MANDARIN ORIENTAL NEW YORK
Mandarin Oriental, New York, recipient of the prestigious Mobil Five-Star award for 2007, is an exclusive development located on floors 35 to 54 of the Time Warner Center in Columbus Circle. This luxury hotel provides a stunning blend of modern design and oriental flair in the heart of Manhattan with views over Central Park and the City skyline that are simply breathtaking.
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Hotel Coverage: MANDARIN ORIENTAL NEW YORK
Joseph Altuzarra Glammed Up 'Girls' Star at the Mandarin Oriental New York
Designer Joseph Altuzarra enjoys the view from his suite While Anna Wintour was getting floral-fied at The Mark pre-Met Gala last night, hundreds of designers, celebrities and bold names were donning their duds in other hotel suites around the city. For example, the Mandarin Oriental was quite the hotspot for...
May 07, 2013
Six Hotels With Pull To Create Their Own Tea Blend
Tea is a big thing. Really big, especially at hotels. Just last week, Shangri-La Sydney announced the introduction of a very special tea blend that is exclusive to their property and will brighten up even the perkiest of high tea services. The hand-picked single origin 100% pure Dilmah Ceylon...
March 07, 2013
Last-Minute Hotels Along The Thanksgiving Parade's New Route
We hope you remembered back in the Spring when we told you the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade route would change this year and booked your hotel stay accordingly. However, Hurricane Sandy and early snowfall in parts of the country has caused cancelled travel into the city, so some late birds...
November 21, 2012
Mandarin Oriental Gets A Flash New Website
We’d like to think that there isn’t much debate about the importance of having a decent hotel website these days. Yet, some major hotel groups still get it wrong, with limited imagery, poor design, and inconsistent room descriptions (InterContinental, we’re looking at you). Browsing around Mandarin Oriental’s fancy new...
November 01, 2012
RPatz Stews In His Own Grief At The Mandarin Oriental
So many hotels, so many memories... From Vancouver to Toronto to Charlie Chaplin's old house in Hollywood, Twilight co-stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart managed to cover a lot of ground in their days of hotel-hopping, filming scenes for their movies, and jetting off on romantic weekends together. But now,...
August 21, 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
We Benefitted From A Little 'Oriental Wisdom' At Asiate, And So Can You
We were snooping around the Mandarin Oriental New York the other week just for kicks and we wandered up to the midtown hotel's sky lobby. Expecting some nice Central Park views (check), some snooty tourists (check) and maybe even a celebrity sighting (disappointment), we were about ready to head out...
April 10, 2012
Now There's WiFi In Every Room at Mandarin Oriental NY (But You Still Gotta Pay)
Take a quick look at our Annual WiFi Report: Best of 2011, and you know which hotel you won't see on there? Mandarin Oriental New York. That's because, until now, the hotel hasn't really done anything to wow us, even though more and more hotels are gradually making the switch...
January 23, 2012
Don't Go Alone To the Tea of Togetherness At Mandarin Oriental New York
Chinese New Year rolls around on Monday, and the Mandarin Oriental is feelin' festive. The hotel's annual Tea of Togetherness is all about good fortune, well-being, and—of course—togetherness, but as major dim sum fans ourselves, we're just stoked to get our snack on. Everyday starting at 2:30pm, dumplings, rolls, cakes,...
January 18, 2012
Willow Smith Brightens Up The Mandarin Oriental
Anyone who happened to be shopping around Columbus Circle on Monday in NYC had a good chance of seeing pop singer Willow Smith. Several paps caught the young star stepping out of her hotel, the Mandarin Oriental, looking cool as ever. Despite rumors about her parents' split, Willow kept up...
December 07, 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
The King's Speech Crew Go For The Hotel Big Guns In the Pre-Oscar Campaign
The cast and crew of the award-grabbing Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush flick are checking into big-name hotels on both coasts to build buzz ahead of the Oscars on February 27, where the film is up for a jaw-dropping 12 awards. First up this week was a fete at...
February 10, 2011
At $42,650, Is This The Most Extravagant Super Bowl Package Yet?
A bathroom with a $42,650 view. Plus tax. The race to capitalize on Super Bowl XLV is in full swing with packages in Dallas, a Bud Light-branded hotel and even an island escape installing a 16-foot screen to broadcast the game on February 6. But this package from the...
February 01, 2011
Go Black Tie and OTT For New Year's Eve at The Mandarin Oriental New York
All week long, we'll be fantasizing about some of the Over The Top New Year's Eve events and packages that ritzy hotels are putting together. Who knows? Maybe one of you moneybags out there will invite us to party with you! Know of an OTT hotel package for NYE? Send...
