Capital Hotel

About

Capital Hotel was borne of an “idea” of what the greatest sort of luxury hotel could be in the late 1800’s. Sporting—of all things—an elevator large enough to bear a guest and his horse upstairs, a state-of-the-art communications system (the “magnetic annunciator”) and proudly displaying the first electric light fixture to be found in a hotel in the South, a local matron declared the hotel “a capital enterprise located in a capital building.” The name stuck. The Capital was a beacon to Southern culture in its day and over the decades was continuously reinvented to characterize the very best of the South for each time. Today is no different. A family of third-generation Arkansans has lovingly renovated and refreshed this grand lady, and our management and staff are devoted to bringing a new “Capital Idea” to guests. Having recruited renowned chefs and expert hoteliers, the Capital today revisits Southern hospitality and serves as the launching pad for a new interpretation of Southern foodways. One can say it’s the latest of the Capital Ideas that have animated the hotel since it arrived on the scene in antebellum Little Rock. Today the Capital Hotel is “the front porch of Little Rock,” the portal to a rich and rewarding experience of the best of the region and the authentic welcome that warms the South. We are committed to bringing new ideas to old favorites, to providing relevant and meaningful tastes, sounds and textures to our guests—so that each leaves our door touched by something real that can only be found right here.