With its Art Deco towers and irreproachable doormen, Central Park West can be daunting to the visitor. There’s a sort of hauteur about the avenue which keeps standards high, which is exactly what you happily find at Nougatine. Located at … Read More
Not only did we find ourselves at Cafeteria twice in one week, but in two different locations: both the Lincoln Road location in Miami Beach and the original in Chelsea in New York. Such is the allure of a consistently good … 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
After nearly twenty-five years, Cafe Luxembourg’s glow has not diminished. There’s an energy immediately palpable upon entering the lovely room with its red leather banquettes and rattan bistro chairs and, for spring, huge floral arrangements of cherry blossoms. Honey blondes … 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
