Which hotels have the best BATHROOMS?
 

And what makes a great bathroom to you?

For us, it's size, cleanliness, double vanities, separate shower....let's see, anything else?

Oh yes....all must be completely separated from the room itself!

Our vote, Kea Lani Fairmont on Maui.

Travelin and golfin, Its all about Maui in your mind. Did you spend all that money for a bathroom in Maui to go golfin? :-!

I have been to many hotels with great bathrooms... most recently the St Regis, New York. Big tub with a plasma TV and remote, great shower with rain showerhead and enough water pressure to make it worthwhile. Separate room with toilet. Double sink, make-up mirror and clean, to boot. Everything was marble.
I am a bath person so I bring my own luxury bath products, and those scrubbing bubble cleaning wipes to make sure it is clean before I use it.
The St Regis was great. I spent a hour each evening watching TV and soaking in a great big tub.
The ONLY minus? No hand held shower head in the tub.
Plus? No jets in the tub! I find them unsanitary.

Had a nice bathroom at the Phonecian Resort in Scottsdale AZ. Huge jacuzzi bath.
Also had a very clean and nice bathroom at the Greenbriar in WV. I know it was clean because I had a stomach bug and spent some time on the floor next to the toilet. It was clean. Thank God!!!

Penthouse Suites at Bellagio-Las Vegas: entire his and hers bathrooms with big tub in the hers and big steam shower in the his, separate closets in each. The bathroom alone is larger than some NYC apartments. The Bellagio Suite bathrooms are very nice also.

The American Club in Kohler, Wisconsin (a AAA 5 Diamond resort) features luxury amenities from the Kohler company, which owns the resort. There are some theme bathrooms, too.

Maybe these sound like little things, but oddly enough I find them harder to get than items like the jacuzzi or double vanities. And I could care less about a TV in the bathroom.
I want:
A)a shower with lots of water pressure that doesn't switch at its own will from hot to cold
B) glass doors or a shower curtain that doesn't drag on the floor of the tub or blow in on you while you're showering
B)a toilet you don't have to flush twice
C)enough light that you can see your face when you shave.
D) enough room to set out my own toiletries, rather than a space fully cluttered with all their idea of what I want.

Oh Patrick, I will drink to that!!

Well Patrick, light so I can shave my face, not necessary, but the rest works. Thought I would explain! =;

Or enough light to put on your make-up (although sometimes it's probably better not to see it that well):">

1. Las Ventanas al Paraiso, Los Cabos, MX
2. The Parador in Baiona, SP
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Burj al Arab hotel in Dubai.

I echo Patrick's requests as well. Especially the part about enough room to put my stuff out. I never use hotel shampoo or anything like that so I would prefer it to be an option and disappear when I do not want it.

The Venetian in Vegas gets my vote. Marble bath with double sink vanity, separate room for toilet, separate dressing table with chair and makeup mirror, tub (not jetted), and best of all, separate glass shower with body jets.

I echo Patrick's sentiments, also. There is nothing more annoying than a shower curtain that continually blows inward and sticks to me while I'm trying to bathe.

The best standard bathrooms hands down go to the Venetian in Las Vegas.

No fair comparing a penthouse in the St. Regis or some other hoity toity place.

I agree The burj is a ringer.

I'll second the vote for Kea Lani on Maui. Huge tub and glass shower, great toiletries, and quite spacious. My big thing used to be finding hotels with huge tubs/jacuzzi but we moved and our home now has a great big jacuzzi tub in the master bath so it's not such a issue for me anymore. Oh, but I do love a hotel with nice big towels that are plush (versus scratchy) and you can wrap them around you with room to spare!!

This sounds like a travel channel show-
Fodorites best hotel bathrooms!!

I don't go traveling for the bathrooms. Would much rather have a good, clean room with a nice view. The Throne Room just needs to be CLEAN, have a shower with good water pressure, enough room to put my stuff on the countertop and a little room to move around without running into the door everytime you turn around!

The bathroom I had at Michelangelo in NYC had a great saoking tub- deepest one I've had, and it had a handheld shower so I could wash my hair while in the bath. And a small TV in the bathroom, although it was on the counter and no way to see it from the bath- a design defect.
I agree on the Phoenician. Our room there had the largest hotel bathroom I've seen. A good 6 steps across the bathroom from the huge deep tub to the shower. Taupe colored marble on all walls and floor, Double vanities, phone, recessed ceiling lights, and most importantly A SEPARATE TOILET W/A DOOR THAT CLOSES AND SETS IT OFF FROM THE REST OF THE BATHROOM. That part is really key when traveling w/my husband- enough said. A plasma TV is the only thing I can think of that it didn't have. My kids sprawled out and played a game of Monopoly on the floor in the bathroom, which they thought was very cool.

The Signature Room at the John Hancock Tower has the best ladies rooms. The view from the potty is 96 floors above Chicago.

I spend a lot of time on the road and I welcome family and friends to use my room to camp out. This has allowed many people to visit places like NYC and London without having to worry about hotel costs and airfare (I get it almost free for some people, totally free for immediate family)
It is REALLY important to me to have a TV or radio in the bathroom as I am getting dressed for work while everyone is asleep.
At the St Regis, I pressed my pants and ate breakfast in the bathroom while 2 friends slept in the room.
Good thing the bathroom was huge... and I am very accomodating. But one of the things that bugs me most is not having anything to listen to while getting ready for work.
I am all about the bath and the bed!!!

