By Morgan Angelique Owens,
Chief Creative Beauty Consultant
The Junto Hotel is located in the heart of Downtown Columbus, putting you close to many attractions, restaurants, and entertainment options.
A little backstory on the hotel, per their website:
“In 1727, Benjamin Franklin — you may have heard of him — founded a “club for mutual improvement,” which he styled The Junto. Ben’s club brought together people from diverse backgrounds to discuss issues and ideas of the time.
The Junto hotel is a modern-day embodiment of this idea. With an emphasis on public gathering spaces, our hotel gives visitors, locals, entrepreneurs, and artists alike a place to come together, exchange ideas, and inspire one another.”
You can definably feel this with the open layout in the lobby. You will see hotel guest but also members of the community dropping in to work, eat and network in the lobby.
I was so impressed with the different amenities, such as their own “Gear Garage” where you could rent everything from bikes to games, while staying at the hotel. How convenient and thoughtful is that??
Let’s get into the room, however. My room was quite spacious, with an amazing bathroom (you know I love a good bathroom) – but what was the cherry on top was the private rooftop terrace my room came with! It was so big I could have hosted 8-10 people out in the terrace with me.
They have a few food/beverage options for everyone to enjoy. I loved that they had a super cute full-service coffee shop in the lobby, Maudine’s. They had the most insta-worthy coffees and baked goods. It helped that they tasted great as well.
The history of the name and mascot of Maudine’s – also has a cute story (I won’t ruin it for you) I hope you go explore and learn it for yourself.
They have a restaurant, on the lobby level as well, Little West Tavern.
The food was simply, amazing. You can see from my pictures below that it not only looks good, but it tasted even better.
I also had to check out the rooftop bar, brass eye- which served crafted cocktails as well as small bites. The rooftop was a vibe. This would be the perfect place to take yourself for a cocktail or even take your boo for a romantic and cozy date night.
If you find yourself in Columbus, I 100% recommend trying out the Junto hotel. Another perk is it is right across the street from the COSI museum, and they give you a free pass to go explore that as well.
For more information please visit: https://thejuntohotel.com/