Houston · Hotel shortlist
The best hotels near Arena Theatre
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These are my five favourites in Houston, out of the 7 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.4 down to 3.3.
All five are within 2.6 km of Arena Theatre.
Highest rated of the five
Palace Inn Blue US-59 & Gessner
★★★★★4.4 from 461 reviews
Palace Inn Blue US-59 & Gessner comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.4 from 461 guest reviews is a score that holds up at that volume, which is the whole test here. A perfect ten from nine people does not beat it.
It is a 2 star property, found under poi and around $72 a night on the dates we checked.
7 hotels in Houston qualified for this list and five made it. Holiday Inn Express & Suites Houston SW - Galleria Area, an IHG Hotel is the one I would book if the first is full.
Why it works for this trip
- Spatreatment rooms on site, no booking a taxi for it
- Air conditioningthe one that decides a summer trip
- Restaurantdinner downstairs on the night you land
- Family roomscots and larger rooms rather than a squeeze
- Parkinga real consideration if you are driving in
All five, ranked
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1
Palace Inn Blue US-59 & Gessner
★★★★★4.4 from 461 reviews
1.8 km from Arena Theatre, about a 22 minute walk
- Spa
- Restaurant
- Parking
- Pet friendly
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
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2Holiday Inn Express & Suites Houston SW - Galleria Area, an IHG Hotel
★★★★★3.9 from 569 reviews
1.6 km from Arena Theatre, about a 20 minute walk
- Pool
- Spa
- Gym
- Parking
- Pet friendly
- Kid friendly
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3Palace Inn Blue US-59 & Harwin
★★★★★4.2 from 168 reviews
2.6 km from Arena Theatre
- Parking
- Air conditioning
- Accessible
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4Comfort Inn Southwest Fwy at Westpark
★★★★★3.5 from 1,130 reviews
2.3 km from Arena Theatre
- Pool
- Spa
- Gym
- Parking
- Kid friendly
- Air conditioning
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5La Quinta Inn & Suites by Wyndham Houston Southwest
★★★★★3.3 from 1,145 reviews
1.9 km from Arena Theatre, about a 24 minute walk
- Pool
- Gym
- Restaurant
- Parking
- Pet friendly
- Kid friendly
How this list was put together
7 Houston hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating first and on how close they are to Arena Theatre second, then took the top five.
Two things decide these lists. The first is my own time in the city: every hotel on this page is one I have stayed in, walked into and looked at, or gone back to check. That is where the shortlist starts, and it is why some well reviewed places are not on it.
The second is the numbers, and those are what set the order. The rating and review count come from the big travel sites, pooled through Google, so a score here reflects Expedia, Booking, Hotels.com and the rest together rather than any one of them. I also read the review breakdown by topic, which is where the figures on service, breakfast and location come from. Hotels with fewer than forty reviews are left out altogether, because a rating that thin is not a rating. No more than two come from one neighbourhood.
What I do not do is move anyone up the order. The ranking is the guest score, highest first, and nobody pays to be on the list.
Distances are straight lines from published coordinates, so the real walk is a little longer. Amenities are as recorded by Google Hotels and can change without notice. Rates are an indicative nightly figure for a midweek autumn stay, not a quote. Check the booking page before you commit.
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