THE SURREY
Recently renovated inside and out, top to bottom. Reopened in November 2009. Now perfect for prime Upper East Side character spotting. From the hotel:
Our generously appointed 190 guest salons and suites, including Presidential and Penthouse suites, go well beyond the standard. Uncommonly elegant touches such as Duxiana mattresses, Sferra bedding and Pratesi terry robes await each guest’s arrival. Exceptional finishes such as white marble baths, double sinks and soaking tubs are offered in our deluxe suites, and for those who desire something truly special, private terraces, small kitchens and fireplaces are also available.
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Hotel Coverage: THE SURREY
Who's Going Where and Doing What in the Hotel Industry: May 2013
As promised, here's our new monthly feature of recent management announcements at notable hotels. We know many of you dear readers work in the industry and are curious to see who's gone where and when. As always, we appreciate your feedback so let us know how we can make...
May 08, 2013
What's Out, What's In: Diamonds are a Girl's Best Friend
We've started a series of what’s trending in hotels these days: What’s Out, What’s In. Do we like what we see? Think it's a dud? You be the judge! What’s Out: Seaweed facials What's In: Facials with gold, diamonds and other sparkly things Diamonds and other precious metals and...
April 18, 2013
Five Celebrity Chefs Who Rule Hotel Room Service
We’ve talked about our favorite dishes to order from room service (FTR—grilled cheese rocks the casbah every time), but we’re recognizing that more and more in-room dining offerings are the vision of the world’s top chefs who have restaurants inside the hotels we’re patronizing. The room service option may...
February 28, 2013
Donna Karan's Short Film Takes Place Entirely at the Surrey
What are the requirement to make a memorable short film shot entirely at The Surrey in New York City? Donna Karan knows. Get Angelica Huston to direct, throw in Felicity Jones and Jack Davenport and attach your name to it. The result is one of the best hotel video...
February 15, 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
New York Restaurant Week Starts Today: 10 Rezzies We Want
Don't skip the homemade pasta at Ai Fiori. Carbs be damned. We always find it amusing New York Restaurant Week falls just a few weeks after the new year, when those plum hotel restaurants we've been dying to try, drop their prices for 20 whole days of diet-busting deliciousness....
January 14, 2013
What's Up With All This Dog Sh*t?
Seriously - what's up with this new "bring your dog every-freakin-where" hotel trend? We scratched our heads a bit when we saw hotels were hosting full-on dog-party weekends, but now our scalp is starting to bleed. Hotels are consistently involving pets in their promotions these days, and it's as...
October 17, 2012
The Surrey's Mixologists are Now Making House Calls
We love that hotels have embraced the cocktail culture and have upped the game with superlative sippings that make ordering a simple gin and tonic an embarrassment these days. No, folks are getting fancy, not only at the bar, but they've brought it to the hotel room, too. Take...
July 27, 2012
The Surrey Hotel Gets a New Spa
HotelChatter gets a little leery when established New York City hotel’s announce they’re opening a spa. We wonder if it’ll be some shoebox operation with a limited treatment menu and outrageous prices. Given that there are so many independent spas to choose from that do a great job, we’re approaching...
June 11, 2012
HotelTonight Has 'Suite Heart' Hotel Deals for Tonight's Last-Minute Lovers
The window is fast closing on ways to impress your lover today on Valentine's Day but you won't have to settle for downing a love potion at the hotel bar. Thanks to the last-minute hotel booking app, HotelTonight, you can actually stay inside a hotel--in a suite--tonight. And you...
February 14, 2012
Making Last-Minute Plans This New Year's Eve? Here's Where To Party
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
The 11 Best Hotels in NYC: Fall 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
It's a Rooftop Faceoff On The Upper East Side
Once upon a time, The Surrey touted itself as the only rooftop bar on the Upper East Side (excluding the Metropolitan Museum of Art, which is, after all, a museum. And therefore doesn't qualify). But since early June, a rooftop bar on top of the Hotel Wales has laid waste...
August 25, 2011
Want To Learn How To Make A Manhattan? Sit Here
If you had to name one essential component of a Presidential Suite, what would it be? A dining room table? Piano? Great views? According to The Surrey, it would have to be a graffiti-covered leather chaise lounge with detailed instructions on how to make a Manhattan cocktail. Stashed away on...
August 02, 2011
Where Should a Couple Do a Romantic Night in NYC?
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...
July 27, 2011
Padma Lakshmi Picks Her Fave Hotel, The Surrey, to Sell Her New Jewels
We already knew that hottie "Top Chef" host Padma Lakshmi was a former supermodel who was once married to controversial author Salman Rushdie but we had no idea that she was dabbling in the jewelry design business. Yet lo and behold, The Padma Collection is now for sale at...
December 20, 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
The 5 Best Hotels for Halloween Happenings
Halloween may be several weeks away, but now's the time to start planning that killer costume and how you'll celebrate. All Saint's Day falls on a Sunday this year, which means that you can make it a weekend-long bash. We'll tell you the best ways to party at a...
