Hotels in Dallas
If you're in Dallas for a business trip or just a brief vacation, or are hoping to avoid too much time on Dallas freeways, you'd do well to choose your hotel according to neighborhood. Some of the city's best hotels are downtown near the central business and Dallas Arts District, and in the fashionable area called Uptown, but many more hotels (especially more affordable chains) are nestled in North Dallas and near Irving. For most people, the latter locations will involve considerably more highway time, because Dallas is so spread out.
Dallas has a bundle of excellent choices at the top end, many chic and modern, but a number of them surprisingly Old World in feel. The majority of hotel offerings in the city are large and luxurious, well-run hotels aimed squarely at business travelers, though some very appealing boutique hotels have also taken root. The high-end luxury market has really taken off, with two new five-star offerings -- the Mandarin (scheduled to open in 2010) and the Ritz-Carlton -- competing with the most ballyhooed properties. The best of the cheaper options are all-suites hotels. Note: Reservations in Dallas are toughest to come by when conventions take over the city. Check as early as possible with the Dallas Convention & Visitors Bureau to find out if your visit coincides with major business traffic to the city.
The rates cited are high-season rack rates -- few people pay list price, and you shouldn't either. At a minimum, request the lower, corporate rate and ask about special deals. Virtually all hotels offer some deals, especially on weekends when their business clientele dries up. Check the individual hotels' websites for special online offers. The hotel occupancy tax in Dallas is 15% (the rates quoted below do not include tax). Breakfast, either continental or buffet, is offered free at several hotels, as noted below. Do not assume that breakfast is included; if it is not, it can really add to your bill.
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Belmont Hotel
Value and charm are an unusual combination, but that's what this vintage 1940s motel-turned-hotel offers in spades. The owners have embraced the Belmont's midcentury Modern roots, meaning the wonderfully colorful and visually jagged tiles in the bathroom are original, and the…$West Dallas
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Corinthian Bed & Breakfast
Victorian with a capital V, this handsome B&B was built in 1905 as the home of a noted Dallas surgeon. Over the years it became a boarding house for female telephone operators until the current owners restored it to its original beauty. The Corinthian has done a good job of…$$Swiss Avenue Historic District - Hotel
Hotel St. Germain
Attention filmmakers: If you're looking for a place to shoot a movie about the life of Napoleon Bonaparte, you can set the, er, amorous scenes in this extravagant B&B. Seriously, every bedroom at the St. Germain looks like it was lifted—lock, stock and canopied bed—from the…$$$Uptown - Hotel
Hyatt House Lincoln Park
It's appropriate that this property, set in a quiet residential area, has the word house in its name, because its one of those rare hotels one could comfortably move into for a long stay. Rooms have an apartment-like feel, both in size (roomy) and furnishings, which include a couch,…$$North Dallas - Hotel
La Quinta Inn and Suites Dallas Love Field
The free breakfast is a feast of eggs, biscuits and gravy, cereals, fruits, and more. Rooms are downright lovely, with funny appliqés of cows on throw pillows, handsome red flower prints on the walls, and high-quality beds. The workout room is filled with brand-new equipment, there's…$Near Dallas Fort Worth Airport - Hotel
Magnolia Hotel
A red neon Pegasus, the city's most beloved icon, still lights up the night sky above this landmark 1922 skyscraper. Originally built for the Magnolia Petroleum company, which morphed into Mobil, this former office building's public areas are Art Deco beauties, complete with soaring…$$Downtown - Hotel
Omni Dallas
Few hotels have generated more controversy than the Omni, which was built right next to the convention center by the city of Dallas—and against the objections of Big D's other hoteliers, who were miffed that their tax dollars were used to build…$$Downtown - Hotel
Rosewood Mansion at Turtle Creek
Once the swank home of a cotton magnate (in the 1920s and 1930s), today this is where the celebrities, politicos, and business tycoons tend to stay. You'll understand why. Guestrooms are huge, with an upgraded country club décor (think pretty pastels, burnished wood furnishings,…$$$Uptown - Hotel
The Adolphus
The equivalent of the Plaza in New York City or the Chateau Frontenac in Quebec City, the Adolphus is the grande dame of Dallas hotels. Built in 1912 by beer magnate Adolphus Busch, it's a landmarked Beaux Arts storehouse of treasures (17th-century Flemish tapestries, magnificent…$$Downtown - Hotel
The Guest Lodge at Cooper Aerobic Center
You don't have to exercise to stay here. But you will be sorely tempted to do so, because guests at this lodge are allowed to partake in the dozens of fitness classes offered each day. Some of the country's top experts in exercise science teach here. You also may find yourself…$$$North & East Dallas - Hotel
The Joule
In the town built by black gold—the hotel's name is taken from an international unit of energy—a massive piece of oil machinery slowly turns beside the check-in desk. That's a special welcome for the J.R. Ewing, Jr. types this hotel attracts, but for those whose wealth…$$$Downtown Dallas - Hotel
Zsa Zsa Hotel
Some hotels fill common areas with high-priced art in an attempt to impress well-heeled clientele. But few hoteliers have the vision to pick pieces that stop you dead in your tracks. That's one of the things that makes Zsa Zsa as glamorous as the Gabor I like to imagine this hotel is…$$$Uptown
