Magical getaways. Sumptuous digs. Over-the-top amenities. When a hotel lands on the coveted Conde Nast Traveler’s Readers’ Choice Awards List for Top 20 Hotels in Texas in 2020, it has arrived at its zenith for a luxury hotel. Never a town to disappoint when it comes to luxury accommodations, H-Town is home to several exclusive, extravagant hotels, including five that have landed a top spot on the list.
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The Readers’ Choice Awards questionnaire is comprised of lists of possible candidates in different categories, and a minimum number of responses are required to be eligible for a Readers’ Choice Award. The candidates are judged on a criteria which is specifically relevant to their category, based upon a five-point scale from excellent, very good, fair and poor.
Emerging as the top readers’ pick of all Houston hotels, the venerable Lancaster earned the highest score at 98.57 points out of 100-point scale. Hotel ZaZa at Memorial City earned 96.97 points, while the ZaZa’s Museum District sister hotel scored 96.85 points.

Hotel ZaZa Museum District
Conde Nast Traveler unveiled its list for the Top 20 Hotels in Texas in the Readers’ Choice Awards for 2020. The five winners for Houston include The Lancaster Hotel ranked #6, The Post Oak Hotel at Uptown Houston ranked #10, Hotel ZaZa Memorial City ranked #14, Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District ranked #15, and Hotel Alessandra ranked #17.
Julie Soefer, Hotel Zaza“During a year of extraordinary strife in the hospitality industry, these awards confirm our commitment to providing luxurious accommodations while also going above and beyond to prioritize the health and safety of our guests and employees,” Valencia Hotel Group’s CEO Doyle Graham told Chron. The group owns Houston’s Hotel Alessandra, which landed at No. 17 on the list.

Hotel Alessandra
Conde Nast Traveler unveiled its list for the Top 20 Hotels in Texas in the Readers’ Choice Awards for 2020. The five winners for Houston include The Lancaster Hotel ranked #6, The Post Oak Hotel at Uptown Houston ranked #10, Hotel ZaZa Memorial City ranked #14, Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum District ranked #15, and Hotel Alessandra ranked #17.
TripAdvisorHere’s the full list of the winners:
- Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek
- Archer Hotel in Austin
- The Stella Hotel
- Hotel Valencia Riverwalk
- HALL Arts Hotel
- Lancaster Hotel
- Hotel Emma
- Hotel ZaZa Austin
- Hotel Crescent Court
- The Post Oak Hotel at Uptown Houston
- Austin Proper Hotel Austin
- Hotel ZaZa Dallas Uptown
- JW Marriott Austin
- Hotel ZaZa Houston
- Hotel ZaZa Houston Museum
- Virgin Hotels Dallas
- Hotel Alessandra
- The Driskill
- The Adolphus Hotel, Autography Collection
- Hotel Eleven