Celebrity Hotels in New York

Jacques Grange gave The Mark a distinctive design vocabulary: bold black-and-white stripes, custom furnishings, and art and lighting commissioned specifically for the hotel. Working with Parisian antiquaire Pierre Passebon, he brought in contributors including Ron Arad, Vladimir Kagan, and Mattia Bonetti, giving the public spaces the appeal of a design collection. Upstairs, rooms take a more uncluttered approach, with views over Madison Avenue, East 77th Street, or townhouse gardens. The Upper East Side address puts Central Park and the Metropolitan Museum of Art within easy reach, while Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s restaurant and Caviar Kaspia—with its caviar-topped twice-baked potato—give visitors reasons to linger downstairs.

Ludwig Bemelmans’s murals and nightly piano at Bemelmans Bar give The Carlyle an identity that extends well beyond its guest rooms. Cabaret at Café Carlyle makes music central to this Upper East Side Art Deco landmark, where art and entertaining shape the public spaces. In The Gallery, decorator Renzo Mongiardino took inspiration from Istanbul’s Topkapi Palace, creating a distinctive setting for afternoon tea. Upstairs, rooms include designs by Tony Chi and Thierry Despont, while suites furnished with original artwork carry a residential character. Central Park, Madison Avenue, and nearby galleries put the neighborhood within easy reach, but the hotel’s own rooms for music, drinks, and conversation are reason enough to spend an evening here.

The 1893 World’s Fair clock is back at the center of the Waldorf Astoria New York’s lobby, a fitting anchor for a hotel whose recent restoration makes its architectural heritage central to the stay. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and interior designer Pierre-Yves Rochon restored its exterior and interior spaces, preserving the scale of the Art Deco architecture. Upstairs are 375 redesigned rooms and suites; the King Room includes a seating area, writing desk, and deep soaking tub. Downstairs, Peacock Alley returns alongside Lex Yard, chef Michael Anthony’s brasserie. The Park Avenue address places guests in Midtown, near Grand Central Terminal, Rockefeller Center, and Fifth Avenue’s shops.

No two of The Greenwich Hotel’s 86 rooms and suites are alike, a principle that gives this Tribeca address its individual character. Custom furnishings, Siberian oak floors, and handwoven rugs feature in the king rooms; courtyard-facing accommodations have French doors and Juliet balconies, while corner suites look toward the Hudson River. That domestic scale extends to the Drawing Room bar and open-air courtyard, both reserved exclusively for hotel guests, where meals come from Locanda Verde. Chef Andrew Carmellini’s Italian neighborhood taverna anchors the hotel’s dining life. Shibui Spa adds another dimension, with interiors centered on wood, water, and stone, a heated pool, and five treatment rooms.

Afternoon tea beneath The Palm Court’s soaring stained-glass dome gives The Plaza Hotel its clearest expression: formal, theatrical, and deeply attached to New York tradition. Architect Thierry Despont’s renovation drew on nearby Central Park, bringing ceiling-high palms, trellis details, and cane-accented furnishings into a room that has been part of the hotel since 1907. Outside, Fifth Avenue meets Central Park South; inside, restored reception rooms and elaborate guest-room finishes sustain the sense of occasion. The 282 rooms and suites include guest rooms with sitting areas, mosaic bathroom floors, and gold-plated Sherle Wagner fixtures, while the Legacy Suites introduce commissioned art and a more contemporary residential style. It’s a hotel whose public spaces deserve as much attention as its bedrooms.

A 7,000-square-foot rooftop bar overlooking Gramercy Park is central to the planned revival of Gramercy Park Hotel. Closed since 2020, the 18-story hotel at 2 Lexington Avenue is slated for an extensive renovation by MCR and MORSE Development, encompassing its lobby, first-floor restaurants and bars, and 197 guestrooms and suites. The building dates to 1924 and occupies the former site of architect Stanford White’s estate, giving the project a substantial piece of New York history to work with. For now, it remains a hotel in waiting, with the rooftop’s full restoration among the plans for its next chapter.

Christian Liaigre’s restrained interiors give The Mercer its particular take on SoHo loft living: high ceilings, open layouts, oversized windows, and an emphasis on proportion. Set inside a landmark Romanesque Revival building at Mercer and Prince Streets, the independently operated hotel has 73 rooms and suites facing the neighborhood’s cobblestoned streets or an interior garden. Some add exposed brick or wood-burning fireplaces; the Courtyard Loft Suite opens onto its own 1,000-square-foot terrace. Downstairs, Sartiano’s serves Alfred Portale’s Italian menu in a Studio Sofield–designed dining room with Carrara marble counters and leather bar seats. The restaurant also supplies the guest-only lobby, making that private space a useful extension of the rooms upstairs.

