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Caption by Hyatt Chattanooga Downtown
Hyatt's first Chattanooga hotel opened on March 31, 2026 at 105 W. Main Street with 123 rooms and a rooftop bar facing Lookout Mountain.
From $160
Open · March 2026
Chattanooga, Tennessee
The Waymark Hotel, Tapestry Collection by Hilton
A 1927 bank building on Broad Street, empty for nearly two decades, reopened in 2026 as a 148-room Tapestry Collection hotel.
From $160
Open · February 2026
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Embassy Suites by Hilton Chattanooga Downtown
A seven-story, $60 million all-suite hotel on Broad Street with a rooftop bar overlooking the Tennessee River and the Aquarium.
From $170
Open · August 18, 2025
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Kinley Chattanooga Southside, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel
A 64-room ground-up build at 1409 Market Street in Southside, the second Kinley from Vision Hospitality Group after Cincinnati.
From $130
Open · April 2021Coming soon in Chattanooga
Iconic hotels in Chattanooga
Chattanooga
The Read House
Built as the Crutchfield House in 1847 and renamed the Read House in 1872, the hotel was rebuilt in 1926 into a ten-story, 400-room landmark modeled on Chicago's Palmer House. Its guest registry has included Jefferson Davis, Ulysses S. Grant, Winston Churchill and Elvis Presley, and it has held a spot on the National Register of Historic Places since 1976.
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Chattanooga
Bluff View Inn
Bluff View Inn occupies three turn-of-the-century mansions overlooking the Tennessee River in Chattanooga's Bluff View Art District — the English Tudor-style Maclellan House (circa 1889) serves as the main house, joined by the T.C. Thompson House (circa 1908) and the Colonial Revival Martin House (circa 1927), each restored with period furnishings.
Learn more →We track five new hotels in Chattanooga, Tennessee, four already open between 2021 and 2026 and one confirmed for 2028. Four of the five sit in or near the Southside district, the revitalized stretch anchored by the Chattanooga Choo Choo, while Caption by Hyatt marked Hyatt's first-ever Chattanooga property when it opened in March 2026. First-time visitors chasing the Tennessee Aquarium and the Riverwalk should look downtown; travelers drawn to breweries, live music and the Choo Choo's dining scene will find nearly all of the city's tracked hotel growth in Southside instead.
What to do
A weekend in Chattanooga
Spend the first day downtown along the riverfront: the Tennessee Aquarium, the Walnut Street Pedestrian Bridge and Coolidge Park are all free or low-cost and within walking distance of each other, and Embassy Suites by Hilton Chattanooga Downtown's rooftop bar overlooks the same stretch of the Tennessee River. In the evening, walk or rideshare to Southside for dinner and drinks along Main Street's 1200 to 1500 blocks, home to breweries, coffee shops and The Comedy Catch. On the second day, tour the Chattanooga Choo Choo (a historic train station turned entertainment complex with boutique hotel rooms inside old Pullman cars, gardens and live music) then finish with a rooftop dinner at Caption by Hyatt or The Waymark Hotel, both a short walk from the Choo Choo.
A full week
A week adds a day trip up Lookout Mountain for Rock City and Ruby Falls, both visible from several of the rooftop bars tracked in this guide, plus a morning at the Hunter Museum of American Art on the downtown bluff. Southside rewards a slower pace: budget an afternoon for brewery-hopping along Main Street, where six to eight taprooms are walkable without a car, and reserve at least one evening for Finley Stadium, The Comedy Catch or a show at one of the district's music venues, including Songbirds Guitar Museum near Kinley Chattanooga Southside. The Riverwalk, a free multi-use path connecting downtown to Southside and beyond, is worth a full morning by bike for anyone who wants to see both neighborhoods without driving, and High Point Climbing downtown gives a rainy-day option a short walk from Embassy Suites.
