Unlike other industries, where it's just about guzzling free candy and wearing too many red cardigans, Valentine's Day is a special time of year for hotels. The January slump is suddenly reversed by couples seeking out romantic getaways, anonymous hook-ups, and indulgent spa treatments. Not to mention special food that...
January 23, 2012
We don't know about you, but the post-holiday void has left us in need of a little diversion, so we're just going to play along with all this Hotel Week businesshowever much it feels like a bootleg version of New York's more established Restaurant Week. Here to bolster a select...
January 06, 2012
It's what you've been waiting all year for--The 2011 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 the comments below.This year, we tried something a little different with...
December 30, 2011
The champagne is chilled. The DJs are finalizing their playlists. Your sequined outfit is hanging up in your bedroom closet. Now, all you have to do is figure out exactly what you're in the mood for. New Year's Eve is this Saturday night, and though guest lists are filling up...
December 28, 2011
That's right. Most of you have probably heard of Restuarant Week, a promotional period that falls twice a year (winter and summer) in New York City, giving restaurants a chance to make up prix-fixe menus and welcome in a whole new set of customers. Well, now hotels are starting to...
December 23, 2011
Ah, Wall Street. Home of insatiable money-makers, unforgiving protesters, and a handful of Hudson Valley farmers. If ever there was a street that required a specific holiday dedicated to consuming large quantities of alcohol, this would be it. Repeal Day commemorates the end of Prohibition in 1933it's the only US...
November 30, 2011
Considering the super-high standards of hotel restaurants in New York (Maze at The London NYC, Maialino at Gramercy Park, and The Ace's The Breslin all come to mind), no one could possibly fault you for ditching the entire fam and taking yourself to a nice dinner in midtown (or Wall...
November 17, 2011
This year has proven quite eventful on the NYC hotel front (then again, when hasn't it?). Hotels opened. Hotels closed. Hotels wore itsy bitsy tuxedo short shorts. And now, it is time to take stock of the hottest hotels on the NYC scene. As with all our reviews, commentaries, and...
November 02, 2011
After everything we've been reading about Occupy Wall Street, we thought it might be good to hear from someone who actually lives or works there. And who better than Toni Hinterstoisser, GM of Andaz Wall Streetthe only hotel actually located on Wall Street. Toni's been with the hotel since its...
October 20, 2011
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
Here's another hotel trying on someone else's culture for size: Andaz Wall Street is celebrating Oktoberfest (now thru October 1) with a specially-curated menu of German traditional dishes. Knowing how much the hotel looooves to host large drunken wedding parties, this feels like a match made in heaven. If heaven...
September 21, 2011
Andaz Wall Street concierge, Michael Stevens.Have you ever flirted with a hotel concierge? In our newest series, Concierge Interviews, HotelChatter goes behind the Front Desk and gets chummy with the menand womenwhose job it is to never say no. Filmed inside various lobbies, courtyards, and bar lounges, each video...
September 16, 2011
If you haven't already tried it, the East River Ferry is a great way to get around NYCespecially in the summer. For $4 a ride, you can zip between lower Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens, and get to enjoy stunning views of the city while you're at it. But for...
August 24, 2011
We like to keep tabs on all aspects of a hotelfrom lobby bars to room service to the view outside your windowand we certainly don't skimp on bathrooms. Every Tuesday, we will offer you snapshots into various hotel bathrooms, both public and private. If you see something you like, or...
August 09, 2011
If you're panicking because Father's Day is this weekend and you still haven't picked up a gift for dad, there's still time to show him that you care. Whether you want to treat him to a cooking classor not so subtly show him there's more to food than TV...
June 15, 2011
There are two places we never expected to see an artsy fartsy, eco-er than thou farmers market: 1) In the heart of the concrete jungle and 2) in a hotel back yard. But seeing as Andaz always likes to do things a little differently (and usually in a way...
June 06, 2011
One of our favorite times to wander around Wall Street is on weekends or after-hours when the bankers have clocked off and gone in search of bottle service in some other part of town. Which is why we're entertaining the thought of spending Christmas weekend at Andaz Wall Street. That,...
December 01, 2010
Wall & Water's private dining table Wall Street 2: Money Never Sleeps is in theaters tomorrow, but already there's a Wall Street 3: Power Players. Kinda. It's only showing at Andaz Wall Street's Wall & Water restaurant. And it's not a movie. It's the hotel's secret way for you to...
September 23, 2010
After a long, leisurely dinner in one of the private dining rooms at Andaz Wall Street's Wall & Water last night, we couldn't even fathom the concept of dessert. We'd already sampled plates of charcuterie and cheeses, and feasted on Roasted Young Chicken with peas, fava beans and morels stew,...