December 13, 2010
Sleep in the Pink This October With These Hotels
Everyone gets psyched for October to celebrate Halloween, but there's another cause to rally around this month. Don't get us wrong, we love getting dressed up and hitting the parties, but breast cancer awareness is something that needs our attention. A lot of hotels feel the same way and...
October 05, 2010
Some NYC Hotels are Lucky Enough to Be Steps from Fashion Week
Last night in Lincoln Center, a nook of New York City usually reserved for the fine arts of opera, ballet and classical music, New York Fashion Week started up its engines and went full speed ahead showing the Spring 2011 designer collections. We headed up there to check out...
September 10, 2010
The Top 5 NYC Hotels for Fashion Week at Lincoln Center
New York City's semiannual Fashion Week begins so soon—on September 9, to be precise, and we hope you've made your hotel reservations already to score the best rooms with lowest rates possible. If not, don't fret. To chill in lobbies with fashion editors, models and their hangers-on, just book...
August 24, 2010
Five Hotel Deals For Fashion's Night Out In New York City
Fashion 26, one of the hotels offering special Fashion's Night Out packages. If you missed it last year, don't worry—Fashion's Night Out, Anna Wintour's attempt to boost fashion retail business in New York City, is back and even bigger this year. The big night—a series of parties and open-house...
August 18, 2010
Five More Yoga Hotels to Do Your Downward Dog
We already gave you the lowdown on some top spots for hotels with om-inducing yoga offerings. But yoga is becoming such a popular amenity that we had to scope our some more places where you can do your lotus pose. We found five additional hotel yoga sessions that will...
July 22, 2010
POTUS Dresses Down Wall Street at Mandarin Oriental
The Mandarin Oriental in New York is popular with celebrities: in the past, we've seen Bruce Willis and Natalie Portman there. But approaching the hotel close to 5 p.m. yesterday, we encountered way too much security for there to just be someone from Hollywood in the building. The street...
October 21, 2009
Give Your Dapper Dad a Cognac Experience on Father's Day
Yo, kiddies? Father's day is this month. And if your pops is more of the cigar-lounge-and-fireplace than the Disney World vacay type, consider this pop's day gift from the Mandarin Oriental New York. Hint: cognac is involved. Yeah, dapper gentlemen only. Way up on the 35th floor in the...
June 05, 2009
The Mandarin Oriental's Suite 5th Anniversary Offer
"In these recessionary times" it takes a little digging to reward yourself with some seriously luxe discounts. Luxury brands, in their struggle to stay in business, are offering some steep discounts that at first glance seem amazing and like, totally bookable. But when you peel back the layers, is it...
March 25, 2009
What Will Be the Next Hot Fashion Week Hotel for NYC?
Oh noes! New York's posh party in the park, better known as Bryant Park Fashion Week, has reached the end of its lease on the and has to pick up and move from the park beginning from fall 2009. The move to a new space was just finalized, and...
February 04, 2009
Thomas Pink Offers Ritzy In-Room Shirt Service at the Mandarin Oriental New York
Recession? What recession? If you're truly wealthy, these dips in the market aren't affecting you and your fortune so really there's no excuse to indulge in the In-Room Shirt Service from high-end British tailor Thomas Pink at the Mandarin Oriental New York in the Time Warner Center.The hotel allows its...
July 16, 2008
Top Five Hotels To Dine At for New York Restaurant Week
While one hotel in Tribeca frets about finding an executive chef, the rest of Manhattan hotels are looking forward to Restaurant Week.For New Yorkers and anyone visiting New York between July 21 and August 1--the flood gates are (almost) open as Amex cardholders can begin placing reservations for Restaurant Week...
June 25, 2008
Room With a Killer View: Central Park and More From Mandarin Oriental
We are suckers for a room with a killer view. We find that we are even more likely to forgive some minor hotel inconveniences if we can stare out the window at something pretty--yeah we are that shallow. Let's help out our fellow hotel mavens by uploading rooms with killer...
May 01, 2008
SATC Packages: Mandarin Oriental New York's Carrie and Co. Getaway
With the Sex and the City movie on its way, we couldn't help but wonder: When will New York hotels start hopping on the hype bandwagon? Well, my friends, that day has arrived. One of the first SATC-centered packages we've seen comes to us from the Mandarin Oriental New...
April 08, 2008
New York Hotels Have Some Hot Hot Tubs
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
Romeo + Juliet Package at the Mandarin Oriental New York
More and more hotels are putting together theater tickets and hotel room packages. The latest comes from the Mandarin Oriental New York which is offering a Romeo + Juliet Holiday Romance Package. Included are tickets to an encore performance of Peter Martins' new, acclaimed production of Romeo + Juliet with...