October 12, 2010
The Battle of The Central Park Hotel Picnic Packages
The next few days are going to be those rarest of New York days—lovely. Sunny, temps in the 70s, a cool breeze. And that has us thinking: picnic. Central Park is the most obvious place to head with basket and blanket in tow, and some of the poshest hotels parkside...
July 01, 2010
Get Muddled With The Signature Lemonade at The Surrey
Who's thirsty? It's time for another installment of our Summer Cocktails series. All summer long we'll profile fun new summer drinks served at hotels around the world. Got one we should know about? Send us the recipe with a photo of the drink. Otherwise, enjoy and @reply us when you're...
June 04, 2010
The Top 10 New Rooftop Hotel Bars in New York City
The view from Press, at Ink48 One of the true joys of a New York summer is drinking outside. Actually, it may be the only joy of summer in the city, since it's so stinking hot and you feel like a loser if you don't score an invite to...
May 18, 2010
The Jersey Shore Chicks Learn to Be Ladies at The Surrey
The South Beach hotel where The Jersey Shore cast has been staying may hope to make big bucks out of their suite once they check out, but we can't see this Upper East Side spot pushing the Jersey Shore angle. But that didn't stop The Surrey from letting Harper's Bazaar...
April 22, 2010
The Surrey Might Give You an Upgrade Worth $8,600 for Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day for hotels usually means breaking out the cases of champagne and loading up on chocolate-covered strawberries to place throughout their guestrooms. But we're not into that. We've already told you our favorite hotels for Valentine's Day but this week, we'd like to spotlight some of the most...
February 12, 2010
Here's Your Chance to Tell Us What You Think of The Surrey Hotel
When we got our sneak peek of The Surrey Hotel on New York's Upper East Side, we were thrilled by the luxe elegance we found in the room, not to mention the swank neighborhood outside. But then we read a review from Globalista that wasn't quite what we hoped for....
November 17, 2009
Taking The Bad With The Good: Reviews of The Surrey So Far
When we had the chance to check out The Surrey Hotel’s $60-million “re-creation,” we were impressed by the sheer prettiness of the new guest rooms. But not everyone shares our take. Over at the UK site, Globalista Travel Journal, this week The Surrey copped a dressing down for what...
November 06, 2009
Just How Special is the Introductory Offer at The Surrey? We Do the Math
We love us an introductory offer. It’s always nice to be one of the first guests at a hotel, and score a special rate in the process. But when your regular rates are in the $500-a-night range, how "special" can your intro offer really be? Let’s turn to the...
October 29, 2009
What's On The Block at The Surrey Hotel?
The Surrey Hotel, the oh-so-pretty new addition to the Upper East Side, soft-opened its guestrooms to family and friends yesterday and while we gave you a sneak peek at the rooms the other week, we thought it would be good to tell you What's on the Block. And if...
October 16, 2009
A Sneak Peek at The Surrey Hotel
While the Crosby Street Hotel wowed us in downtown Manhattan, a sneak peek at The Surrey Hotel left us breathless uptown. If you love The Carlyle, then you will love The Surrey which has the same elegance as The Carlyle, except it's now newer. (And it's just a block away.)The...
October 07, 2009
The Surrey Hotel Promises 'Considered Moments' For Its Guests
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...
September 21, 2009
The September Issue: 10 Hot New York City Hotel Openings
The kids are back at school, everyone’s back at work, and the weather is already cool in New York City. Yep, fall is here, alright. But in hotel land this is good news. Great news, in fact. Approximately six hotels are set to open before fall is out with a...
September 08, 2009
The Surrey Hotel Will Cater to Cartier Lovers and Other Luxury Enthusiasts
Um....Is that Kate Moss? Recession, Schm-cession. While some are in conservation and simplification mode, others, like the soon-to-be-opened Surrey hotel refuse to put luxury on the back burner. In fact, it happens to be at the forefront of the design plan for the Upper East Side-located property. Set to...
August 21, 2009
Partner Reviews: THE SURREY
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It's snowing in NYC -
Bar Pleiades is one of the most low key and lush places to enjoy a quiet drink. It's great for a date- you can take a stroll by the park shortly after. -
Don't pass on the uber-luxurious Spa at the Surrey. Indulge in a customized facial and massage... you might just reach enlightenment. -
My favorite upper East side boutique hotel. Bring your own alarm clock though! -
fantastic luxury boutique hotel, with five-star service, and an amazing roof garden! -
$60 recreation, brand new spa and bar, rooftop garden opening on the spring. Come in to see the new Surrey Hotel
Uptown Cozy
This is a great find if you are in the city for a get-away...but don't want to be in the middle of the rat race. Perfectly located close to the GREAT shopping of the upper east side, near central park and in the middle of Museum Mile. Ohhhh, and the restaurant....what more could you ask for!
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