The Chatwal New York
From the hotel:
The Chatwal, New York is a salute to the Manhattan "baby grand" hotels of a bygone era. Beautifully restored and modernized by master architect Thierry Despont to a jewel-like quality, The Chatwal, New York's guestrooms explore every modern luxury imaginable in a setting reminiscent of the deco period in this landmark Stanford White building.
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Hotel Coverage: The Chatwal New York
Would You Pay $700 a Night (and Up) To Stay At These NYC Hotels?
Summer is almost upon us, and along with all the regular seasonal delights (rooftop cocktails, long weekends in Cape Cod, ice creeeaaam), one thing we hate, hate, hate about summer in the city is the exorbitant hotel rates. We've seen numbers climbing to $600, $650, and even $700/night for a...
May 14, 2013
5 Things We Learned From Assouline's New 'Luxury Collection' Book
If you're feeling wistful this weekend, a good way to kick back and set out on a magical hotel journey—without ever leaving your home—is to flip through Assouline's new 160-page Luxury Collection book, which is part of their Hotel Stories series. The Luxury Collection: Hotel Stories devotes a mini-chapter to...
May 10, 2013
New Hotel Deals Are Here for Ski Bums and Daddy Warbucks Alike
Deals: you want 'em, and surprisingly, everyone has 'em. Take a look at some of the latest hotel deals going around the internet today from booking sites, social media sites, flash sale sites and more. Don't forget to scroll down to see the HotelChatter-approved deal either. Who knows? You...
April 16, 2013
4 NYC Hotel Cocktails You Won't Find On the Menu
Menus are great and all, but sometimes you want to feel like you're ordering something really special. We hunted around for Manhattan's best "secret" hotel cocktails. You won't find any of these listed on the menu, but they exist alright. Now, can you keep a secret? Upstairs at The Chatwal,...
March 21, 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
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
Bobby Flay At The Borgata: Dishes On Thanksgiving and His Food Future
We had the pleasure being invited to the recent Savor Borgata Event in Atlantic City where chefs Bobby Flay, Wolfgang Puck, Michael Mina, Geoffrey Zakarian and others were there food demos and to present a huge culinary showcase for a crowd we were delighted to see come out in...
November 21, 2012
Hotels To Chow Down During The NYC Wine & Food Festival
Hot on the heels of Fashion Week, the next big NYC event on everyone's lips is the Food Network New York Wine & Food Festival, which runs from Oct 11-14. Taking place in different venues all over the city, the various food-(and wine-, duh!) related events are a great excuse...
September 10, 2012
Elizabeth Arden's Red Door Spa is Now Open at The Chatwal
Maybe we’re feeling a little punchy this Friday, but we think that an appointment at the new Elizabeth Arden Red Door Spa opened last month at The Chatwal, could be beneficial to quite a few people. We reported the hoteliers are going through a bit of drama , so...
August 10, 2012
It Was Only A Matter of Time Before Someone Found Out The Chatwal Was Cheating On Its Taxes
Haven't filed your taxes yet? Putting them off 'til the last minute? Don't worry—even if you rush through them, you can't possibly come out looking as bad as The Chatwal, who, it was discovered this weekend, have been quietly avoiding the huge expense of running a hotel in Times Square...
March 05, 2012
Luxury Collection Premiers Final Cut Inside The Producer's Suite
It's Guess the Hotel revealed! Were you able to figure anything out from the video we posted on Friday? Two people called out The Chatwal, which was correct! We were there last week, in the Producer's Suite on the tenth floor, to watch a new promotional video by Luxury Collection...
January 30, 2012
Hotel Snapshot: Free Coffee Outside The Chatwal
There is one particular trend @HotelChatter happens to quite enjoy: candid hotel photos. These pics range from stunning views to anti-views to celebrity tomfoolery and everything in between. And we can't get enough of 'em! Every Monday, we commemorate our favorite hotel-themed snapshot du semaine. Got a favorite of your...
