The Four Seasons Atlanta and the Lodge at Sea Island took top honors as Georgia’s best hotels 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 Four Seasons and the Lodge with its top five-diamond award. Other five-diamond award winners were the InterContinental Buckhead, the St. Regis Atlanta, and Ritz-Carlton locations in downtown Atlanta, Buckhead and Greensboro at Reynolds Plantation.
Notching a spot at the top of either list is coveted by the hospitality community because it brings prestige and allows the properties to command top dollar for rooms, often starting at $500 a night.
That’s especially important in metro Atlanta, which has an overabundant supply of hotel rooms and has seen hotel construction slow over the past five years.
The Georgian Room at the Lodge was the only restaurant in the state to receive five stars (none received five diamonds from AAA). The spa at Sea Island received five stars from Forbes.
Here is a list of other winners.
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.
Savannah: Andaz, Ballastone Inn, Foley House Inn, Hamilton-Turner Inn, Kehoe House, Mansion on Forsyth Park, The Bohemian, The Gastonian, Westin Savannah Harbor
Macon: 1842 Inn and Marriott Macon City Center Hotel
Thomasville: 1884 Paxton house Inn
Four-diamond restaurants:
Atlanta metro: 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
