The Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis

What the classifiers highlight

Clayton's posh calm gives way inside to a wood-paneled, old-world lobby, where the hotel keeps marble bathrooms throughout and the deepest wine list of any Ritz-Carlton, served in a separate Wine Room built to match food to the pour rather than the reverse. The Cigar Club adds scotch and flat-screens for the game. Forbes rates the property Four Star.