Just returned from a great week in San Francisco. We were staying at the Ritz Club (great property... we are lucky to be able to book this using DC points), but while there, we happened to be walking near the new Pulse property in SF. It just happened to open as a MVC Pulse property the day we stopped in. Naturally, the sales presentation netting crew were casting a wide net, trying to load up the sales appointments, and offered us 35K Bonvoy points (among various other options) to attend. Being a sucker for an easy load of Bonvoy points, we booked the first meeting of the day for a couple days later. The pitch was very laid back, no pressure.... the usual.
The rooms are basically decent sized hotel type rooms, with the option to book what they call a Connected room (which is a King room with an adjoining door to a double Queen room...each with their own bathroom) which sort of makes it more "villa-sized", but still with no additional living room and no kitchen. Not a bad attempt at offering a bit of a larger option in the city. That said, if you need a 2br, the Ritz Club appears to be a better option, points wise, plus you get the kitchen and living room at the Ritz. The SF Pulse really makes you pay up from a points perspective for the Connected rooms. Here is the SF Pulse points chart for the rest of this year...
https://www.marriottvacationsworldw...elpfulTools/resorts/fs/pdfDisplay/2019_fs.pdf
The location is good, very near Ghirardelli square, Fisherman's Wharf and Pier 39. It sits across a side street from the Marriott Fisherman's Wharf hotel. The Marriott hotel looks very dated from the outside....but the Pulse looks fresh and inviting, both from the outside and the inside. Some pics below.
Nice to have another option in San Francisco, but if available, for my points, I'd take the Ritz Club because of the full villa with living room and full kitchen.