Need to know

Rooms

88, including 12 suites and a penthouse.

Rates

US$625–US$5,000, including Continental breakfast; excludes 14.75 per cent tax plus US$3.50 a night.

Check-out

Midday, but flexible depending on availability.

Facilities

Spa, fitness centre, drawing room, DVD library, free WiFi throughout, valet parking, in-room check-in. In rooms: HDTV, DVD player, preloaded iPod, book selection, electronic curtains, Kearsley cotton sheets, Japanese Red Flower toiletries.

Poolside

Shibui spa contains a reconstructed bamboo farmhouse that houses the heated indoor pool, lit by lanterns. Freshly squeezed fruit juices, light spa meals and sake are always on hand.

Children

More of a grown-up’s downtown hideaway.

Also

One small pet is allowed in each room.

In the know

Our favourite rooms

The N. Moore Suite and the Greenwich Suite each offer more living space than 95 per cent of NYC urbanites could ever dream of, and the 30-foot skylights merit a gawp (as do the rates). They’re each fitted with kitchens, offices and stone fireplaces. The Superior rooms are more economical options that are still luxuriously spacious – go for one with a view of the Greenwich Hotel’s Tuscan-style courtyard.

Packing tips

Your favourite suede slippers to put your feet up in the reading room – and something to read while you’re there.

Also

In a tribute to the hotelier’s artist father, Robert De Niro Senior’s Picasso-ish paintings line the walls of the lobby and drawing room.

Food & drink

Hotel restaurant

Locanda Verde, where chef Andrew Carmellini dishes up high-end Italian comfort food – wood-fired rabe sausage, roasted garlic chicken – has replaced Ago as the Greenwich Hotel's in-house restaurant. It's a lovely, relaxing place in which to enjoy a meal. The colour scheme is all warm earth tones, the lighting low and the ambience seductive.

Dress code

A-lister at ease; don’t wear a dark shirt or tie unless you want to be mistaken for one of the immaculately attired Italian waiting staff. (Or a Goodfella.)

Top table

Ask for one of the tables in the northwest corner; these are quieter than the spots around the bar and the building’s support columns lend the space some privacy.

Last orders

The restaurant is open until 11pm, but guests at the hotel can drink and dine round the clock.

Room service

Selections from Locanda Verde’s menu are available in-room 24 hours a day.

Hotel bar

Guests, glitterati and meedja moguls sup bellini martinis at Locanda Verde’s Parisian-style bar, which packs in the punters on weekend evenings. The wines and vodka menus are distinguished and lengthy, and if you’re into grappa, this is the bar for you.

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The Greenwich Hotel

377 Greenwich Street, New York City