Gramercy Park Hotel

New York, United States [view map]

Style: A bohemian rhapsody
Setting: East Side storeys

A beguiling muddle of styles, colours and spaces, the boho Gramercy Park Hotel is clearly a product of Ian Schrager’s idiosyncratic imagination. With its wonderful East Side location, access to the city’s only private park, and stunning rooftop gardens, it’s as edgy, cool and unclassifiable as New York City itself.

Need to know

Rooms: 184, in eight categories – from Superior to Park Suites.
Rates: $495–$3,700. Excludes breakfast and taxes.
Check-out: Midday, although this is flexible subject to availability. Earliest check-in is 3pm.
Facilities: Spa and gym, Private Roof Club and Garden, DVD library, WiFi, valet parking, laundry service. In rooms: minibar, flatscreen TVs, CD and DVD players, iPod dock.
Children: Kids are made very welcome at Gramercy Park – there’s a secure private park for them to play in, and parents can pick up special children’s robes and family-friendly DVDs from the concierge. Extra beds and cots are available, as are babysitters.
Also: In the bathrooms, you’ll find a ‘best-of’ amenity collection, chosen by the editor of Allure magazine. This contains such delights as Hamadi shampoo and conditioner, and Mario Bedescu body lotion.

In the know

Our favourite rooms: The lofts come with their own seating areas, filled with quirky, well-chosen pieces of furniture from all over the world, and superb views of Lexington Avenue. If you feel like splurging, then go for the Penthouse – it comes with its own kitchen, dining room and library.
Packing tips: A pair of rollerblades – to get you, at speed, right through the very heart of it.

Food & drink

Hotel restaurant: Yuji Wakiya serves up fine Chinese cuisine with a Japanese twist – soft-shell crab in golden sand and bang-bang chicken – in Wakiya Gramercy Park Hotel.
Dress code: Smart but stylish.
Room service: Available 24 hours.
Hotel bar: The Rose Bar and the Jade Bar are both popular NYC hangouts, offering the city’s gilded youth the chance to quaff cocktails by candlelight, while being overlooked by Warhols and Basquiats from the wall.

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