Inn Above Tide is an award-winning Sausalito hotel that has earned recognition from the world’s most respected travel publications for over two decades. As the only hotel in the San Francisco Bay Area built directly over the water, our boutique waterfront property offers an experience that Condé Nast Traveler, Travel + Leisure, Forbes, and countless other publications have celebrated as truly extraordinary. From being named among the Top 100 Hotels in the World to earning distinction as one of America’s Most Romantic Inns, our accolades reflect an unwavering commitment to exceptional service, breathtaking views, and the kind of relaxed luxury that inspires guests to extend their stay. Below, you’ll find our press features and awards spanning more than a decade of hospitality excellence at our award-winning Sausalito hotel.
Trevor Felch author ‘San Francisco Cocktails’, 2025
Hotels Above Par – Inn Above Tide Review, 2025
Hotels Above Par – 48-Hour Guide to Sausalito, 2025
U.S. News & World Report, 2024
Observer, Best Coastal Fall Destinations Out West, 2024
BeSeeingYou Magazine, February 2024
AFAR Magazine, Sweetest Small Towns in California, 2024
Conde Nast Traveler Top 18 Hotels in Northern California, October 2023
US News 21 Romantic Getaways in California, May 2023
Independent’s Best hotels in San Francisco, March 2023
Conde Nast Traveler Online, October 7, 2022
More accolades for our award-winning Sausalito hotel:
Top 100 Hotels in the World by Travel + Leisure Readers, 2024
Top 10 Travel + Leisure Readers’ Favorite Inns in the Continental US, 2024
Travel + Leisure
Top 10 Best Waterfront Hotels in USA, 2024
USA Today
Travelers’ Choice Best of the Best
–Trip Advisor 2023
500 Best Hotels
–Travel & Leisure 2023
Most Romantic Inn
–FORBES, 2023
Top 20 Hotels in Northern California
–Condé Nast Traveler 2021 Readers’ Choice Awards
Best Hotels in California
–Condé Nast Traveler 2021 Readers’ Choice Awards
Best California Hotels 2021
–7×7.com
Top 500 hotels in the United States
–Travel + Leisure 2021
#2 Hotel in Northern California
–Condé Nast Traveler 2020 Readers’ Choice Awards
#7 Top Resort Hotels in California
–Travel + Leisure 2020 World’s Best Awards
2020 Travelers’ Choice Award Winner
–TripAdvisor
Top Hotels in Northern California Readers’ Choice Awards 2016
–Conde Nast Traveler
The 100 Best Hotels in the World
The 10 Best Resort Hotels in California
–Travel + Leisure 2016 World’s Best Awards
#1 Hotel in Northern California
#9 Hotel in the United States
#79 Hotel in the World
–Condé Nast Traveler 2015 Readers’ Choice Awards
Top 50 Hotels in the World
Top 20 Best Boutique Hotels in the World
–Travel + Leisure 2015 World’s Best Awards
#19 overall in The U.S.
#3 in the Location Category
–Travel + Leisure 2015 Best Hotels in the U.S.
California’s 15 Most Romantic Resorts
–The Huffington Post
Top 50 Best Hotels in America
–Business Insider, Australia
“The hotel oozes coastal chic.”
–USA Today
“An understated gemstone of San Francisco’s Top 10 Luxury hotels.”
–Forbes
“The only way to get closer to the Bay would be to dive in! Rooms jut out over the water affording prime views.”
–Sunset
“Recommended by CNN Travel.”
–CNN
“Sausalito has the bay’s finest accommodation. The view cinches it. Nobody checks out early.”
–Frommer’s
“One of the most captivating rooms you will ever occupy.”
–Sacramento Magazine
“We liked the sense of relaxed, effortless luxury and those incomparable views.”
–London Telegraph
“This beautiful and romantic hideaway is widely praised for its exemplary staff. Our readers scatter adjectives such as ‘marvelous’ and ‘magical’.”
–Andrew Harper’s Hideaway Report
“Each of the rooms has a perfect ’10’ view. Wonderful service.”
–Fodor’s
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