Picture 1930s Paris—overlooking an Edwardian London skyline. Dark woods and highly polished surfaces—and perhaps a bit too cluttered with objets (we stashed a number of unnecessary items under the bed, whereupon the smallish dormer room suddenly became larger and more … Read More
The rooms at Maximilian Hotel are nicely proportioned and designed in a combination of Modernism and contemporary, with an abundance of wood, glass, and chrome. Think elegant clean lines with soundproofed windows, wall-length framed mirrors in both the bedroom and … Read More
If at first you’re looking out onto the roof of a neighboring building, and your view is of a generator, then try again. Keep changing rooms until you get a view of William Penn. That’s the whole point of Philadelphia. … Read More
Given Boston’s rather staid and stuffy reputation, the words Boston and boutique hotel might not seem the likeliest of allies—and yet the rooms at Nine Zero nearly belie such stereotypical notions. Blissfully well-proportioned, the rooms are large enough to contain … Read More
If you don’t like the first one—complain. We did—after the incessant beeping of the garbage trucks and the delivery trucks at the garage directly across the street and below our room. Enough already. We’re here for five nights—and we’re not … Read More
If you’ve ever stayed at a Fairmont hotel, you know the rooms. Of course, the décor differs according to locale, but you can expect oversized chairs and large beds with big headboards. A suite at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess gets … Read More
Either you receive a relatively large room (with W’s slightly irritating monikers such as Cozy, Wonderful, Mega, Wow and Extreme Wow) with a view of the neighboring office building and its atrium (Hello, cute clerical staff boy— wanna come over … Read More
The rooms are a vision in white: sheer white curtains around the immaculately-dressed (Frette) white bed, and sheer white curtains billowing around the open windows, and white Frette bed mats and white Frette slippers and white Frette bathrobes—and all this … Read More
