The distinguished Forbes Journey Information, a worldwide ranking system for luxurious motels, eating places, spas, and ocean cruises, has acknowledged 28 Texas properties on its 2025 awards record, together with three in San Antonio.
The 67th annual record spans almost 2,200 properties world wide, with three ranges of scores: 5-Star, 4-Star, and Really helpful. To find out the scores, inspectors go to each resort, restaurant, spa, and cruise ship in individual, visiting anonymously as a typical visitor to evaluation the standard and situation of every property and its general visitor expertise. Members pay a payment to be thought of, however nobody can purchase a ranking.
New for 2025, Forbes Journey Information unveiled its inaugural cruise restaurant scores.
“Behind each Forbes Journey Information Star Award lies a thousand small gestures: the concierge who tracks down a hidden café beloved by locals, the chef who sources substances from a generations-old farm, the spa therapist who crafts customized aromatherapy blends from native flowers,” the report stated.
The three San Antonio properties that earned recognition on this yr’s record are the Mokara Lodge & Spa (each halves earned 4 stars of their respective classes) and the historic Lodge Emma, which earned a Really helpful ranking.
Solely three properties in Texas earned 5 stars: The Ritz-Carlton Dallas resort, The Put up Oak Lodge in Houston, and the Put up Oak’s luxurious spa.
The one new Texas property on this yr’s information is The Ritz-Carlton Dallas, Las Colinas resort in Irving, which earned a Really helpful ranking.
These are the properties in Texas that made the 2025 record, by class:
Eating places:
Garrison, Austin: 4-starFearing’s, Dallas: 4-starThe Mansion, Dallas: 4-star
Inns:
Archer Lodge, Austin: 4-starAustin Correct Lodge, Austin: 4-starCommodore Perry Property Auberge Resorts Assortment, Austin: 4-starFairmont Austin, 4-starFour Seasons Lodge Austin, 4-starThe Ritz-Carlton Dallas: 5-starThe Joule, Dallas: 4-starHall Arts Lodge Dallas, Curio Assortment by Hilton: RecommendedRosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek, Dallas: RecommendedThe Ritz-Carlton Dallas, Las Colinas: Really helpful (new)The Put up Oak Lodge at Uptown Houston: 5-starFour Seasons Lodge Houston, 4-starHotel Granduca Houston: 4-starThe Houstonian Lodge Membership & Spa: 4-starThe St. Regis Houston: 4-starHotel Emma, San Antonio: RecommendedMokara Lodge & Spa, San Antonio: 4-star
Spas:
Fairmont Spa Austin: 4-starThe Spa at 4 Seasons Austin: 4-starVerbena Spa at Austin Correct Lodge: 4-starThe Ritz Carlton Spa, Dallas: 4-starThe Spa on the Joule, Dallas: 4-starThe Spa on the Put up Oak Lodge Houston: 5-starTrellis Spa, Houston: 4-starMokara Spa, San Antonio: 4-star
The Forbes Journey information began in 1958 as Mobil Journey Information, a guidebook for US motorists. They created the unique 5-Star ranking system for hospitality within the US.
