Detailed Review
Hotel Derek is a refreshing choice of Houston Texas lodging for travelers looking to escape the typical hotel chain. Nestled in the heart of the city’s Uptown Galleria area, our Houston accommodations cater equally to the stylish vacationer and contemporary business executive. Whether you’re looking to connect with the world through high-speed Internet access or retreat peacefully under an exquisite 100% goose-down duvet, our high-style Houston Texas accommodations anticipate every need. Our Houston accommodations are focused on style and fixated on comfort, blending traditional luxuries with a thoroughly modern decor. Here, unmistakable Texas trimmings such as cowhide rugs commingle with English wingback chairs, pinstriped duvets, and soothing earth tones, ensuring that your Houston Texas lodging experience at Hotel Derek is anything but ordinary. Envelope yourself in heaven-sent beds smothered in pillows, wrapped in sumptuous linens, and accented with custom-designed goose-down duvets - all standard features of our Houston accommodations. Experience the pure pleasure of white corian-wrapped tubs, oversized glistening porcelain sinks and rain showers in our neo-modern bathrooms.
Press Quotes
“...a post-Starckian fantasy where the lobby’s fireplace features a plasma screen showcasing tropical fish (in summer) and dancing flames (in winter)...” New York Times, 03
Independent Reviews
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"Shabby-cool pad named for a fictional ageing rock star"
Hotel Derek
By Ken Scrudato
As an international hub, it’s not surprising that Houston would find itself joining the designer hotel wars. But since the Hotel Derek opened in 2002, the floodgates seem to have opened. The Derek is still the ultimate hipster spot, due to an adventurous design concept that not only outdid many of its New York and LA counterparts for sheer wit, but has also held up surprisingly well. The in-joke, is that "Derek" is a fictitious, aging rock star, and the hotel is his post-glory days attempt at staying "with it." The lobby itself is a riotous, slightly camp, but ultimately successful collision of styles; guests can be found flopping on the hotel’s cheeky mohair velvet sofa, playing with the Lucite chess set, or enjoying a cocktail in front of the "fireplace," which is actually just a projection-quite the clever and indigenous touch, as no one needs a real fireplace in balmy Houston.
The rooms are stylish, but skillful use of dark woods gives them a warmth often missing in mod hotels. The huge platform beds are impossibly comfortable. Even the standards are spacious, but the studios provide a comfortable office alcove, a rare touch of ergonomic sympathy to business travelers.. Ask for a room at the back, as the other side faces traffic and shopping centers. The fun continues downstairs at Maverick, the hotel’s trendy and well-reviewed Southwestern dining spot. Derek’s Bar also appears to be quite a scene, though the crowd is thankfully rather cosmopolitan. One is tempted to imagine "Derek" as Derek Smalls, but this place is rather too classy an affair to have been imagined by a member of Spinal Tap. Thank god for that.
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