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The best hotels near Mayfair

Camila Reyes

Camila Reyes The Adriatic and Greece

Updated 1 September 2026 · 6 Milwaukee hotels assessed

These are my five favourites in Milwaukee, out of the 6 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 4.2 down to 3.7.

All five are within 2.1 km of Mayfair.

Renaissance Milwaukee West Hotel

Highest rated of the five

Renaissance Milwaukee West Hotel

★★★★★4.2 from 430 reviews

Renaissance Milwaukee West Hotel comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 4.2 from 430 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 $269 a night on the dates we checked.

6 hotels in Milwaukee qualified for this list and five made it. Residence Inn by Marriott Milwaukee West is the one I would book if the first is full.

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All five, ranked

  1. Renaissance Milwaukee West Hotel1

    Renaissance Milwaukee West Hotel

    ★★★★★4.2 from 430 reviews

    400 m from Mayfair, about a 5 minute walk

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    • Residence Inn by Marriott Milwaukee West2

      Residence Inn by Marriott Milwaukee West

      ★★★★★4.5 from 552 reviews

      2.1 km from Mayfair

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      • Homewood Suites by Hilton Wauwatosa Milwaukee3

        Homewood Suites by Hilton Wauwatosa Milwaukee

        ★★★★★4.3 from 785 reviews

        1.6 km from Mayfair, about a 20 minute walk

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        • SpringHill Suites by Marriott Milwaukee West/Wauwatosa4

          SpringHill Suites by Marriott Milwaukee West/Wauwatosa

          ★★★★★4.3 from 383 reviews

          2.1 km from Mayfair

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          • Holiday Inn Express Milwaukee-West Medical Center by IHG5

            Holiday Inn Express Milwaukee-West Medical Center by IHG

            ★★★★★3.7 from 754 reviews

            800 m from Mayfair, about a 10 minute walk

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            How this list was put together

            6 Milwaukee hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating first and on how close they are to Mayfair 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.

            Camila Reyes

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