If you're into historic hotels, then this is for you. You'll be on their central air settings as there are no adjustments you can make...not even to the slow turning ceiling fan in the 10' tall rooms. You'll be doing your part conserving water in the shower as the room we stayed in had a low pressure/volume shower head. I hope you enjoy being misted! You're right across the street from the courthouse & it's wonderful that chimes every hour...and I mean EVERY hour. And since you'll probably have the window open because it's so warm in your room, like we did, you can enjoy the courthouse bells ALL night long. The beds are comfortable & the staff courteous. Very little wifi upstairs, but the did have color cable tv on the 17" tv's. Little on the pricy side. read more

Don't let the outside fool you. Go in and see the inside of this gorgeous historic hotel. We had a surprisingly great stay in February 2021. We stayed in a suite that was almost like an apartment, with a sitting room, separate sleeping rooms, a kitchen and dining area. The best part was that it was historic with beautiful vintage furniture and decor. My son didn't want to leave. The front desk manager was really nice and helpful. I liked that we were separated by huge plastic barriers at the front desk, so I felt more safe covid-wise. We enjoyed takeout from the Blue Mountain restaurant on the property. It was on par with the excellent restaurants we have here in Austin. They somehow managed to make kale so delicious that even my picky son liked it. We enjoyed the Davis Mountains, the Marfa Lights, and this charming historic hotel on our way to Big Bend. We'll be back. read more

Overall it's a very good hotel. Nostalgic by nature, of course, but that comes with limitations. (amenities) The only really bad complaint, is the showers. A shower in an old claw based tub? doesn't work out very well. Water ends up all over the floor. Might work better if they had stronger shower curtains. Hotel personnel were very helpful. read more

Great atmosphere with an affection loving cat. Rooms were a good size and comfortable. It is an older hotel, but the nice people and the character are welcoming. read more

Yes, West Texas, and the Davis Mountains in particular, is spectacularly beautiful and worth the long journey. But the Hotel Limpia makes a visit to Ft. Davis truly special. I have stayed in hotels all over the world, and this one continues to be one of my favorites. It is a historic building on the quaint Main Street, and retains its Victorian charm with antique furniture, many original fixtures, and period decor. But it has also been carefully updated to suit modern needs. It is clean and well-maintained, with comfortable beds and high quality linens and toiletries. The service is excellent as well. And perhaps my favorite thing about this hotel is the courtyard....it is a magical little place to have a glass of wine or a cup of tea. It has a beautiful fountain, and is filled with colorful flowers, hummingbirds, and butterflies. I highly recommend a stay at the Hotel Limpia if you find yourself in West TX! read more

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The hotel restaurant defied our expectations. I would seriously pay them to FedEx me some of their buttermilk & honey biscuits. I don't even like biscuits, and I almost ate myself sick on the basket they brought to the table. Just perfect. I had the veg lasagna--light, tasty, delicious. The Sig O had some cheese-smothered chicken that is apparently flown in from Mexico every day. He loved it. read more

We stayed for one night after arriving late. The front desk closes at 9:30pm, so the key was in an envelope at the front desk. We enjoyed decompressing in the library by the fire with a couple glasses of cold water from the water jug in the lobby. The upstairs room in the main building was very spacious and decorated in a manner appropriate to the age of the hotel. The room appeared to be recently decorated and was nicely appointed. The beds were nice with a good, sufficiently firm, mattress. The room was clean and the bathroom has nice toiletries. The only downside in the room was the water pressure for the shower. It was sufficient to wash hair, but without a lot of margin. The hotel provides breakfast bars, fruit and coffee. It would be nice if the hotel provided a more substantial breakfast, even for a charge, since there were not many breakfast options in town. It was enjoyable to wander around the hotel and see the fine architecture. Be sure to use the AAA discount which I could not enter in the website but which they honor on the phone. We stayed in the main building, but it is unclear from the website where the alternate building (Case Limpia) is located and I was not able to locate in town. Fort Davis was worth the list with the National Historic Site and McDonald Observatory. read more

