Check Out These 10 Top-Notch Restrooms: Which Is Your Favorite?

This week, Cintas named the top 10 finalists in its 2024 America’s Best Restroom contest. Check out these innovative restroom facilities and vote for your favorite by August 16. 

What do a convenience store, the longest cave in Indiana, a zoo, and an NFL football stadium have in common? Each of these facilities offer their occupants and visitors exceptional public restrooms!

This week, Cintas Corporation announced the top 10 finalists in its 2024 America’s Best Restroom® contest. In its 23rd year, the annual contest celebrates businesses that develop and maintain innovative restroom facilities. You can vote for your favorite finalist now until August 16.

“Well-maintained facilities play a vital role in customer satisfaction and retention. These finalists excel in both hygiene and design to create an outstanding restroom experience for all.”

— John Rudy, Senior Director of Marketing, Cintas

“We are thrilled to announce this year’s finalists, each showcasing a commitment to cleanliness, functionality and innovative design,” said John Rudy, Senior Director of Marketing at Cintas. “Well-maintained facilities play a vital role in customer satisfaction and retention. These finalists excel in both hygiene and design to create an outstanding restroom experience for all.”

Check out this preview of the top 10 finalists in this year’s America’s Best Restroom contest (in alphabetical order), then view more photos and vote for your favorite!

2024 America’s Best Restroom Hop Shops (Florence, Kentucky): This groovy restroom at the HOP Shops convenience store features trendy tile and green soap dispensers. You can push the big red button to get the disco party started with neon lights, a spinning disco ball and music.

Indiana Caverns (Corydon, Indiana): Indiana Caverns is the longest cave in Indiana. It offers a full range of activities including zip lining, escape rooms and gemstone mining. The spacious restrooms were designed for practicality and hygiene. The walls and floors are tiled with simple, easy-to-clean materials in neutral colors. Multiple stalls make the restrooms functional and accommodating for visitors.

2024 America’s Best Restroom Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium (Kansas City, Missouri): The Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium is a 202-acre nature sanctuary that attracts visitors with nearly 10,000 animals plus exceptional education programming and amenities, including restrooms. The all-gender restrooms in the new Sobela Ocean Aquarium were created with inclusiveness and sustainability in mind. They feature toddler seats, baby changing stations, mother’s room, and more within an impeccably clean space. There is also an adult-sized universal changing station, the second to be installed at the Zoo. Automated lights, water, and flushing are just a few of the sustainable components that help the Zoo fulfill its commitment to conservation.

Lambeau Field (Green Bay, Wisconsin): The restrooms at Lambeau Field, home of the Green Bay Packers, are designed to accommodate large crowds and enhance the fan experience. The restrooms feature modern amenities and are numerous and spacious, ensuring shorter wait times. Lambeau Field has accommodated all guests by including a powered, height-adjustable adult-sized changing table in the Atrium restroom. Additionally, Lambeau Field emphasizes cleanliness and efficient maintenance to keep the restrooms in top condition throughout events.

2024 America’s Best Restroom MAD (Houston, Texas): Designed by Lazaro Rosa-Violan, MAD’s eclectic restroom merges Spanish flair with a cosmic theme, paying homage to Houston’s Space City motif. The restroom hallway is covered in mirrors, and neon lights reflecting vibrant hues create an illusion of infinite space, adding to the room’s surreal and breathtaking atmosphere. The restroom itself features Spanish tiles juxtaposed with sleek futuristic neon light fixtures and metallic accents.

Maverik – America’s First Stop (Salt Lake City, Utah): Maverik’s restrooms demonstrate a commitment to cleanliness and comfort, with sparkling fixtures, spacious stalls and fresh amenities that make each pit stop along your adventure a pleasant experience. Located in over 500 stores across 13 western states, they include touches like adventurous décor and family-friendly features. USA Today has named Maverik as a place with the cleanest gas station restrooms in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada and Utah.

2024 America’s Best Restroom Maximilian Motorsports (Chehalis, Washington): The restroom at Maximilian Motorsports is a fusion of luxury and automotive passion. Each wall features iconic and unique automotive memorability meaningful to the owner and the shop. A standout feature is the sink and faucet, repurposed from a Peugeot rally car. The faucet’s robust, utilitarian design reflects the rugged performance and reliability of rally cars. Upcycled license plates cover the walls, and the coat rack is adorned with Mercedes emblems.

Morning Glory (San Diego, California): Located in the heart of San Diego’s Little Italy, Morning Glory is committed to making brunch an extravagant affair. The restrooms feature floor-to-ceiling mirrors and mirrored tiles, creating a glimmering effect from every angle. Custom pink light fixtures hang from the ceiling and pull in 1980s-inspired design elements featured in the restaurant’s dining room. The restroom also features a custom shell-shaped sink and winged faucet.

Natchez Trace State Park Visitor Center (Wildersville, Tennessee): The unisex restroom at the Natchez Trace State Park Visitor Center is thoughtfully designed to enhance accessibility for all individuals. It features an adult changing table, offering a sturdy and hygienic surface for caregivers and those needing assistance. This wall-mounted table folds neatly against the wall when not in use and is electronically controlled, allowing it to lower to 12 inches and rise to 39.5 inches while supporting over 400 pounds. In addition, the spacious restroom includes tiled walls and floors, a standard toilet, and multiple grab bars to assist with mobility.

2024 America’s Best Restroom Throne Restrooms (Brentwood, Maryland): Throne is committed to providing reliable bathroom access when and where it is needed. These innovative, high-tech portable restrooms are designed to provide a modern and hygienic experience. They offer a touchless, clean and convenient solution for public spaces such as parks, outdoor venues and urban areas. Each Throne is equipped with a suite of smart sensors to inform service operations to ensure the restroom stays clean.

2024 America’s Best Restroom: Winning Qualities

What makes a washroom a potential winner? This year’s top 10 finalists were selected based on cleanliness, visual appeal, innovation, functionality and unique design elements. The 2024 America’s Best Restroom winner will be honored with a place in the contest’s Hall of Fame and receive a Cintas UltraClean® restroom cleaning service and $2,500 in facility services or restroom cleaning from Cintas.

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Last year, BWI Thurgood Marshall Airport’s new restrooms earned a spot in the America’s Best Restroom Hall of Fame.

Last year, the Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport won the 2023 title for its smart restroom system, coupled with a spacious design and fully enclosed stalls for privacy.

Don’t forget to visit bestrestroom.com to cast your vote for America’s Best Restroom. The winner will be announced in the fall.

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