The Sam Hotel Curio Collection by Hilton, Houston

1117 Prairie Street, Downtown Houston, Houston, TX 77002, United States of America (show on map)

Expert reviews

Fodors review:

“This small luxury boutique hotel (formerly the Sam Houston Hotel) is decidedly modern and well located near bustling Main Street and the ballpark. The guest rooms are stylish.”

Featured as Fodor’s Choice in Houston.

Frommers review:

“Despite its reverence for the past, The Sam— as it likes to be called—sports a cool and contemporary vibe. Rooms feature leather headboards, Herman Miller desk chairs, Keurig coffee makers, and granite bathrooms.”

Featured as Frommer’s Exceptional Choice in Houston.

Guest rating

This an aggregated customer review rating of The Sam Hotel Curio Collection by Hilton, Houston. We have taken customer review ratings from hotel booking sites, search engines, the official hotel website and other travel platforms. This is the average of all those ratings. We only list places that have a customer review rating of at least 4.0 out of 5.0

4.4 out of 5.0

Ranked 6th in Houston

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What guests liked

All you need to know

The Sam Houston Hotel is a perfect choice to stay during a trip to Houston. Every day is a pleasant stay at the hotel with all the necessary services and amenities easily available. The front desk of the hotel is open 24 hours to serve the guest with all they need.

Some of the offerings, guest look forward to in the hotel are listed below:

Rooms

The air-conditioned rooms at the Sam Houston Hotel give the guest the utmost comfort. The Egyptian cotton sheets on the bed ensure that the guest has a sound sleep every night. The cable programs and internet connections offer a solution for the entertainment of the guests. With designer toiletries, bathrooms fall no short of comfort.

Services

Guests can enjoy the concierge services and the fitness centers that remain open for 24 hours. The availability of wedding services is an added feature of the hotel. Dry cleaning services, ATMs, valet parking, lounge, 24 hours front desk are some of the other facilities available at the hotel.

Dining

The hotel serves delicious lunch, dinner as well as snacks to its guests that are sure to be soul-satisfying. The hotel also offers the favorite drinks to the guests in the lounge/ bar.

Business Services

The Sam Houston Hotel is an ideal place for business meetings. It has spacious meeting rooms and conference space to make the professional business meetings a success. It also offers a 24 hours business center and facility of express checkout.

 

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Location

Recent guest reviews

5.0
Sofiaofnorthfield

22 January 2024

Exceptional

The room was spacious and very clean. The bed was very comfortable. The hotel bar was welcoming and the bartender great.

Parking was difficult to figure out if you didn't want to do the valet parking.

5.0
Anastasia

28 December 2023

Exceptional

Comfortable beds Friendly staff

1.0
Meredith

30 May 2023

Never stay here. It was the worst hotel I ever stayed at in my life.

I didn't like anything. Terrible stay.

Homeless people everywhere and it was dangerous just getting your luggage out of vehicle. Your view outside your window from hotel was homeless people.

5.0
Kristi

13 May 2023

will stay again

clean, friendly staff, great location

nothing

2.0
Travis

9 April 2023

I tried to stay out of the room the most I could

nice bathrooms

the location. lots of noise from outside. and the tvs couldn’t stream from my phone or use streaming services

1.0
Eran

30 December 2022

Do Not chose this hotel

nothing

the hotel is not clean, it smells strongly. we all ended up with a backache due to the beds conditions. We did not have hot water in the room, which the hotel staff which advised they will send maintenance, but no one arrived to even take a look. The coffee machine in the room sprayed all over, when asked to replace it we got a machine that did not work at all and it was also replaced with another machine that did not work. Funny enough to get a replacement machine to begin with, we had to carry it personally to the reception. as for the parking, the hotel only offers Valet parking and there is no self parking option. The location is problematic as well!!! be careful !!! the hotel is surrounded by homeless. as it the entire neighborhood was of homeless people

5.0
Saenz

7 October 2022

Wonderful stay wonderful staff I'll do it again if I'm downtown here

Staff and bar were outstanding

Quite a bit of homeless people across the street from the hotel

5.0
Eloy

15 September 2022

In summary, we loved the hotel and it’s location. The day time bartender was awesome. He was very helpful and even assi

beautiful hotel

The evening bartender wasn’t attentive. Also, we had to wait 30 minutes before the restaurant could service us because it was between breakfast and lunch time (11:00 AM - 11:30 AM). We had arrived to the restaurant at 11:05 AM.

5.0
Ramon

3 September 2022

Exceptional

the service was excellent!

close to the minute maid park 👍🏼

5.0
Stacy

2 September 2022

Although I live in the area and only stayed one night, I look forward to coming back.

Everyone was polite and helpful, and the hotel itself felt quaint and tucked away downtown.

L

3.0
Troy

20 August 2022

Passable

1.5
Jedediah

8 August 2022

i will never EVER stay here again.

breakfast was not included at all and the front desk person was argumentative about a confirmed reservation that i had blatantly showed her on my phone. charged me the same as my online reservation within none of the percs that came with the online booking.

