🏙️ Rooftops & sky bars

Seven floors of modern and contemporary art behind that rippling white facade. Do the living wall and the rooftop sculpture terrace even if you only have an hour.

Nineteenth-floor sky lounge atop the Mark Hopkins, 360 over the city since 1939. Dress up, order a martini, get the window seat.

The Painted Ladies postcard with the skyline behind them. A green hill to picnic on while every tour bus in SF rolls past.

39th-floor cocktail lounge atop the Marriott with floor-to-ceiling windows over downtown. Get a window seat at dusk and watch the lights come on.

Rooftop bar at the Proper Hotel with fire pits and a wraparound view. Buzzy and design-y, the kind of place that makes a date feel like an occasion.

Covered, secluded rooftop deck with wood-fired pizzas under twinkle lights.

Playful Filipino-American cooking and natural wine in a colorful Mission room.

Fifth-floor Hotel Zelos terrace with fire pits and a buzzy cocktail crowd.

Sunday brunch on a tree-filled patio with endless bubbly, breakfast martinis and drag.

21st-floor rooftop atop the Beacon Grand with vinyl tunes and downtown vistas.

17th-floor Latin rooftop with Bay Bridge views

12th-floor lounge atop the Canopy by Hilton