New York Hotel Guide
New York’s exciting hotel scene takes in everything from magnificent grandes dames, rich in history and tradition, to cool new boutique properties that break the mould with individual design and unexpected locations. Whether you’re travelling alone or with family or friends, for business or for pleasure, we’ve got you covered with our selection of the finest places to lay your head in the city that never sleeps.
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Mandarin Oriental New York
The hotel occupies the 35th to 54th floors of the Deutsche Bank Center on Columbus Circle and every room has an impressive outlook over the Manhattan skyline, Hudson River or Central Park. Discover a thoughtfully provided chaise longue by the floor-to-ceiling windows, allowing you to lie back and take it all in. Décor is elegantly restrained, with a neutral colour palette of cream, taupe and black, and there are Italian linens on the beds and covetable Diptyque products in the bathroom. You can soak up the views from the 75-foot lap pool and well-equipped fitness centre, too, or from the 35th-floor MO Lounge, where the all-day dining menu features contemporary American cuisine and Asian flavours and the bar staff shake up a range of creative cocktails. Central Park is just across the road and the nearby subway makes it easy to explore further afield. For post-sightseeing relaxation, head to the excellent spa, for signature therapies.
80 Columbus Circle, New York
The Carlyle, a Rosewood Hotel
Step through the revolving door of The Carlyle and you enter a glossy, glamorous world, with gleaming black marble floors, crystal chandeliers and sumptuous velvet banquettes. The location is ideal, the service impeccable, and facilities include a . luxurious Valmont spa, a full-service salon and an on-site fitness centre stocked with Technogym equipment. There’s no faulting the dining and drinking options, either, whether you’re being entertained over a cabaret supper in Café Carlyle, enjoying modern interpretations of New York classics in Dowling’s at the Carlyle, or hiding out in the legendary Bemelmans Bar, famed for its martinis and murals. Most of the bedrooms have a modern Art Deco aesthetic, and if you splash out on the one-of-a-kind Presidential Suite you’ll get to enjoy 360-degree views over the city.
35 East 76th Street, New York
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The St Regis New York
Founded in 1904 by businessman John Jacob Astor lV, this landmark Beaux-Arts building harks back to a more glamorous era. There are extravagant chandeliers and gilded crown mouldings everywhere you look, and the bedrooms are high-ceilinged, spacious and impeccably furnished in grand classic style, complete with Italian marble bathrooms. Naturally enough, there’s also a state-of-the-art fitness centre, sophisticated business facilities and an in-house Bentley for hire. Every guest can call on the services of their personal butler to take care of everything from delivering morning coffee to finding the perfect book to read at bedtime. Astor Court restaurant, with its trompe l’oeil ceiling, provides an impressive backdrop for breakfast, afternoon tea and seasonal fine dining. The highly popular King Cole Bar, home to a famous mural from American painter Maxfield Parrish, is renowned for its Red Snapper cocktails – the hotel’s signature take on a Bloody Mary, said to have been invented here.
Two East 55th Street, New York
The Peninsula New York
The Peninsula New York is a prime Fifth Avenue location, offering top-notch facilities and beautifully designed interiors. Younger guests are welcomed with treats like child-sized bathrobes, in-room tents and year-round family-friendly activities. You feel wonderfully cossetted here, whether you’re sipping cocktails in the chic rooftop bar, being pampered in the spa or lounging by the pool. That’s if you can be tempted to leave the serenity of your room, with its luxurious marble bathroom, supremely comfortable bed and a console to control everything from mood lighting to music. Business travellers love the well-equipped executive desks, foodies enjoy the contemporary American dishes in on-site Clement restaurant, and explorers get to pick from a bespoke programme of activities that includes a behind-the-scenes trip to a Broadway show and a VIP tour of the MoMA. It’s also ideal for the health-conscious, thanks to the Peninsula’s Life Lived Best initiative, which offers an extensive range of wellness resources such as sleep patches, fitness centre classes, neighbourhood runs and plant-based nutrition, plus 24-hour access to a wellness concierge.
700 Fifth Avenue
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The Mark
Stay at The Mark and Central Park a mere two-minute walk away and Chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten being the name behind the in-house restaurant, The Mark Restaurant by Jean-Georges (an Upper East Side favourite for locals). The impressive interior décor comes courtesy of preeminent French designer Jacques Grange, whose signature black and white stripes appear to stunning effect in the lobby’s bold marble floor. The deco-influenced bedrooms are the very definition of chic and sleek, with a largely monochrome palette softened by warm-lighting and varied textures. There’s a Frederik Fekkai hair salon, a John Lobb shoeshine and an Assouline bookshop, and the hallways are scented with a custom-made Frederic Malle fragrance. In short, everything is the finest of the fine - but fun as well. It’s pet-friendly, family-friendly (check-in gifts, slumber parties, dog food menus curated by Chef Jean-Georges and a number of sustainability-minded initiatives, including bikes and pedicabs for eco-friendly trips around the neighbourhood.
