2 Best, Genuine Boutique Hotels in Tacoma in 2026

This central Tacoma boutique hotel is one in a long line of brainchildren of the McMenamins, a local hospitality group started in 1983 by two brothers. The M.O. is to find incredible buildings, renovate them, and turn them into hotels, brewpubs, restaurants, and/or bars. In Tacoma, the incredible building in question is a 1916 number that originally served as an Elks Temple. The brothers scooped it up in 2019 to turn the 7-floor beaux-arts gem into a multi-level shrine to fun, fellowship, beer and cocktails. It’s a radical glow up… > Read Our Full Review

Beautifully situated and perfectly comfortable, this Old Town Tacoma boutique hotel is a perfect place to enjoy Puget Sound. With every room sporting views of Commencement Bay, anyone who likes to watch the waves will be perfectly happy here. Silver Cloud is a small local chain responsible for a handful of hotels around Seattle and the Pacific Northwest hotels, and we’d venture to claim this is its best iteration. There’s a funny sort of play between typical hotel and new money swank, and we kind of like that it hasn’t… > Read Our Full Review