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The Ritz-Carlton San Francisco Is the Ultimate Luxury Hotel for a Dog-Friendly Vacation
01.09.2023 - 14:39 / matadornetwork.com
My dog Poppy was begging me for a pampered, luxe vacay, so I took her to The Ritz-Carlton San Francisco in the heart of the Nob Hill neighborhood to experience the storied hotel’s “Love Your Pup” package. From the moment we checked in to our room on the club level, we were impressed.
Poppy is a Chiweenie, and even though she’s small, she loves to explore and has bountiful energy. So, when considering a dog-friendly holiday, I also wanted a city that had dog-focused amenities. San Francisco is a great choice for its walkability, myriad ocean front parks and hikes, and dog friendly bars, restaurant patios, and boutiques.
The Love your Pup package and includes plethora of amenities and a portion of proceeds are donated to Muttville Senior Dog Rescue, a local non-profit senior dog rescue that also offers hospice care to ailing homeless doggos. Upon checking in, we were greeted with a welcome gift bag filled with treats and toys, including a fun doggie Champagne bottle toy, a plush dog bed, dog bowls, and best of all a gourmet “cake” by another San Francisco dog brand, MISHKA.
The company, which has two stores within a few miles of the Ritz-Carlton, has a clothing line and makes all sorts of tasty organic treats and meals including lamb candies, heart and pineapple shaped meat cakes, and homemade meat balls. The main boutique also has a room for dog birthday parties, which can be a fun way to celebrate with a group of friends and their pups.
Photo: Ritz-Carlton San Francisco
The Love Your Pup package features a gourmet pet menu (for an extra fee) created by the hotel’s executive chef Patrick O’Sullivan. The menu features everything from raw chopped beef tenderloin with boiled sliced baby carrots to sauteed lamb loin with steamed white rice. A pet-cleaning fee and the option to arrange a special rate for an in-studio professional pet photo session from Sarah Zemunski Photography is also included.
Poppy was in heaven. She couldn’t get enough of the MISHKA lamb candies and kept begging for more meat balls. And although she’s usually not really a dog bed kind of pup, she enjoyed rolling around on the plush bed.
Photo: Ritz-Carlton San Francisco
The Ritz-Carlton San Francisco offers more than just dog friendly amenities, it is also a great hotel for humans. The five-star property has an ideal location in posh Nob Hill, just half a block from a cable car station that will take you to the famed Fisherman’s Wharf area. It is also just two blocks from the designer shopping and theaters of Union Square and minutes from Chinatown.
Unlike so many city hotels, this Ritz-Carlton is an elegant, low-profile hotel. It occupies a landmark neoclassical building from the early 1900s that was originally designed to be the Pacific
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