Hotel Coverage: Algonquin
6 Vintage NYC Hotels To Make Jay Gatsby Feel Right At Home
In honor of Baz Luhrman's much-hyped The Great Gatsby hitting theaters tomorrow, we've put together a list of Manhattan hotels where (we think) Jay Gatsby himself would have stayed. From art deco glamor to 1920s-themed cocktails, these are a few 'great' hotels with vintage style all of their own. This...
May 09, 2013
5 Decadent Hotel Desserts In NYC To Treat Your Sweetie To
In case our round-up of Valentine's Day couples' packages didn't inspire any last-minute getaways (budgets are tight, we know), here's another tack for amorous couples planning a visit to one of the world's most gourmet-obsessed cities, New York. Four Seasons New York: The hotel's prix fixe Valentine's Day menu ($105...
February 12, 2013
Algonquin's Package Gets You Access To Katie Couric
This is one of those hotel packages that caught our eye in light of recent news concerning Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o. How do they mix? Well, it’s quite simple. See, the The Algonquin is the official hotel of ABC’s “Katie” show, the daytime series starring Katie Couric. In...
January 22, 2013
The Brown Palace Joins the Autograph Collection
It's the 120th anniversary of Denver's Brown Palace Hotel and Spa. To celebrate the hotel’s opening in 1892, this fixture in the city's downtown area since 1892, has joined Marriott’s Autograph Collection as we mentioned it would last month. This collection of luxury hotels includes New York’s Algonquin Hotel,...
September 13, 2012
The Algonquin Welcomes Matilda Back with a Cat Fashion Show
In case you were hoping to celebrate this year's World Cat Day, we're sad to say that you've just missed it. Instead, enjoy our photos of...cats in hats! Also, cats in dresses! And last but not least, cats in leather jackets! The cat fancy fest went down yesterday evening...
August 09, 2012
5 New York Hotel Lobbies With WiFi You Can Count On
Finding a good deal on a room can be stressful enough—but when all you need is to duck into the hotel lobby to fire off a string of emails, or upload photos onto Flickr, or write up a hotel story, (as is often the case with us), the last thing...
July 16, 2012
A Cocktail for The Algonquin's Famous Lobby Kitty
Now that NYC's historic Algonquin Hotel has renovated and reopened, and the resident lobby cat Matilda has returned to her roost, it's time to toast. But not so fast! Matilda is a cat after all, so you can't always rely on her to be hanging out near reception, awaiting...
June 07, 2012
Rachel Dratch Has a Simple Request for Hotels
Jon Hodgman and Rachel Dratch at The Algonquin last night Tear your eyes away from this oddly creepy image of Jon Hodgman for a moment, and refocus instead to the right, where comedian and actress Rachel Dratch perches with a tiny smile. What was Rachel Dratch, of SNL and 30...
June 05, 2012
The Cat Came Back: The Algonquin Will Reopen Tomorrow with Matilda In the Lobby
It's been a long winter (and spring) but soon things will be getting back to normal on "Hotel Row" aka 44th Street in New York City with tomorrow's reopening of the revamped Algonquin Hotel at precisely 10am. After six months and an $18 million facelift, everything will be back in...
May 23, 2012
A Sneak Peek at The Algonquin's Brand New Barrymore Suite
It's a very early peek. Big news! While the historical Algonquin Hotel works to complete a near total renovation, they're slipping in a brand new suite, and it'll be quite the unique one for a Manhattan hotel. The Barrymore Suite, named for the actor John Barrymore (who himself was a...
May 15, 2012
The Algonquin's Blue Bar Will Unveil a Swank Blue-Hued New Look in June
The Algonquin has been in the midst of a major spruce up since January, actually closing down for a few months for head-to-toe renovations. But before guests arrive on May 24 there's a part of the hotel that needs just a little extra time--the hotel's historic Blue Bar. The venue...