Maxfield Parrish’s Old King Cole mural has presided over drinks at The St. Regis New York since 1932, giving its namesake bar a place in the hotel’s story as memorable as its Fifth Avenue address. That sense of continuity runs through this hotel founded by John Jacob Astor IV: butlers still unpack luggage and deliver morning coffee, while La Maisonette takes its design cues from the original 1910s breakfast room. Guest rooms bring jewel-toned textiles, polished brass and marble into the residential interiors. At Fifth Avenue and 55th Street, near MoMA and Central Park, the hotel makes a distinctive base for Manhattan, with afternoon tea and a Red Snapper at the King Cole Bar providing reasons to linger indoors.

Martin Brudnizki’s interiors give Fouquet’s New York its particular personality: brass, velvet, and Art Deco furniture bring a Parisian sensibility to Tribeca’s cobblestone streets. The 97 rooms and suites carry that aesthetic into a softer palette of pastels, with high ceilings and large windows; Deluxe King rooms pair lavender and almond green with views of the neighborhood’s historic redbrick buildings. The connection to Paris extends to Brasserie Fouquet’s, an homage to the Champs-Élysées original founded in 1899, and Titsou Bar, whose candlelit tables recall the 1920s and ’30s. Terrace suites open the hotel outward, framing Tribeca’s 19th-century architecture or the Hudson River.

Gemma, the Italian trattoria on The Bowery Hotel's ground floor, gives this address at 335 Bowery a social center of gravity. Chef Andrea Taormina's rustic, seasonal cooking comes with an extensive Italian wine list, while the lobby offers a separate setting for cocktails. Upstairs, marble bathrooms have antiqued brass fixtures and C.O. Bigelow bath products. Rooms range from compact 250-square-foot queens and kings to garden rooms with private terraces and larger suites. The 14th-floor Penthouse Terrace Suite adds a 650-square-foot terrace, giving its occupants an outdoor space bigger than many of the hotel's bedrooms. Complimentary bicycles offer another way to explore beyond the hotel's doors.

Nightly live entertainment on the Atrium’s stage gives The Ned NoMad a social center, fitting for a hotel that shares its home with a private members’ club. Set in the 1903 Johnston Building on Broadway, its 167 bedrooms and suites carry the period character upstairs: Deluxe rooms and Atrium Studios feature Beaux-Arts touches, while the Johnston Terrace Suite adds separate living and dining rooms and a private terrace. Public dining is part of the draw, too. Cecconi’s takes its cues from mid-century Italian trattorias, and Little Ned pairs classic cocktails and bar food with Empire State Building views. The mix of historic interiors, dining and club life gives this Manhattan address its particular identity.

The Pierre’s Rotunda makes a theatrical centerpiece: Edward Melcarth’s hand-painted trompe l’oeil murals, added in 1967, sit beneath a ceiling depicting bright blue sky. That appetite for grand rooms defines this Fifth Avenue hotel, which opened in 1930 directly across from Central Park. Its French Classical architecture gives it a palatial character, while Two E Bar & Lounge offers a more residential setting. Originally the gentleman’s library, the space was redesigned by Alexandra Champalimaud to evoke an Upper East Side home and now hosts live jazz. At Perrine, French-American dishes share the menu with Indian cuisine—a fitting expression of a New York institution that is also Taj’s North American flagship.

El Quijote, the Hotel Chelsea’s century-old Spanish restaurant, gives this West 23rd Street address a living connection to its past, with a menu drawing on the Basque Country. Dining remains central to the hotel’s character: Café Chelsea serves French-American bistro fare, while Teruko brings a sushi bar and seasonal Japanese cooking to the subterranean level. Upstairs, accommodations range from compact, 200-square-foot queen rooms to suites with full kitchens and dining areas. Marble bathrooms recur throughout, with high ceilings, soaking tubs, and Manhattan views in selected categories. The Lobby Bar welcomes neighbors as well as overnight guests, making the Chelsea a place to spend an evening even without checking in.

A grand staircase, Federalist-inspired details, and an intricate lobby ceiling give the InterContinental Barclay its distinctly residential take on New York grandeur. Designed by Cross and Cross as part of the Terminal City development around Grand Central, the hotel opened in 1926 with long-term residents in mind. That Park Avenue influence still shapes its rooms and suites, redesigned during a $180 million renovation in 2016. On East 48th Street near Grand Central and Rockefeller Center, it makes a convenient Midtown base with a character rooted in the neighborhood’s architectural past. The Parlour extends the story through its nods to 1920s Manhattan, while rooftop-grown herbs and honey from the hotel’s beehives find their way into dishes and cocktails.