Every year for over 15 years my sisters and I have been visiting and staying at the Hotel Limpia in Ft.Davis, Texas. Every year went off without a hitch until the hotel was bought by new owners. After years of staying In the same room, the hotel decided to make that area into a conference room. So we switched to another 2 bedroom with kitchen suite (RM30). First year was nice under new ownership, they redid the lobby, patio area and restaurant and bar. We were a little disappointed that they no longer made their fabulous biscuits in the restaurant but we lived with it. They even added a refrigerator in lobby with homemade hummus and salads from the bistro. It was a very nice addition. The next year, we were told upon arrival that there had been a water leak that had affected that room and we could only stay in there one night and then move to another room because the roofers were going to be working on it. We never saw any roofers working on it. It also happened that we were told that the refrigerator in lobby had broken and that is why they no longer had any items for sale from bistro. This year, we get there and that room reeked of mildew. Refrigerator in lobby is still empty and dark and patio area had overgrown plants and bushes. The hotel toiletry items have gotten cheap in quality, I am sure to save on cost. It's not like the hotel staff did not know about smell in the room as there were no less than 5 Glade Solid Air Fresheners in our room and in the neighboring rooms, window sills. I cannot believe they continue to rent out those rooms with that issue. Mildew smell is not nice and can cause some serious breathing issues for asthmatics. We were given one night free for our trouble, but we decided that was enough and will be looking for another place to stay in the Ft. Davis Area. I am sure that the other rooms in the hotel and annex may be fine for some, but we relished the charm of the original hotel and building. No more updates have been made and that includes the bedding. I don't even want to think about if they wash bedspreads between occupants. Needless to say it was very disappointing that we won't be staying there next year. read more

On a whim, we ended up in Ft Davis. We looked on Expedia for a hotel. No vacancy. We stopped in at Hotel Limpia and the front desk clerk got us an awesome room in the Orchard House. Historic, beautiful, comfortable and a great value! The Blue Mountain Bistro next door got us reservations and the meal was amazing! We will be going back! read more

We booked this hotel in October for our March spring break. I recieved two confirmations via email from the hotel. HOwever, when we arrived at the hotel they did not have record of our reservation and the hotel was booked, so was the rest of the town. Of course they told us there was nothing they could do for us, even though I showed them my reservation. We had just drivin hours with our children and we were looking forward to staying in this nice hotel and relaxing for the night! We had to drive 30 mins to Alpine and were lucky enough to get the last room at a less desirable hotel, this was after we spent hours on the phone trying to find hotels. Very, Very, frustrating! read more

Staff is incredibly sweet. The hotel itself is old - yes but I've been to much older hotels that are well kept. This hotel is dirty. The lobby, the sun room, the patio. Just enough dirt to make it feel dingy. The sunroom window sills full of dust and spiderwebs. I may be the only person that didn't care for Tuxedo the cat. They have his crusty bed and litter box in the corner of the sunroom. Our suite was nice and much bigger than we expected. All in all, I like the historic feel but hotel owners/shouldn't take it guests for granted. Clean it up, spruce it up with fresh flowers. read more

The Limpia Hotel is a jewel. Our room on the second floor was spacious, comfortable and impeccably clean. We plan to return.

We had a company business trip and stayed at this hotel for two days. We all enjoyed the restaurant, rooms and pool. We stayed in a suite and it was a wonderful room with all the amenities, even a claw foot bath tub. read more

