11 Best Hotels in Downtown and Central City, Salt Lake City

Across from the convention center and Vivint Arena, this dapper midsize property—part of Marriott's hip AC boutique brand—stands out for its smartly designed rooms, each with plush duvets and linens, 55-inch flat-screen TVs, and bathrooms with rainfall showers, as well as a 24-hour gym and a spacious lobby with high ceilings and comfy chairs you can actually enjoy sitting in. The on-site restaurant serves a tasty small-plate contemporary fare and offers a breakfast buffet for a small fee in the morning, and the rates are quite reasonable for the all the perks and the high level of service.

The sunlit atrium with its soaring ceiling gives this entire well-maintained, nine-story hotel a light, airy feeling, and its roomy suites are furnished with two TVs and sofa sleepers—perfect for families. There's inexpensive underground parking, and easy freeway access to and from I–15.

An innovative celebration of the area’s fervor for outdoor recreation, this community-minded 50-room lodging opened in a converted warehouse in the Granary District in 2022 and features such novel amenities as a bouldering gym, a skatepark, a pair of sporting gear shops, bike-tuning and snowboard-waxing services, and winter- and summer-sports rentals. The crisp, contemporary rooms have private patios and well-designed gear storage, and local artwork fills the many stylish common spaces.

Depending on your needs, this mid-rise Hyatt across from Vivint Arena and the convention center works either as a moderately priced option with unfussy but contemporary standard rooms or as an ideal choice for longer stays if you book one of the suites with well-designed kitchens and ample sitting areas. Whatever your room choice, you have access to the same handy common amenities, including a game room with a pool table, a good-size outdoor pool and hot tub, a convenience market, and a bar and café. There's also a nicely equipped little gym, and a large covered patio with firepits.

The city's first true convention hotel, this sleek, glass tower opened in late 2022 and is connected to the Salt Palace Convention Center; however, it offers lots of appealing features for leisure travelers, too, including an expansive rooftop pool and terrace with cabanas, several restaurants and bars, and a well-equipped fitness center. The tech-forward rooms and suites are a minimum of 300 square feet and have floor-to-ceiling windows, hardwood floors, and nicely designed work spaces.

This swank hotel resides in an ornate 14-story former bank tower (built in 1924), distinguished by a sophisticated, eclectic, and upbeat interior design and rooms offering extra touches like big-fringed ottomans, oversize framed mirrors, and lots of pillows. Bambara Restaurant on the ground level, has long been one of the city's most celebrated dining spots. Pets are warmly welcomed, and pleasing free perks include in-room yoga mats on request and a hosted social hour with wine and craft beer in the lobby each evening.

This angular, glass-walled tower, part of Marriott's worldly and chic Le Méridien brand, opened in fall 2022 a short walk from Vivint Arena and Temple Square and stands out for its clean and contemporary design, cushy bedding, and well-designed bathrooms with Malin + Goetz bath products. It's adjacent to the similarly sleek, new, and Marriott-branded Element Salt Lake City Downtown, which is geared more to extended stays.

The more centrally located of Marriott's two large downtown convention hotels, this gleaming, 16-story hotel lies between the City Creek shopping mall and the Salt Lake Convention Center. The spotless, contemporary rooms are outfitted with ergonomically designed desks, armchairs, and—in some cases—balconies.

Built to impress dignitaries and celebs attending the 2002 Winter Olympics, this 24-story luxury tower is Salt Lake City's most opulent hotel, a huge complex with similarly huge rooms (averaging 700 square feet), most of them with balconies and sweeping views. Inside the beveled-glass and brass doors, you step into a world of Italian marble floors and walls and pure old-world style—think English wool carpets, French furniture and tapestries, and colorful Murano-glass chandeliers.

This enormous but reliably comfortable hotel stands in the shadow of its world-renowned and much more expensive sister property, but Little America has even more rooms and its own loyal following. You can choose between spacious "tower" rooms inside the 17-story main building or garden rooms with private entrances. There's an attractive lobby warmed by a fireplace, and elegant details such as brass railings, chandeliers, and marble-accented bathrooms. The spacious guest rooms are conservatively furnished, but with richly textured fabrics and plush seating.

Since becoming part of Hilton's indie-spirited Tapestry collection, this elegant 1910 classic hotel with a distinctive gray exterior has undergone a complete top-to-bottom renovation, with a substantial increase in room rates to go with it. The spacious rooms with period-style furnishings capture the spirit of Salt Lake City's early years, and the grand lobby is a lovely spot to relax in or meet up with friends. Amenities include a fitness center and a pair of lively restaurants.