Central Park becomes part of the interior at Mandarin Oriental New York, where many rooms frame the park through floor-to-ceiling windows. Occupying the upper floors of the Deutsche Bank Center at Columbus Circle, the hotel makes its elevated perspective a defining feature: accommodations look toward the park, Hudson River or Manhattan skyline, while MO Lounge pairs Central Park views with contemporary American cooking and cocktails. Even a swim comes with a city outlook in the 75-foot indoor lap pool. Marble bathrooms with deep soaking tubs give the rooms a generous residential touch, and the park’s southwest corner places walks, Lincoln Center performances and Midtown outings within easy reach.

Wood-burning fireplaces and landscaped terraces give The Lowell the character of a private Manhattan residence, with select accommodations offering those distinctly domestic pleasures. This family-owned hotel on East 63rd Street has 47 individually appointed suites and 27 rooms, their interiors inspired by designer Michael Smith’s residential style. Its setting between Madison and Park Avenues places Central Park and Madison Avenue’s boutiques within easy walking distance. The residential character extends to a Club Room reserved for hotel guests, while Majorelle brings a more elaborate flourish: marble columns, vaulted wood-arched ceilings and a year-round garden frame French Mediterranean cooking with Moroccan influences. Together, these spaces give the hotel a particular Upper East Side identity, rooted in apartment living and neighborhood dining.

Central Park finds its way indoors at The Surrey: signature suites take their cues from Bow Bridge, Greywacke Arch, and Bethesda Terrace, giving Martin Brudnizki’s residential interiors a distinctly local frame of reference. Reimagined as a Corinthia hotel, this Upper East Side address on East 76th Street has 70 rooms and 30 suites, with accommodations looking onto Madison Avenue or the courtyard. The park itself is a short walk away. Casa Tua extends the house-like character through an Italian and Mediterranean restaurant and a lounge beside the lobby, where the day runs from cappuccinos to evening martinis. Together, these spaces make the hotel feel closely tied to the neighborhood around it.

Kit Kemp’s appetite for color, pattern, and craftsmanship gives The Whitby Hotel its personality, from individually designed bedrooms to a drawing room filled with art and an honesty bar. Floor-to-ceiling windows bring the Manhattan setting into every room and suite, with many looking across the skyline. Downstairs, a pewter-topped bar anchors The Whitby Bar & Restaurant, where handcrafted objects and original artworks share space with afternoon tea and a seasonal European menu. Set on West 56th Street just off Fifth Avenue, two blocks from Central Park, this Firmdale hotel makes an appealing base for travelers who take as much interest in the rooms they inhabit as the city outside.

Private terraces overlooking Sixth Avenue and 54th Street give some of the Warwick’s accommodations an unusually expansive relationship with Midtown. The hotel’s Renaissance and Art Deco architecture sets the tone for a stay with a decidedly traditional streak: marble bathrooms, suites with separate living areas, and Randolph’s Bar & Lounge, where dark wood paneling frames the seating. Breakfast takes place amid the artwork at Murals on 54. Built by publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst in 1926, the Warwick still makes architectural character part of its appeal. Its address also puts the Museum of Modern Art nearby, with Rockefeller Center, Fifth Avenue, and Central Park within easy reach.

I.M. Pei’s 52-story tower gives Four Seasons Hotel New York its architectural presence: honey-colored French limestone outside, lofty ceilings and geometric details within. On East 57th Street between Park and Madison Avenues, the hotel puts Central Park and Madison Avenue shopping within easy reach, while its interiors reward a closer look. At The Garden, tables sit among African acacia trees above the grand Art Deco lobby; TY Bar carries that design language into a space with a fireplace and cocktails drawn from different eras of New York history. Upstairs, junior suites start at 500 square feet, and handcrafted furnishings, wood paneling, hand-knotted rugs, and original artwork give the accommodations a residential character.

Tribeca’s apartment life provides the reference point for Four Seasons Hotel New York Downtown, whose suites draw on the neighborhood’s lofts, art collections, and contemporary furniture. The Oculus Suite frames views of Santiago Calatrava’s sculptural transit hub, while the Gotham Terrace Suite pairs custom furnishings with a balcony above the city. On Barclay Street near the World Trade Center, the hotel makes a useful base for exploring Lower Manhattan, with Fulton Center and PATH connections less than a ten-minute walk away. There’s reason to spend time inside, too: Wolfgang Puck’s CUT steakhouse sits just off the lobby, and a dedicated wellness floor brings together a seven-room spa, lap pool, and fitness center overlooking downtown.

