3. White Swan Inn has a lot going for it:- Proximity to good eats and good bars, the Financial District, Union Square, Chinatown and the BART;- Friendly, helpful staff;- Lovely common spaces, including a library, comfortable and charming sitting rooms, a meeting room, a back patio, an enclosed courtyard;- Shockingly drinkable free wine in the library / sitting room at 5 p.m. + shockingly nice snacks (cheese, fresh and dried fruits, cakes, deviled eggs);- Free cookies, coffee and tea all day long;- An edible free breakfast (fruit, scrambled eggs, gluten free quiche with a rice crust, oatmeal, cold cereal);- Kitschy decor that's supposed to recall an old English country inn, complete with a very old school elevator;- Rooms with a gas fireplace, operated by flipping a light switch.