New York hotels: Expensive hotels

Find next-level accommodation in New York with this guide to expensive New York hotels.

Ace Hotel New York

  • Rated as: 5/5
  • Price band: 2/4
  • Critics choice

Bourgeois hipsters tired of crashing on couches will appreciate the New York outpost of the cool chainlet founded in Seattle by a pair of DJs. The music influence is clear: Many of the rooms in the 1904 building boast playful amenities like functioning turntables, stacks of vinyl and gleaming

  1. 20 W 29th St, at Broadway, 10012
  2. $359–$509 double. AmEx, Disc, MC, V
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The NoMad Hotel

  • Rated as: 5/5
  • Price band: 3/4
  • Critics choice

A block south of hipster hub the Ace Hotel, the NoMad heralds what may finally emerge as a bona fide ’hood: North of Madison Square Park. The properties share a developer, and like the Ace, the NoMad is a self-contained microcosm encompassing destination dining—courtesy of Daniel Humm and Will

  1. 1170 Broadway, at 28th St, 10001
  2. $335–$595. AmEx, DC, Disc, MC, V
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The Benjamin

  • Rated as: 4/5
  • Price band: 3/4

All rooms in this pet-friendly hotel have kitchenettes with microwaves and sinks (some suites have full-size fridges), so it’s a hit with families as well as business travelers. The decor, in restful shades of beige and cream, is unfussy with the emphasis on comfort: Choose from a menu of 12

  1. 125 E 50th St, at Lexington Ave, 10022
  2. $299–$699 double. AmEx, DC, Disc, MC, V
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Chambers Hotel

  • Rated as: 4/5
  • Price band: 3/4
  • Critics choice

Though it opened in 2001, Chambers has a contemporary residential style that feels utterly current. The double-height lobby, with low seating, a gas fire and a warm color palette of mossy green, brown and gray, exudes Zen serenity. It also showcases some of the owners’ 500-piece art collection,

  1. 15 W 56 St, between Fifth and Sixth Aves, 10019
  2. $225–$725 double. AmEx, DC, Disc, MC, V
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Conrad New York

  • Rated as: 4/5
  • Price band: 3/4

This sophisticated Hilton offshoot Conrad has taken over a former Embassy Suites Hotel facing Battery Park City’s riverside Nelson A. Rockefeller Park. West-facing rooms have views of the Hudson, but there are also striking sights within the art-rich property. Sol LeWitt’s vivid 100-by-80-foot

  1. 102 North End Ave, at Vesey St, 10282
  2. $249–$4,999 suite
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Eventi

  • Rated as: 4/5
  • Price band: 3/4

This modern 23-floor hotel takes a playful approach to interior design, planting unexpected features in the lobby—a large-scale reproduction of 19th-century British artist Thomas Benjamin Kennington's Autumn peeks out tantalizingly from behind velvet drapes, for instance. Eventi is managed by

  1. 851 Sixth Ave, between 29th and 30th Sts, 10001
  2. $279–$599 double. AmEx, DC, Disc, MC, V
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Gansevoort Park Avenue NYC

  • Rated as: 4/5
  • Price band: 3/4

The Gansevoort brought the tri-level rooftop pool-lounge-playground concept that's been making waves at its Meatpacking District property since 2004 to its newer Gramercy address. Get cozy on a double lounger by the rooftop pool (a glassed-in area is kept at a balmy 85 degrees during the chillier

  1. 420 Park Ave South, at 29th St, 10016
  2. $335–$565 double. AmEx, DC, Disc, MC, V
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Grand Hyatt Hotel

  • Rated as: 4/5
  • Price band: 2/4

Rising behind Grand Central Terminal, the global chain's glass monolith offers a reliable base with easy access to key midtown sights and the United Nations Headquarters. A recent $130 million overhaul to “de-Trump” the property, as one witty Hyatt executive put it, included the addition of two

  1. 109 E 42nd St, between Park and Lexington Aves, 10017
  2. $209–$599 double. AmEx, DC, Disc, MC, V
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Hôtel Americano

  • Rated as: 4/5
  • Price band: 3/4

You won’t find any Talavera tiles in Grupo Habita’s first property outside Mexico. Mexican architect Enrique Norten’s sleek, mesh-encased structure stands alongside the High Line. The decor evokes classic midcentury American style, interpreted by a European (Colette designer Arnaud Montigny). The

  1. 518 W 27th St, between Tenth and Eleventh Aves, 10001
  2. $265–$650 double. AmEx, DC, Disc, MC, V
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The London NYC

  • Rated as: 4/5
  • Price band: 3/4

This 54-story high-rise was completely overhauled by David Collins (designer of some of London’s most fashionable bars and restaurants) and reopened as the London NYC in early 2007. His sleek, contemporary-British style pervades the rooms, with attractive signature touches such as limed oak parquet

  1. 151 W 54th St, between Sixth and Seventh Aves, 10019
  2. $299–$899 suite. AmEx, DC, Disc, MC, V
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