Where to stay
Southside
The Waymark Hotel, Tapestry Collection by Hilton opened in February 2026 at 736 Broad Street, restoring the landmark 1927 Chattanooga Savings Bank & Trust building, vacant for nearly two decades, into a 148-room hotel that keeps its neoclassical bones intact, down to a speakeasy built into the original vault. Wisconsin-based owner HKS Holdings invested roughly $59 million, working with HK Architects and Dutch East Design to preserve arched windows, masonry and marble details while layering in a contemporary interior; Concord Hospitality operates the property under Hilton's Tapestry Collection banner. Kinley Chattanooga Southside, a Tribute Portfolio Hotel opened in April 2021 at 1409 Market Street, near the Chattanooga Choo Choo and Songbirds Guitar Museum, a 64-room ground-up urban-infill build designed by local firm Tinker Ma with an exposed-brick structural frame and floor-to-ceiling windows referencing Chattanooga's industrial architecture: Vision Hospitality Group's second Kinley property after the brand's Cincinnati debut. Embassy Suites by Hilton Chattanooga Downtown opened August 18, 2025 at 345 Broad Street on the border of Southside and the riverfront, a 184-suite, roughly $60 million ground-up build from Vision Hospitality Group, described locally as the largest downtown investment in over a decade, with a rooftop bar and restaurant developed by SquareOne Holdings overlooking the Tennessee River and Aquarium. AC Hotel Chattanooga, confirmed for spring 2028, is a $45 million, 148-room project breaking ground at South Broad and Main on a site previously occupied by an auto service facility, with O-Ku, a Japanese restaurant from Indigo Road Hospitality Group, planned for the ground floor.
Downtown
Caption by Hyatt Chattanooga Downtown opened March 31, 2026 at 105 W. Main St., Hyatt's first-ever property in the city and only its second in the United States: a 123-room lifestyle hotel with floor-to-ceiling windows in every room framing views of Lookout Mountain, developed with LBA Hospitality around Caption's tech-forward, community-first playbook of mobile check-in and flexible workspaces.
Which hotel for your trip
Travelers who want the Choo Choo and Southside's nightlife
Kinley Chattanooga Southside's Market Street address puts guests closest to the Chattanooga Choo Choo and Songbirds Guitar Museum, with the district's breweries and restaurants a short walk further along Main Street.
Riverfront and Aquarium visitors
Embassy Suites by Hilton Chattanooga Downtown's rooftop bar overlooks the Tennessee River and Aquarium directly, making it the clearest fit among the five tracked hotels for a family trip built around the riverfront.
Design and heritage-hotel travelers
The Waymark Hotel's restoration of a 1927 neoclassical bank building (arched windows, marble details and a vault-turned-speakeasy all preserved) suits a traveler who wants Southside's energy from inside a genuinely historic building rather than new construction.
Business travelers and brand loyalists
Caption by Hyatt Chattanooga Downtown, as Hyatt's first property in the city, and the upcoming AC Hotel Chattanooga both target travelers with existing loyalty to their parent brands, Hyatt and Marriott respectively.
Travelers waiting on Chattanooga's next opening
AC Hotel Chattanooga, targeting spring 2028 at South Broad and Main, will add Marriott's design-forward AC Hotels brand to Southside once construction is complete.
Frequently asked questions
What is the newest hotel to open in Chattanooga?
Caption by Hyatt Chattanooga Downtown, which opened March 31, 2026 at 105 W. Main St.: Hyatt's first-ever property in the city.
What hotel is coming next to Chattanooga?
AC Hotel Chattanooga, a $45 million ground-up build at South Broad and Main in the Southside district, targeting a spring 2028 opening.
Which Chattanooga hotels are in Southside?
Four of the five tracked hotels: The Waymark Hotel, Kinley Chattanooga Southside, Embassy Suites by Hilton Chattanooga Downtown and the upcoming AC Hotel Chattanooga. Caption by Hyatt Chattanooga Downtown is the only one located elsewhere, in the downtown core.
Which new Chattanooga hotel is inside a historic building?
The Waymark Hotel, Tapestry Collection by Hilton, occupies the restored 1927 Chattanooga Savings Bank & Trust building, vacant for nearly two decades before its conversion.
Which Chattanooga hotel has river views?
Embassy Suites by Hilton Chattanooga Downtown's rooftop bar and restaurant overlook the Tennessee River and Aquarium, and Caption by Hyatt Chattanooga Downtown's guestrooms face Lookout Mountain and the city skyline.
Is Chattanooga's Southside district walkable?
Yes: Main Street's 1200 to 1500 blocks concentrate breweries, restaurants and coffee shops within a few compact blocks, and the Chattanooga Choo Choo, Kinley Chattanooga Southside and The Waymark Hotel are all within easy walking distance of each other.
Does any Chattanooga hotel have a speakeasy?
The Waymark Hotel, Tapestry Collection by Hilton, built one into the original bank vault of its 1927 building: a detail preserved from the structure's decades as the Chattanooga Savings Bank & Trust.
Which Chattanooga hotel opened most recently before Caption by Hyatt?
The Waymark Hotel, which opened in February 2026, one month before Caption by Hyatt Chattanooga Downtown's March 31, 2026 debut: the two openings landed within weeks of each other.