Rooms · 320 sq ft
Cloister Room
Small and calm, with a reading chair, a decent lamp and a window seat cut into the thick wall.
From$169/ night
Check datesLittle Rock, Arkansas
Quiet company,
good light
A hundred and forty rooms in a converted seminary. Cloisters around a garden, a two-storey library, a card room in the old refectory, and a rule about noise that guests rather enjoy.
The Refectory
Selbrinta
Cloister Room
140
Rooms and suites
1898
Year the seminary opened
4
Restaurants and bars
9,000
Books in the library
Where you sleep
Rooms with the fittings we would want
Every category includes the resort fee benefits, free parking and a bed we spent an unreasonable amount of time choosing.
All accommodationRooms · 370 sq ft
Scholar's King
Forty books on the shelf, chosen by a local bookseller, and you may take one home if you want it.
From$199/ night
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Rooms · 420 sq ft
Refectory Double
Part of the old refectory range, with brick vaulting overhead and windows down one long side.
From$219/ night
Check datesSuites · 740 sq ft
Chapel Suite
The original stained glass is still in these windows and throws colour across the floor in the afternoon.
From$389/ night
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Suites · 1150 sq ft
The Bell Tower
A sitting room, a bedroom above it and a small glazed room at the top, with the bell above that.
From$679/ night
Check datesEat and drink
Kitchens, not concepts
Breakfast runs early for people leaving early, and something is always open late.
All venues| Venue | Kind | Hours | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Selbrinta | Southern seasonal | Dinner, Wed–Sun | $$$$ |
| The Cloister | All day | 7 AM–10 PM | $$ |
| The Library Bar | Cocktails | 4 PM–midnight | $$$ |
| Bell House | Coffee & bakery | 6:30 AM–2 PM | $ |
What there is to do
The rest of the property
The list below is what we run every week. One-off events are on the board in the lobby.
Everything here01 / 04
The Refectory
Gaming
Seven thousand square feet under the original brick vaulting. A hundred machines, eight tables, and the quietest gaming room you will ever sit in.
More about The Refectory02 / 04
The Library
Quiet
Nine thousand books over two storeys, four reading desks with proper lamps, and a bookseller who visits on Thursdays.
More about The Library
03 / 04
The Cloister Garden
Outdoors
A walled garden in the middle of the building, planted for scent rather than show, with benches in every corner.
More about The Cloister Garden04 / 04
The Undercroft
Spa
Six treatment rooms below the chapel, a steam room in brick and a plunge pool where the cistern used to be.
More about The Undercroft
Offers
Offers without the countdown clock
Each one states what it includes and what it excludes, on this page, before you book.
Code READINGReading Week
25% off five nights or more
Five nights or more at a quarter off, with a library desk reserved in your name.
Terms and bookingOne of Thirty-Four
Dinner at Selbrinta
Two nights and two of the thirty-four seats, which otherwise take a month to get.
Terms and bookingCode MIDWEEKMidweek
Third night free, Sunday to Thursday
Three midweek nights, pay for two, with breakfast in the cloister.
Terms and bookingGetting here
400 Rock Street
Little Rock, AR 72202
- Free self-parking for every guest
- Twenty-five minutes from the nearest airport
- (501) 555-0189 — reservations, 7 AM to 9 PM
