Organization and Description of Business - Additional Information (Detail)																											1 Months Ended			12 Months Ended
	Feb. 01, 2016 shares	Jan. 04, 2016 USD ($)	Oct. 20, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 28, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 02, 2015 USD ($) a	Jul. 17, 2015 USD ($) shares	Jul. 07, 2015 USD ($) mortgage	Jul. 02, 2015 USD ($)	May. 05, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 19, 2014 USD ($)	Nov. 24, 2014 USD ($)	Nov. 21, 2014 USD ($)	Nov. 01, 2014 shares	Jun. 27, 2014 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Mar. 27, 2014 USD ($) a Room ParkingSpaces	Dec. 27, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 23, 2013 USD ($) shares	Oct. 23, 2013 USD ($) shares	Sep. 30, 2013 USD ($)	Aug. 01, 2013 USD ($) shares	Jun. 28, 2013 USD ($)	Apr. 01, 2013 shares	Mar. 26, 2013 USD ($) shares	Mar. 22, 2013 USD ($)	Jun. 18, 2012 USD ($) shares	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($) shares	Sep. 30, 2014 USD ($)	Aug. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($) Hotel Room shares	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2015	Jul. 30, 2015	Jul. 01, 2015 shares	Mar. 26, 2014 USD ($)	Nov. 13, 2013 USD ($) shares	Jun. 15, 2012 USD ($) shares	Apr. 18, 2011 shares
Organization Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Date of incorporation																														Aug. 20, 2004
Investment in number of hotels | Hotel																														12
Rooms in hotel | Room																														3,011
Date of commencement of business																														Dec. 21, 2004
Number of hotels acquired before commencement of business | Hotel																														6
Fixed interest rate							4.00%
Preference stock, shares agreed for redemption | shares																					2,460			1,902		11,514												11,514
Preference share, aggregate redemption price																				$ 10,700,000	$ 2,700,000			$ 2,100,000														$ 12,300,000
Floating rate of interest rate							3.50%
Debt instrument maturity date							Jul. 07, 2019
Prepayment fee																				700,000	200,000			$ 200,000		$ 800,000
Number of issuable warrant shares redeemed | shares																		1,000,000	900,000
Percentage ownership by the Operating Partnership in the acquisition																																					100.00%
Number of units | shares																																					32,929
Number of remaining issuable warrant shares redeemed | shares																		1,000,000
Aggregate purchase price for remaining portion																		$ 4,000,000
Number of issuable warrant unit redeemed | shares																		1,000,000					10,000
Non recourse mortgage																	$ 57,000,000
Amount of distribution proceeds to pay existing loans																	$ 3,500,000
Agreement taken to secured loan																																				$ 19,000,000
Purchase price																														$ 25,525,754	$ 61,106,085	$ 30,725,959
Period subject to certain terms and conditions							1 year
Duration of franchise agreement																														10 years
Agreement date																														2014-11
Proceeds of unsecured notes																															$ 25,300,000	27,600,000
Common stock, shares issued | shares						435,000																								14,490,714	10,570,932				3,000,000
Proceeds from the sale of common stock						$ 2,800,000		$ 19,800,000																			$ 700,000	$ 122,793	$ 2,118	$ 23,250,818	$ 124,911
Mortgage loan term period							4 years
Number of parts mortgage loan issued | mortgage							2
Mortgage loans							$ 18,500,000																							271,737,608	205,291,657
Mortgage loan additional earn-out provision																														1,500,000
Proceeds from mortgage loans																														$ 2,000,000
Floating interest rate period							30 days
Amortization Period							25 years
Business acquisition percentage of voting interests acquired																																	75.00%
Subsequent Event [Member]
Organization Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Number of issuable warrant unit redeemed | shares	422,687
Crowne Plaza Hollywood Beach Resort [Member]
Organization Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Percentage owned by the Company of the Operating Partnership																																	100.00%
Business acquisition percentage of voting interests acquired																																		75.00%
First Installment [Member]
Organization Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Mortgage loans							$ 18,000,000
Second Installment [Member]
Organization Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Mortgage loans			$ 500,000
Common Stock [Member]
Organization Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Number of issuable warrant unit redeemed | shares													3,300
Common stock, shares issued | shares																											98,682
Bridge Loan [Member]
Organization Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Debt instrument maturity date																														Mar. 26, 2015