November 28, 2011
Want A Discounted Spa Treatment? First You Have to Count Some Tennis Balls
We recently tested out a Men's Elixir Facial at the Chatwal Spa, a 60-minute full facial treatment that involves a lot of rubbing, steaming, exfoliating, and some massage. Not to mention a slightly uncomfortable procedure known as "extraction" (basically, they squeeze your blackheads). Nevertheless, we left the facility feeling incredibly...
October 31, 2011
Grown-Ups Can Play At The Chatwal (And Eat Candy!)
Here's the deal with in-room amenities. Hotel rooms should be fun. They should be exciting places to stay that offer things you don't normally find in your boring old bedroom. So if a responsible, decision-making adult wants to indulge in a 1930s-themed room, complete with cocktail shakers, naughty girl playing...
September 20, 2011
When Will We Get To See A Chatwal In India?
A lot of talk is flying around these days about a potential expansion into India (as well as London) by big-time hotelier Sant Singh Chatwal, who is Indian himself. Citing the "maximum potential" and "7%-9% growth rate" of India's current economy in this article, Chatwal makes it clear he has...
September 07, 2011
The Chatwal Can't Wait For Mad Men To Premiere In March
Folks at The Chatwal (now a Luxury Collection hotel) are so excited about the season five premier of Mad Men, they've gone ahead and launched a brand spankin' new Mad Men luxury package for guests—despite the fact that episodes won't even hit the airwaves until mid-March 2012. Controversy surrounding the...
August 08, 2011
The Chatwal Will Become a Luxury Collection Hotel Next Week
Some great news for Starwood Preferred Guest members today--The Chatwal Hotel in New York is about to become a Luxury Collection property.We noticed the change last night as we were trolling the internet for hotels, like we usually do. And we won't have much longer to wait. The hotel...
April 21, 2011
What Lindsay Lohan and Vikram Chatwal Have in Common
It's an unlikely pairing--that of Lindsay Lohan and "hotelier" Vikram Chatwal but it turns out they have more in common than we thought--they have both given up on their careers. It's been nearly four years since Lohan was arrested for her DUIs and she has yet to find redemption...
April 07, 2011
Five Last-Minute Valentine's Day Hotel Deals
The Chatwal is ready for your sexytime. Fear not, Casanovas and Casanovettes: It's not too late to impress your lover on the 14th! We've dug up five V-Day packages that are still available for Monday night—and offer a little something more than months-old chocolate-covered strawberries. (Because, gross.) Have fun...
February 11, 2011
Celebrate New Year's Eve Barrymore Style At That Chatwal 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?...
December 16, 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 Chair With Balls Inside The Chatwal's Fitness Center
From its Deco bars to its leather-wrapped guest-room walls, The Chatwal New York is a new hotel that's also a throwback to the Jazz Age. But when we got a peek at the hotel's new spa and fitness center recently, we also got an eyeful of this... Now, it's not...
October 21, 2010
Who's Ready to Dip into The Chatwal's Water Lounge?
We have to admit, we've been kinda disappointed by some of the pools that have hit the NYC scene this year. Mostly just because they're outdoors and it's already hoodie weather. But over at The Chatwal's fancy new spa, we can swim all winter long because its Infinity Water Lounge...
October 06, 2010
The Spa Chatwal By Kashwére Is Now Open
Actually, this luxurious little hideaway downstairs at The Chatwal New York has been open for just over a month, but this is the first time the hotel has released a photo of the space. Pictured above is the relaxation area, and as you can see the designers have gone out...
October 05, 2010
The Chatwal's Stanford White Studio Might Be the Perfect Setting for a Game of 'Clue'
Now we've shown you how pretty those pricey rooms at The Chatwal New York are, it's time to talk suites. And not just any old suites. This here is the Stanford White Studio. It may look like more of a parlor or library or the setting of a real-life game...
September 17, 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
What New Hotel In NYC Do You Most Want To Stay At?
All summer long, we trekked the streets of Manhattan, checking out the never-ending parade of new hotels. Now we want to hear from you. Which of New York's newest hotels do you most want to check into? We'll provide a little refresher course (y'know, in case you've missed the latest...
