Luxury Hotels Atlas / Places / United States / Philadelphia / Yowie Hotel
Yowie Hotel
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States · Independent · Near Luxury
Yowie began in 2016 as a homewares shop from Shannon Maldonado, a Philadelphia native who had worked for Ralph Lauren and Tommy Hilfiger in New York, and it grew into a corner hotel at 226 South Street. The rooms fill a pair of former rowhouses behind a classic brick exterior, each designed individually with local art, chosen books and handmade objects, with the Forin cafe and the shop on the ground floor.
- 13 rooms
- Opened 2023
- Neighborhood: Queen Village
About Yowie Hotel
- Designer Shannon Maldonado opened the Yowie boutique in 2016 after working in New York for Ralph Lauren and Tommy Hilfiger.
- The hotel occupies a pair of former rowhouses at 226 South Street in Queen Village, behind a classic brick exterior.
- Each room is individually designed with local artwork, books and handmade objects.
- Forin, an all-day cafe, and the Yowie shop share the ground floor.
Restaurants and bars
- Forin Cafe — Café · Locally sourced breakfast and lunch
Experiences
- YOWIE Shop — Retail shop downstairs, where everything in the suites can be bought.
- YOWIE cafe — Cafe on South Street, part of the hotel, cafe and retail shop complex.
Amenities
- Contactless check-in with a personal access code
- Team reachable by text
- Handwritten welcome notes
- 'Did You Forget Something?' drawer with essentials
- Small kitchens in most suites with cookware by Caraway Home
- Limited luggage storage, first come first serve
- Early check-in or late check-out on request, subject to availability
- Pack-and-play available for children
- Pet-friendly
Open Yowie Hotel in the atlas for live weekend rates, photos, and the full folio.
More hotels in Philadelphia
- AKA University City — AKA · Near Luxury
- Chestnut Hill Hotel — Independent · Near Luxury
- Hyatt Centric Rittenhouse Square Philadelphia — Hyatt Centric · Near Luxury
- Loews Philadelphia Hotel — Loews Hotels · Near Luxury
- Philadelphia Marriott Old City — Marriott · Near Luxury
- Sheraton Philadelphia University City Hotel — Sheraton · Near Luxury