Interest rate																														10.00%
Repayment of Bridge Loan											$ 19,000,000
Richmond Hill Capital Partners Lp [Member]
Organization Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Agreement taken to secured loan																																				$ 19,000,000
Richmond Hill Capital Partners Lp [Member] | Bridge Loan [Member]
Organization Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Debt instrument maturity date																														Mar. 26, 2015
Interest rate																																				10.00%
Bank Of America [Member] | Crowne Plaza Hollywood Beach Resort [Member]
Organization Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Debt instrument maturity date																														Oct. 01, 2025
Interest rate				4.913%
Amortization schedule				30 years
Mortgage loan term period				10 years
Mortgage loans				$ 60,000,000
Crowne Plaza Houston Downtown [Member]
Organization Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Acquired property value																																					$ 30,900,000
Georgian Terrace [Member]
Organization Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Rooms in hotel | Room																326
Purchase price																$ 61,106,085
Parking space | ParkingSpaces																698
Development parcel | a					0.3											0.6
Proceeds from sale of real estate					$ 2,200,000
Georgian Terrace [Member] | Bank Of America [Member]
Organization Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Debt instrument maturity date																														Jun. 01, 2025
Interest rate									4.42%
Amortization schedule									30 years
Carrying amount									$ 47,000,000
Essex Illiquid, LLC and Richmond Hill Capital Partners, LP [Member]
Organization Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Warrant redeemed to purchase common stock | shares																			1,900,000
Essex Warrant [Member]
Organization Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Warrant redeemed to purchase common stock | shares																																							1,900,000
Number of issuable warrant shares redeemed | shares																			900,000
Aggregate cash redemption price																			$ 3,200,000
Sotherly Hotels LP [Member]
Organization Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Preference share, aggregate redemption price																				10,700,000
Prepayment fee																				700,000
Warrant redeemed to purchase common stock | shares																																							1,900,000
Purchase price																														$ 25,525,754	61,106,085	30,725,959
Proceeds of unsecured notes																															25,300,000	$ 27,600,000
Sotherly Hotels LP [Member] | Essex Warrant [Member]
Organization Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Preference stock, shares agreed for redemption | shares																		1,000,000	900,000
Preference share, aggregate redemption price																		$ 4,000,000	$ 3,200,000
Aggregate purchase price for remaining portion																		$ 4,000,000
Towne Bank
Organization Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Principal payment of loan under extension agreement														$ 800,000								$ 1,100,000
Reduced principal balance of loan under extension agreement																						6,000,000
Principal payment on extended maturity agreement - monthly														$ 83,000								$ 16,000
Floating rate of interest rate																						4.55%
Minimum rate of interest																						5.00%
Extended maturity date of mortgage loan																														Jun. 30, 2016
Interest rate														5.00%
CIBC [Member]
Organization Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Amount of mortgage loan																					$ 15,600,000
Interest rate on amount borrowed																					4.78%
Amortization schedule for level payments of principal and interest on a monthly basis																					30 years
Debt instrument maturity date																														Aug. 01, 2018
Loan proceeds were placed into a restricted reserve																					$ 700,000
Prepayment fee																					200,000
CIBC [Member] | Series A Cumulative Redeemable Preferred Stock [Member]
Organization Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Preference share, aggregate redemption price																					$ 2,700,000
Proceeds of the mortgage used to redeem Preferred Stock | shares																					2,460
Bank Of Ozarks [Member] | First Mortgage Loans [Member]
Organization Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Floating rate of interest rate																3.75%
Debt instrument maturity date																														Mar. 27, 2017
Mortgage from Bank of the Ozarks																$ 41,500,000
Restricted cash reserve																$ 1,500,000
Floating rate of interest rate																4.00%
Amortization schedule																														25 years
Period subject to certain terms and conditions																1 year
8.0% Senior Unsecured Notes [Member]