25 East 77th Street
The Plaza
Opened in 1907 and declared a National Historic Landmark in 1986, The Plaza is probably the most famous of New York hotels, thanks to its rich literary heritage and fabulous location on the south-east corner of Central Park. It featured in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby, provided the setting for Kay Thompson’s “Eloise” books and has served as a backdrop in numerous films, from North by Northwest to Home Alone 2. The grand façade was inspired by French Renaissance chateaux and the equally grand interiors are awash with huge chandeliers and dramatic floral arrangements. You can enjoy personalised treatments in the luxurious Guerlain Spa and champagne cocktails in the Champagne Bar, and find one-of-a-kind souvenirs in the upscale in-house boutiques. And there’s one must-do on every guest's list: Afternoon Tea in the grand, glass-domed Palm Court.
768 Fifth Avenue
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The Greenwich Hotel
The hotel was designed to incorporate different influences from around the world and is scattered with objects that partners picked up on their global travels, as well as abstract expressionist paintings by Robert De Niros father. Small by comparison to many of the city’s other five-stars, it has just 86 rooms, each one unique but all sharing a relaxed, residential feel with antique rugs on Siberian oak floors, pristine linens on first-rate Savoir beds, imaginatively stocked minibars and organic bathroom products from New York’s Red Flower brand. The popular restaurant, Locanda Verde, serves rustic but refined Italian food. And when it comes to relaxing, the Shibui Spa takes its influences from Asia, with Thai massages, Chinese reflexology, Onsen bathing rituals and a lantern-lit pool set inside the framework of a centuries-old Japanese farmhouse.
377 Greenwich Street
The New York Edition
Converted from the historic Metropolitan Life tower, opposite Madison Square Park, The New York EDITION combines the aesthetic appeal of a design hotel with the high service levels of a five-star. Bedrooms are havens of calm amid the bustle of Midtown, understated but luxurious with their neutral colour palette, wood-panelled headboards, and soft faux-fur throws draped across plush, super-comfy beds. Natural stone bathrooms come with rainforest showers and fragrant Le Labo toiletries, custom-blended with EDITION’S own signature scent. You can work out round the clock in the on-site fitness centre and custom-design your own massage in the 39th-floor spa. Or, head out to explore the nearby ritzy boutiques of Madison Avenue and Fifth Avenue. Make time, too, to hang out in the lobby, with its amber-backlit bar. Then dine in the Clocktower restaurant, where the walls are crammed with gold-framed vintage photographs and the kitchen serves up delicious British food, from full English breakfasts to sticky toffee puddings. Business travellers will find plenty to keep them happy, too, with a range of executive services and sophisticated meeting rooms that are a stylish cut above the norm.
5 Madison Avenue
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The Beekman, a Thompson Hotel
Since opening in late 2016, in the rapidly regenerating Financial District, The Beekman has been one of the hottest addresses in town. It helps that its interiors were created by Martin Brudnizki, whose artistic, maximalist approach has made him one of the most in-demand hotel designers of the day. Downstairs has a cosy, clubby feel with dark woods, rich colours and an eclectic mix of fabrics and vintage furnishings. Bedrooms, lightened by white-painted walls, continue the retro vibe and come with bathroom amenities from hip Brooklyn brand D.S. & Durga and a gourmet mini bar filled with local treats. Foodie credentials are strong here, with restaurants from two of New York’s biggest chefs. Tom Colicchio’s Temple Court has a menu of contemporary American dishes, while Le Gratin is Daniel Boulud’s take on a traditional Lyonnais bouchon, serving classic French bistro favourites. But the biggest attraction, at the heart of the main building, is a show-stopping Victorian-era atrium, lined with ornate wrought-iron balustrades and stretching up nine levels to a pyramidal glass roof overhead.
123 Nassau Street
Four Seasons Hotel New York Downtown
Urban chic is the promise at this Lower Manhattan skyscraper, and that’s exactly what it delivers. Rooms, designed by Yabu Pushelberg, are serenely stylish and every bit as luxurious as you’d expect from the Four Seasons brand. Just as much thought goes into helping guests explore the city, with bikes to borrow and specially curated experiences such as a street art walking tour with a local photographer. One whole floor of the hotel is dedicated to health and wellbeing, with facilities including a lap pool, a fitness centre with Downtown views, and a seven-room spa that offers everything from physician-formulated IV therapy drips to resident healers and astrology readings. Unsurprisingly, there’s a noteworthy restaurant, too: CUT, the first New York outpost from celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck, specialises in steak.
27 Barclay Street
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