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Hotel Impossible: Every Restaurant, Open or Closed

Hotel Impossible ran on Travel Channel (2012–2017). Our own records span 111 episodes across 9 seasons (2012–2017) and 90 locations across 37 states: 54 are recorded open, 14 closed, 20 renamed, relocated or under new ownership, and 2 unconfirmed. Every one carries its own dated source and a confidence label — nothing here is an undated "closed."

Hotel Impossible by the numbers

  • 90 locations tracked
  • 60% recorded open
  • 16% recorded closed
  • 37 states covered
  • 55 at verified confidence

Counts are recomputed on every build from the published dataset. They describe what we have researched and dated, not the show's full run.

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Seasons and episodes

  • Season 1 — 13 episodes, 11 restaurants tracked
  • Season 2 — 14 episodes, 11 restaurants tracked
  • Season 3 — 13 episodes, 10 restaurants tracked
  • Season 4 — 13 episodes, 11 restaurants tracked
  • Season 5 — 12 episodes, 11 restaurants tracked
  • Season 6 — 13 episodes, 11 restaurants tracked
  • Season 7 — 13 episodes, 13 restaurants tracked
  • Season 8 — 14 episodes, 12 restaurants tracked
  • Undercover — 6 episodes, no restaurants tracked

Season 1

Ep. Episode Air date Restaurant
1 April 9, 2012 Gurney's Montauk Resort & Seawater Spa
2 April 16, 2012 Penguin Hotel
3 April 23, 2012 The New Yorker Miami Hotel
4 April 30, 2012 Purple Orchid Wine Country Resort & Spa
5 May 7, 2012 Ocean Manor Beach Resort
6 May 14, 2012 Omni Corpus Christi Hotel
7 May 28, 2012 La Jolla Cove Hotel & Suites
9 June 11, 2012 Fiddler's Inn Opryland
11 July 9, 2012 Dude Rancher Lodge
12 July 23, 2012 Vermont Inn
13 August 6, 2012 Dream Inn by AmeriVu

Season 2

Ep. Episode Air date Restaurant
2 December 10, 2012 Triangle T Guest Ranch
3 December 17, 2012 Kohea Kai Resort Maui
4 January 7, 2013 Hotel Léger
5 January 14, 2013 Glacier Bear Lodge
6 January 21, 2013 Telemark Northwoods Lodging
7 January 28, 2013 Periwinkle Inn
8 February 11, 2013 The Palm Springs Hotel
9 February 18, 2013 Casa Verde Hotel
11 March 11, 2013 Alpenhof Lodge
12 March 18, 2013 Sun Lodge, an Ascend Collection Hotel
13 March 25, 2013 Western Riviera Lakeside Lodging

Season 3

Ep. Episode Air date Restaurant
1 Crack Vials and Denials August 12, 2013 Abacrombie Inn
3 Fire Drill Flame Out August 26, 2013 Gadsden Hotel
5 Shotgun Start September 9, 2013 Water Gap Golf Course
6 Running on Empty September 16, 2013 Holbrooke Hotel
7 Boardwalk Gold September 23, 2013 Lankford Hotel
8 In the Doghouse September 30, 2013 Beachfront Inn
9 Don't Bug Me October 7, 2013 Sevilla Inn
11 Operation Sandy, Part 1 October 21, 2013 Thunderbird Motel
12 Operation Sandy, Part 2 October 28, 2013 Thunderbird Motel, Charlroy Motel, Palm Villa Suites, and Tradewinds Motor Lodge
13 Crap Out November 4, 2013 Victorian Inn

Season 4

Ep. Episode Air date Restaurant
1 Alaskan Heavyweights January 27, 2014 Alaskan Hotel and Bar
2 Owner Overboard February 3, 2014 Creekside Inn
3 Mis-Fortune Hotel February 10, 2014 Fortune Hotel
5 Hollywood Nightmare February 24, 2014 Hollywood VIP Hotel
6 Homestead Hoarders Gone Wild March 3, 2014 Floridian Hotel
7 Temper Expectations April 28, 2014 Catskill Mountain Lodge
8 Making Waves May 5, 2014 The Caravelle Resort
10 Swamped May 19, 2014 High Meadows Inn & Nikola's Restaurant
11 Rat Race May 26, 2014 University Inn at Emory
12 Stormy Wedding June 2, 2014 Westcliff Lodge
13 Airing the Family Business June 9, 2014 Glenwood Springs Inn