I have stayed in many small/quaint bed and breakfasts and inns - both good and bad. This one looked like it was going to be a cute place in historic west Texas and I had high hopes. But the reality was that it was unsafe, dirty, not maintained, and expensive. It was one of the worst rooms I have ever stayed in and I would definitely NOT stay there again. We stayed in one of the detached suites in the back of the property with our 3 kids. The units look cute from the outside, but inside they are terrible. The first thing I noticed is that THERE WERE NO SMOKE DETECTORS IN THE UNIT!!! Completely unacceptable. This has got to be Illegal - I have never seen a hotel without basic fire protection. Given all of the suites are connected, and the electrical wiring is old in the unit, this is a tragedy waiting to happen. The carpet in the suite was old (and not in the good antique kind of way), poorly installed (seams everywhere), stained (have these ever been steam cleaned??) - just plain dirty. The door to the bedroom had a hole that had been punched in it and they had glued the big splinters from the door back in - you could see through the door. The beds were disgusting. Linens and mattresses felt dusty and dirty. Mattress was uncomfortable and springy. I do not think they have looked under the beds in a very long time - there was dust stretching from the floor to the bottom of the box spring on one of the beds. *SHUDDER* The TV in the master bedroom looked like it was from 1989 and the rest of the furniture in the suite looked like the random assortment of furniture that I had when I was in college - not vintage west Texas "period" furniture. The $10.95 "all you can eat brunch buffet" they offer until 10 AM had literally 7 things, plus coffee and juice. We got there at 9:40 and they had run out of one of the 7 things and we were scraping the bottom of the pan for other things. Ridiculous. It is hard to find a place to stay in west Texas, but look elsewhere. If I had to do it again, I would try to find a chain hotel off the interstate somewhere and just drive a longer distance to get to whatever it is you want to do in the area. read more

We stopped here for a night on our way to Marfa. The drive to Ft. Davis at sunset from I-10 was amazing. Don, who was running the front desk was a great welcoming party. He allows you your choice of rooms as stated before, so we were able to look at three of them. DEFINITELY a historic look and feel but well worth the 99$ we paid. Very clean and comfortable. We stayed in the ground floor suite (34) and it had its own thermostat, but as it is an older buiding, the heat is set by the front desk. There are common decks/ sun porches on either end of the hotel, which add to it's 1920's era feeling. There is a fire place as mentioned before in a lobby side room. The resturant next door was delicious. We ate in the lodge type bar upstairs (the only bar in town open 5p-9p) and liked it's laid back vibe. A nice bookstore with regional titles downstairs below it. Overall a great place to stay.... read more

Stay elsewhere. We booked Hotel Limpia and thought we'd be staying in nice, historic hotel. Nope! Across the street in annex, upstairs in ugly room. The view out the window was a junk pile. Save your money! Also they say they have Wi-if. Yes they do, only in hotel lobby. read more

If you like mouse droppings in your sofa and a room that smells bad, this is the place to stay.The room, number 10, is dated and furnished with threadbare furniture.The Wi-Fi is hit or miss, usually miss. Just nasty--. Depending on who is on the front desk you'll either have a friendly face or a sourpuss. I'm looking for a better place in Alpine or Marfa. Yuck. Pricey for a flea-bag. read more

I love old historic places and rented a two bedroom suite for 4 adults but was not impressed. I would not recommend this hotel. The historic building and grounds were old, reasonably maintained and nice but everything inside the suite was also old, not maintained, worn-out, in need of replacement from the carpet to the beds. The carpet was coming apart at each seam and was an immediate turnoff when you opened the door. The beds were uncomfortable and in need of replacement, the rollways were both uncomfortable and so noisy that you could not sleep on them. Taking a shower was a joke. One was smaller than the showers found on a boat with missing grout overtaken with mold and the second was in an old claw tub where the repainting was peeling and was too slippery to risk a shower and too awful to sit in for a bath. The hot water dribbled out and that was when only one faucet was on at a time. Don't consider using both baths at the same time. The TV had to be decades old. Tried to watch Golf but you couldn't find the ball or see the score because of the TV snow. The air conditioning was not balanced between rooms and fluctuated in temperature throughout the night enough to wake you off and on throughout the night. There are many historical accommodations available in the area and would recommend you try one of the others. Also apparently I made a mistake on the reservation and had a checkout for one day late. Normally this would not be a big deal as you always go over the dates at check-in. But not here.... they did not mention the reservation dates and the number of nights in the stay at check-n... so I was unaware of the problem until checkout. At check-out they said I was supposed to be staying another night. I told them that no I had always intended to checkout on Sunday. She told me it was not a problem and she would refund the last night, which apparently had already been charged to me card. So we went on as planned and drove 9 hours home. The next day I noticed that I had not received email as promised and in-fact had no email or phone call from the hotel. So I called to follow-up. Now after the fact she changed her mind and told me that I would have to pay for the extra night. Of course I now did not have the option of discussing the problem with my travel group and making a decision about what we wanted to do since she had not given me that option. I left there with a clear agreement and understanding of how that mistake was to be resolved and after returning home learned that in fact she unilaterally changed her mind and had not even bothered to pickup a phone to let me know. Overall this is not the kind of place I would chose to stay again and recommend others consider the options before selecting this hotel. read more