Cap Juluca on Anguilla gets my vote.

The Westin Diplomat in Hollywood, FL ain't bad, either, for a chain hotel. Of course, I think it's owned (in part or wholly) by the plumbers union, so that would make sense.

One of the most gorgeous bathrooms was at the Hotel Healdsburg. It had a huge, deep soaking tub that I lived in and the bathroom was like a spa. Huge, walk-in shower, large vanity with dimmer switch, granite countertops.

It was so nice, I didn't feel the need to even patronize The Spa they had on the property. Nice bath amenities with soaking salts, lotions, etc. and huge, fluffy robes and slippers.

The Riverplace Hotel in Portland, OR also has very nice bathrooms with large vanities and a nice dimmer switch that I love, as I hate bright lights in the am.

I also like the baths at the Asland Springs Hotel in Ashland, OR. Decorated very nice with nice large bathtubs. A good bathtub or jacuzzi tub is always a must!

The Sonoma Mission Inn also has very nice, spacious tubs with spa amenities. They even set out little bottles of their Apricots n Cream lotion at turndown in little mesh bags! ***kim*** (~~)

ExTravelPro
I either want your job or to be your friend. :-)

Ex Travel Pro, you would love my new gym! In the bathrooms they have two flat screen TV's to watch while you dress and shower. I was very impressed with the bathrooms here! ***kim*** (~~)

The Hyatt Kauai has very large bathrooms which open with sliding double doors, large tub, double sink, toiletries from the hotel spa (ummm...coco mango lotion) and separate (with firmly closing door) toilet area (as the Brits say, a WC=water closet).
These bathrooms are standard with all rooms there. Ours appeared to be spotless.
The MGM Grand suites in LV have the separate tub/shower with glass door, if I recall right (it's been 5 yrs since there) and their standard tower rooms had spacious bathroms with tub showers.
I have res at The Venetian for December. My friends are looking forward to gambling and fun--while i look forwrd to checking out their bathroom????

The "Best Value" in hotel bathrooms has to go to the JW Marriott in Las Vegas. Huge with jacuzzi tub and glass enclosed rain shower. (kids in a different room!) Separate toilet area and a loooong vanity with two sinks. All for $159. Cheaper than that St. Regis, I'm sure.

emd: I love what you said about your husband. LOLOL!!!

I love the bathrooms at The Venetian.

This question is hilarious. But the most wonderful bathroom award goes to the Pensione Accademia in Venice, Italy. The bathtub with lovely tiled walls was so sparkling clean every day that I stood there marvelling at it, truly amazed. I tried to leave the cleaning lady a tip but she didn't take it!

31 responses to a question about the bathroom?

Anyone who wonders about the attn. paid to bathrooms surely must know about the real estate trends in this area. Higher end buyers want more bathrooms; a bathroom for every person in the house if possible, and extra ones for company. And it is not just the number, but people are pouring $$ into remodeling their bathrooms w/bells and whistles and high end cabinetry, granite counters, etc., like they used to w/kitchens. I read recently that the bathroom phenomena is being surpassed now somewhat by the patio/outdoor living space phenomena (you know, an outdoor kitchen and living room in your outdoor space) but that bathroom upgrades are still going strong. For many people who don't have the high end bath as a treat at home, it is a real treat to have it on a vacation or when traveling on business (where everything in the room can count more than you think it ever would...)
I imagine a thread on hotel linens would also get alot of response.

okay, answer this for me ,please. My wife brings a suitcase full of her own toiletries to use, but always takes the hotel toiletries home with her....What the hell is with that??? cheers, Al

good one, Al! I do the same thing as your wife!
I love this question!
Love the bathroom at the Beverly Hills Hotel. Huge and luxurious, full size toiletries!
The Venetian bathroms are fabulous, too!
JW Marriott in Cancun rounds out my top 3 bathrooms!

ha ha ha... for some reason I think we all like freebies. I take the toiletries also and probably don't even use them that often!!!!I also bring my own too. You never know if the toiletries will be any good.

I tip the maid service well beginning on Day One of every hotel stay and always end up with numerous extra toiletries as a result, sometimes even stuff that wasn't laid out when I first arrived. I love to have those things in my guest bathroom at home and my kids like using them as well. I really like the bath goodies at Mandalay Bay in LV and brought all kinds of stuff home including little disposable bath mitts.

Although not huge, the San Francisco Ritz Carlton has a very lovely bathroom and it has its own water closet (which I like). The JW Marriott in Cancun is also very nice.

Between our vacation travels and the DH business travels, we have an abundance of toiletries. I donate them to the womans' prison or shelter.

I love the bathrooms at the Little Nell in Aspen, CO. They are tiled in a lovely beige tumbled marble. There is a sort of butler's pantry hall at the entrance with a high topped bureau and cubbyholes. There is an enclosed WC, a separate tiled shower and a nice tub. There are two sinks, separated. And they provide large bottles of Crabtree and Evelyn shampoo, lotion and even fancier soaps. There's even a packet of nail files and Q-tips. The towels are thick but I forget the brand. There are nice shag rugs, too.

I'm in the Venetian next week; what goodies will I get in the bathroom???

Palmilla, Four Seasons Hualalai and Four Seasons Chiang Mai. The heated toilet seats in Tokyo are pretty special, too!