Season 5

Ep. Episode Air date Restaurant
1 Crash Course in Daytona October 7, 2014 Streamline Hotel
2 Swinging for the Fences October 14, 2014 The Stevens Motel
3 Rotting Woodstock October 21, 2014 The Woodstock Inn on the Millstream
4 Crappy Management October 28, 2014 Crookston Inn & Convention Center
6 Masters of My Domain November 11, 2014 The Inn at Houndslake
7 Resort to Spanking November 25, 2014 Mountain View Lodge & Resort
8 Packing Heat December 9, 2014 Vacationland Inn & Suites
9 Clearing the Heir December 16, 2014 Ocean Crest Resort
10 Sleeping on the Job December 30, 2014 CitiGarden Hotel
11 Getting Screwed January 6, 2015 Missouri Flats Inn
12 The Big Sleazy January 13, 2015 Empress Hotel

Season 6

Ep. Episode Air date Restaurant
2 Bite Me September 8, 2015 Country Barn Motel & Campground
3 Not Anice Hotel September 15, 2015 I-Drive Grand Resort & Suites
4 To Be or Not To Be September 22, 2015 Stratford Court Apartments
5 Hershey Addiction September 29, 2015 Simmons Motel
6 Dirty Water Falls October 6, 2015 DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Niagara Falls New York
8 See Smell by the Seashore October 20, 2015 Sea Shell Motel
9 Waterpan-Gate October 27, 2015 Capital Plaza Hotel
10 Spinning Out of Control November 3, 2015 Grant Hills Motel
11 A Tall Odor in Myrtle Beach November 10, 2015 Lancer Motel
12 Underwear, Under Where? November 17, 2015 Brookside Lodge
13 Ex Marks The Spot November 24, 2015 The Phenix

Season 7

Ep. Episode Air date Restaurant
1 Hostel Takeover April 18, 2016 The Gardner
2 Futility Closet April 25, 2016 Sandy Shore Motel
3 Blind Faith May 2, 2016 Winter Haven Suites & Conference Center
4 Rocky Relationships May 9, 2016 Evergreen Motel
5 Branson Misery May 16, 2016 Colonial Mountain Inn
6 No Filter May 23, 2016 Bossier Inn & Suites
7 Malpractice in Hawaii May 30, 2016 The Kauai Inn
8 The Pain in Maine June 13, 2016 Trade Winds on the Bay
9 Going Poconowhere June 20, 2016 The Bradford Inn
10 Tiny Horse, Big Problems June 27, 2016 Big Bear Motel
11 Funeral Home Impossible July 11, 2016 Posada de San Juan
12 Anchorless in Anchorage July 18, 2016 Aloft by Marriott Anchorage
13 Dirty Pool and Resignations August 1, 2016 Yankee Clipper Inn, SureStay Collection by Best Western

Season 8

Ep. Episode Air date Restaurant
1 Full Throttle in Sturgis October 24, 2016 Recreational Springs Resort
2 Fire Island Meltdown October 31, 2016 Clegg's Hotel
4 Alarmed in Alaska November 14, 2016 Hooligans Lodging & Saloon
5 Rocky's Hot Tub Horror Show November 21, 2016 Super 8 by Wyndham Albany
6 Jersey Shore Uproar November 28, 2016 White Caps Motel
7 Lake Superior, Hotel Inferior December 5, 2016 Greunke's First Street Inn & Restaurant
8 Outer Banks-Ruptcy October 2, 2017 Cape Hatteras Motel
9 Kentucky Conundrum October 9, 2017 Sunrise Inn
10 Desert Disaster October 16, 2017 Cambridge Inn
11 Chaos on the Cape October 30, 2017 Veranda Cape Cod Family Resort
12 West Coast Wipe Out November 6, 2017 Oceana Boutique Hotel
13 Waterpark Bug-Out November 13, 2017 Maui Sands Resort & Indoor Waterpark

About Hotel Impossible

Hotel Impossible aired on Travel Channel (2012–2017) in a hospitality format. We list it here in plain text only: no logos, no title-card artwork, no episode stills. The show name is used to identify which episodes featured which restaurants — nothing on this site is affiliated with or endorsed by any network or production company.

Season and episode facts on this hub were compiled from public sources including the show's Wikipedia article . Facts only — never its wording.

Frequently asked questions

How many Hotel Impossible restaurants are still open?

Of the 90 locations we track, 54 are recorded open and 14 are recorded closed as of the dates shown on each page. Another 20 changed name, address or ownership rather than simply closing.

Which states does this show cover?

California, Florida, New York, Alaska, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maine, South Carolina, Wisconsin, Arizona, Colorado, Hawaii, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Washington, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, PR, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Utah, Virginia, and Wyoming.

How current are these statuses?

Every record shows the date it was last checked and the source it rests on. If you find one that's out of date, tell us — we aim to resolve corrections within about a week and downgrade a page's confidence label rather than leave a disputed claim standing.