The Power Breakfast gives Loews Regency New York Hotel a place in the city’s working life: the tradition began in the mid-1970s, when founder Bob Tisch gathered business and political leaders to discuss New York’s financial crisis. It continues at The Regency Bar & Grill, downstairs from 379 guest rooms, including 58 suites. Upstairs, six signature suites take distinctly different approaches to apartment living, from Meyer Davis’s SoHo-inspired Uptown Bohemian Suite to Nate Berkus’s 21st-floor apartment with a formal living room, kitchen, and balcony. At Park Avenue and 61st Street, the hotel puts that residential character within easy reach of Central Park and Madison Avenue shopping.

A restored bank vault beneath the New Yorker Hotel now houses Butcher & Banker, a steakhouse that gives the building’s history a place at the dinner table. Above it rises a 43-story Art Deco hotel designed by Sugarman and Berger and opened in 1930. A restoration begun in 2006 helped preserve that architectural character, which also carries into the guest rooms. Accommodations range from compact Metro Queens to larger doubles, with designated View rooms overlooking the Manhattan skyline. On Eighth Avenue, steps from Penn Station and Madison Square Garden, the New Yorker puts rail arrivals, concerts, and games close at hand; its architecture and subterranean dining room give travelers reasons to linger in the building itself.

The Artists’ Gate Suite has 13 large windows overlooking Central Park and Sixth Avenue, plus a billiards room—a particularly expansive expression of this hotel’s Manhattan townhouse aesthetic. Across the 253-room Ritz-Carlton New York, Central Park, wood accents, curated artwork and residential furnishings carry that idea through rooms and suites, with park views available in select accommodations. Its Central Park South address puts the park at the center of a stay, while Contour Gastro Lounge and Bar supplies a gathering place from morning coffee through dinner. The bar’s daily Manhattan Minute offers a small local ritual: a taste of its namesake cocktail, a little cocktail history and a recipe card to take home.

A Gothic minaret above Fifth Avenue and a lobby ceiling inspired by Raphael’s Vatican frescoes give The Sherry-Netherland its architectural theater. Artist Joseph Aruta’s mural, restored in 2014, is part of an interior that includes Vanderbilt-mansion friezes, marble mosaic floors, and custom crystal chandeliers. Opened in 1927, the hotel sits at Fifth Avenue and 59th Street, directly across from Grand Army Plaza and Central Park’s main entrance. Its 50 individually decorated rooms and suites bring a more personal scale to that grand setting, with some looking out over the park. Elevator attendants, daily fresh flowers, and Louis Sherry chocolates carry the hotel’s traditional character into the everyday details of a stay.

A 12-seat lobby bar with leather sofas and two fireplaces sets the scale at Smyth Tribeca: personal, residential, and well suited to settling in. Galerie Bar is one expression of that character; upstairs, rooms take their cues from Manhattan lofts, with midcentury styling and floor-to-ceiling windows framing the neighborhood. Some add private terraces, including the Smyth Terrace Suite’s 300-square-foot outdoor space. At Smyth Tavern, the local connection becomes explicit in artwork showcasing Tribeca’s art scene, alongside American dishes that nod to New York supper clubs. The West Broadway address puts galleries, independent shops, and downtown landmarks within reach, with the Chambers Street subway a two-minute walk away.

The skyline is central to The Dominick’s character: floor-to-ceiling windows frame Manhattan, and the upper-floor SoHi One-Bedroom Suites look toward either the Empire State Building or One World Trade. Fendi Casa furnishings, leather-topped desks, and marble bathrooms give the interiors a polished, contemporary feel, while suites add separate living rooms. At street level, the hotel sits where Hudson Square meets SoHo, within walking distance of galleries, designer boutiques, and the Hudson River waterfront. There are reasons to spend time upstairs, too: Terrace on 7 has an outdoor pool and cabanas, and the two-level Sisley Spa offers private hammams and a treatment using honey harvested from the hotel’s rooftop hives.

Central Park fills the floor-to-ceiling windows of the park-facing suites at Trump International Hotel and Tower, giving its address at One Central Park West a defining role in the stay. At the meeting point of the park and Columbus Circle, the hotel has 176 rooms and suites with a distinctly residential bent: Superior Rooms include kitchenettes, while Executive Park View Suites have separate living and dining areas and full kitchens with Sub-Zero appliances. Marble bathrooms, velvet sofas and crystal chandeliers give the suites a formal character. Dining is another reason to know the address: Jean-Georges Vongerichten’s namesake restaurant pairs park views with cooking that draws on French, American and Indochinese influences.