August 27, 2010
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
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
There's a lot to love about Andaz hotels, from Free WiFi and snacks to the relaxed service in beautiful spaces. Now that Andaz Wall Street has a new pet program, our crush just got bigger. The best part of the program: there are no weight restrictions. The bummer? Bringing your...
July 30, 2010
'Farm to table' are big buzz words in New York restaurants at the moment, but one hotel is upping the ante and launching a farm-to-tablebut also to you kind of thing. And surprisingly, the hotel launching this concepta Farmer's Marketis nestled in the not-obviously-weekendy Financial District. Yep, Andaz Wall...
June 17, 2010
In the last season of The Bachelor, fake airline pilot Jake had to make his big decision while hotel-hopping in St. Lucia. In this season of "The Bachelorette," featuring one-time Jake love interest, Ali Fedotowsky, the gang goes hotel-hopping before Ali has to make her big decision. Their first...
June 15, 2010
Was it Obama's address on the finance world last week, or the impending release of Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps that got the New York Times to finally check into Andaz Wall Street for a review in this Sunday's paper? Whatever the reason, the Gray Lady was not disappointed. Despite...
April 26, 2010
After sampling the delicious veal cheek and winter veggies from Wall & Water at Andaz Wall Streets opening, we were keen to get back for a meal once the restaurant had opened to the real world. Only were a little scared of bankers so we instead of dropping in on...
February 12, 2010
Weve already told you about the rooms and the bar and the restaurant and the coffee in the lobby. Time to change gears and clue you into The SPA at Andaz Wall Street. It wont take longall you need is 15 minutes. Forget Andy Warhols 15 minutes of fame. This...
January 25, 2010
New York may be known for its high-end hotels, but its latest batch of new properties is getting with the times. As the New York Times style bible T Magazine puts it, lots of the citys new hotels are aimed squarely at the recessionary middle. T highlights the opening...
January 22, 2010
This may surprise you, given our all-out Andaz Wall Street assault lately, but we are yet to return to the new FiDi hotel for a look at what its like with real-life guests and all. Well be back downtown soon, but in the meantime, we wondered how the menu...
January 20, 2010
And now we come to the close of what has been like unofficial Andaz Wall Street opening week here on HotelChatter. You've seen the rooms, you've vicariously tasted the cocktails, and now? Well, now you can twirl the spinning cube closet with us. While touring the hotel this week,...
January 15, 2010
Ready for another dose of Andaz? After dropping by for lunch and a tour of the The Andaz Wall Street rooms yesterday, we also hit up the hotels housewarming party last night. And since weve been tracking this opening for close to three years now, we felt totally justified in...
January 12, 2010
The spinning cube closet and peekaboo bathtub Yesterday afternoon, as you might have guess already from our super easy "Guess the Hotel" post, we ventured into the preview opening of the newest Manhattan hotel on the block: The Andaz Wall Street. Prior to this little soiree, almost no pictures...
January 12, 2010
When it opens next week, Andaz Wall Street hopes to become a magnet not just for business travelers but for Streeters themselvesand, uh, Chace Crawford. How, you ask? Simple: with coffee beans. Yes, just as Stumptown has brought even more hipsters and foodies into The Ace Hotel up in...
January 08, 2010
Its the first Monday back at work. Whats that noise? Could it be the sweet, sweet sound of Wall Street getting back in gear, and the economy coming back to life? Could it even be the sound of money being made? God, we hope so. And no doubt so...
January 04, 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
OK, so our last Guess the Hotel wasnt much of a brainteaser at all, judging by the five commenters who confidently told us that the hotel bar in our picture was located inside the Andaz Wall Street. Right you are, oh, wise ones! And your reward is this here...
November 30, 2009
We knew that Andaz Hotels were gearing up to open up their Andaz Wall Street in January 2010 but a tipster seems to have an exact date for us: January 17. Of course, that's just the target opening date. To be safe, the hotel has this listed on their...
November 11, 2009
It looks like we have to add one more to our Top 10 NYC Hotel Openings List. We've just heard that The Andaz Wall Street will open January 2010. Yes! January! So exciting, we know. HotelChatter has spent the night at both the Andaz London and the Andaz West...
September 22, 2009
The enormously successful (and perennial HC fave) Hyatt Andaz London has its first North American baby in West Hollywood earlier this year. With one Andaz on the way to Austin and two Andaz properties scheduled to open up in NYC in the near future, things were seeming eerily quiet...
March 05, 2009
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