Once again, Travel + Leisure readers say this Fort Worth hotel is best in DFW
Fort Worth once again hosts the best hotel in the Metroplex.
Hotel Drover, a boutique hotel located in the Stockyards, was voted by Travel + Leisure readers as the best city hotel for the DFW metroplex in 2025. Based on reader scores, it also ranked as the No. 3 best hotel in the state overall. Hotel Drover won this title twice before, in 2024 and in 2022. This year, it was the only Fort Worth hotel to make the DFW list.
As a part of Travel + Leisure magazine’s 2025 World Best Awards, readers cast more than 657,000 votes across 8,700 properties. Hotels were classified among resorts, city hotels, inn or safari lodge. And readers voted on rooms/facilities, location, service, food and value.
Here’s why this Fort Worth gem was voted No. 1.
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Hotel Drover in Fort Worth
“Hotel Drover is the definition of Texas: friendly staff, Western decor, and a Texas [food] menu,” said a Travel and Leisure reader. “While you’re wrapped in the subtle details of Hotel Drover, they do not try and make it feel like you’re somewhere else, as most hotels do. You feel you are in the heart of Fort Worth in one of Texas’ most iconic hotels. I recommend Hotel Drover over anywhere else in the state.”
Travel and Leisure recognizes Hotel Drover as charming and luxurious. Between dark woods and textiles, guests say they feel as though they are staying at a bougie ranch.
Though its location is prime, with the ability to walk down the Stockyard’s Mule Alley or across the street into the biggest Honky Tonk in the World, the hotel also offers plenty for guests to do on site.
A Lucchese store is in the lobby and a pool bar with a backyard oasis that features live music on weekends in the summer. Veranda bar is also outdoors for guests to grab a cocktail and sit by the firepits with a view of Marine Creek. Drover is not complete without 97 West, the restaurant and bar that serves classic Tex-Mex and Texas comfort food.
As of July 11, room rates start at $759 a night. The Drover is located at 200 Mule Alley in Fort Worth.
Travel and Leisure’s best DFW hotels
The other four hotels that made T+L’s list are:
No. 2: Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek, Dallas
No. 3: The Ritz-Carlton, Dallas
No. 4: The Adolphus, Dallas
No. 5: Omni Dallas Hotel
Other Texas hotels recognized by Travel + Leisure
Travel + Leisure readers voted The Commodore Perry Estate as Austin’s No. 1 city hotel. Readers said that this hotel feels like a “European getaway right in the heart of Texas.” Lutie’s, the hotel restaurant, is also recognized in the Texas Michelin Guide.
Other Austin hotel rankings:
No. 2: Austin Proper Hotel & Residences
No. 3: Four Seasons Hotel Austin
No. 4: Fairmont Austin
No. 5: Archer Hotel Austin
Travel + Leisure readers voted The Post Oak Hotel at Uptown Houston as Houston’s No. 1 city hotel. This 700,000-square foot stay features a Rolls Royce showroom and two floor penthouse suite with a private elevator. Their spa is “an experience in itself,” according to Travel +Leisure. “You don’t even need to leave the hotel to have an incredible experience in Houston.”
No. 2 Hotel ZaZa
No. 3 Four Seasons Hotel Houston
No. 4 JW Marriott Houston Downtown
No. 5 Hilton Americas-Houston