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The best 3 star hotels in Wilkes-Barre

Andres Molina

Andres Molina Latin America

Updated 1 September 2026 · 33 Wilkes-Barre hotels assessed

These are my five favourites in Wilkes-Barre, out of the 33 that qualified. I read what other travellers scored them before I picked, so the order follows the guests, 5 down to 4.5.

The Frederick Stegmaier Mansion is the one I would book myself.

The Frederick Stegmaier Mansion

Highest rated of the five

The Frederick Stegmaier Mansion

★★★★★5 from 102 reviews

The Frederick Stegmaier Mansion comes out on top of this list, and not narrowly: 5 from 102 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 3 star property, found under city centre and around $408 a night on the dates we checked.

33 hotels in Wilkes-Barre qualified for this list and five made it. The Beaumont Inn is the one I would book if the first is full.

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All five, ranked

  1. The Frederick Stegmaier Mansion1

    The Frederick Stegmaier Mansion

    ★★★★★5 from 102 reviews

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    • The Beaumont Inn2

      The Beaumont Inn

      ★★★★★4.6 from 592 reviews

      • Restaurant
      • Bar
      • Parking
      • Air conditioning

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    • Residence Inn by Marriott Wilkes-Barre Arena3

      Residence Inn by Marriott Wilkes-Barre Arena

      ★★★★★4.6 from 255 reviews

      • Pool
      • Spa
      • Gym
      • Parking
      • Pet friendly
      • Air conditioning

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    • Hampton Inn & Suites Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, PA4

      Hampton Inn & Suites Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, PA

      ★★★★★4.5 from 935 reviews

      • Pool
      • Spa
      • Gym
      • Parking
      • Pet friendly
      • Kid friendly

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    • Bischwind Villa5

      Bischwind Villa

      ★★★★★4.8 from 58 reviews

      • Pool
      • Parking
      • Air conditioning

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    How this list was put together

    33 Wilkes-Barre hotels qualify for this list. We ranked them on guest rating, then on class, and 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.

    Andres Molina

    Andres Molina Latin America

    Field seasons take him to cloud forests, and he adds two weeks of his own on either end to see the country rather than just the research site. Nine countries in Latin America.

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