Thompson San Antonio - Riverwalk, by Hyatt Review

Overview: What is Thompson San Antonio - Riverwalk, by Hyatt?

Thompson San Antonio - Riverwalk opened on February 25, 2021 as a 162-room contemporary luxury hotel, part of the Thompson Hotels brand within the Hyatt Lifestyle portfolio. It occupies the first 11 floors of a 20-story mixed-use tower at 115 Lexington Avenue; the upper floors house The Arts Residences, a separate collection of 59 for-sale luxury condominiums under the same architectural roof but operated independently. The hotel sits on the quieter, more cultural northern stretch of the River Walk, known as the Museum Reach, in the city's Arts District. The property was developed by Houston-based DC Partners and designed inside by Mariana Valero of Amass & G, who gave the rooms and public spaces a chic residential character with wide-plank hardwood floors, custom sofas, and Texas-inspired detailing. The hotel includes the Cenote Pool Deck with a 2,000-square-foot pool, the 5,000-square-foot Thompson Spa, and a 20th-floor rooftop bar, The Moon's Daughters. In late 2025 and early 2026 the property went through a well-publicized financial ownership change: the developer defaulted on a $44 million loan, and the hotel portion of the building was sold at a March 2026 foreclosure auction to lender Southern Realty Trust for $40.5 million. Throughout this process the hotel continued operating normally under Hyatt management, and guest-facing operations were not interrupted. The ownership story is a real-estate-finance event, not an operational one.

Where is Thompson San Antonio - Riverwalk, by Hyatt? Location and access

The hotel is at 115 Lexington Avenue, on the corner of St. Mary's Street, on the North River Walk in San Antonio's Arts District. The San Antonio Museum of Art, housed in a historic former brewery on the river, is a four-minute walk. The Tobin Center for the Performing Arts is a few minutes away. The main River Walk tourist stretch and the Shops at Rivercenter are an 8-to-10-minute walk south; the Alamo is roughly a 12-minute walk; the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center is about 15 minutes on foot. San Antonio International Airport (SAT) is about 11 minutes by car. For Spurs games, the Frost Bank Center is roughly 15 minutes east by car. The Pearl, San Antonio's celebrated food and shopping district built around the historic Pearl Brewery, is a short ride or a pleasant walk north along the Museum Reach extension of the River Walk. The North River Walk location is deliberately calmer than the bar-and-restaurant-packed central stretch, which most guests consider a feature rather than a drawback.

Nearby landmarks

• San Antonio Museum of Art (4-minute walk)
• Tobin Center for the Performing Arts
• The River Walk / Museum Reach
• Shops at Rivercenter
• The Alamo
• Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center
• The Pearl district and Pearl Brewery
• Frost Bank Center (San Antonio Spurs)
• Majestic Theatre
• Hemisfair and the Tower of the Americas
• San Antonio International Airport

Rooms at Thompson San Antonio - Riverwalk, by Hyatt

The 162 rooms include 33 suites, all designed by Mariana Valero of Amass & G with a residential rather than corporate sensibility: wide-plank hardwood floors, custom sofas, intimate layered lighting, restful beds with luxury bedding, and spa-style bathrooms in stone and glass. Suites add indoor-outdoor spaces, fully stocked wet bars, and sculptural free-standing soaking tubs. The Penthouse Suite is built for entertaining, with a full-size pool table, an entertainer's bar, a premium sound system, twice-daily housekeeping, and an expansive terrace. Rooms offer River Walk, neighborhood, or city skyline views; higher floors put guests above much of the surrounding downtown. Standard rooms include Egyptian cotton sheets, down comforters, minibars, and premium bedding. The contemporary, clean-lined rooms are a deliberate contrast to the older Spanish-colonial and Art Deco hotels that define most of the central River Walk.

Service and staff

Standard Thompson Hotels and Hyatt Lifestyle service model. The hotel runs at a strong contemporary-luxury service level, with valet parking, a 24-hour fitness center, spa services, and concierge support for River Walk dining, Tobin Center tickets, and Spurs games. World of Hyatt loyalty members earn and redeem points here. Guest reviews on the major travel platforms run consistently positive (in the 9-out-of-10 range), with particular praise for the rooftop bar, the pool deck, and the cleanliness and design of the rooms. Pet-friendly within Thompson brand standards.