Organization Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Amount of mortgage loan																				$ 27,600,000
Interest rate on amount borrowed																				8.00%
Debt instrument maturity date																														Sep. 30, 2018
Interest rate																				8.00%
8.0% Senior Unsecured Notes [Member] | Sotherly Hotels LP [Member]
Organization Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Amount of mortgage loan																				$ 27,600,000
Debt instrument maturity date																														Sep. 30, 2018
Interest rate																				8.00%
7.0% Senior Unsecured Notes [Member]
Organization Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Amount of mortgage loan											$ 25,300,000	$ 25,300,000
Debt instrument maturity date																														Nov. 15, 2019
Interest rate											7.00%	7.00%
Proceeds of unsecured notes												$ 25,300,000
Hilton Raleigh Brownstone-University Hotel [Member]
Organization Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Amount of mortgage loan																									$ 10,000,000
Fixed interest rate																									5.25%
Interest floor rate																									5.25%
Mortgage bears interest rate after 5 years																									3.00%
Extension in loan agreement																									5 years
Preference stock, shares agreed for redemption | shares																								1,902
Preference share, aggregate redemption price																								$ 2,100,000
Hilton Raleigh Brownstone-University Hotel [Member] | Mortgage Loans [Member]
Organization Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Amount of mortgage loan																									$ 8,000,000
Hilton Raleigh Brownstone-University Hotel [Member] | Mortgage Loans [Member] | Extensions [Member]
Organization Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Interest rate terms for Mortgage Loan extension.																														If the mortgage loan is extended, it will adjust to a rate of 3.00% plus the current 5-year U.S. Treasury bill rate of interest, with an interest rate floor of 5.25%
Crowne Plaza Hampton Marina [Member] | Towne Bank
Organization Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Extended maturity date																														Jun. 30, 2014
Extended maturity date of mortgage loan																														Jun. 30, 2015
Crowne Plaza Hampton Marina [Member] | Mortgage Loans [Member]
Organization Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Floating rate of interest rate																														5.00%
Debt instrument maturity date																														Jun. 30, 2016
Interest rate														5.00%
Mortgage loans																														$ 3,512,586	4,509,500
Double Tree By Hilton Philadelphia Airport [Member] | TD Bank [Member]
Organization Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Amount of mortgage loan															$ 30,000,000
Interest floor rate															3.50%
Floating rate of interest rate															3.00%
Debt instrument maturity date																														Apr. 01, 2019
Amortization schedule															25 years
Additional mortgage loan															$ 5,600,000
Double Tree By Hilton Philadelphia Airport [Member] | Mortgage Loans [Member]
Organization Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Floating rate of interest rate																														3.00%
Debt instrument maturity date																														Apr. 01, 2019
Floating rate of interest rate																														3.50%
Amortization schedule																														25 years
Mortgage loans																														$ 32,376,795	33,378,102
Double Tree by Hilton Jacksonville Riverfront [Member]
Organization Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Additional proceeds on mortgage loan			$ 2,000,000							$ 3,000,000
Double Tree by Hilton Jacksonville Riverfront [Member] | Mortgage Loans [Member]
Organization Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Extended maturity date																														Jul. 31, 2020
Floating rate of interest rate																														3.50%
Debt instrument maturity date																														Jul. 07, 2019
Amortization schedule																														25 years
Mortgage loans																														$ 19,774,577	16,358,706
Double Tree by Hilton Laurel [Member] | Subsequent Event [Member]
Organization Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Additional proceeds on mortgage loan		$ 2,600,000
Double Tree by Hilton Laurel [Member] | Mortgage Loans [Member]
Organization Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Debt instrument maturity date																														Aug. 05, 2021
Amortization schedule																														25 years
Mortgage loans																														$ 9,500,000	$ 6,974,458
Operating Partnership [Member]
Organization Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Line Items]
Percentage owned by the Company of the Operating Partnership																														86.80%
Warrant redeemed to purchase common stock | shares																			1,900,000