2.0
Jami

18 June 2022

I would not stay here again.

Bathroom was nice.

Property is located next to a homeless shelter. I did not feel our family was safe in this area. Hotel rooms were very small. No mini fridge. It was a 12 min walk to Minute Maid. again, did not feel safe enough to walk. Found an old eyelash curler on the floor from the last person. soap dish was dirty. Mirror was cracked and dirty

2.0
M

25 April 2022

location, not friendly staff. and they charged taxes and fees while it was included.

close to Minute Maid

location, not friendly staff. and they charged taxes and fees while it was included.

3.0
James

19 April 2022

Over priced

Price was entirely too expensive. Location was filthy.

5.0
Yamane

22 November 2021

Great location, great view, great staff!

I loved that the property was at the head of downtown. it was walking distance to a lot of great restaurants. I also loved the valet service it was worth the price. The people who worked the front desk were some of the best I have ever met and the bartender was also great! We always ended our night at the bar and the drinks as well as the conversation were wonderful.

I wish I had a better view of the city because our room was on the 4th floor and blocked by a tree but other than that it was great!

3.0
Gerard

26 July 2021

Serviceable Hotel, Awkward Location, Boutique Price

Mattress was relatively new. Pillows were firm and plentiful. There were plenty of outlets and USB plugs in the room.

The courthouse district is barren and nothing is walkable — especially when the temps reach into the high nineties. This becomes especially challenging when you’re dealing with valet parking only. Without a self park option, you’re forced to use rideshares unless you’re willing to eat in the barely adequate hotel restaurant. The property is a bit long in the tooth in spite of numerous cosmetic upgrades. And the hot water was barely hot while the cold water was barely cold.

5.0
Stephanie

22 July 2021

Exceptional

The room and area which was downtown

The noise from the surrounding night clubs and or restaurant didn’t get to enjoy the rest inside the room because we were right next a very loud spot. And the parking was horrible off street not good for guest that travel by car but have no where to park unless they pay for valet which in your location valet should be free for the guess. Or at least have a parking garage for your guess.

2.0
Michele

11 July 2021

Only stay here if you’re also attending whatever event is scheduled in their Veranda

Location! Convenient in downtown.

The rooms are relatively nice (not fabulous) for a “historic” hotel, but the building design is lacking. Their event venue, The Veranda, is just below the windows of the rooms on floors 2 and up. You may as well have the DJ in your room with you. There was a party with loud dance music until after 11pm. Our windows were shaking. Management seemed to be unaware of how loud it was in the upper rooms because inside the lobby, you couldn’t hear the music. After a long and exhausting day, our stay at The Sam was not relaxing at all.

3.0
Latoya

11 July 2021

It was ok…

The staff was nice…there was mold on the wall & a/c unit in the room we were assigned at first & it smelled like mold in that room but after speaking with the front desk clerk he apologized & immediately changed our room…the view from the 10th floor was really nice…

I didn’t expect there to be as many homeless people in the area…There’s no parking so basically you’re forced to use valet for 34$ plus tax…

3.0
Anonymous

3 July 2021

Passable

Half the staff was very nice, but the other half was extremely rude

5.0
Shayla

28 June 2021

Exceptional

Great location and room

They didn’t match my booking at first

2.0
Mark

29 May 2021

Not 100%

Location was good.

When you charge $35/day for parking and your bar and restaurant are closed you need to have someone to run your guests short trips. Anyone would do it just for the tips !!! NEED TO TELL PEOPLE THE BAR AND RESTAURANT ARE CLOSED NOT TRY TO HIDE THE FACTS BY OMISSION

5.0
Anonymous

23 May 2022

was pleased with staff

clean and convenient

homeless people

5.0
Anonymous

10 May 2022

it was comfy and great!

clean. and we loved the treatment we received from the staff. we’ll stay there again. walking was no convenient to Minute Maid. the young man that checked us in was so nice and friendly and helpful

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Hotel facilities

Food & Drink

  • - Restaurant
  • - Bar

General

  • - Room service
  • - Non-smoking rooms
  • - Facilities for disabled guests
  • - Family rooms
  • - Lift
  • - Car hire
  • - Heating
  • - Non-smoking throughout
  • - Air conditioning
  • - Designated smoking area

Business facilities

  • - Meeting/banquet facilities
  • - Business centre
  • - Fax/photocopying

Reception services

  • - 24-hour front desk
  • - Express check-in/check-out
  • - ATM/cash machine on site
  • - Concierge service

Activities

  • - Fitness centre
  • - Golf course (within 3 km)
  • - Fitness

Cleaning services

  • - Laundry
  • - Dry cleaning

Accessibility

  • - Wheelchair accessible

Miscellaneous

  • - Breakfast takeaway containers
  • - Delivered food is securely covered
  • - Access to health care professionals
  • - Thermometers for guests provided by property
  • - Face masks for guests available
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