Let's Go San Francisco 4th Edition

Rating:
Summary: Great maps and recommendations, a couple of small mistakes
Review: This book was very helpful in helping us get around San Fran and eat at places that weren't total tourist traps. We liked the frankness of the guide (the "tourist trap walking tour" along fisherman's wharf) and some of the suggestions to see things we would have overlooked (the pet cemetery in the Presidio was worth seeing). The maps were very helpful and I felt quite comfortable with the layout of the city and its neighborhoods after reading this book. It did, however, contain a couple of errors that makes me give this a 4-star review. The directions to get to the Manson Family Mansion in the Haight were wrong in their instructions (it said to turn right at one point when it should have said left) and it recommended a place in Chinatown for Dim Sum that is cheap ($.50 to $2.00). The restaurant was on the wrong side of the street and it was not a sit-down joint, which would have been fine except we were in desperate need of a sit after walking around the city's very hilly neighborhoods for the better part of a day. It was, though, cheap and fantastic dim sum - we ate it while strolling through Chinatown.

Having said that, this is a fantastic guide and I would recommend it highly. Especially notable: House of Nan King in Chinatown. It's recommended in Let's Go and we liked it so much we ate there twice! The freshest and tastiest calamari - ever. Also have a cocktail at Vesuivio's, a haunt formerly frequented by Ginsberg, Kerouac and the like. Not necessarily cheap, but they do have a nightly happy hour and it's just a cool place.

I'd be happy to give anyone more info about this guide or places we thought were worthwhile - [e-mail]. San Francisco is fabulous and this guide really enhanced our trip.

Rating:
Summary: Great maps and recommendations, a couple of small mistakes
Review: This book was very helpful in helping us get around San Fran and eat at places that weren't total tourist traps. We liked the frankness of the guide (the "tourist trap walking tour" along fisherman's wharf) and some of the suggestions to see things we would have overlooked (the pet cemetery in the Presidio was worth seeing). The maps were very helpful and I felt quite comfortable with the layout of the city and its neighborhoods after reading this book. It did, however, contain a couple of errors that makes me give this a 4-star review. The directions to get to the Manson Family Mansion in the Haight were wrong in their instructions (it said to turn right at one point when it should have said left) and it recommended a place in Chinatown for Dim Sum that is cheap ($.50 to $2.00). The restaurant was on the wrong side of the street and it was not a sit-down joint, which would have been fine except we were in desperate need of a sit after walking around the city's very hilly neighborhoods for the better part of a day. It was, though, cheap and fantastic dim sum - we ate it while strolling through Chinatown.

Having said that, this is a fantastic guide and I would recommend it highly. Especially notable: House of Nan King in Chinatown. It's recommended in Let's Go and we liked it so much we ate there twice! The freshest and tastiest calamari - ever. Also have a cocktail at Vesuivio's, a haunt formerly frequented by Ginsberg, Kerouac and the like. Not necessarily cheap, but they do have a nightly happy hour and it's just a cool place.

I'd be happy to give anyone more info about this guide or places we thought were worthwhile - [e-mail]. San Francisco is fabulous and this guide really enhanced our trip.