Best Restaurant Hotels in the Catskills
For most of the Catskills' resort history, food was an afterthought — the mountains were for air and activity, not dining. That changed slowly, then quickly. The DeBruce's restaurant earned a James Beard semifinalist nod and an Esquire Best New Restaurants mention. Inness built a farm-to-table program around a wood-fire kitchen on its 220-acre campus. The Henson's Matilda has become a destination in its own right. The properties where food is central have changed what a Catskills trip can be — you no longer have to choose between good lodging and good eating.
11 Properties
The DeBruce
Livingston Manor, NY · Inn
Twelve rooms on a ledge above the Willowemoc Valley, with access to hundreds of private acres, a river, and several ponds. The restaurant is the reason this place gets mentioned alongside the best rural dining in New York State. Private pool. Intentionally small. Regulars book the same week every year.
Deer Mountain Inn
Tannersville, NY · Inn
Six rooms and four standalone cabins on 168 wooded acres above Tannersville. Turn-of-the-century construction that has stopped trying to prove anything. The dining is what brings people back — full meals, local sourcing, the kind of table you sit at longer than planned. Hunter Mountain is a short drive.
Little Cat Lodge
Hillsdale, NY · Inn
Formerly the Swiss Hutte Inn, gut-renovated and reopened in 2022 by the team behind Grand Army Bar, Black Seed Bagels, and The Smile in New York. Fourteen rooms in an alpine-styled building on the New York–Massachusetts border near Catamount Mountain. A tavern as social center, a seasonal pool in summer. The aesthetic (pink exterior, turquoise doors) is more intentional than quirky. Right for triangulating between the Catskills and the Berkshires.
The Henson
Tannersville, NY · Boutique Hotel
Opened Memorial Day 2024 and immediately named Best New Hotel by Architectural Digest, Condé Nast Traveler, and Esquire. Sixteen rooms in a 150-year-old property in Hensonville, renovated by owners Ely and Danielle Franko with a level of personal investment most hotels can't manufacture. Matilda — from the chefs behind Wildair and Bar Contra in NYC — is destination dining even for non-guests. Minutes from both Hunter and Windham Mountains.
Hollowbrook Inn
Greenville, NY · Inn
A lodging property on Route 32 near Greenville in the Northern Catskills — quieter Greene County terrain, well north of the Hunter corridor's weekend traffic. An on-site vineyard planted in 2006 is working toward a winery opening. Note that on-site dining now operates as private event catering rather than a public restaurant, so plan on driving for dinner. The draw is the remove: land, quiet, and a part of the Catskills that hasn't been repackaged.
Foxfire Mountain House
Mount Tremper, NY · Boutique Inn
A 100-year-old inn on 10 private acres that somehow manages to feel like your globe-trotting uncle's country estate — Moroccan tiles, butterfly collections, sheepskin rugs by a stone fireplace, handmade wood beds. The Foxfire Bar Room is a genuine restaurant destination. Condé Nast has noticed. Eleven rooms, a private cottage, pond, lily pool, bonfire pits.
Hasbrouck House
Stone Ridge, NY · Boutique Inn
An 18th-century Dutch Colonial stone mansion in Stone Ridge converted into a boutique property — 20+ suites across the main house, carriage house, and stable. Restaurant Butterfield on site. Heated bathroom floors, outdoor sauna, game room.
North Branch Inn
North Branch, NY · Inn
An owner-operated inn established in 1868 on 7 acres in North Branch, with two creeks and three buildings on the property. New ownership since 2023 brought Jake Eberle — formerly of Le Fond in Greenpoint, a Michelin-recommended Brooklyn restaurant — into the kitchen. The result is a dining room that punches above its category. Chef-prepared breakfast included with every stay.
The Western Supper Club & Inn
Callicoon, NY · Historic Inn
A Victorian building from 1852 on Upper Main Street in Callicoon, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Seven rooms, a farm-to-table supper club restaurant, and Harmonie Hall — a second-floor ballroom used for events. Reopened in 2016 as a boutique inn. Upper Delaware River country, Sullivan County side.
Six Bells Countryside Inn
Rosendale, NY · Boutique Inn
A boutique inn and restaurant in Rosendale — a Hudson Valley town with its own distinct creative identity, anchored by the Rosendale Theatre and a community that has drawn artists and musicians for decades. The Feathers Tavern on site is worth the trip on its own. Carefully designed rooms, consistently excellent reviews, and a Main Street location that makes it easy to be in the middle of things.
Dry Town Tavern
Andes, NY · Inn / Tavern
Five rooms connected to a well-regarded tavern in Andes — old school charm with modern amenities, and a personality that feels genuinely Western Catskills rather than curated for visitors.
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Browse Now →What Makes It
- •The strongest culinary properties are spread across the mountains: The DeBruce in Livingston Manor (Sullivan County), Inness in Accord (Ulster County), The Henson in Windham (Greene County). You can build a trip around any one of them without feeling like you've compromised on the setting.
- •Several properties source directly from the Hudson Valley food system — Inness, Callicoon Hills, and The DeBruce all work with regional producers in ways that show on the plate. This is a genuine differentiator from comparable mountain regions where lodging and local agriculture are more disconnected.
- •The Catskills culinary scene includes strong standalone restaurants near non-culinary lodging — Phoenicia Diner, Peekamoose, Purling. Building a trip around the wider area restaurant circuit extends the range well beyond any single property's kitchen.
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