When you arrive at the Holbrooke Hotel you are entering into a world that is more than 150
years old, in a magnificent geographic setting, it is a hotel prepared to surround you with
first-class, friendly, down home service and attitude. You will enjoy a bygone era. Built in
1951, the Golden Gate State Saloon was dedicated to quenching the thirsts of the gold rush
miners. When its wooden structure burned four years later, it was rebuilt as one story,
relatively fireproof fieldstone building. In 1862 the present structure was erected next to,
and incorporated with, the Golden Gate Saloon. As it is today, the hotel was a welcome
stopover in the years following the Civil War. At least four American presidents were guests
and signed the still-extant guest book, as well as did authors Mark Twain and Bret Harte, and
other luminaries such as Gentleman Jim Corbett and entertainer Lola Montez. In keeping with
the Holbrooke Hotels sense of history, antiques grace all twenty eight guest rooms. Each room
has a private bath, some with claw footed bathtubs, sitting areas and private balconies. There
is full maid service, plus amenities in each room to ensure a comfortable stay. A continental
breakfast is served each morning in the Library to hotel guests. The Holbrooke offers
excellent lunches, dinners and Sunday brunches prepared by an experienced kitchen team and
served in an impressive yet causal dining room and in season, on the outdoor patio. The hotel
has five function rooms which serve functions from ten to one hundred and twenty guests.