Andaz 5th Avenue
Opening Spring 2010. From the hotel:
Located in the fashionable Bryant Park area of Midtown Manhattan, across from the iconic New York Public Library, the corner of 5th Avenue and 41st Street will mark the location of Andaz 5th Avenue. Synergistic with the neighborhood with its distinctive, yet historic design elements, the 184-room hotel, created by the legendary Tony Chi, will bring a vibrant setting and engaging hospitality to the center of this popular neighborhood.
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Hotel Coverage: Andaz 5th Avenue
Hotels Get Serious About Their Original Art Offerings
Remember the old days where hotel art usually consisted of a bland landscape painting that was reproduced a hundred times over and hung in the same spot in every guest room? Thankfully, over the past few years, hotels have been paying close attention to the artworks they hang in their...
May 22, 2013
[UPDATED] Where To Find Free Hotel WiFi In NYC: 2013 Edition
We brought you the 2013 WiFi Report last week, and today we're here to tell you which hotels in NYC you can count on for free WiFi. Here are a few of our faves… Indigo Chelsea: This isn't the kind of place you go for a buzzing lobby scene or...
May 13, 2013
Drink Like Don Draper At These 6 Manhattan Hotel Bars
It's no secret that Mad Men has inspired a nationwide renaissance of classic, American-inspired cocktails (heck, AMC even dedicated an entire webpage to cocktails featured on the show). In honor of the two-hour season premier this Sunday, we've gone ahead and compiled a list of the top Manhattan hotel bars...
April 05, 2013
Old-School Celeb Sighting at Andaz 5th Avenue
Listen here, you don't have to admit it, but we know at some point you watched Beverly Hills 90210. And for most of us, whether we secretly lusted for Dillon ( Luke Perry) or Brandon (Jason Priestley, but were stuck with a David Silver-type (Brian Austin Green), many of...
March 22, 2013
Soak In These Sumptuous Hotel Bathtubs
This New York's Millenium Hilton bathtub overlooks the Brooklyn Bridge. Today is supposedly the last day of winter. But looking outside at our snow-covered car, we think “what a bunch of bunk!” Mother Nature has bamboozled us. And unless we wake up tomorrow with daffodils in our yard and...
March 19, 2013
HC Exclusive Chat with Celeb Tattooist Mister C for Andaz 5th Ave's tbd Art
It's that time of year again: tbd Art! Last year, Andaz 5th Ave launched this celebration of art and culture, where guests were encouraged to engage in the creative process. Due to popular demand, artist-in residence Daniel St. George and celebrity tattooist Mister Cartoon returned to give more illustration...
December 19, 2012
Hotel Tales From Two NYC Marathon Runners
As we learned late Friday afternoon, the NYC Marathon was officially cancelled by Mayor Bloomberg and New York Road Runners after tons of controversy. This decision was celebrated by many local residents, but made more than a few thousand runners, especially those who had flown in from far distances...
November 03, 2012
How the Andaz 5th Avenue is All 'Up in Arms'
Right now, a prediction: there will come a time when hotels begin to supplement their exterior signs with their social media presence. It's already happening in a way at the Andaz 5th Avenue, where their side door—a showplace for mural artist collaborations—includes a plaque with the Twitter account (@Andaz5th)...
October 09, 2012
From Flo Rida to Connor Cruise, Celebs Love Hotels Too!
Celebrities seem to be having fun in hotels in full force lately, whether they’re working on or wrapping up television shows or movies shot on location, or just shooting the breeze at their favorite spots. We’ve got the lowdown on where the bold-face names have been laying their hats....
July 17, 2012
Pick Your Picnic At One Of These Two Big Apple Hotels
A look at the Andaz basket: raspberries and a baguette, what else do you need? Normally, you'd think a simple picnic in the park would be a more economical undertaking than, say, dinner for two at Asiate (Mandarin Oriental's ritzy 35th-floor restaurant). But you'd be wrong. This summer, two of...
