Austin Proper Hotel & Residences
A recent addition to the Texas capital city’s Second Street District, Austin Proper Hotel & Residences sparkles. The 244 guest rooms — the 32-story building houses 99 luxury residences, too — have been touched by famed interior designer Kelly Wearstler’s magical hands, meaning every corner is imbued with locally inspired décor and furnishings that have a layered refinement.
Anchoring the hotel’s culinary program is hometown McGuire Moorman Hospitality, so you can count on The Peacock’s Mediterranean-inspired dishes and Goldie’s elegant cocktails hitting all the right notes. The Mockingbird, a grab-and-go café, and La Piscina, a poolside retreat serving Texas-inspired Mexican cuisine, are other tasty dining options.
And when it’s time to work off those indulgences, you can do so with a run around gorgeous Lady Bird Lake, which sits just minutes from Austin Proper’s main lobby, or at the hotel’s Silene Spa when it opens this summer.
- The design hotel offers uses every inch as an opportunity to showcase something unexpected, like the vintage carpet patchwork adorning the eye-catching wooden staircase and the charming gingham lobby ceiling.
- You’ll want to work out in the 2,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art gym overlooking Lady Bird Lake. In addition to Peloton bikes and reformers, the gym provides complimentary yoga and boot camp classes each week. If you prefer a private sweat session, the hotel will deliver a Peloton to your room.
- Cool off in the alfresco fifth-floor pool that peers out over Shoal Creek. Then lounge in one of the three cabanas.
- Make a beeline for The Peacock for flavorful Mediterranean plates, like harissa-marinated beef and Aleppo and garlic Gulf shrimp.
- The penthouse is the pinnacle of the hotel’s accommodations. It boasts one bedroom, 1.5 bathrooms and a 550 square-foot furnished terrace. Soak up city and lake views from everywhere, including the tub.
- The Austin hotel has a fleet of electric bikes that you can borrow to explore downtown.
- For special events, consider the ballroom, whose floor-to-ceiling windows look out at the library. The space also has a balcony.
- This is the first LEED GOLD-certified, sustainable hotel in the area.
- The Proper App allows you to request services, find out all of the best to see and do in the city and also get concierge notifications for secret happy hours.
- Every room comes with an Apple TV, a Nespresso machine, a Vifa Bluetooth speaker and floor-to-ceiling windows.
- Austin’s craftsman-like homes inspired the room design. The accommodations have Arts and Crafts-style wall coverings, patterned fabric headboards, light wood floors, antique rugs, Fili D’Oro bedding and pieces from local ceramicist Rick Van Dyke.
- Coated in blue emperador marble, bathrooms come stocked with Aesop toiletries and Parachute robes and have a walk-in shower (some have a standalone tub).
- Eclectic mismatched tiles decorate The Peacock, a restaurant open for breakfast, brunch, lunch and dinner. In the morning and afternoon, try the lamb meatballs and soft eggs or the shakshuka with halloumi cheese. Add on a side of za'atar-dusted homefries.
- Dreamy floral wallpaper and a stone sunken bar make Goldie's a distinctive spot for cocktails.
- A sidewalk café, The Mockingbird serves casual, Mediterranean-inspired breakfast and lunch, including pastries, shawarma, sandwiches, Greek yogurt and coffee.
- Poolside restaurant La Piscina specializes in coastal Mexican-inspired dishes. Check out the fresh ceviches, wood-fired grill fajitas and the bountiful menu of tequilas and mezcals.
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