MKT Restaurant and Bar runs on the fifth floor of the Four Seasons Hotel at 757 Market Street in downtown San Francisco, a modern American room and an L-shaped bar that look out over Market Street and the city below.
Who would love it: people who want a hotel bar with real cocktails, California plates and a view, a short walk from Union Square and Yerba Buena. Who would hate it: anyone after a dive or a budget round, because this is a polished hotel room with downtown prices. The Four Seasons describes an expansive L-shaped bar of hand-crafted cocktails alongside small plates and a curated wine list.
The room reads as a retro urban-chic dining floor with panoramic windows, the bar set as the social anchor. The kitchen leans on California cuisine and locally sourced ingredients, from Mary's chicken to Five Dot Ranch prime steaks, and the bar program runs a full cocktail list with spirit-free options for non-drinkers, a detail the hotel highlights for the sober-curious crowd.
For ordering, treat the bar as the destination: a hand-crafted cocktail and a few small plates is the right format for the fifth-floor view, with the wine list as a backup. The full dinner menu is there for a sit-down meal, but the bar and the windows are what set this room apart from a standard hotel restaurant.
Best time to go is the late afternoon, when the light over Market Street is at its best and the bar is calmer before the dinner service. The room opens early and runs to 11pm daily, with weekend brunch on the calendar. The Market Street location sits steps from the Powell Street BART and Muni station and a short walk from the Moscone Center, which makes it an easy stop for anyone downtown.
What sets MKT apart is the view paired with a real bar program. Many downtown San Francisco hotel restaurants treat the bar as an afterthought; this one builds a hand-crafted cocktail list and points the windows at Market Street. The crowd mixes hotel guests, downtown workers and conference-goers from the nearby Moscone Center, the bartenders carry the cocktail and spirit-free menus, and the fifth-floor perch gives it a reason to choose over a street-level room. For a first visit, come before dinner, take a bar seat by the windows, and pair a cocktail with a couple of small plates. Compare it across the field in our guide to cocktail bars in San Francisco, browse the rest of the city on the San Francisco bar guide, and measure it against the global field in our best cocktail bars pillar.
Practical notes for a first visit: reservations are recommended for dinner, but the L-shaped bar takes walk-ins and is the seat to ask for. Order a cocktail and small plates rather than a full meal if the view is the point, and ask about the spirit-free list. The 757 Market Street address is on the fifth floor of the Four Seasons, steps from Powell Street BART and a short walk from Union Square and Moscone.
Sources
- Four Seasons San Francisco — address, hours, bar and menu
- OpenTable — reservations and reviews
- Yelp — 757 Market St listing, reviews and photos