May 11, 2012
Andaz Fifth Ave Keeps It In the Family With New Executive Chef Muraco
The Andaz food scene has pretty much always been a source of pleasure for us. Whether we were plotting how to sneak those North Fork potato chips into our bag without anyone noticing, or salivating over cinnamon donuts at the Andaz Wall Street farmer's market—we generally know we're going to...
February 20, 2012
HotelChatter's Favorite Bathrooms Ever
For better or worse, today is Valentine's Day. And in honor of all the naughty business we know will be going down in hotel rooms around the globe today, we thought we'd take a look at some of HotelChatter's favorite bathrooms ever. That's right. We've been serving up hotel stories...
February 14, 2012
5 Hotels To Check Out For Fashion Week
New York Fashion Week officially kicked off yesterday, and for the next week, New York is a sloppy mess of runway events, underpaid models, and too many cocktail parties than we care to count. On the plus side, hotels always get a good piece of the action—here's a look at...
February 10, 2012
What's Your Favorite Hotel Snack?
Hmm! Hotel snacks...It's no secret that we love the freebie snacks and soft drinks at Andaz Hotels. But those North Fork Potato Chips and Jacques Torres dark chocolate have recently been topped by some other amazing hotel snack finds. Our favorites? The FunkyChunky Popcorn available at Spice, the market at...
October 13, 2011
Where Should Two Dudes Stay in the City?
Two beds is a must! HotelChatter Questions: In which, the intrepid HotelChatter editors and our hotel maven readers answer hotel questions that pop into our inbox. Have a question for us? Send it along. Think you have a better answer than we gave, or better yet, want to give...
July 25, 2011
Which Two Manhattan Hotels Are Ignoring Their Health Code Violations?
Would you dine at a place with a "B"?UPDATE 6:49PM: Andaz Fifth Avenue's general manager Jonathan Frolich has sent us this statement regarding the letter grade. "We've addressed the issues brought to us by the inspector and we look forward to a re-inspection. We are fully committed to ensuring...
June 13, 2011
Splish Splash, Here's Where You Can Take a Bath at The Andaz 5th Avenue
When the Andaz 5th Avenue last summer, we were eager to step into one of those trippy showers which are some of the biggest showers we've ever seen in a hotel before. (And they come with foot tubs!)But if you want to do some soaking at the Andaz 5th Avenue,...
January 27, 2011
Best New Hotel Service: Andaz 5th Avenue's Departure Amenities
It's what you've been waiting all year for--The 2010 HotelChatter Awards! We'll be bringing you the best and worst of the year all day today and part of tomorrow. Agree or disagree with our picks? Air your thoughts in comments below. We had to restrain ourselves from seriously giving this...
December 31, 2010
Speaking of Rooms with a View of the Ball Drop in Times Square...
Yesterday, we dished on a killer New Year's Eve package at the Renaissance Times Square where $2,500 will get you three nights in a hotel room, along with two tickets to the open bar party in The Living Room, treats from a Blue Ribbon gourmet menu, a performance by...
November 30, 2010
What We're Stealing From the Andaz 5th Avenue
We know that everyone likes to make off with the hotel toiletries after a hotel stay but a few of you out there even like to rob the hotel's stationary folders, notepads, pens and pencils. Yeah, we're guilty of that too.But at the Andaz 5th Avenue, our sticky fingers...
November 24, 2010
Do Drinks With HotelChatter Tomorrow Night at Andaz 5th Avenue
Picture this space with you, us, some drinks and gossip.We're doing it again! After testing out our social skills with our LA meet up the other week, we've decided to step out in the Big Apple for another HotelChatter Meet Up. This time it's happening at the bar downstairs...
November 22, 2010
The Holidays In A Glass: The Velvet Spice at Andaz 5th Ave's bar downstairs
Do you need a little Dutch courage to pump you up for Thanksgiving travel next week? If you're in New York, you may want to consider this concoction which helped us get a head start on the festive spirits recently. It looks like the holidays, smells like the holidays and...
