Rooms · 330 sq ft
Compositor Room
Compact and dark in the right way, with a proper desk and a chair you could read in for an hour.
From$179/ night
Check datesLouisville, Kentucky
Bourbon, horses
and long afternoons
A hundred and sixty rooms in a 1901 printing house. Original presses in the lobby, a bourbon library of six hundred bottles, and a card room on the fourth floor that keeps its own hours.
The Card Room
The Drampiola
Compositor Room
160
Rooms and suites
600
Bottles in the library
4
Restaurants and bars
1901
Year the presses started
Where you sleep
The rooms, from smallest to silliest
No two floors are identical, which made the build harder and the stay better. Rates shown are the lowest of the next ninety days.
All accommodationRooms · 380 sq ft
Pressroom King
In the old pressroom, where the ceilings are highest and the windows run almost to them.
From$209/ night
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Rooms · 420 sq ft
Foundry Double
Two cast-iron columns run through the room, which we were told to hide and did not.
From$229/ night
Check datesSuites · 720 sq ft
The Editor's Suite
The old editor's office, with the bookcases restored and filled, a fire, and a desk the size of a door.
From$389/ night
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Suites · 1200 sq ft
The Long Room
Two bedrooms, a dining room for ten, and a private door through to the card room landing.
From$729/ night
Check datesEat and drink
What is open, and when
Reservations open sixty days ahead for the rooms that take them. The rest are walk-in and always will be.
All venues| Venue | Kind | Hours | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Drampiola | Southern fine dining | Dinner, Tue–Sat | $$$$ |
| The Bourbon Library | Bourbon bar | 4 PM–1 AM | $$$ |
| Linotype | Café & counter | 6:30 AM–3 PM | $ |
| The Green Room | Private dining | By arrangement | $$$$ |
What there is to do
Reasons to leave the room
You can do all of it in a long weekend, though we would rather you did about half.
Everything here01 / 04
The Card Room
Gaming
Fourth floor, nine thousand square feet, twelve tables and a hundred and forty machines. Small, quiet, and open later than anywhere else downtown.
More about The Card Room02 / 04
The Library
Bourbon
Six hundred bottles, tastings on Thursday and Saturday, and a distillery trail the concierge can get you onto at short notice.
More about The Library
03 / 04
The Track
Racing
Ten minutes by car in season, with a block of seats held for guests and a van that leaves at eleven on race days.
More about The Track04 / 04
The Presses
History
Two working presses in the lobby and a printer who will set your name in lead and pull you a card, free, most afternoons.
More about The Presses
Offers
Reasons to come sooner
If a better public rate exists on the day you book, tell us and we will match it and take off another five per cent.
Code AFTERNOONThe Long Afternoon
25% off Sunday to Thursday
Midweek downtown, with a tasting at the library on the house.
Terms and bookingDerby Week
Book early for the first weekend in May
Rooms for the first weekend in May open a year ahead and go quickly. Four-night minimum.
Terms and bookingThe Trail
Two nights and two distilleries
Two nights, a car and a driver for a day, and two distillery appointments we book for you.
Terms and bookingGetting here
212 South Fourth Street
Louisville, KY 40202
- Free self-parking for every guest
- Twenty minutes from downtown, with a shuttle on the hour
- (502) 555-0197 — reservations, 7 AM to 9 PM
