Four Seasons Atlanta, Lodge at Sea Island draw top hotel marks
The perennial best hotels in Georgia — the Four Seasons Atlanta and the Lodge at Sea Island — have done it again.
The two took top honors as the state’s leading lodgers in 2014, according to Forbes and AAA.
Forbes gave both five stars, its highest honor, while also bestowing the designation on the Cloister at Sea Island.
AAA designated the pair with its top five-diamond award. Other five-diamond award winners include InterContinental Buckhead, St. Regis Atlanta and Ritz-Carlton locations in downtown Atlanta, Buckhead and at Reynolds Plantation in Greensboro.
Notching a spot at the top of either list is coveted by the hospitality community as it brings prestige and allows the properties to command top dollar for rooms, often starting at $500 a night.
The Georgian Room at the Lodge was the only Georgia restaurant to receive five stars. (None received five diamonds from AAA.) The spa at Sea Island received five stars from Forbes.
Other winners include:
Forbes
- Four-star hotels: InterContinental Buckhead, Loews Atlanta, Mandarin Oriental Atlanta, the Ritz-Carlton Atlanta (downtown), the Ritz-Carlton Buckhead, the Ritz-Carlton Lodge Reynolds Plantation (Greensboro) and the St. Regis Atlanta.
- Four-star restaurants: Bacchanalia, Park 75 at Four Seasons Atlanta, Quinones at Bacchanalia and Restaurant Eugene, all in Atlanta.
- Four-star spas: Remède Spa at the St. Regis Atlanta and the Ritz-Carlton Lodge Reynolds Plantation Spa in Greensboro.
AAA
- Four-diamond hotels: (Atlanta area) Grand Hyatt, JW Marriott Buckhead, Loews, Mandarin Oriental, Omni Hotel at CNN Center, Renaissance Atlanta Midtown, Renaissance Atlanta Waverly, Renaissance Concourse Atlanta Airport, Westin Buckhead, W Buckhead, W Downtown, W Midtown, Atlanta Evergreen Marriott Conference Resort in Stone Mountain, Chateau Elan Winery and Resort and Westin Atlanta Airport.
- Four-diamond restaurants: (Atlanta area) Aria, Atlanta Grill at Ritz-Carlton Downtown, Bacchanalia, BLT Steak at W Downtown, Canoe, La Grotta Ravinia Ristorante Italiano, La Grotta Ristorante Italiano, Nan Thai Fine Dining, Nikolai's Roof at Hilton Atlanta Downtown, Park 75 at Four Seasons Atlanta and Restaurant Eugene. (Greensboro): Georgia's Bistro at Ritz-Carlton Reynolds Plantation.