September 08, 2010
Where to Drink on the Cheap When Staying at The Chatwal
Spot the difference! These two bars may look similar when you zoom in solely on the rows of bottles—and they may share a street just off Times Square—but that, drinkers, is where the similarities end.The bar on the left? The Lambs Club Bar at The Chatwal New York. On the...
September 03, 2010
Liked The Chatwal? You Can Expect More of Them in The Future
Vikram Chatwal lives! The WSJ has an in-depth look at the hotel business of Vik and his father, Sant Singh Chatwal, who just opened his Chatwal Hotel the other week. You can see our tours of the hotel here and here. From the article, we learn some rather interesting...
August 30, 2010
The Lambs Club At The Chatwal Is Gettin' Cookin'
You've seen inside the rooms at The Chatwal New York. Now, are you getting a little hungry? We haven't sampled chef Geoffrey Zakarian's menu for The Lambs Club yet, but we did get a sneak peek at the red-decadent dining room and its accompanying lobby and mezzanine bars. And? If...
August 26, 2010
What's It Like Inside The Chatwal New York? Follow Us...
Apologies, the video is a little shaky at the start but we promise it's worth it.Between its ongoing construction delays and its yo-yoing high room rates, we've had a lot to say about The Chatwal New York. Now, after our first visit to the hotel since it was still a...
August 25, 2010
Chatwal's Classic Rooms Now $445 a Night on Booking.com
We've been keeping a keep close watch on room rates at the just-opened Chatwal New York, praying that the hotel rates would come down to something more affordable for us and we think we may have found it on Booking.com. In searching for a room for next Friday night,...
August 17, 2010
The Chatwal New York Is Finally Open (And We're in Shock)
New York, are you ready to be taken by storm? Ready or not, our epic, long wait for the opening of The Chatwal New York is now over. The hotel opened its doors last night and we're still in a state of disbelief. We wish we could speed ahead and...
August 09, 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
The Chatwal New York's New Website Is Now Live
The Facebook page teased that it was on its way, and for once The Chatwal New York didn't leave us hanging like a desperate lover who really should just get over it. The hotel's new-look website is now live! This is very exciting because the move usually means that an...
July 29, 2010
The Chatwal Creeps Back Up to $500 a Night
After a small false alarm where we thought we had we heard rooms at the upcoming Chatwal New York had dropped to $299 a night (long story!), we did some investigating on the Leading Hotels of the World website and found that the hotel will now take reservations from...
July 22, 2010
Room Rates at The Chatwal Are Still Aiming High
Earlier this year, The Chatwal New York announced that room rates would start at $695 a night. $695! For a hotel in Times Square! As we get closer and closer to the opening on August 1, we're going to be keeping a close eye on these room rates. Will...
July 12, 2010
The Chatwal Now Taking Reservations (And There's a Way to Get Rooms for Less)
Still high from getting confirmation they'd open in August and then seeing their exterior all scaffolding-free, we now have another update for The Chatwal New York that we have been holding out for. The hotel is now taking reservations. The news came via The Chatwal's Facebook page—on the heels of...
July 08, 2010
The Chatwal Drops Its Scaffolding Ahead Of Its Big Day in August
If you've been hanging around HotelChatter long enough, you'll know that we've been waiting years for The Chatwal New York to open. We have been tantalized by details about its restaurant, beds, customized scent, branded playing cards, indoor lap pool, bathroom design, and ultra-fancy mirrored-desks. We held out like tortured...
June 30, 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
Breaking News: The Chatwal Will Open on August 1
We admit that when it comes to the Chatwal Hotel, we have been, in the words of one wise Cher Horowitz, "way harsh". But that's only because we have been waiting FOREVER for the hotel to open. (Ok, only three years since December 2006 when it was to be...
June 04, 2010
Well, The Chatwal New York Has Completed At Least One Room
We say that because we noticed on the Chatwal New York's Facebook page that they have FINALLY released some room photos. So at least one mock-up room is ready. The photos began to appear early last month so we are a little late to the game here but so...
