Hotel Durant Berkeley, San Francisco East Bay
The Hotel Durant is currently undergoing a multi-million dollar renovation. This upgrade includes all guestrooms, the lobby, meeting rooms, and our restaurant. While not all areas will be under renovation at the same time, please be aware that over the next months, we will have construction noise during the daytime. We have taken many steps to ensure the impact on our guests’ stay is minimal. During the renovation period, coffee and tea will be served daily in the morning and afternoon.
The Durant Hotel will be fully renovated as of October 4, 2008, and Berkeley’s only full-service boutique hotel. Here’s a sneak peek of what the new Durant Hotel will have to offer.
New Services and Amenities:
- 143 well-appointed rooms including 4 suites
- 300-thread count linens and “Fresh” designer bathroom amenities
- Complimentary high-speed Internet access and wi-fi
- iPod docking stations and 37-inch LCD flat-screen TVs
- Complimentary newspaper
- In-room laptop safe
- Refrigerator and honor bar
- Room service
- Parking and concierge service
- Valet dry cleaning and laundry
- Conference and banquet facilities, and executive boardroom
- Newly renovated restaurant: Henry’s – a gastropub celebrating gastronomy, mixology and “True Blue” sports
- Pet friendly
- Club Level Floor – “The Graduate” floor featuring a library lounge with collection of newspapers, complimentary breakfast, afternoon wine hour, and upgraded guestrooms
- Green certification (coming soon)
The Hotel Durant is a unique blend of Spanish Mediterranean architecture and modern conveniences, with strong ties to UC Berkeley. For nearly a century, alumni, students' families and friends, sports fans, and academic groups have considered this the number one place to stay and play in Berkeley. Both practical and pretty, this historic hotel is steeped in tradition.
Top Reasons to Stay at Hotel Durant
- Great Location! The Hotel Durant is just one block from the University of California Berkeley campus and Telegraph Avenue shops and restaurants. Everything you want in a Berkeley visit is within walking distance.
- Historic charm and beauty. When the Hotel Durant was built in 1928 it was very modern for its time. Today, the Spanish Mediterranean architecture and elegant lobby bring together tradition and grandeur with contemporary culture.
- Go Cal Bears! On game days, the lobby is cleared of furniture and the cars in the parking lot are replaced with a beer garden. The festivities don't end at the stadium for the students, families and alumni, and if you reserve a guestroom you can indulge responsibly.
Location
The Hotel Durant is the perfect setting for business meetings, conferences, or social events with its convenient location just one block from the University of California at Berkeley's campus and Telegraph Avenue shopping. It's just short walk to the Pacific Film Archives, the Campanile, Lawrence Hall of Science, and the Cal Bears Stadium. Shuttle buses to Oakland and San Francisco International Airports stop at the Hotel Durant's front door.
Cal Game Days
Now on Cal
football game days, the Hotel Durant is offering private cabanas in the extended
beer garden. Reserve your cabana today for up to 50 guests. Cabanas include flat
screen TVs for private viewing and customized menus for Henry’s with private
food and beverage service.
Contact Suzanne Rudisill
P: 510.809.4125 Email: srudisill@jdvhotels.com
Joie de Vivre Gives
Joie de Vivre Hotels is a grass roots organization that strives to have a positive impact on our community. Each of our hotels is dedicated to donating at a minimum $200 per guest room per year to organizations in their communities.
As an extension of Joie de Vivre Gives, each hotel participates in the You Can Make a Difference program launched in April of 2008. The primary objective is to engage our guests by giving them the option to add an additional $1 of their total bill for each night they stay with us. Guests are able to opt out of this program at check-out.
Durant Hotel’s philanthropic partners in the You Can Make a Difference program are Berkeley Food & Housing Project where they are dedicated to easing and ending homelessness and the U.C. Berkeley's Young Musicians Program where they identify musically gifted students who cannot afford the specialized training essential for the development of their innate abilities, and to provide them with a comprehensive music education.