November 19, 2010
You'll Be Down in the Gym, Working on Your Fitness at the Andaz Fifth Avenue
After waxing lyrical about the cheese at Andaz 5th Avenue's the bar downstairs, we found ourselves drawn back to try even more small plates and cocktails a week later. The spot in the hotel's basement is so warm and cozy and laidback that we found it hard to leave. When...
November 05, 2010
The 12 Best Hotels in NYC: Fall 2010
For over six years now, we've been chronicling, photographing and filming the best and the worst in hotels around the world. And now it is time to impart our PH.D-like hotel wisdom on you in rankings form. You wanted the best and you got the best, the hottest hotels...
November 03, 2010
Testing The Cheese Room At Andaz 5th Avenue's Bar Downstairs
Now it's been open for a month, we thought it was high time to hit up the bar downstairs at Andaz 5th Avenue, so last night we perched ourselves at one of the oversized, 14-foot Claro Walnut wood slab bars and ordered up a batch of cocktails and cheeses. We've...
October 22, 2010
5 NYC Hotels to Get Drunk with Dignity In This Fall
The Lobby Bar at The Chatwal.Right. Now we've covered where we'll be eating as we hotel-hop this fall, it's time to think about booze. Luckily, New York hotels are more than happy to comply with our desires for a nice strong cocktail to get us through a crisp evening in...
September 15, 2010
10 New York Hotels With Empire State Building Views
Last week we heard all about the new skyscraper to rise about the Hotel Pennsylvania and how it would block people's views of the Empire State Building. Our first reaction to this whining was: Woe is me to those who can afford to live in a building that offered them...
September 02, 2010
Andaz Wall Street and 5th Ave Hosts Provide Service In The City
We already know that Andaz Hotels prides itself on friendly, floating hosts and stacks of local knowledge. But did you know that you can call on the Andaz hosts even when you're not in your hotel room, but out and about in the city? We learned this when we were...
August 24, 2010
Hilton Throws Animal Owners a Bone by Cutting Pet Fees to $50
Pet owners, get ready to start planning more trips with Fido. Hilton's making it cheaper for you to stay in its hotels by slashing its brand-wide pet fee from $75 to $50. It's a pretty good per-stay rate considering what other hotels charge. Checking in with your four-legged friend...
August 12, 2010
Hotel Resto A-Go Go: The Latest On Celeb Chefs in NYC Hotels
Todd English at The IC Times Square's Ça Va. It may still be August, and the city streets bare as the power players party in the Hamptons, but fall is almost upon us—NFL pre-season starts this weekend and we've already noticed some leaves turning. (Ugh!). But to cheer ourselves up...
August 04, 2010
Andaz 5th Avenue Sends You Home With a Little Something Extra
We've heard of welcome amenities, and turndown treats. But we don't remember ever being offered a departure amenity—not before we were checking out of Andaz 5th Avenue recently. Like check-in, the check-out process at the new hotel was casual and friendly with no formal lines at the front desk. We...
July 19, 2010
Playing With Roomlinx at Andaz 5th Ave
We usually travel with our laptop, netbook, Blackberry and iPod Touch, so when it comes to in-room Internet, we're all set with free WiFi. But in the past we have been known to use one of those dinky TV + keyboard setups to go online in our hotel room. Since...
July 15, 2010
More Eating At Andaz 5th Avenue, This Time at 'the shop'
We already told you how much we appreciate those free in-room snacks at the new Andaz 5th Avenue, but lest you think that we ate potato chips and chocolate for dinner and nothing else, let us tell you about our visits to the shop (yes, all lowercase), which is...
July 08, 2010
Eating All The Free Snacks Our Heart Desires at Andaz 5th Avenue
Hot damn. On its second day in business, we checked into Andaz 5th Avenue to take advantage of its Summer Preview rate. It was also the hottest day in New York City in years. We're talking triple digits. So escaping into a brand new hotel with brand new air-conditioning...
July 07, 2010
Andaz Is Now Open on 5th Avenue (But It's Sold Out Until Next Week)
While you were busy grilling and drinking and enjoying the final day of your July 4th weekend yesterday, Andaz was celebrating America's birthday with the soft opening of Andaz 5th Avenue, across from the New York Public Library. But if you didn't get in early and book one of...