April 27, 2012
The Algonquin's New Artwork Wants You To Remember What Manhattan Used To Look Like
Last week, we showed you a look at the new guest rooms over at The Algonquin. Lots of changes will be coming to this hotel in the next few months—from the lobby to the revamped Oak Room to the guest rooms, the interiors will certainly have a 'fresher' feel when...
April 17, 2012
First Look Inside The Algonquin NYC's New Guest Rooms
*A HotelChatter Exclusive*Did you know that The Algonquin is New York City's oldest continually operating hotel? Did you know that The Algonquin debuted in 1902, and, despite the decades and refurbishments, managed to preserve historical details so well that it became a designated NYC historic landmark? Just one more...
April 11, 2012
A Sneak Peek at the New Rooms of The Algonquin Hotel
The iconic Algonquin Hotel closed earlier this year for renovations and while the reconstruction continues this month, we've finally got a sneak peek (in the form of a rendering) as to what the new rooms will look like.We're impressed! Interior design firm, Intra-Spec, Inc have made the rooms look...
March 15, 2012
While New York's Oak Room Closes, Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Starts A Music Festival In Vegas
Two main players in the hotel music world are really getting the shake-up this month, and all we can do for now is sit back and watch (or, you know, listen) as the changes come to pass. For starters, let's face the awful truth that The Algonquin is saying bye-bye...
February 03, 2012
A New Autograph Collection Hotel Launches Today in NYC
That's right, The Algonquin is no longer New York's only Autograph Collection hotel. As of tonight at midnight, rooms at The Carlton, on Madison Avenue and E 29th St, will be bookable via the Autograph website, under the category of Boutique Chic. The Rockwell Group, who has worked on other...
January 11, 2012
The Algonquin Kitty Forced To Wear A Leash
For the second time this month, Mayor Bloomberg's administration has forced the exodus of someone who really wasn't doing any harm to anybody in the first place. This time, we're talking about The Algonquin's resident kitty, Matilda III. After Matilda II retired to Brooklyn last winter, Matilda III has been...
November 23, 2011
The Algonquin Hotel to Close This Winter for Renovations
The Algonqin, circa 2009. Looks like Hotel Renovations are all the rage these days and the latest hotel to get in on the action is the historic Algonquin Hotel in New York.USA Today reports that the hotel will actually close for three months at the start of the new...
October 28, 2011
Is The Hotel Lobby Just A Fading Trend?
To stay on top of the hotel game, we find it useful to check in with people behind the Front Desk. For this week's Concierge Interview with John Williams, who is the president of travel planning service, New York Guest, we were curious about the changing nature of hotel lobbies....
October 05, 2011
Matilda III Goes A-Waltzing At The Algonquin
In case you haven't been keeping up with the royal kitty lineage over at The Algonquin, here's a refresher. In November, Matilda II stepped down as the hotel's 13-year cat-in-residence. A replacement, going by the name of Matilda III (at The Algonquin, all females are named Matilda, and all males...
August 12, 2011
You Won't Be Hearing From This Algonquin Piano Anytime Soon
I spy with my little eye... It was another midtown wander that brought us to this hidden gem—a Weber baby grand piano tucked away on the second floor of the Algonquin. Accessible via elevator or staircase (the tiny marble steps made us feel like we were in a hobbit...
July 11, 2011
5 NYC Hotel Lounge Acts You Can't Miss
It's New York. And there's plenty to see and hear. So we've made it a little easier for you with this list of five performances that take place inside hotels—from lounge schmaltz to late-night hip hop, you'll never find yourself bored in a Manhattan hotel again! Barbara Carroll at the...
June 30, 2011
Guess Who We Spotted at The Algonquin?
So we ducked into New York's Algonquin Hotel today for a cup of tea and a glance at their Christmas tree, and were treated to a surprise cameo by the hotel's most famous guest: the resident cat, Matilda. Usually she's chilling at the front desk or on her kitty-sized...
