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
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
It was a busy week for celebs coming in and out of Manhattan's hottest hotels (we admit there's a bit of redundancy there, since celebs are rarely caught staying in places that aren't exclusive, trendy, and, most importantly, expensive). Though certain stars have better taste in hotel than others. For...
April 26, 2013
As summer nears, hotels are going to start up with the usual warm-weather offerings: rooftop bars, poolside cabanas, and those awkward tanning concierges. But as far as we're concerned, it all boils down to one question: where can we ride a bike for free? Unless otherwise noted, all of the...
April 25, 2013
What is hot NYC hotelier Sean MacPherson up to these days, aside from wearing army surplus khakis and grilling fish over an open fire? Not too much else, actually. A NY TImes "What I Wore" column over the weekend profiled MacPherson, focusing specifically on his Hamptons chic attireyet we managed...
June 25, 2012
Riding a bike in Manhattan can indeed be lethalyou've always got to keep your guard up, and you should never EVER assume a taxi driver has seen you (even if you're riding around in a neon pink unitard). But in the warmer seasons, like now, bike riding can be one...
April 06, 2012
That might be one of the oddest headlines we've ever written but it's all true. Flame-haired (heh) singer Florence Welch, the frontleader of Florence and the Machine known for her powerhouse voice and questionably retro bathing suits, nearly burned down the Bowery Hotel in Manhattan. The rocker recently told...
January 31, 2012
Hoteliers tend to be people with many interestsreal estate, seaplanes, blondes. And, apparently, turtles. According to an article in the current New Yorker, hotelier Eric Goode is a major herpetophileor, in English, a reptile geekand has been collecting turtles since he was a little boy. When he's not dashing between...
January 25, 2012
In New York's Greenwich Village, right above Washington Square Park, there exists a building known as the Marlton Houseformerly an SRO, it was converted in 1987 into dormitories for students at Parsons The New School for Design. And now, thanks to Sean MacPherson and Richard Born, it's becoming a hotel...
September 12, 2011
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 a vote of confidence to our...
August 10, 2011
If you thought that Jake Gyllenhaal was mourning the loss of ex Taylor Swiftor at least taking a breather till hunting for another pretty young thingyou'd be wrong. It's as if the Source Code actor never even heard of the country crooner. He recently went on two NYC hotel...
April 07, 2011
You can't deny the appeal of The Standard's Biergarten The 2010 World Cup has barely even begun and already we've watched the games from the comforts of our home, a friend's house and onboard an airplane. It's about time we moseyed over to a hotel bar for a beer and...
June 17, 2010
Our very own hotel Agent Zero returns with yet another review. Her not-real name is Myra Ellen and she's our version of Alex Goran who travels once a week for business, usually along the Eastern seaboard. Every so often, she'll be dropping in with her latest hotel and travel observations....
May 26, 2010
Now we're less than a week away from kick off, details of the panels and parties for the Tribeca Film Festival are starting to come together. As you'd expect, most of the action is happening downtown. (We often see crowds of bearded, cool-hatted filmmaker types smoking outside the Tribeca Grand...
April 15, 2010
We'd never consider the ultra-hip Bowery Hotel a family-friendly place but if it's alright with Suri Cruise, then it's alright for the other tots out there--provided you have equally famous parents.Katie Holmes attempted to leave the hotel with her 3-year-old daughter the other day but little Suri--decked in heels...
February 15, 2010
The stress of the holidays is already getting to us and we haven't even left yet. But we're already dreading the traveling (have you seen the gross things people do on planes?), crazy family members, the in-laws, the overeating, the Black Friday crowds and the possibility that the creepy...
November 23, 2009
"Sometimes...when I get real nervous..."It looks like a cameo on Gossip Girl wasn't enough for Sean MacPherson. The Bowery Hotel's Twitter tipped us off to the spread that Sean Mac did for the J. Crew Catalog. J. Crew, people. Clothes you can buy off the rack! How bourgeois! The...
October 22, 2009
We know that Sean Macpherson was traveling in Bhuktan last week but we sincerely hope he made it back stateside to watch himself on the last night's episode of "Gossip Girl."In the episode, Sean played himself--a New York City hotelier--who Chuck Bass approaches with his nightclub plans (and tries to...
September 29, 2009
Pick up a book or magazine at New York's Bowery Hotel, and youll feel the careful curation of co-owner Sean MacPherson. Surprised? We werent. The master of cool details selects all of the vintage volumes and magazines himself, shopping up a storm at New Yorks favorite used-book haunt, The...