Recently stayed in one of the suites, didn't really know what to expect when we arrived, when we first entered the hotel it was like stepping back a 100 years, and I was not disappointed when we entered the room, it was more than we could've hoped for. If your looking for a vintage experience this is the place. Pet friendly which was a bonus. I will be returning. read more

Keep looking! First night there we pulled down the covers and found long hair on the bed sheets. On closer inspection we saw fresh make up on the pillow cases. They did not provide fresh bedding on any of the nights we stayed. Went downhill from there. No wifi.Called the front desk but could only leave a message. Left two messages no response. Turns out no one is on duty after 10 PM. You're on your own I guess unless the place is on fire. No water pressure in the toilet or shower. Had to flush twice regardless of solid waste or not.The TV is about 11" and it's an old tube type. Can't imagine where they got that thing from. Rocking chairs outside the "suite" covered in dirt. No one cleaned them off for the three days we stayed. Second and third night's, still no internet even though the manager said he would "look into it" on the second day. Mounted wall hair dryer in the bathroom with no outlet to plug it in. We took a picture of that. Way over priced for what you get. The only saving grace was the food Bistro which is NOT a part of the Limia overpainted old building. Food and service there was tops in the area. The suites I'm told are the best they offer. Don't waste your money. Go on down the road or stay in Alpine (The Maverick Inn). read more

This place is a dump. Recent Yelp reviews reflect our experience with the new owners. The service varies from indifferent to curt. Our room was next to the desk. The disadvantage is that you hear every conversation in the lobby. One of the women who worked the desk liked to listen to a country-western radio station, so that's what we listened to also when we were in our room. The advantage is that you hear the steady stream of guests and their conversations about room problems, screwed up reservations, malfunctioning equipment, etc. One recently arrived guest pointed out that a rollaway bed that he'd requested was not in his room. "There's no hurry," he said, "my wife is sleeping right now. You can bring it in a couple hours." "There won't be anybody around to bring it in a couple hours," the manager curtly replied. Well, what about sooner then? "I don't even know where it is," the manager helpfully noted. The women who worked the desk were effusively down-home folksy, but unable to answer simple questions or solve even small problems. The man who worked the desk made his distaste clear when it was pointed out that the carafe of complimentary morning coffee was (again) empty. One guest was hoping for morning tea, but after two hours the morning desk staff were still incapable of making that happen. The ceiling over the sitting area in the lobby is sheets of plywood with one coat of thin white paint, with an open junction box protruding through. I'd guess there was a ceiling fan there at one time. The fixture n the bottom of the ceiling fan in our room had sockets for three bulbs, but the Limpia could only muster one. The cheapest available plastic toilet seat in the bathroom, unframed mirror held on the wall with cheap plastic clasps, etc. There's old and venerable, and dripping with character, but this place is just run down and creepy. read more

First let me say I NEVER give out bad reviews. I feel if you don't have something good to say don't say anything but this was Horrible, this is by far one of the worst hotel we have stayed at in a long time. Old and "Quaint" think not more like very old and run down. The price of 139.00 per night before tax was unbelievable!!! A few of many items that need to be replace, repaired are: peeling paint in bath area, a tub that does not drain, toilet that was falling apart and a bed that did not even have a box spring but was on a piece of plywood with a very worn mattress on top. I would believe that the review that give good remark about this very run down hotel must be friends and family. The town itself leaves a lot to be desired but enough said about that. So if you go to Fort Davis I would be very cautious about where to stay. Sorry but this is one time the truth needs to be said. read more