December 03, 2010
The Algonquin Hotel to Join Marriott's Autograph Collection in September
A standard room at the Algonquin.After yesterday's surprising news about The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas joining Marriott's Autograph Collection, we've learned of another surprising addition to the group--The Algonquin, one of New York City's oldest hotels.Check out this page on the Autograph site--it says "Opening in September." We're guessing when...
August 26, 2010
The Algonquin Now Offering Guests Both Kindles and Sony Readers
As a longtime literary haven, the Algonquin was early on the hotel loan-a-Kindle trend, and now they’re stepping their bookishness up yet another notch. Guests at the Algonquin can choose between a Kindle or a Sony reader to use during their stay (free of charge.)But that's not all. Guests will...
March 10, 2010
Dumb About Diamonds? The Algonquin's Gemologist Concierge Can Help
Whether you’re a dude looking to pop the question, or a lady who just likes her baubles, New York’s Diamond District can be intimidating. Bustling and dripping in rings and rocks, yes—but knowing how to navigate all those stores and dealers can be confusing without a friend of a...
January 27, 2010
What Makes The Algonquin Stand Out on 'Hotel Row'?
Welcome to our regular Monday feature, Pitch Your Hotel, where we let hoteliers, general managers and other hotel execs tell us on-camera what makes their hotels so different from all the rest. And believe us, the competition is fierce these days. So sit back, relax and listen to them...
October 19, 2009
The Algonquin Has Been Hosting And Toasting Glitterati For 100+ Years
We devote more than enough ink to Manhattan Hotels, but what about the days when hotels first started tuning their cool? Thanks to an old tourist materials from the 1930s-1950s, we're exploring back in the day versus today, for NYC hotels. Back in the day: Settle into a banquette...
September 24, 2009
The Five Best Hotels for Father's Day 2009
Father's Day is Sunday, June 21st. You should have known that already, quite honestly. But since you probably didn't — and since you totes want to assuage your guilt by giving Dad something over-the-top awesome for his special day (which may or may not involve you) — we rounded...
June 09, 2009
For Once, It Pays to Be From New Jersey
...Or New York. Connecticut, too! Via MSNBC, we find out that The Algonquin Hotel in Times Square is offering a "Broadway Night Out" special, specifically for residents of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut who might be staying in for the sake of saving money (after losing their high-paying...
February 17, 2009
Algonquin Forgoes Bookshelf Trend for Kindles
As the bookshelf craze in hotels seems to be blowing up in a big way — with trendy modern hotels ranging from the sleek, spankin' new SLS to the funky Mercer throwing displays of book collections into their lobbies — we think we've seen the future of literature in...
December 03, 2008
Snapshot :: Project Kitty Runway a Success but Felines Look Nonplussed
As we told you about before, the Project Kitty Runway went down at the Algonquin Hotel yesterday as a way to celebrate the house cat Matilda's 13th birthday and to help build awareness for the North Shore Animal League.The Feline Fashion Show (their official name but we like PKR better)...
August 08, 2008
Project Kitty Runway :: The Algonquin Hotel to Host a Feline Fashion Show
This is a date not to be missed. On August 7, 2008, the Algonquin Hotel is holding the Feline Fashion Show.The Algonquin's famous hotel cat, Matilda, is turning 13 and to celebrate the milestone, the hotel is throwing this birthday party and fashion show which will benefit the North...
July 21, 2008
The Algonquin Hotel Loves An American Girl, Raised on Promises
If you have a precocious young lady in your life who is currently swooning over the movie Kit Kitteridge: American Girl, surprise her with a stay at New York's famous Algonquin Hotel, where they've just put together an "Algonquin Girl" package. Treat your burgeoning reporter girl to this girl-power special,...
July 11, 2008
Best Hotels for Fireworks 2008 :: New York City
Get your hot dogs, sunscreen and beer guts ready: Independence Day is just over two weeks away! If you're headed to a big city for some fireworks fun, we'll be taking a look at hotels with prime fireworks views. Have a favorite hotel for gawking at bombs bursting in air?...
