Omni Austin Hotel Downtown

The Omni stands where the Republic of Texas housed its president in 1839, and urban legend gives the hotel a ghost known only as Jack, a guest said to have jumped from a balcony.

A glass-roofed atrium lobby with a planter of yellow flowers, a staircase, and floors of windows rising above

700 San Jacinto At, E 8th St, Austin, TX 78701

Part of Spookt's Guide to Haunted Austin

Visit

Visiting Omni Austin Hotel Downtown

Official visitor info: Omni Austin Hotel Downtown
How to visit: Stay the night for a closer look. Join a guided tour for the deeper history (see Tours That Stop Here).

Tours

Ghost Tours That Stop Here

Hauntings, Apparitions & Ashes of Austin Ghost Tour

Hauntings, Apparitions & Ashes of Austin Ghost Tour

by Austin Ghosts (US Ghost Adventures)

1 hrFrom $26★ 3.9 · 75 reviews

Night Walking

US Ghost Adventures’ downtown ghost walk after dark, taking in the Driskill, the Omni, and the Capitol. see tour

Book on Austin Ghosts

Austin’s Haunted Ghost & Murder Tour

Austin’s Haunted Ghost & Murder Tour

by Spirits of Austin

2 hrFrom $30★ 5.0 · 251 reviews

Walking Ages 13+

A ghost and true-crime walk for ages 13 and up that goes inside The Tavern and covers Austin’s unsolved murders of 1884 and 1885. see tour

The Madam's Curse Walking Ghost Tour

The Madam’s Curse Walking Ghost Tour

by Ghost City Tours Austin

1.5 hrFrom $34.99★ 4.5 · 109 reviews

Adults Only (16+) Walking

Ghost City’s 16-and-up walk through 19th-century Austin’s murders, suicides, and early serial killers, told where they happened. see tour

Sources (1)

Austin American-Statesman

the President's House that stood on the hotel's block (Michael Barnes, 2025) and the legend of Jack (Alexis Simmerman, 2025)