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Our favourite rooms: Room 184 is a Unique King with glass walls on two sides, and a huge steam shower with three shower heads. Other rooms have showers with views, or a two-person Japanese soaking tub.
Packing tips: Bring your birthday book if you feel bad about 'me, me, me!' shopping.

New York hotels: Hotel on Rivington, need to know

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Hotel on Rivington

New York, United States[view map]

Style: 21 floors of cool
Setting: Lower East Side

Located in district du jour, the Lower East Side, the Hotel on Rivington is contemporary, lively and spacious. It's the tallest building in this part of town, so ask for a room that affords you panoramic views of New York’s skyline through the floor-to-ceiling windows. And the TempurPedic beds are the best feature when it comes to the time you spend with your eyes closed.

Need to know

Rooms: 110, from Regular King to Owner’s Suite and the Penthouse.
Rates: US$325–US$5,000; excluding taxes (14.75 per night plus $3.50 a day) and breakfast (choose from continental for $5, or opt for the à la carte menu).
Check-out: 12 noon.
Facilities: Private terrace or balcony in many rooms, Swedish Tempur-Pedic mattresses, Frette linen, in-room spa services, large refrigerator with gourmet selection, WiFi, on-demand movies and music, gym, work-out facility, driver services.
Also: With floor-to-ceiling windows throughout, and the Rivington’s status as a giant among 19th-century tenements, the views are spectacular. Small, well-trained dogs and cats are welcome (with pet waiver) on pet-friendly floors.

Food & drink

Hotel restaurant: There’s seasonal Euro food and a super-trendy scene in Levant East at Thor restaurant and bar, with the dining room housed in a lofty glass atrium designed by Marcel Wanders.
Dress code: LES hipster style.
Top table: Make sure you're under the glass atrium.
Last orders: 3am in Thor's bar; 2am in the lobby lounge.
Room service: 24 hours, with the Thor menu available.
Hotel bar: The private lobby lounge is open to hotel guests and their guests.

Also worth knowing

Children: Rollaway bed, US$35 a night; cribs, no extra charge. Nanny service by arrangement.

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