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South Congress Hotel
Austin, Texas, United States · Independent · Accessible Luxury
South Congress Hotel opened in August 2015 with eighty rooms on the avenue Austin treats as a living room, 70,000 square feet of hotel plus shops and kitchens that Trammell Crow finished after a November 2013 start. First Thursday still happens on this block. Travis Heights is the view from some of the keys.
- 80 rooms
- Opened 2015
- Neighborhood: South River City
About South Congress Hotel
- Trammell Crow lists an 80-room boutique with 7,500 square feet of restaurant and retail space.
- Heights rooms look toward Travis Heights, a neighborhood laid out in 1912 south of the river.
- The house calls itself the home of First Thursday and the living room of South Congress Avenue.
History
The South Congress Hotel was purpose-built and completed in August 2015 at 1603 South Congress Avenue, in the heart of Austin's beloved SoCo neighbourhood. Billing itself as 'the living room for the neighbourhood,' the 83-room boutique hotel was designed as a community hub showcasing local companies, artists and events.
It has become one of Austin's dining destinations, home to the acclaimed 12-seat omakase restaurant Otoko, the Michelin-recommended chophouse Maie Day, the sunny Cafe No Se, the Manana coffee and bake shop, a lobby bar, and a rooftop pool. The hotel closed for a full renovation in mid-2026.
The setting
3 miles from Zilker Botanical Garden.
Restaurants and bars
- Mañana — Café · Coffee shop
- OTOKO — Restaurant · Japanese
Awards
- AAA Four Diamond (2026)
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