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Best Boutique Hotels in the U.S.: Editor's Top 10

Our Editor's Top 10 list for Best Boutique Hotels in the U.S. helps you decide where you want to go. Editor's Top 10 lists offer selections from our editors that help you plan your travel based on your lifestyle, entertainment, sightseeing, or recreation options.

Fancy a stay at a luxurious, intimate or simply unique boutique-hotel? Tired of the routine, uninspiring sleep factories where hundreds of guests buzz about? Plan a visit to one of the boutique properties on this list and you won't be disappointed. You'll find that they offer all the amenities and comforts of the bigger chain properties—and even some special touches of their own.
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$295-$650 
Built: 1912 
Renovated: 2000 
299 Madison Ave at 41st, New York, NY
Located just a quick stroll from Grand Central Terminal and a block from the namesake New York Public Library, this property is the frontrunner among Henry Kallan's quartet of fine boutique-hotels and a contender at the top of the list of best boutique-hotels in the Big Apple. This one is aimed at t... Read Entire Review »
2. The Inn on Mt Ada Add to eGuidebook
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$360-$750 
Built: 1921 
Renovated: 2003 
398 Wrigley Rd, Avalon, Catalina Island, CA
Positioned perfectly atop Mount Ada, 300 ft above the water, with spellbinding views of the yacht harbor and ocean (Point Dana is visible on clear days), this is undeniably the top address on tiny Catalina Island. The former residence of William Wrigley Jr., the chewing gum magnate-at one time he ow... Read Entire Review »
3. O.Henry Hotel Add to eGuidebook
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$239-$509 
Built: 1998 
Renovated: 2006 
624 Green Valley Rd, Greensboro, NC
Located across the street from an upscale shopping center and within walking distance of a botanical garden, 5 miles from downtown, this majestic, flag-topped hotel is the place to stay in Greensboro. It takes its name from the pen name of one of Greensboro's most famous native sons, famed author O.... Read Entire Review »
4. The Sorrento Hotel Add to eGuidebook
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$199-$2,500 
Built: 1908 
Renovated: 2002 
900 Madison St, Seattle, WA
A short but steep walk from downtown, Seattle's most elegant hotel sits aloof on an outlying hill, looking down on the self-consciously hip boutique-hotels below. Attention to intangibles draws corporate types, celebrities and a large repeat clientele through its front door. An Italian fountain is t... Read Entire Review »
5. Maison 140 Add to eGuidebook
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$225-$375 
Built: 1937 
Renovated: 1990 
140 S Lasky Dr, Beverly Hills, CA
Located directly behind The Peninsula and one block from the far superior Mosaic Hotel, this hotel offers small rooms in a Franco-Mandarin style registering somewhere between shockingly hip and delightfully old-fashioned. Small rooms and limited public areas draw the most complaints, but service is... Read Entire Review »
6. The Bristol Hotel Add to eGuidebook
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$139-$199 
Built: 1967 
Renovated: 2007 
1055 First Ave, San Diego, CA
Situated across the street from the superior Sofia and the Greyhound Bus Station, near the patrician Westgate Hotel on the west side of town, midway between the Gaslamp District and Marina, this vibrant boutique hotel continues to improve with age. It was once just an adequate place for Greyhound a... Read Entire Review »
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$159-$459 
Built: 1906 
Renovated: 2005 
155 Steuart St, San Francisco, CA
Located next door to the larger and busier Harbor Court, two blocks south of Market and the Embarcadero Center BART stop, and three blocks from the Ferry Building, this European-style, bayview boutique-hotel may offer slightly inferior service and room decor that doesn't glow in the dark, but it doe... Read Entire Review »
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$159-$279 
Built: 1927 
Renovated: 1999 
237 N Tryon St, Charlotte, NC
In the center of town, this property is across from the library and Discovery Place. This is a swank little nine-story brick hotel on the register of Historic Hotels of America. It is Charlotte's only boutique-hotel within the uptown area, which earns it attention from those shying away from the cha... Read Entire Review »