November 08, 2007
Best Hotels for the Macys Thanksgiving Day Parade
A few years back we did a list of Hotels on the Macys Parade Route for those of you considering a visit to the Big Apple to see the action live and in person.While not much has changed, there are some new hotels we think are worth a look. Like...
October 24, 2007
A 'Thankful' Package at the Mandarin Oriental New York
It's that time of the year again when we all remember to be really thankful and also to spoil ourselves with a nice package at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in New York. In honor of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, the Mandarin Oriental is offering the I Love A...
October 16, 2007
Turndown Service: It was the Maid in the Fairmont with a Candlestick
Sorry, we are a little nostalgic for the Clue board game. Anyways, two maids on the housekeeping staff at the Fairmont Copley Plaza were charged yesterday with stealing $100,000 worth of jewelry from hotel guests.Meanwhile, we left our fake diamond earrings at the Mandarin Oriental Spa in New York and...
August 28, 2007
A Spa Alternative Amongst Manhattan's Ritzy Hotels
Usually at HotelChatter, we're blogging about the latest hotel spas but this time, we've been alerted to a hotel spa alternative.Susie Ellis, president of SpaFinder, blogs the spa life at Susie's Spa Blog. As her posts attest, she leads a pampered if peripetatic existence. Since May, she's found herself in...
August 01, 2007
Insane Hotel Packages: Mandarin Oriental's 'First Emperor' Opera Package
If you got some cash to throw around and you are anxious to see the "First Emperor" by composer Tan Dun premiere at the Metropolitan Opera on Dec. 21, then look no further than the Mandarin Oriental New York. The outrageously expensive hotel (their special internet rates start at $609)...
October 18, 2006
The End of Summer Deals: Mandarin Oriental's 'Fantastic' Rate
As summer winds down, hotels are offering their last helping of deals. This week we'll be letting you know where you can get a discounted stay before Labor Day. But remember, rates are subject to change.We had to rub our eyes to make sure we hadn't been staring at our...
August 10, 2006
Santa Visits NYC Hotels Early
New York City hotels are not as open on Christmas day as one might normally believe. The NY Post reports that the Mandarin Oriental, the New York Peninsula, the Ritz-Carlton Central Park and the Lowell Hotel are all reporting higher room rates AND higher occupancy. The Mandarin Oriental costs...
December 21, 2005
Best Manhattan Hotels For Over $250
We told you about NYC hotel rooms for under $250, so now it is time to check out where the high rollers stay. Michelin's New York City Red Guide lists 7 newly appointed 5-star hotels in NYC: · Essex House · Four Seasons New York · Mandarin Oriental · The Peninsula · Ritz Carlton...
December 13, 2005
The Rooms Of The Future Are Here
Stupid rooms make you fiddle with the thermostat, and dim the lights. In a stupid room, you might even find The Clapper. Today, many hotels are turning to "Smart Rooms" that program guest preferences for a more personalized stay, and the Mandarin Oriental New York is one such hotel...
November 16, 2005
Ten Hotel Spas: Finding Inner Peace in NYC
Onto the Big Apple! New York City is the city that never sleeps but sometimes you actually need the shut-eye. Head for the 35th floor of the Mandarin Oriental, New York and visit the Spa at Mandarin Oriental, a 14,500-square-foot zen haven. The spa offers "holistic rejuvenation and relaxation...
July 07, 2005
Jolie/Pitt Hotel Sex Tour: Two Shows In New York
Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie brought their hotel sex tour to NY yesterday, where according to Rush & Molloy, they stayed in separate hotels. He took a hotel room at Columbus Circle. She checked in a couple of blocks east. Both of them are here to promote "Mr. and...
June 03, 2005
Partner Reviews: MANDARIN ORIENTAL NEW YORK
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35th Floor is a must do! And if you can afford it, have your wedding there and enjoy dancing on top of the world! -
Lobby is on the 35th floor. Cuz that makes sense -
pure luxury. stunning views of manhattan from our suite & excellent service. **make sure to request a premier Central Park view suite-- you won't regret it :) -
Smart Wi-Fi is great. -
Please come to the lounge and watch the sunset :). Enjoy -
Feeling Romantic? Rent a suite & have dinner at Asiate -
Loving my Premier Hudson River View Room -
Mmmmm ginger mojitos.... -
The Ginger Mojito is a WOW drink! -
Are you looking for a new residence in this building? Contact Paul “your guide to luxury NYC real estate” from Town Residential. Contact him at paul.macapagal@townrealestate.com or 917 612 2746 -
Excelente vista, atención, decoración en las habitaciones. Todas las noches recibes información en tu cama d los grandes eventos en NYC. -
Amazing view, but $15 for one hour online is nuts. The Mandarin Hotels in Europe offer complimentary WiFi! -
Why do I have to pay $15 for internet when I get it complimentary in Barcelona and Paris? -
Get a park view room! -
Boa comida, linda vista e caro!! -
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Suites on the 41st+ floor give you a breathtaking view of Central Park and the city. Spa (heat experience & steam room) is on the 35th. Swimming pool and entertainment facilities are on the 36th flr. -
Choisir une chambre vue Central Park c est top. Le lobby a la vue la plus dingue des hotels de NY je crois. Le restaurant Asiate est tout simplement parfait -
Try the "Ultimate 24 Hour Detox" package http://www.mandarinoriental.com/newyork/tempting_offers/. Ahh... -
Try the Tuna Tar Tar and spot it on Foodspotting! -
Have a drink at their bar--beautiful view of Central Park! -
Nice hotel, in front of Central Park...
