Hill, next to the University Club of San Francisco and across the street from the Fairmont hotel. (The apartment’s primary suite has a view of the palm trees in ...

Tony Bennett first sang I Left My Heart in San Francisco here in 1961. The Venetian Room originally opened in 1947. It’s undergone a few refurbs, but retains most of its original features.

San Francisco is known for a handful of atavistic grandes dames that climb Nob Hill above Union Square, most famously the stately Fairmont hotel, with its tiki-themed Tonga Room and bragging ...