July 29, 2009
Once the New York weather shows it can truly correct its behavior and be sunshine-y for, like, more than 15 minutes at a time, we'll be happy to go out and do our drankin' on the patios, rooftops and courtyards across the city (er, but not the streets, kids....
June 17, 2009
An excuse to look your prettiest! Tonight is Paper Magazine's Beautiful People Party, and cover girl Katy Perry will be performing along with DJ Cassidy and DJ Jon Jon Battles at the Maritime Hotel's Hiro Ballroom. Thankfully, this year's party will be free of The Misshapes and Lindsay Lohan...
April 09, 2009
The Canadian band Anvil is an 80's metal band you most likely have never heard of unless you're a metal fan and you're from Canada. Kiefer Sutherland, a.k.a. everyone's fave hunky hero Jack Bauer on 24, is both! When The Bowery Hotel hosted the afterparty for the New...
April 08, 2009
How did New York and its revolving population of distressed celebrities ever survive before The Bowery Hotel came to be? You'd think that it was created for the express purpose of holding launch parties and refined cocktail hours for downtown types, but no--people actually sleep here! Despite what you...
February 18, 2009
Today is the day that stilettos and mascara wands invade the area around Bryant Park in New York City as Fashion Week winds up for weeks-worth of designer runway shows. With over 200 shows and presentations planned, not all can be held in the temporary tents at the official...
February 13, 2009
Gwyneth Paltrow's "Lifestyle" website, GOOP, teaches us how to live like Gwyneth. Each section on the site Make, Go, Get, Do, Be, See contains links to weekly newsletters with a treasure trove of invaluable advice on how to do such things the way she wants us to,...
January 15, 2009
Miss Whitney Port, The Hills' relatively level-headed blonde, has stepped out from the shadows of Heidi and Lauren to star in her very own MTV show set in the Big Apple, a reality series in the same "reality" genre of Laguna Beach and The Hills (so this is a...
December 29, 2008
After we brought you reports this morning of the Jane Hotel's SRO residents' demonstration outside Sean MacPherson and Eric Goode's famed celebrity haunt The Waverly Inn that went down last night, we've received word that the protesters will be taking it to The Bowery tonight. The tenants of the...
December 18, 2008
We came across BlackBook's picks for New York's Top Five Hotel Newcomers -- and, well, we got to thinking about what our own picks would be. See, we'd be totally down to agree 100% with BB's list if the headline were, say, the "Top Five Trendiest Hotels in NYC"...
October 23, 2008
We're well aware that the Bowery Hotel has questionable neighbors, but we're wondering if anyone has had any experience with the hotel's more ghastly guests? We were geeky enough to take a walking ghost tour of the Lower East Side last week, when our guide (who specializes in vampires!) had...
October 23, 2008
"Billionaire party boy" (er, we'd say "man") Ron Burkle -- who has a staggering amount of money and a small amount of fame among the masses (if only because he was the dude who filed a lawsuit against Anne Hathaway's sleazy ex-boyfriend) -- is reportedly moving into the Bowery...
September 30, 2008
It's official. According to insiders at BlackBook Magazine, the two best hotels to spot "fashion royalty" during New York Fashion Week are... The Gramery Park Hotel and The Bowery Hotel. Of course you're dying to know why...aren't you? Already well-established celebrity hangs, from Padma Lakshmi to The LoRon (our...
September 04, 2008
According to Perez, life partners/under the radar lezzies/BFF's Lindsay Lohan and DJ Samantha Ronson somehow managed to get trapped inside their room at the Bowery Hotel this weekend. A (reliable?) source told him the pair had to exit via their second-story balcony (not one of the balconies with the...
July 29, 2008
Last week, we posted this snapshot of the Hotel Riverview and talked about our excitement for the place to open. Afterall, we loved Eric Goode and Sean Macpherson's last hotel redo, The Bowery.But after this email from a trusted tipster, we've decided to keep our enthusiasm in check.It will be...
May 20, 2008
Little bro Jaunted tells us, Nikki Six of Motley Crue and Kat Von D, star of LA Ink are in love. In love with themselves, in love with each other and in love with the dapper dandy that is the Bowery Hotel's logo. We guess they believe in the religion...
March 25, 2008
Just in time for the big snow in the Northeast, Urban Daddy came up with a list of the hottest hot tubs in NYC. And whaddya know, most of them are at hotels. Two downtown spots make the list. The penthouse suite at the Hotel on Rivington, pictured, features an...
