Des Lux Hotel
Iowa
Des Lux Hotel is a downtown Des Moines hotel at 800 Locust Street, in central Iowa, occupying a historic building first opened in 1912 as the Des Moines Club. The property presents itself as a city-centre base for business and leisure stays, with the hotel’s own location page emphasising its central position, parking in the city garage opposite, EV charging in the same garage and shuttle arrangements available from the front desk. Accommodation is arranged as suites and rooms rather than standard motel-style lodging, with named categories including the Presidential Suite With Atrium, Gateway Two Room Suite, King Des Lux Corner Suite and King Whirlpool Suite With Fireplace. Room descriptions show that some categories include living or sitting areas, workstations, wet bars, fireplaces and, in several suites, whirlpool tubs with separate showers. Across the room types, the hotel lists coffee makers, refrigerators, robes, umbrellas, pillow-top mattresses and goose-down pillows, while some rooms also add sectional seating or twin queen beds. Dining is centred on an included hot breakfast served each morning in a breakfast room just off the lobby, and the property also has its own bar. The hotel’s amenity pages describe packages that may include in-room candlelight, sparkling wine, chocolates and, in one option, an on-site couples massage in a relaxation room, indicating a more personalised, indulgent style of stay rather than a purely functional business hotel. Facilities include a 6,000-square-foot fitness centre, complimentary high-speed wireless internet and meeting and events support. The hotel’s own site also highlights a set of practical services and local orientation, including transportation help, event planning assistance and staff support for guest itineraries around downtown attractions. Its tone is intentionally elegant and heritage-led, with rich woods, brickwork and the building’s long history used to frame the guest experience.