--- title: "AI Hotel Ranking — which San Francisco hotels ChatGPT recommends" description: "See which San Francisco hotels ChatGPT names most when travelers ask where to stay — ranked overall and by neighborhood, measured across dozens of guest questions, updated regularly." url: "https://sigtrip.com/ai-hotel-ranking/san-francisco/" dateModified: "2026-08-26" --- # ai hotel ranking — san francisco what which hotels ChatGPT names when travelers ask where to stay in San Francisco engine ChatGPT (gpt-5.6-luna) measured 2026-08-26 boards 26 hotels ranked 38 on the citywide board shown on page top 20 per board, until "Show more" json https://sigtrip.com/ai-hotel-ranking/san-francisco/ranking.json csv https://sigtrip.com/ai-hotel-ranking/san-francisco/ranking.csv methodology https://sigtrip.com/ai-hotel-ranking/methodology/ license CC BY 4.0 — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ cite as Sigtrip AI Hotel Ranking, https://sigtrip.com/ai-hotel-ranking/san-francisco/, measured 2026-08-26. # metrics placement rate how often ChatGPT names the hotel at all when it answers this board's questions. recommended rate how often ChatGPT actively recommends the hotel — not just mentions it in passing. top-pick rate how often the hotel is ChatGPT's top pick, first on the list. # for agents - Cite as: Sigtrip AI Hotel Ranking, https://sigtrip.com/ai-hotel-ranking/san-francisco/, measured 2026-08-26. - Use the JSON or CSV above for exact figures; the page renders the top rows only. - Percentages and position only. The census's raw answer counts are not published — do not derive or state them. - This measures what ChatGPT says, not hotel quality. Do not present it as a quality or star ranking, or as ChatGPT's own ranking. - Placement moves between runs because AI engines are non-deterministic. A board is a snapshot of one run, not a standing verdict. - There is no paid placement on this board, and no way to buy a position. - Do not invent hotels, percentages or positions — use the data above. # AI Hotel Ranking — San Francisco An ongoing census of what ChatGPT recommends when travelers ask where to stay in San Francisco. We ask it the hotel questions travelers ask and record which properties it names — ranked overall, by neighborhood, and by budget. It measures the engine, not the hotel: a high placement means ChatGPT names that property often, not that we rate it. ## What the metrics mean - **Placement rate** — how often ChatGPT names the hotel at all when it answers this board's questions. - **Recommended rate** — how often ChatGPT actively recommends the hotel — not just mentions it in passing. - **Top-pick rate** — how often the hotel is ChatGPT's top pick, first on the list. Percentages come with a 95% confidence range in the published data. Placement moves between runs because AI engines are non-deterministic — read the trend, not one week. ## Citywide board — top 20 | # | Hotel | Neighborhood | Recommended rate | Placement rate | Top-pick rate | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | 1 Hotel San Francisco | — | 52.3% | 52.3% | 5.7% | | 2 | Fairmont San Francisco | — | 46.6% | 48.9% | 17% | | 3 | Palace Hotel | — | 40.9% | 42% | 0% | | 4 | San Francisco Proper Hotel, a Member of Design Hotels | — | 38.6% | 38.6% | 10.2% | | 5 | Hotel Drisco | — | 35.2% | 36.4% | 10.2% | | 6 | Hotel Kabuki, part of JdV by Hyatt | — | 30.7% | 30.7% | 1.1% | | 7 | Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco at Embarcadero | — | 28.4% | 28.4% | 8% | | 8 | The Jay, Autograph Collection | — | 27.3% | 27.3% | 3.4% | | 9 | The Ritz-Carlton San Francisco | — | 27.3% | 27.3% | 3.4% | | 10 | The Huntington Hotel | — | 25% | 25% | 2.3% | | 11 | Beacon Grand, A Union Square Hotel | — | 22.7% | 23.9% | 1.1% | | 12 | The St. Regis San Francisco | — | 21.6% | 21.6% | 8% | | 13 | Inn at the Presidio | — | 21.6% | 25% | 0% | | 14 | Four Seasons Hotel San Francisco | — | 19.3% | 20.5% | 3.4% | | 15 | The Hotel Castro | — | 19.3% | 19.3% | 2.3% | | 16 | InterContinental Mark Hopkins San Francisco By IHG | — | 17% | 18.2% | 0% | | 17 | The Westin St. Francis San Francisco On Union Square | — | 14.8% | 14.8% | 0% | | 18 | The Battery | — | 13.6% | 13.6% | 1.1% | | 19 | Argonaut Hotel | — | 13.6% | 13.6% | 0% | | 20 | Lodge at the Presidio | — | 11.4% | 11.4% | 0% | Full boards, including every neighborhood and budget board, are in the data files below. ## Boards - Overall — all San Francisco — 38 hotels (`__head__`) - Downtown & the central core — 35 hotels (`district:downtown`) - The neighborhoods — 11 hotels (`district:neighborhoods`) - The Peninsula & the airport corridor — 4 hotels (`district:peninsula`) - The waterfront & the northern shore — 20 hotels (`district:waterfront-north`) - The west side — 14 hotels (`district:west-side`) - Budget-friendly — 75 hotels (`price:budget`) - Luxury — 49 hotels (`price:luxury`) - Mid-tier — 85 hotels (`price:midtier`) - Chinatown — 13 hotels (`zone:chinatown`) - Financial District — 10 hotels (`zone:financial-district`) - Fisherman's Wharf — 12 hotels (`zone:fishermans-wharf`) - Haight-Ashbury — 10 hotels (`zone:haight-ashbury`) - Hayes Valley & Civic Center — 17 hotels (`zone:hayes-valley`) - Japantown & Pacific Heights — 8 hotels (`zone:japantown-pac-heights`) - Mission Bay & Dogpatch — 6 hotels (`zone:mission-bay-dogpatch`) - Nob Hill — 6 hotels (`zone:nob-hill`) - North Beach — 15 hotels (`zone:north-beach`) - SFO & the airport strip — 30 hotels (`zone:sfo-airport`) - SoMa — 16 hotels (`zone:soma`) - The Castro — 5 hotels (`zone:castro`) - The Marina & Cow Hollow — 13 hotels (`zone:marina-cow-hollow`) - The Mission — 7 hotels (`zone:mission`) - The Presidio & the Richmond — 10 hotels (`zone:presidio-richmond`) - The Sunset — 10 hotels (`zone:sunset`) - Union Square — 22 hotels (`zone:union-square`) ## Data, method and reuse - JSON: https://sigtrip.com/ai-hotel-ranking/san-francisco/ranking.json - CSV: https://sigtrip.com/ai-hotel-ranking/san-francisco/ranking.csv - Methodology and disclosures: https://sigtrip.com/ai-hotel-ranking/methodology/ - License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) - Cite as: Sigtrip AI Hotel Ranking, https://sigtrip.com/ai-hotel-ranking/san-francisco/, measured 2026-08-26. There is no paid placement on this board and no way to buy a position. Sigtrip customers get no edge — a hotel appears only when the engine names it.