Very Unfortunate Experience
I got my girlfriend a gift card to the spa, thinking she would have the best possible experience here out of all the spas in Manhattan. I am a regular at the Mandarin restaurants and live near the Time Warner Center, so this seemed like an experience I could trust. I can't believe how wrong I was. Valerie Washington, the spa concierge I bought the gift card from, was extremely helpful, and I have nothing but positive things to say about her. But on the day of her massage, my girlfriend called me stressed out because the front desk told her that there was no money on the card. Of course, I had paid in full a month earlier, so I was taken aback. It was inconvenient enough that an experience that was supposed to be 100% taken care of was turned into one where she suddenly had no idea how to pay for it, but what's worse is that they actually took her credit card and charged her for the service. In effect, my gift had become an expensive burden on my girlfriend's card. I then called up and asked them to immediately switch the charge to my card while they solved their own error. They ended up charging both of our cards and leaving the charges on for a full week, until I spent over an hour on the phone trying to get them to reverse it and even sent an e-mail to the spa director! Basically, the experience was tarnished quite a bit. When I think about the massage I bought, all I can think of is the awful experience I had constantly calling the manager, Pamela, to get the triple-charged service reduced to just the single charge it should have been. I think my girlfriend said the massage itself was good, but it's not a subject we bring up anymore. I wouldn't have written this review if they had done anything to make up for the stress I went through and the time I wasted. They said we could use the facilities for a day, but I don't even know if they will follow through on that because the director never mentioned it on her last phone call with me. Something more would have been appreciated. I never write reviews, actually, but felt I had no choice after the poor way this situation was handled. In short, I cannot recommend this spa. Try the new one at the Plaza instead.
Best Spa in NYC
Aside from the obvious high price-tag this is the BEST spa in NYC. Each service is the best it can be. I've figured out the magic trick that if I want to make my wife happy a gift certificate to this place surpasses almost anything (jewelry aside). Great for guys too.... why can't we look/feel good?
Best Spa Experience in Manhattan
If you can afford it (or are in the mood to splurge!) the Spa at the Mandarin Oriental is THE most luxurious spa experience in Manhattan. It is on the 35th floor and all of the treatment rooms have incredible views of the city. It is incredibly quiet and tranquil--I didn't hear a sound during my massage, which is a wonderful treat in the noisy city. You are warmly greeted, showed your "itinerary" for the evening, and handed slippers before being led into the changing rooms, which also include the "heat experiences", hot and cold pools and a beautiful sauna. You receive a small ammenity kit to freshen up after your treatments and the locker facilities/lounge are absolutely elegant--fresh orchids stacked between the towels, immaculately clean and well-attended to, etc. My massause, for an 80 minute massage, was exemplary--she barely made a sound during the treatment, was diligent in keeping me gently covered, asked thoughtful questions prior to beginning about my goals, problem areas, etc, and most importantly was warm and kind. This is an expensive spa--$400 all in for an 80 minute massage--but it is far, far superior to other spa experiences I've had around the cityl
Awful masseuse at an overpriced spa.
Having been to spas all over the globe I was horrified at my experience two days ago at The Mandarin Oriental Spa in my hometown of New York City! Having reserved a certain Asian inspired 1hr 50 min massage, I came prepared to relax and be pampered. The masseuse, Jenn, or Jenny, (I was so fed up by the end of my treatment that I didn't even want to know what name she went by), was a young, inexperienced woman who had no experience in the finesse and quietness of an Asian massage ritual. She was rough, made a lot of noise throughout the session, and seemed like she had been prepped minutes before about that particular massage. I was so disgusted that I left halfway through the ritual. I didn't intend leaving a tip and the bill of $430 plus a $77 service charge confirmed my decision. A total waste of an afternoon!
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