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The best hotels near Ku Med Center

Peter Halvorsen

Peter Halvorsen The Nordics

Updated 1 September 2026 · 26 Kansas City hotels assessed

These are my five favourites in Kansas City, out of the 26 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.9 down to 4.3.

All five are within 2.7 km of Ku Med Center.

The Truitt

Highest rated of the five

The Truitt

★★★★★4.9 from 606 reviews

The Truitt comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.9 from 606 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 4 star property, found under poi and around $188 a night on the dates we checked.

26 hotels in Kansas City qualified for this list and five made it. Walkable Plaza Perch + Gym is the one I would book if the first is full.

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All five, ranked

  1. The Truitt1

    The Truitt

    ★★★★★4.9 from 606 reviews

    2.7 km from Ku Med Center

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    • Walkable Plaza Perch + Gym2

      Walkable Plaza Perch + Gym

      ★★★★★4.8857145 from 448 reviews

      2.0 km from Ku Med Center, about a 25 minute walk

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      • Holiday Inn Express & Suites Kansas City Ku Medical Center by IHG3

        Holiday Inn Express & Suites Kansas City Ku Medical Center by IHG

        ★★★★★4.3 from 920 reviews

        300 m from Ku Med Center, about a 4 minute walk

        • Gym
        • Restaurant
        • Parking
        • Kid friendly
        • Air conditioning
        • Accessible

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      • Friendship Inn INC4

        Friendship Inn INC

        ★★★★★4.9 from 62 reviews

        1.0 km from Ku Med Center, about a 12 minute walk

        • Parking
        • Air conditioning

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      • Home2 Suites by Hilton Kansas City KU Medical Center5

        Home2 Suites by Hilton Kansas City KU Medical Center

        ★★★★★4.4 from 823 reviews

        800 m from Ku Med Center, about a 10 minute walk

        • Pool
        • Gym
        • Restaurant
        • Bar
        • Parking
        • Kitchen

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      How this list was put together

      26 Kansas City hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating first and on how close they are to Ku Med Center 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.

      Peter Halvorsen

      Peter Halvorsen The Nordics

      Twenty-six years of teaching means 26 long summers. Trains and driving through most of Europe, now further afield, usually alone with a tent. Keeps every train ticket since 1994.

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