June 19, 2008
SATC Packages: The Algonquin's Girls and the City Getaway
The Sex and the City-themed hotel package blitz begins! Last week, it was Mandarin Oriental New York, pricing up a package for those of you with deep pockets like Mr. Big. This week, The Algonquin Hotel is offering a two-night Girls and the City getaway that's a little better suited...
April 14, 2008
Algonquin Hotel Deal Includes Broadway Shows
New York's Algonquin Hotel (home to the legendary Round table, which included literary and celebrity luminaries Robert Benchley, Edna Ferber, Dorothy Parker, and Groucho Marx), is offering its guests another chance to bathe in the warm glow of Gotham culture. The landmark hotel is rolling out Broadway Magic: Guests...
April 02, 2008
Room with an Anti-View: The Algonquin
You know the scene. You open the door to your brand new hotel room, run over to the window, open the blinds and bam, you are hit with the anti-view. Maybe you are looking down a dirty alley, witnessing a drug deal, staring at an air shaft in the face,...
March 22, 2007
HotelChatter's Midtown Manhattan Hotel Bar Crawl
While staying in Midtown Manhattan would never be our first choice for visiting the Big Apple, we understand that those not so familiar with the city want to stay there for touristy and possibly, business reasons. So should you find yourself stuck somewhere near Times Square, Hotel Maven Annie0007 has...
March 16, 2007
Algonquin's Vintage Chic Amenity
Hotel staff turnover can be a quick thing, especially in the hotel bar. An ever-evolving scene, hotel bars are chameleons of trends trying to stay one step ahead of the game in order to keep us on our toes and thirsty, of course. But the Algonquin Hotel has a bartender...
August 14, 2006
The Algonquin Cat
Leave it NPR to cover the antithesis to the Hotel Dog trend...the Hotel Cat.At the Algonquin Hotel in New York, Matilda rules the lobby and even has her own miniature chaise lounge to sit upon. The 11-year-old Birman, "an exotic breed that resembles a fluffy Siamese" is indeed a star...
July 31, 2006
Obligatory NYC Tourism Shot
Could this shot be any more perfect for the NYC Tourism board? The Alonguin Hotel, a cab waiting in front and a sign depicting how much it costs to park in a midtown garage for a day.Unfortunately, on the inside of the hotel in the Oak Room nightclub slobs had...
April 05, 2006
Holiday Inn Park Slope?
We aren't sure what the Holiday Inn's appearance in a neighborhood signifies, especially when the neighborhood is Park Slope, Brooklyn. The Slope is the affluent neighborhood with more writers per capita than the New York Times headquarters. Amidst the brownstones and wrought iron fences, writers type from free WiFi...
April 05, 2006
The Writers Hotel Deal
NewYorkology clues us in on the best laxative for writers' block. If you are claiming to be a writer, and all you have so far is a Word document and a blinking curser, check into the Algonquin and use the whole damn trip as a write off. A night...
February 16, 2006
Algonquin Puts Books On iPod
The Algonquin Hotel in New York City, a literary landmark because of the infamous Round Table group, is living up to its heritage by loaning guests iPods with filled with current and classic book titles, including, but not limited to: · DaVinci Code · Saturday · Blink · South Beach Diet· French Women Don't...
November 07, 2005
'Gonq Sold, But Soldiering On
New York's legendary Algonquin hotel has been sold. The well-known writers haunt fetched $74 million, but the buyer, HEI Hospitality claims they will put the hotels recent renovations to good use, and not go CoTel. Good news--so it looks like Matilda gets to keep her home. Here is what...
September 21, 2005
WiFi etiquette at the Algonquin Hotel
New York's Algonquin Hotel promotes Wi-Fi etiquette [TravelWeekly.com] "We want to be responsive to the needs of today's writers, but at the same time do no want the use of modern technologies like Wi-Fi and cell phones to disturb other guests in their enjoyment of our historic lobby," said Anthony...
February 16, 2005
The Algonquin: Not just a pricey martini
NYC publicity-mongering Algonquin Hotel is at it again. (And again we play right into their hands! Blast! They're really good at this!) With the help of a very expensive diamond martini and a $3 million renovation the historic hotel is fighting tooth and nail to revive their reputation as...
