Annie’s Cottage

Annie’s Cottage is a quiet little studio cottage with a view onto the inside of a very typical Russian Hill block, in a classic Edwardian house. The location is fantastic, it’s pretty reasonably priced, and it’s quite comfortable. The bed is a four-​poster queen, and there were rather a lot of pillows.
There’s also a table at which two can sit, a love seat, and some other quaint furniture, as well as a kitchen sink, refrigerator and microwave. The room was clean and neat, with no untoward smells. There was quite a bit of Verbena-​scented soap in the bathroom.
The décor is pretty standard Victorian San Francisco, with wainscoting and a lovely big shower/​tub in the bathroom. There’s WiFi, with a pretty decently fast connection. There’s a porch to sit on, facing the backyard. There’s no breakfast service, but there’s coffee and tea, and a toaster.
I tend to be a pretty shy guest at B&B’s, and Annie’s was ideal for me in this sense — she left me alone, other than settling up the bill, and she didn’t even hassle me about that — we just figured out a time.
There are some excellent restaurants near here on Hyde — Za, Frascati, Tre Fratelli, Milano and U-​Lee come to mind. Polk is the big local business district, and there are quite a few more restaurants down there.
Parking here is no fun. But on the plus side, you can take the cable car, which runs along Hyde Street. If you need to walk down to Polk Street, be aware that the most direct path down the hill is pretty steep. If your knees are weak, you might want to hang a left on Hyde, and follow it down to Broadway, then continue downhill on Broadway to Polk.