A core-shell HZSM-5@SBA-15 composite was prepared by the acidic sol-gel coating method using Pluronic P123 as the template. Its structure, properties, and catalytic performance in the conversion of methanol to aromatics (MTA) were compared with HZSM-5@SiO2. The silica shells of these two samples can both reduce the acid sites of HZSM-5, and consequently can decrease the formation of coke on the catalyst. However, in the ordered mesoporous SBA-15 shell the aromatics and the coke precursors could diffuse more effectively than in the amorphous SiO2shell; therefore, in the MTA reaction catalyzed by HZSM-5@SBA-15 composite a higher BTX selectivity and a longer catalyst cycle length were observed. The cycle length of HZSM-5@SBA-15 was by 50 h longer than that of HZSM-5@SiO2, and under this situation the selectivity of BTX still reached 56%.