February 22, 2008
Is it wrong that we care more about who showed up for Ashton Kutcher's 30th birthday than we do about Ashton Kutcher himself?The guy hasn't had a decent movie since...well...ever, really and at this point he'll probably be most remembered for marrying much-older Demi Moore. But that totally worked out...
February 08, 2008
Fashion week is in full effect now and the hip Bowery Hotel got in on the action by hosting the Lacoste Fashion Week event, "celebrating the brand's collaboration with ultra-hip streetwear company A.R.C. (Alife Rivington Club.)" Hotelier Sean MacPherson mingled with designers, artists, musicians, DJs and other creative types at...
February 04, 2008
The Bowery Hotel's Terrace SuiteNow that we know how pricey Bobby DeNiro's hotel will be ($725 a night!), it's time to wonder, "Where can we put that much money to good use?" First, a couple NYC options. Good old Six Columbus has a King Suite available for $625, which is...
January 08, 2008
People's Choice Awards: Chateau La RueDespite being nothing more than a set for a faux-reality TV show that never hosted any actual real guests, Chateau La Rue was the most popular hotel of 2007.Tori Spelling and her trophy husband Dean McDermott got into the B&B business at the start of...
December 31, 2007
Aruba Marriott Resort & Stellaris CasinoWe always enjoy a good room with a killer view when we check-in to a hotel but sometimes we want more. Sometimes we want to stand outside of our room on a hotel balcony and yell, "I'm not wearing any underwear!" Wait. No, that's...
December 20, 2007
Earlier this week as the flurry of rumors about a new hotel from Sean MacPherson and Eric Goode were flitting about we received a holiday card from the duo in the mail. Now, we know we are not VIP but rather we guessed that they had our address on file...
December 14, 2007
Or so it seems like there were a thousand stars at the Bowery Hotel last night, judging from an item in today's Page Six.The hotel hosted an after-party for a screening of the Bob Dylan biopic, "I'm Not There." Heath Ledger who has lost his good looks faster than Britney...
November 15, 2007
A reader who just happens to work as a new media specialist let us know that the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino has unveiled a new website that includes constant streaming of music, an RSS feed and links to Digg and Del.icio.us sites. But the big change is video that...
October 08, 2007
Some big-name reviewers have recently stopped by a couple of big-time New York hotel restaurants, and all in all, they're not too impressed. But Gemma, at the Bowery Hotel is doing better than Wakiya at the Gramercy Park Hotel, it seems. New York Times critic Frank Bruni thought, like we...
September 27, 2007
The clock in front of the Bowery Hotel.The clock in front of the Mercer Hotel.Ok we know you are probably sick of all our NYC reports from last month but we were flipping through our photos and we were reminded of something. When we checked into The Mercer, we mentioned...
September 10, 2007
As promised here is the video tour of room 1011 of The Bowery Hotel. You can read our full review of the place here and check out all our photos in the HotelChatter Flickr Pool.While we touched on a lot of the basics yesterday, we would like to add a...
August 16, 2007
HotelChatter has been holed up in the Bowery Hotel and we are mightily impressed. Initially, we were skeptical to book the Bowery Hotel despite a pretty good rate of $375 a night. And yes, it's sad that $375 is a good rate but honestly, we were scouring NYC for reasonable...
August 15, 2007
Last week we introduced a new feature, The Miami Hotel Mambo where we intend to keep you updated on all the crazy hotel happenings in the South Beach/Miami area.In our first post, we pondered a 2008 opening for the W South Beach Hotel & Residences which has received a lot...
July 23, 2007
While the competition down the road at Cooper Square might be coming down, The Bowery Hotel has finally opened its restaurant, Gemma.The Down by the Hipster Blog received a tip saying that the hotel's restaurant opened last Friday with absolutely no fanfare but that by 9:30pm the place was packed....
July 06, 2007
There was a whole lot of Bowery Hotel news on the Interwebs this week, but we're not sure that any of it really adds up. Let's take a look back and see what we can divine before we head down there this weekend to figure it out for ourselves, shall...
June 22, 2007
Outdoor space is a rarity in New York City so when a hotel room comes with a guaranteed spot on a romantic patio take it, even if said property is the technically-open-for-business-but-technically-not-finished Bowery Hotel. MORE ...