December 17, 2004
Don't Eat the Ice
New York's famous Algonquin Hotel now offers bling bling: A $13,000 martini has been added to the menu. It'll taste the same as any other Martini, but that sparkly thing at the bottom of the glass isn't the usual sort of ice -- it's a diamond. The cocktail must...
December 01, 2004
Apple's Famed Round Table Haunt Gets Facelift
All the wit that has passed through the halls of the Algonquin Hotel in NYC has finally peeled the New Yorker pages off the walls. The hotel -- which has hosted the quips and smarminess of Dorothy Parker, John Barrymore, Elizabeth Taylor, Edna Ferber, Robert Benchley and Franklin P. Adams...
June 21, 2004
Algonquin Hotel, Writer's Rate, New York City
Authors such as Dorothy Parker, E.B. White, James Thurber, John Updike, and William Faulkner brought the Algonquin to literary fame. Since then the well respected "Gonk" has had a soft spot for writers. Literary hopefuls of today can request a special "Writer's Rate." "The writer's rate for a one-night stay...
March 01, 2004
Partner Reviews: Algonquin
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Beginning in 1919, this Midtown hotel hosted Algonquin Round Table (or "Vicious Circle") meetings to exchange bon mot. Writers incl. Robert Benchley, Jane Grant, George S. Kaufman, and Dorothy Parker. -
Excellent choice for a hotel. The old lux of Manhattan. Ask to be introduced to Matilda who hangs out in the lounge lobby! She has stories to tell! -
Olde tyme Manhattan at it's best! Enjoy!
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Love this hotel! Gorgeous inside. Awesome service & clean room. Drinks at martini bar are expensive but very good, so treat yourself. Hotel cat is so cute!! :-) we are def coming back to Algonquin! -
Be prepared for noisy air con in the rooms. It is an old fashioned on or off trip system. When on it is very loud! Better than sweating - but makes sleeping harder. -
First impression is that this is a very nice hotel. -
The Algonquin is beautiful! -
Hanging in an elegant NYC hotel lobby drinking coffee and waiting to see the lobby cat. -
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The lobby is the perfect place for a cocktail or cup of tea on a rainy day like today. Couches are comfortable, service is friendly. If you're lucky you can hang with Matilda, the cat in residence. -
Say hello to Matilda, the official kitty-in-residence! -
Favourite hotel of Beatles manager Brian Epstein in the mid 1960s -
Matilda is adorable! (: And the beds are so comfy. but the rooms are super quaint, meaning it's a squeeze- especially for the price. It's a very attractive place, however. -
Excellent, excellent lobby. Head here for tea or for some of the best thick fries in the city. Ask for the wifi code at the desk & do a little work...and don't forget to pet Matilda, the lobby cat. -
If you want an old style hotel the way they used to be with a lobby and excellent service, this is the place to go. -
Guests at the Algonquin Hotel claim to see ghostly members of The Round Table, a group that included writers such as Dorothy Parker, Robert Benchley, Franklin Pierce & Harpo Marx. -
Where are the cats? -
Head to the Blue Bar. It’s Old New York and super-fun. -
Sit in the lobby and order a drink as you people watch. It's got to be one of the most fascinating places to see tourists and New Yorkers alike. -
Take the Algonquin Round Table Walking Tour led by author Kevin Fitzpatrick. Find him @ Kevin@DorothyParker.com
Hope to Come back soon
We have been in search of the easy hotel in New York to come back to each time we visit and this is it. Great location. Near to almost everything in mid town and close to Times Square without the busyness and garishness. Rooms are a little small but very comfortable. Great mattresses and very friendly staff. I am a little hesitant to give it glowing reviews since more people may stay there and make it hard to book.
Algonquin Hotel
The oldest hotel in New York City. I stayed here 30 years ago, and was delighed to return. It has been completely remodeled and although t...
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