Celebrate the New Year with a Paragon Cocktail!

Paragon Bartender Manny Martinez has created a special cocktail to ring in 2010; stop by Paragon to enjoy or use this recipe for the "Raspberry Sage Martini":

- Muddle 3 fresh rasberries and 1 slice of lime with a bit of sage.

- Add 2 oz. Stoly Rasperry vodka, 1/2 oz. Triple Sec, 2 oz. Triple Sec and a splash of cranberry juice.

- Add ice, shake in a martini shaker strain into a martini glass and enjoy!

Don't drink and drive - designate a driver! Happy New Year from The Claremont Hotel Club & Spa!

Have a Healthy & Happy New Year!

Then sing, young hearts that are full of cheer,
With never a thought of sorrow;
The old goes out, but the glad young year
Comes merrily in tomorrow

Emily Miller

Happy New Year from Everyone at the Claremont Hotel Club & Spa!

Happiness Wrapped in a Box - Special Holiday Gift Certificate!

A gift that keeps giving!

Give a Claremont Hotel Club & Spa gift certificate and watch the joy it brings! They will receive a beautifully wrapped package with a certificate redeemable for anything the hotel has to offer. They can enjoy a lovely meal with a view of the bay or a much needed soothing message after the holiday rush.

To purchase, call 800-551-7266. Gift certificates are also available at Claremont Hotel Club & Spa’s Gift Certificate Center.

Click here for our Special Holiday Offer!

The huge gingerbread house, created as a replica of The Claremont and located in the lobby, is a great backdrop for holiday photos and for showing friends and family. Stop in to see this holiday tradition at The Claremont. The gingerbread, frosting and candy displayed total 797,000 calories!

Happy Holidays from The Claremont!

Holidays, Marriage Proposals and Weddings

With the holidays upon us, scurrying for gifts and special gestures to last a lifetime, it's a time of year that many are romanced with a marriage proposal.

So if the plans are being made to ask your special someone to spend their lives with you, why not take a moment and look at the Claremont Hotel Club & Spa to help celebrate your special day?

Our wedding coordinator will handle all the details of your special day. From limousines and other transportation for you and your guests, to referrals for linens, chairs, place settings, musicians, DJ’s, photographers, florists and more.

Our Spa & Salon is ideal for your wedding day. Be pampered with manicures, pedicures, facials, massages and wedding day hairstyles and make-up.

We offer special room & suite rates for your guests for that 'elevator ride' home after your special day with stunning rooms and panoramic San Francisco Bay views.

Come read about our bridal packages and the amazing reception packages we offer.

Let us help you make that special day magical.

New Year's Eve at The Claremont

Over the decades, The Claremont has been a popular location for dinner dances and concerts and a favorite locale for New Year's celebrations. In the early 1920's, radio station KRE transmitted dance music directly from the hotel. Listener's tuned in to for programs from "the Claremont, high atop
the Berkeley Hills".

From 1930 to the late 1940's, numerous groups/performers entertained at The Claremont including Horace Heidt and His Musical Knights, Dick Jurgen, Orrin Tucker, Kay Keyser, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Tommy Dorsey and Lawrence Welk (this was Lawrence Welk's first performance outside of the midwest).

To ring in 2010, The Claremont is offering a Dance Party, dinner and overnight packages featuring The Sun King's, a Beatles cover band. For tickets visit claremont-hotel.tix.com. For overnight packages, call 800-551-7266.

Happy Holidays from The Claremont!

Meritage at the Claremont website is launched!

Check out the new website for the Meritage at the Claremont!

The pictures of those exquisite dishes scrolling across the page makes your mouth water! But don't take our word for it, go take a look . . .

and then come in and taste!

www.meritageclaremont.com

Grand Opening! Meritage at the Claremont

What an exciting time at The Claremont Hotel Club & Spa! Executive Chef Josh Thomsen and The Claremont Hotel Club & Spa have unveiled the new restaurant . . .

Meritage at the Claremont

A wine driven concept which creatively pairs the flavor profiles of great American wines with farm fresh food that is regionally sourced. It's a new, upscale yet comfortable louge paired with a spacious dining room showcasing panoramic views that leave you mesmerized.

Join us and create a legacy of your own at Meritage.


Breakfast:  Mon-Sat 6:30am-11am, Sun 6:30am-9:30am

Buffet Brunch:  Sun 10am-1:30pm

Plated Brunch:  Sat 11:00-2:30pm

Dinner:  Tue-Sat 6pm-10pm

Lounge:  Mon-Sat 5pm-11pm