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Hotel Emma in the historic Pearl brewhouse on the San Antonio River
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Hotel Emma

The landmark hotel at the heart of Pearl — 146 rooms inside the 1894 brewhouse, named for the woman who ran the brewery into the twentieth century.

The two-story Sternewirth library bar inside Hotel Emma
— The Sternewirth

A bar where the beer once aged

Beneath thirty-foot ceilings and a two-story library of 3,700 books, the Sternewirth pours in the very hall where Pearl's beer once rested in tanks. Green leather, riveted iron, and an afternoon that disappears.

Ivy-draped fermenting tanks and the PEARL smokestack
— The Building

Kept, not rebuilt

The brewhouse's grain elevators, cellars, and cast-iron columns weren't demolished — they were restored and lived in. Hotel Emma is a stay inside working history, where every room tells you what the building used to do.

Suites and connecting rooms make it easy to bring the whole family — and the river, the market, and the fountains are just out the door.

The Rooms

146 rooms & suites
River views, family suites, and the brewery's original bones throughout.

On Property

Eat, drink & unwind
Supper, Sternewirth, the Larder, a pool, and a fitness studio.

Just Outside

All of Pearl
The weekend market, the river walk, the plaza fountains, and 20+ restaurants.

Hotel Emma and the plaza fountain
Stay a While

“The kind of service that makes you cancel your plans.”

Hotel Emma exterior on the river
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