June 01, 2010
The Chatwal New York Reveals Bathrooms, But When Will It Ever Open?
Here in New York, spring has most definitely sprung. The sun is shining, flowers are budding, birds are chirping ... But still no word on when The Chatwal New York will open. The latest ETA we have from Chatwal H.Q. is still "Spring 2010," though, so it has to...
April 08, 2010
The Chatwal Hopes to Lap Its Competitors With Its Indoor Lap Pool
We'd love to show you a rendering of the indoor pool at The Chatwal but this hotel has everything on lock down. We're still waiting on an opening date for The Chatwal, the luxury hotel that plans to take New York by storm, but we do have a scoop...
March 03, 2010
Is Purple The New Hot Hotel Hue?
The lobby of The Best Western President Hotel in New York. We’ve covered a lot of Pink Hotels here at HotelChatter, but Barbie’s favorite color better watch its back. There’s a hot new hotel hue on the rise–and Prince is gonna love it. That’s right, purple is the new...
February 03, 2010
The Chatwal Wants To Take New York By Storm, With $695 Rooms
Working on a hotel opening as hotly anticipated as The Chatwal New York is not for the faint of heart. So it’s a good thing the hotel's general manager Joel Freyberg is full of chutzpah. “I’m going to take New York by storm!” he told us—more than once—during a...
January 19, 2010
The Chatwal New York is Stacking Its Deck with Deco Details
The looooong-awaited Chatwal New York is apparently still on track to open this spring. Wanna make a bet? Perhaps you’d like to play a round of cards to settle this guessing game? What’s this? Oh, only the first photo of anything specifically Chatwal we could get our hands on....
January 15, 2010
The Chatwal Will Smell Like Citrus and Spice (And Maybe Brad Pitt)
Want to smell like Brad and Angelina? Stay at The Chatwal this spring and you can at least smell like a luxury brand they’ve worked with—Asprey of London. The Chatwal takes the sense of smell as seriously as they do sleep—thus the decision to stock their guest rooms with Purple...
January 07, 2010
When It Opens Next Spring, The Chatwal New York Will Be 'Serious About Sleep'
As we wait for The Chatwal New York to open next spring, we thought we’d sink into some of the details about the most important part of a hotel: the bed. The Chatwal claims that it will be “serious about sleep, in a city that never does.” Chuckles aside,...
December 09, 2009
What To Expect Inside The Chatwal New York
As regular HotelChatter readers know, we’ve been salivating for news—any scrap of detail we can get—on the upcoming opening of The Chatwal New York. We’ve seen glimpses of what’s to come on the hotel’s website, but now the property’s PR folks have some more bite-sized hints to feed us....
October 08, 2009
The Chatwal Hotel: New Opening Date, Old Website
Update: The Chatwal has had this website up for a while, as we reported last year, but since the hotel never made its promised opening date of late 2008 we totally forgot about the website. And it looks like there is really nothing new on this site to report on...
September 23, 2009
Hot Restaurants Also Opening in Hot NYC Hotels This Fall
The fashionistas are here! It’s official: New York Fashion Week has begun. And, frankly, the sight of all those models and rack-thin fashion editors makes us hungry. So to console ourselves, we compiled this nifty little list of upcoming hotel nosh spots that we’re already salivating over. Consider it...
September 10, 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 Chatwal's Rooms Will Be '$1 Million a Night'
Hmm. We think something may have gotten lost in translation here. Well, at least we hope it did. We were poking around the ol' web to see if we could unearth any new info about the supposedly-coming-next-month (but still not taking reservations) Chatwal in NYC, the newest from Vikram...
August 04, 2009
Don't Count On That September Opening For The Chatwal
Listen. We wouldn't necessarily call ourselves pessimists or cynics when it comes to the Manhattan hotel market. In fact, we like to think we're open-minded and hopeful, embracing pleasant surprises like on-time openings, cool new concepts and even a little bit of neighbor drama. But we've been doin' this...
