World City Guide

Hotels

Hotels generally charge sales tax, which currently stands at 8.25%. In addition, hotels in Dallas charge 15% lodging tax. In nearly all cases, these are not included in the quoted room rate and will be added to bills at the end of the hotel stay.

The prices quoted below are the starting prices for a double room per night, including VAT but excluding sales tax, lodging tax and breakfast, unless otherwise specified.

$ (up to US$100)
$$ (US$100 to US$150)
$$$ (US$150 to US$250)
$$$$ (over US$250)

Business

Adam's Mark
This magnificently renovated downtown landmark stands out as one of the choice hotels in all of Texas. Most of the 1,840 guest rooms offer exceptional views of the city, and more than 200 suites in four designs provide guests with excellent work and entertainment settings. Guests on the Concorde Level are coddled with breakfast service and evening hors d’oeuvres. There is a fully equipped health club, with indoor and outdoor swimming pools, as well as a nice selection of ballrooms and boardrooms, allowing guests to host functions for up to 5,000 people. Guests should not miss a chance to have lunch or dinner at the Chaparral Club restaurant, where the food competes with sensational views of the Dallas skyline.

400 North Olive Street
Tel: (214) 922 8000.
Website: www.adamsmark.com/dallas
Price: $$-$$$

Four Seasons Resort and Club Dallas at Las Colinas
Renowned as home to the TPC Byron Nelson Golf Classic, a favorite stop on the PGA tour, and the Byron Nelson Golf School, the Four Seasons is a contemporary hotel affording a distinctive setting for business gatherings. Accommodating functions for up to 700 people, the sleek and elegant resort has a new ballroom, 31 multi-purpose meeting rooms and an astounding audio-visual/technology department. Along with an 18-hole championship golf course, indoor/outdoor tennis facilities, four swimming pools, jogging paths through beautiful landscape, and a fitness centre with personal training staff, there is a European-style spa to die for. Guests can select from 357 rooms and suites, most with private balconies overlooking fairways, and 50 grouped into private villas. Café on the Green is one of the most highly regarded restaurants in the metro area.

4150 North MacArthur Boulevard, Irving
Tel: (972) 717 0700.
Website: www.fourseasons.com/dallas
Price: $$$-$$$$

Luxury

Hotel Adolphus
Built in 1912 by beer baron Adolphus Busch as his Texas palace, this stunning, 21-floor hotel is beloved for its baroque design details inside and out, as well as for its utter elegance. Flemish tapestries, lacquered chinoiserie dating from the 19th century, a Napoleon III oval mirror, afternoon tea, and the exquisite French Room restaurant have kept this among the most desirable destination hotels in Texas. The hotel offers an executive business centre, a small fitness centre, a gift shop and transportation by luxury sedan to various points in downtown Dallas. Guest rooms are appointed with English, Queen Anne, and Chippendale reproduction pieces, and the fabulous Terrace Suites feature outdoor patios for entertaining. Best of all, guests are just one block from the flagship Neiman Marcus store.

1321 Commerce Street
Tel: (214) 742 8200.
Website: www.hoteladolphus.com
Price: $$-$$$

The Mansion on Turtle Creek
This 1925 version of a 16th-century Italian villa was built by cotton magnate Sheppard King as his family home. He had marble floors installed, and the construction of the cantilevered marble stairway brought engineers from across the nation to witness its construction. A vaunted Rosewood property, the hotel’s matriarch is Caroline Rose Hunt, whose personal collection of hunting trophies, paintings and lithographs decorate the restaurant and bar. Situated right next to upscale shopping in the exclusive Uptown and Turtle Creek neighborhoods, the hotel offers 143 lavishly appointed rooms and 16 stunning suites. Each room is decorated with fresh flowers, antiques, fine fabrics and original works of art, and boasts a marble bathroom. In addition, there is an outdoor swimming pool, a fitness studio, a hair and nail care beauty salon, and a guest list including film stars.

2821 Turtle Creek Boulevard
Tel: (214) 559 2100.
Website: www.mansiononturtlecreek.com
Price: $$$-$$$$

Moderate

Hyatt Regency Dallas at Reunion
The skyline of ‘Big D’ was changed in the late 1970s with the arrival of this complex of mirror-faced planes, crowned by the 50-storey Reunion Tower. The landmark hotel features a dramatic, 18-storey atrium lobby and is adjacent to the vintage Union Station and the historic shopping/dining district known as the West End. A US$150 million expansion in 2003 has kept the hotel among the best in Dallas, with three ballrooms, two exhibit halls, 55 meeting rooms, 41 hospitality suites and the city’s closest convention centre location for business travellers. In addition, there are 1,122 guest rooms, a full fitness centre (accommodating guests with disabilities), an outdoor pool and six dining options.

300 Reunion Boulevard
Tel: (214) 651 1234.
Website: www.dallas.hyatt.com
Price: $$

Wyndham Garden Hotel Market Center
With ideal proximity to the Dallas Market Center convention and exhibit halls, this hotel with 217 rooms and 11 suites is the perfect business stay. Guest rooms have good work space with modem points, in addition to coffee-makers, hairdryers and Bath & Body Works products. Professional sports fans enjoy the convenience of the fabulous new American Airlines Center, home to the Dallas Mavericks basketball team and the Dallas Stars hockey team. Thanks to Italian marble and Asian-style art in the common areas, the hotel disguises itself as a luxury property. There is also an outdoor swimming pool, restaurant, bar and reading room.

2015 Market Center Boulevard
Tel: (214) 741 7481.
Website: www.wyndham.com/DallasMarketCenter
Price: $$

Other Recommendations

Hotel ZaZa
Opened in 2003, this mind-boggling lodging in Uptown seems drawn from a Hollywood movie set. Lavish furnishings, Frette linens, cutting-edge technology, rainforest showers in luxurious bathrooms, and high ceilings make the large 146 guest rooms and suites feel like private apartments within the South-of-France-style building. Meeting spaces accommodate up to 300. The onsite Dragonfly restaurant has won numerous awards for inspired Eurasian cuisine, and throngs of fans for its chic bar scene.

2332 Leonard Street
Tel: (214) 468 8399 or (800) 597 8399.
Website: www.hotelzaza.com
Price: $$-$$$

Melrose Hotel
Open since 1924, this divine lodging was declared a historic landmark in 1983. Easily one of the city’s favorite sites for weddings, the Melrose has hosted well-heeled guests through the years, including Elizabeth Taylor, Arthur Miller and Luciano Pavarotti. Situated in the Oak Lawn neighborhood, with wonderful convenience to top-notch dining and shopping in the Uptown and Highland Park districts, the hotel is home to the swanky Landmark Restaurant and the very popular Library Bar. Inside the 184 guest rooms and suites are marble baths with full-length towelling bathrobes and hairdryers, work desks, two-line speaker telephones with voice-mail, data ports and high-speed Internet connection, and mahogany furniture draped in luxurious fabrics.

3015 Oak Lawn Avenue
Tel: (214) 521 5151 or (800) MELROSE.
Website: www.melrosehotel.com
Price: $$