Amenities at Thompson San Antonio - Riverwalk, by Hyatt

The Cenote Pool Deck features a 2,000-square-foot outdoor pool, lounge areas, a pool bar, private luxury cabanas with greenery, a water-ledge, TVs, and dedicated VIP service, with weekend day parties and a pool-deck nightlife scene in season. Thompson Spa is a 5,000-square-foot full-service spa with five treatment rooms, intimate relaxation areas, a steam room, and a sauna, offering facials, peels, body treatments, massages, and scrubs. There is a 24-hour fitness center, an on-site art gallery, a hair salon, dry cleaning, and roughly 14,551 square feet of meeting and event space across several unique venues. Valet parking is available for a fee. The rooftop bar and pool deck together make this one of the strongest amenity packages of any downtown San Antonio hotel.

Full amenity list

• The Moon's Daughters rooftop bar (20th floor)
• Cenote Pool Deck with 2,000 sq ft outdoor pool
• Private poolside cabanas
• Pool bar
• Thompson Spa (5,000 sq ft, five treatment rooms)
• Sauna and steam room
• 24-hour fitness center
• On-site art gallery
• Hair salon
• Roughly 14,551 sq ft of meeting and event space
• Valet parking
• Pet-friendly
• Free Wi-Fi
• 24-hour room service
• World of Hyatt loyalty program

Food and drink

The headline venue is The Moon's Daughters, the 20th-floor rooftop bar and lounge, which delivers some of the best skyline and River Walk views in San Antonio along with a strong cocktail program (Texas-whiskey drinks are a signature). It is a destination bar that draws locals as well as hotel guests, and it remains open. The hotel's ground-floor restaurant, Landrace, a wood-fired Texas Hill Country concept that opened to acclaim, has been temporarily closed since mid-2025 and was not operating as of early 2026. Travelers who want a full in-hotel dining program should confirm Landrace's status before booking, or plan to use the Arts District and River Walk restaurants nearby, which are numerous and within easy walking distance. Breakfast, room service, and bar food at The Moon's Daughters cover in-house needs in the interim.

Design and architecture

The 20-story tower reads as a contemporary downtown high-rise rather than a historic landmark, and the hotel's identity is built around interiors rather than facade. Mariana Valero of Amass & G designed a chic residential interior: warm wood, custom furnishings, layered lighting, Texas-inspired materials, and an art program that runs through the public spaces and an on-site gallery. The Cenote Pool Deck is named for the natural limestone sinkholes of the region, and the rooftop bar leans into the skyline rather than competing with it. The overall effect is modern, design-forward, and deliberately distinct from the Spanish-colonial-revival and Art Deco vocabulary that dominates the rest of the River Walk. For travelers who find the older River Walk hotels dated, the Thompson is the clear contemporary alternative.

Fun facts about Thompson San Antonio - Riverwalk, by Hyatt

• The hotel occupies only the first 11 floors of the 20-story tower; floors 12 to 19 are The Arts Residences, 59 separate for-sale luxury condominiums under the same brand.
• Thompson San Antonio opened on February 25, 2021, during the pandemic, one of a wave of Thompson Hotels openings that also included Thompson Dallas, Savannah, Buckhead, Hollywood, Austin, and Denver.
• The Cenote Pool Deck is named for cenotes, the natural limestone sinkhole pools found across the karst landscape of Texas and Mexico.
• The rooftop bar The Moon's Daughters sits on the 20th floor and is one of the highest public vantage points on the San Antonio River Walk.
• The hotel was named to Conde Nast Traveler's Readers' Choice list of the Top 15 Best Hotels in Texas in both 2023 and 2024.
• In March 2026 the hotel portion of the building sold at a street-side foreclosure auction outside the Bexar County Courthouse for 40.5 million dollars, with the lender taking ownership.
• The hotel sits on the Museum Reach, the northern extension of the River Walk that connects downtown to the Pearl district and is lined with public art installations.