SAN FRANCISCO — The lobby of the Four Seasons San Francisco has received a 4.9-star rating on G2 in the newly created "Conference Expo Hall" category, with reviewers praising its "superior exhibitor quality," "lack of badge scanning infrastructure," and "conversations that occasionally result in actual work getting done."

The reviews, posted by a mix of verified security practitioners and anonymous accounts with suspiciously specific opinions about hotel furniture, describe the Four Seasons lobby as "the expo floor RSA wishes it could be." One five-star review, titled "Finally, a hall with no lanyard requirement," noted that "every person I spoke to here was someone I actually wanted to talk to. At Moscone, I have a 1-in-40 chance of that. Here it's closer to 1-in-3, which in this industry qualifies as miraculous."

The Four Seasons lobby has served as an unofficial gathering point for RSA attendees for years, but this is believed to be the first time it has been formally reviewed as a competing venue. G2 initially attempted to remove the listings, citing the fact that the Four Seasons hotel "is not a software product," but reversed course after the page accumulated more verified reviews in 72 hours than most endpoint detection platforms receive in a quarter.

"We don't have a policy for this. Someone filed it under 'Event Management Software' and technically the lobby does manage events. Mostly unscheduled ones between people who are avoiding the actual event."

The reviews consistently highlight the same advantages: no booth presentations running on loop, no one asking "what's your biggest security challenge right now?" as an opener, and a coffee menu that does not require sitting through a 12-minute product demo. Several reviewers noted that more contracts were discussed per square foot in the Four Seasons lobby than on the entire Moscone expo floor, though none could provide documentation because "nothing that happens at the Four Seasons goes into a CRM."