July 06, 2010
Andaz 5th Avenue Will Open Even Earlier, On July 5th
Uh, have the hotel gods—well, Andaz—mistaken the July Fourth holiday for Christmas? Because they've gone ahead and brought the opening of their newest outpost, Andaz 5th Avenue forward to July 5th. Granted, this is a soft opening—presumably not every service and amenity will be available right away—but still, this...
June 29, 2010
6 Sexy New Hotels in NYC For You to Lust After
We've been keeping tabs on Hotel Openings all year long but there's no denying that all the heat this summer is coming out of New York. Six sexy new boutique hotels will open before Labor Day and they are all fighting for your affection. Well, some are playing hard...
June 22, 2010
Andaz 5th Avenue Gets An Early Mark With Soft Opening July 25
It's no secret that we're fans of the Andaz "whatever you like" concept, and their latest move shoots them to the top of the class—we've learned that Andaz 5th Avenue will open a week early on July 25. Now, that's something we most certainly do like. We also like...
June 18, 2010
Andaz 5th Avenue Will Have Amazing Views Of ... 5th Avenue
Actually it will have more than that. Stand on the terrace of one of the rooms lucky enough to have them and your view may put the New York Public Library front-and-center, you may be able to watch the ball drop away from the crowds of Times Square, and...
May 14, 2010
Andaz Fifth Avenue to Open August 1 at $295 a Night
The long wait for Andaz Fifth Avenue's opening date is over...but you will have to wait until August 1 before you can actually sleep there.A tipster let us know on Friday that the hotel would be opening on this first day of August and when we scurried over to...
April 19, 2010
Andaz Fifth Avenue Puts Up Pretty Murals, Hopes for a Spring Opening
With the Andaz Wall Street opening last January, we thought we might have to wait a bit longer for the Andaz Fifth Avenue to open, which is why we have it pegged for "Fall" on our Master Openings list.But the Andaz folk seem pretty committed to a "spring" opening...
March 31, 2010
Checking the Pulse of Andaz 5th Ave: Will It Open by Spring 2010?
UPDATE: Oh, boo! We just learned from the hotel's rep that Andaz Fifth Ave will no longer have the resin doors or the wine store. We still expect to be wowed by the design, however, and are holding out for a surprise we like just as much as those...
December 07, 2009
Partner Reviews: Andaz 5th Avenue
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Good experience and nice sized rooms. Would come back. -
If you're traveling as a couple, book the large king room. Guaranteed good times! -
No iron in the room. Bummer. -
Best customer service at a hotel, hands down. -
Free wine for guests. 6-8pm. Lobby only. -
Apple pie is the best ever! Everyone is so nice & friendly! -
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Luxury concept with friendly prices, good location and service. -
amazingly modern rooms with great decor. complementary wine 6-8pm. complementary non-alcoholic drinks and snacks in the room. sweet bathroom, you can watch tv in the huge bathtub through glass -
great choice for Wall street area! perfect reception and check-in. great rooms! moderna! -
New fall menu at Wall&Water! Absolutely delicious. -
Experience Lower Manhattan’s renaissance at Andaz Wall Street from Hyatt. Like every Andaz hotel, Andaz Wall Street provides a kaleidoscope of local culture that offers you a Lower Manhattan hotel sta -
Don't miss the free wine and apps in the lobby every evening! -
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Massage and facial at Spa is outstanding. 15min facial saves your day! -
Free wifi in your room, complimentary snacks and soft drinks in your room and cool modern decor....this place is awesome. -
If you forgot your umbrella they will let you use one for the day. -
Try the 75 Smash at Bar Seven Five and the seared scallops at Wall & Water. -
Anything non-alcoholic in the minibar is complimentary, even wifi. What a great concept. -
Hyatt’s newest luxury hotel project, Andaz, has everything you need. Including Wall & Water and Bar Seven Five, the hotel’s restaurant and bar.
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