June 15, 2007
Conde Nast has the "Hot List" so Travel + Leisure has the "It List" full of the 25 Best New Hotels this year.Selected by the magazine's editors after anonymously road-testing numerous contenders, the IT LIST is Travel + Leisure's guide to the best new hotels, featuring six hotels in Europe;...
May 17, 2007
One of our tipsters is in love. Yup, that's right. In love with the Bowery Hotel, the new Lower East Side hotel from Sean MacPherson and Eric Goode that is just so hot right now--well except for that meth clinic thing. According to our friend the hotel's restaurant Gemma...
May 04, 2007
Remember when we told you about the impending rodeo/cowboy/mechanical bull restaurant coming to midtown New York? Well, it must not be a joke because the Rockefeller Center Hotel has gone and put up signage advertising the place. But don't rush over just yet--Johnny Utah's won't open until at least June...
May 01, 2007
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 a vote of confidence to...
April 12, 2007
OMG--the cat's out of the bag! The New York Times has discovered The Bowery Hotel. Intrepid reporter Denny Lee checked in to find out what it's like at this completely under-the-radar hotel down on--get this!--New York's old Skid Row. Imagine that! Ok, ok, after we got past all the faux...
April 02, 2007
We're making it a hat trick this morning of New York City hotel stories....We have a Bowery Hotel double whammy today--a first person review from a recent guest and news of a second Sean MacPherson/Eric Goode hotel, The Lafayette House Hotel.A HotelChatter tipster sent us this "just the facts" review...
March 22, 2007
[Ed. Note: A trusted HotelMaven stepped inside the Bowery Hotel to see what all the fuss was about. Here's his report on the hotel's good--like the amazing rooms and views--and the bad-- like the nearby methadone clinic. Enjoy.]Other reviews are correct when they say it's vibe is similar to...
March 12, 2007
Despite Jason Pomeranc's latest moves, we're still waiting around for something else interesting to happen downtown, something other than Donald Trump's Soho building, which seems to be pissing everyone off.Even the newest downtown hotel, The Bowery Hotel, is starting to lose its opening luster. There seems to be some hang...
March 06, 2007
Last night we went to The Bowery Hotel for the second time this week. We forgot the ol' digital camera the first time, so we went back for some snaps. But front office manager Steve Rachmat politely told us that there are no photos allowed during these early stages. So...
February 28, 2007
A HotelChatter tipster sent us our first photos from inside the Bowery Hotel. These photos take a look at a sixth floor suite, which as you can see above, affords guests a view of the East Village. Bet you never thought that view would become sought after did you?...
February 21, 2007
A HotelChatter tipster has alerted us to a blog entry from blogger miye, (possibly a travel writer?) who toured The Bowery Hotel earlier this week. The long-awaited opening of the Bowery Hotel has finally arrived. I recently had a mini-tour and can say that the photos in this month's...
February 16, 2007
[Update: The Bowery Hotel is set to open in March--that would be next month, which is the start of spring, not summer.] The Curbed dubbed Tower of Bowery, aka the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Bowery+Hotel/local/220 ">Bowery Hotel, is everywhere these days. Vanity Fair recently published a piece on Eric Goode and Sean...
February 13, 2007
A Flickr member posted this photo to the Curbed Flickr Group showing that Jason Pomeranc's Allen Street masterpiece is moving forward by getting some glass. Also funny to note is that Stu_Jo calls Pomeranc's hotel the "Candle in the Wind".Over on Bowery the Bowery Hotel is getting ready to...
February 05, 2007
Yesterday we let you know that the Maritime Hotel owners will be calling their new East Side hotel, The Bowery Hotel as its being built on Bowery and East Third.Now we're hearing that the hotel may not be in the most desirable lot on the block. A tipster tells us:What's...
October 10, 2006
Lately we've been reporting on the Maritime East--the new hotel from Maritime owners Sean MacPherson and Eric Goode to be built on Bowery and East 3rd (See Google Earth image above.) Today, a tipster lets us know that the hotel's official name will be The Bowery Hotel.With a "classic hip"...
October 09, 2006
Thanks to a tipster, we now have some more information about the Maritime East Hotel opening in the East Village:It's the huge building on the corner of Bowery and East 3rd- although they're having to remove a few floors as it was they were trying to pass it off as...
September 29, 2006
The Maritime Hotel owners, Eric Goode and Sean MacPherson, are about to add an addition to their family.Nicknamed Maritime East, the hotel will open in an old stucco building in the East Village. No word on when or specifically where just yet. In the meantime, the hotel duo is pairing...
September 28, 2006
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