The cat's out of the bag — the MICHELIN Guide will announce its very first selection of Texas restaurants later this year. But with all the talk of MICHELIN Stars and Bib Gourmands, of barbecue joints and Tex-Mex fusion, we're taking this chance to point towards the impressive number of Texas hotels already selected, announced, and bookable by the MICHELIN Guide: a robust list of over 50 accommodations throughout the state.
Our favorite hotels in Texas include hotels big and small, artsy and stately, high-end and affordable. There's the Commodore Perry Estate, a century-old mansion brought up to date with a bright boutique design. There's the Soho House Austin, an outpost of the legendary members' club, where hotel guests gain exclusive member privileges for the length of their stay. You'll find them both below, along with the rest of our newest hotel additions to the MICHELIN Guide Texas.
Bowie House, Auberge Resorts Collection
Fort WorthIt just might be the most stylish building in Fort Worth, Texas; it’s surely the city’s most extraordinary luxury hotel. Bowie House, Auberge Resorts Collection is indeed a member of the same hotel group responsible for some of California’s most desirable stays, but you can’t say it hasn’t been painstakingly localized, from cowhide armchairs in the lobby to the local artworks and upscale Texan cuisine. The rooms and suites are spectacular, as is the pool terrace, and the rest of Bowie House’s common spaces are as inviting as they are impressive.
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Canvas Hotel
DallasThe name is a reference not just to any old fabric, but to a painter’s canvas — this is a hotel that's painstakingly devoted to local contemporary art. The location, in the Cedars district, could hardly be more perfect — it’s a one-time industrial area that’s been home to Dallas artists for decades. And like many artists’ districts, it’s become a dining and nightlife hotspot as well.
Texican Court, Irving
IrvingAmerica’s classic mid-century courtyard motels have long been fertile ground for renovation, and in the Valencia Hotel Group’s hands they’re inspiration for modern luxury boutique hotels as well. Texican Court, in the Dallas suburb of Irving, replaces the central parking lot with inviting outdoor lounge space, and upgrades the rooms with contemporary design and high-end details.
Commodore Perry Estate, Auberge Resorts Collection
AustinCalifornia’s Auberge Resorts, now a global family, are known for their tasteful luxury and for their variety — and the Commodore Perry Estate, set on ten acres of land in urban Austin, Texas, is unique by any standard. It’s a Twenties mansion and satellite buildings in Italianate and Spanish Revival styles, and it’s all been brought entirely up to date by the expert hospitality designer Ken Fulk. Like everything Auberge touches, it’s the very picture of modern boutique luxury.
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Hôtel Swexan
DallasThat’s a portmanteau of “Swiss” and “Texan”, if you’re wondering, and it’s a gamble that pays off bigger the longer you stay. Hotel Swexan draws on this dual heritage to conjure the effortless charm of continental service standards plus larger-than-life Texan swagger. Call it cowboy entrepreneur: spacious, no-expense-spared rooms with commanding views, but also a freewheeling sense of humor and up-for-anything energy in the decor.
Kimpton Harper Hotel
Fort WorthThe Kimpton family of boutique hotels, now a global phenomenon, is certainly not neglecting the United States; among the most stylish lodgings in the Fort Worth city center is the Kimpton Harper Hotel, a landmark 1921 skyscraper whose interiors have been transformed into a thoroughly cosmopolitan and painstakingly localized design-oriented boutique hotel.
Casa Duro
DallasOn Lower Greenville Avenue in Dallas is something genuinely surprising: a restaurant, Sister, and a café, Duro, both “Italianish” in concept, and both by the small but highly regarded Duro Hospitality Group. They’re remarkable for their quality and also for their authentically European atmosphere, something that’s not exactly common in this town. And upstairs from both is a hotel that, if we’re honest, might be too small to be properly considered a hotel: Casa Duro, a three-room guest house, or a trio of apartments, by the same owners, where their appetite for Italian culture is allowed to run wild.
Soho House Austin
AustinThe original Soho House was set in the London neighborhood of the same name, a place that’s no stranger to members’ clubs with a hospitality element and a creative-class focus. Since then they’ve expanded to settings as far-flung as Mumbai and Mykonos — and for their first location in the southern United States they chose Austin, Texas, a picture-perfect example of a city whose recent boom is largely fueled by the blossoming of its local creative industries.
Hotel Van Zandt
AustinAs Austin continues to boom, its boutique-hotel scene grows ever more ambitious — just a decade or two ago something like the Hotel Van Zandt would have been unthinkable. But now it fits right in: polished and imposing public spaces, plush guest rooms, and plenty of local color, including numerous tributes to Austin’s famous music scene.
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