July 21, 2009
The Chatwal is Now Shooting For a September 2009 Opening
Hey, remember when someone told us that The Chatwal would open "sooner than we think" and that "sooner than we think" was going to be July? Yeah, no: now we're looking at September. The former Lamb's Club-turned Vikram Chatwal vanity-ish project has had a lot of obstacles to overcome,...
June 17, 2009
Rejoice! The Chatwal Shows Signs of Life, Might Open This Summer
No, we can't believe it either. Surely egged on by our not-so-wild speculation and eyebrow-raising (what? The fact that the hotel disappeared from the VCH website was legitimate cause for concern), we received a sparkling nugget of a press release in our inbox today: it was from The Chatwal,...
April 28, 2009
The Chatwal Will Open 'Sooner Than You Think'
From the depths of a late-afternoon delirium, our emotions got the best of us and we were moved to write a poem about how upset we were that we couldn't find Vikram Chatwal's ten-years-in-the-making The Chatwal — slated to open this year — on the official roster of VCH's...
April 23, 2009
Has VCH Given Up On The Chatwal After All?
Vikram had a little Lamb, little Lamb, little Lamb, Vikram had a little Lamb, Whose name was changed, we know. He named his Lamb 'Chatwal' one day, 'Chatwal' one day, 'Chatwal' one day, But we checked the VCH website and — Oh wait, where did it go? We were...
April 22, 2009
We Finally Have an Opening Date for The Chatwal
It's official: The Chatwal will, indeed, open. Well, according to the Leading Hotels of the World website, anyway: NewYorkology has stumbled upon an opening date! A date! Not just a nebulous time period like "early 2009" or "this winter"! A bit of backstory: we've been watching this 88-room hotel...
December 08, 2008
The Lamb's Club is Now The Chatwal and Might Actually Open
Oy. The controversial Lamb's Club Hotel — Vikram Chatwal's new Times Square project that has pretty much taken 10 years to open and was renamed The Chatwal — now has a website and some details that indicate the place might actually open. A little background for those of you...
November 12, 2008
Lamb's Club Hotel Update :: Actually, It's "The Chatwal" Now
Sooo, about Vikram Chatwal's Lamb's Club Hotel? You know, the Times Square property that's been in the works for like 10 years that was supposed to open a whole bunch of times but then finally we found something that promised an August '08 opening? Ok. Said August opening is...
August 04, 2008
Lamb's Club Hotel :: 10 Years in the Making and Still Not Open
<img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/viksml.jpg" class="imgborder" Hey, remember the Lamb's Club Hotel? You know, Vikram Chatwal's new Times Square project opening up next month? No? Allow us to refresh your memory: Back in 1999, the New York Observer reported that Hampshire Hotels (the parent company of VCH) had announced plans to turn...
July 08, 2008
2008 Will Be the Return of Vikram Chatwal
Since getting married and having a baby last year, hotelier Vikram Chatwal has been keeping quiet lately. With the exception of Dream Bangkok, we hardly heard anything from this playboy-turned-actor-turned hotelier.That is, until now. New York mag reports that Vik will be opening two hotels in the next few years....
June 18, 2007
Partner Reviews: The Chatwal New York
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High-class small hotel only steps away from Broadway. Second floor bar is very clubby, classy and a great place to hang out. -
This is like a St. Regis in terms of high touch service, but more intimate, and deco stylish. High tech amenities in all the rooms. -
Great hotel, rooms are state of art... A boutique St. Regis... Service is great all around. -
A bar to satisfy every cocktail connoisseur and a restaurant that's become a Manhattan destination. -
At the SPA Dena the masseuse is the best one. One of the best massage I dad in long time... -
Don't overlook the desk in the corner, I thought it was just a dresser until I unfolded it trunk style - so glam! -
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Heated toilet seats! With remote control! Crazy! -
Indulge in the "body cocktail" at the hotel's spa: it's nothing short of Heaven on Earth. Your skin is drenched in lemon-amber joboba, massaged with whipped shea butter... swoon. -
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Go up to the 2nd floor bar. Great room. -
HOTEL ***** STAR .
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