Luxury NYC Hotels Recs?

Friend,

For old world luxury and location, The Plaza is hard to beat. It is our preferred NY landing pad. The Waldorf Astoria is also world class, but it still is in the middle of a multi year renovation and won’t be open this year. The Aman is quite luxurious I am told. The Ritz is very nice and you cannot find fault with The Four Seasons. Please keep up informed and share some pictures when you return.

Yours,
TulaneLSU

i've stayed at the carlyle and thought it was nice. upper east

Somewhere south of the Aman (has anyone stayed at one of these properties? Hard for me to believe the price point is justified when they’re a four seasons option nearby).

For this trip, am generally comfortable with ~$1,000/night. The mandarin has a third night free Amex offer right now which is what I’m leaning towards.

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Aman (has anyone stayed at one of these properties? Hard for me to believe the price point is justified when they’re a four seasons option nearby).

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Aman does a good job of offering personalized service that carries over from property to property. Their rooms are very large, and they always hold seats at the restaurants for guests, so you can just walk in when you want to, which is nice. There’s no check in time, and there isn’t necessarily a departure time either.

I assume the price in New York is partly marketing, they want to be the most expensive, partly the massive staffing, and partly due to the limited number of rooms they have.

I would stay at the Four Seasons though. The price at Aman doesn’t make sense to me. It’s not a resort and you’re not going to be there for a week.

The Mandarin would be great.

You always pose as asylum seekers and get a free hotel in NYC:


The Bee

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The Waldorf Astoria is also world class, but it still is in the middle of a multi year renovation and won’t be open this year.

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I thought the Chinese bought the hotel and turned it into luxury condos. I last stayed there in like 2015. I too like the Plaza after the Waldorf.

I have. Room was incredibly nice and huge. Got an upgrade through Amex FHR to a Junior Suite. The closet was bigger than some NYC hotel rooms I've stayed in. Beautiful woodwork with built ins.

Main room was one big room with large L shaped sectional, desk and a king bed. Really nice quality. Didn't have a terrace though. I think the building may have been designed to be residential as the front desk said some rooms have kitchens.

Bath was typical 5 star, nice amenities (razor, comb, toothbrush, nail file, etc. along with all the usual large size toiletries) deep tub, huge shower, and double vanity. I remember my wife saying the lighting was good in it.

Only complaint, is that there is not a lobby "scene". It is small with a front desk and elevators bank only. The restaurant and bar are on the second floor. We had the included FHR breakfast there as well as room service and both were good.

Location is not bad, kind of no mans land, but I think it's a plus. You can get uptown or downtown easily.

I'd stay there again.

Carlisle - upper East Side across from Central Park