About the Hotel
“From the moment guests enter, the details astound. A statue of Jefferson crafted in white Carrara marble dominates the check-in area. To the left is the Grand Staircase, said to be the model for the one Rhett swept Scarlett up in Gone With the Wind.”
- USA Today
“When you arrive at The Jefferson, you know you’ve arrived…It’s a five-star space indeed that makes you feels so grand by so utterly dwarfing you.”
- Washington Post
“San Francisco has the Fairmont,
Chicago has the Drake and New York has the Plaza. Grand
hotels and grand cuisine are essential companions. In
Richmond we have the Jefferson and Lemaire.”
- Style Weekly
“ . . . [arguably] the most
beautiful [public room] of any hotel in the country
. . .”
- Charles Kuralt, Sunday Morning Segment for CBS News
“I’ve dressed for dinner
at the seaside Cloister and once drank a toast to Dorothy
Parker at the Algonquin. The Peabody in Memphis, Tennessee,
is pretty grand . . . But I’ve never seen anything,
anywhere, as sumptuous or beautiful as the restored
Jefferson.”
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
“It’s just the kind
of remarkable ambiance - and an unsurpassed level of
luxury service - that is once again drawing national
attention to the historic hotel [The Jefferson].”
- Restaurateur of Richmond & Central Virginia
“[This] magnificent structure
. . . is destined to become one of the great attractions
of the entire Southland, and a powerful inducement to
the great army of [travelers] to turn their eyes in
the direction of this city, so rich in historical associations.”
- The Richmond Times-Dispatch
“After undergoing a massive,
$34 million renovation, completed in 1986, this 99 year-old
hotel earned a Five-Diamond Award . . . taking its place
among the nation’s finest hotels.”
- AAA World
“Choosing a property that
will impress attendees [the Fortune 500 Forum] who have
likely stayed at some of the most prestigious properties
in the world, is, of course, not an easy task. This
year’s selections was Richmond, Va.’s Jefferson
Hotel, a 274 room 1895 landmark designed by Carrere
& Hastings and meticulously restored to its belle
epoque splendor.” - Meeting News
“As an example of beaux arts
extravagance, the granite hotel [The Jefferson] is peerless.”
- Southern Living
"Southern hospitality at its
best. The staff is superb but laid back and unpretentious."
- Washington Post
“(The) best-kept secret of
domestic travel.”
- Forbes FYI
“Directly under the dome
is an original life-size Carrara-marble statue of Thomas
Jefferson, and off to the left of the main desk, down
a grand staircase, is the bigger-than-life rotunda lobby.
The 70-foot ceiling features another stained-glass skylight,
this one from about 1907, and the faux-marble columns
supporting it are embellished with plaster fruits and
fronds — a grand setting for the hotel's Sunday
brunch.”
- New York Times
About Lemaire
“ . . . Lemaire offers a refinement that you can’t find anywhere else.”
- Food & Drink
“Good news. Lemaire does lunch. While it’s a touch more extravagant than other spots in town, Lemaire has its definite advantages.”
- Chef
“While live alligators used to slither around a pit in the lobby, the best current attraction is the hotel’s Lemaire restaurant.”
- Bon Appetit
”The specialty is ‘updated regional’ cuisine, such as meaty $35 crabcakes in a red-pepper coulis and delicious $7 peanut soup (peanut-buttery bliss, with a dash of Frangelico hazelnut liqueur).
- USA Today
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