Hotel Coverage: The Roger Smith
Coolest Hotel Instagram Of The Day Goes To...
...The Roger Smith Hotel The Midtown Manhattan classic property has kicked off their Drink of the Day specials at Henry's Rooftop Bar (which we'll be talking more about tomorrow!). This cocktail, called The Hemingway Daiquiri is made with 1.5 oz of rum, 1 oz grapefruit juice, and fresh lime...
May 09, 2013
Where To Hotel Rooftop When In New York City
Yes, there are plenty of places to do it in NYC—by "it," we mean enjoy a cocktail in the open air from a hotel rooftop or terrace. But some places are more exclusive than others, some have better nibbles to munch on, and not all killer views are created equal....
April 26, 2012
Hotel Rates In NYC That Are Making Us Smile Right Now
On Friday, we shared a deal we found for a hotel room in NYC going for the very reasonable rate of $115/night on Quikbook. Now, we get that this is still winter and all—aka the slow period for hotels—but that post made us stop and think to ourselves, 'Surely there...
February 14, 2012
The Roger Smith Does Bingo Night A Little Differently
Though summer's not quite over, the days of idly cracking lobsters and nibbling corn under the stars has passed. So instead, the ever-imaginative Roger Smith Hotel has thought up a newer, more seasonal way to pass the time (and get drunk): Bingo, Bourbon, and Brownies Night. Yes, you read that...
September 29, 2011
Lobster Bake On The Roof, Anyone?
There's a lot to admire inside the art-crazed Roger Smith. The hallways are always chock full of owner James Knowles' bronze statues. The circular lobby frequently hosts installations by local artists. And up on the sixteenth floor, banquet-size platters of lobster, mussels, tiger shrimp, corn, and potatoes are as visually...
July 18, 2011
5 NYC Room Service Items To Cool You Down This Summer
For a few days this week, New York was actually feeling pretty pleasant. Blue skies, cool breezes, and plenty of sunshine. But this morning's humidity is just a harbinger of the pit-stain-inducing, ninth-circle-of-hell-reminiscent city heat wave that will soon be upon us. Worry not, HotelChatter is here to help! Here...
June 08, 2011
At The Roger Smith, Art Grows Out of the Walls
Ever walk into a hotel lobby and find yourself surrounded by hundreds of miniature paintings fastened randomly to the wall? We didn't think so. That's why The Roger Smith Hotel decided to curate Lobby Series #19: Far Away, So Close. Queens-based artist Deborah Wasserman will paint abstract images on...
January 27, 2011
How The Roger Smith Hotel is Celebrating 'Internet Week'
With Internet Week NY around the corner, we checked in to see how New York’s savviest social media hotel – Roger Smith Hotel – is celebrating. As you may know, we like their tweets, love their rooftop bar, and adore Henry, the house Boston Terrier. And now for Internet...
June 01, 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
Snowpocalypse Has Social Media Guys Doing Hotel Laundry
If you know any of us at HotelChatter, then you know what really gets our goat is when a hotel's Twitter feed is run by someone off property (and it's even worse if "off property" is really "out of state.") Well, you can rest assured that the folks behind...
February 26, 2010
Five Hotels in NYC For Under $150
Our newest batch of hotels makes us want to scream "Recession!" from the top of our lungs — you know, if the recession wasn't also costing hundreds of thousands of people their jobs. But after years and years of watching the rates climb up and up in Manhattan and having...
March 18, 2009
Would You Stay In a Hotel Room Billboard?
Times are tough, and sometimes you do what you gotta do to get a cheap hotel room. We've all got different limits — some of us are willing to wake up at ungodly hours to do silly promotions, some of us don't mind navigating tricky websites to score $1...
January 27, 2009
Let Them Take Soap: Making Off, Doing Good With Hotel Beauty Booty
Over the weekend, someone on the FlyerTalk Buzz forum started a thread with the seemingly humdrum question: Do you take hotel soap home? From always to never and everything in between, the 70-plus responses as of this morning are worth a scroll. MORE ...
July 24, 2007
Hotel Video Tours :: Roger Smith Hotel
The only thing we've ever really heard about the Roger Smith Hotel was that a 6-foot-tall chocolate Jesus went up in its art gallery. So since we've been doing a bunch of Hotel Video Tours, we figured now is as good a time as any to find out what the...
June 14, 2007
PM Linkage: Worship the Chocolate Jesus at the Roger Smith Hotel
Links:· Is coughing teen the new uncontrollable toddler? [Jaunted]· Chocolate Jesus. See for yourself. [Post Chronicle]· Does PMS also count as a disorder when you trash your hotel room? [Two Can Anne]· Hotel Graveyard. [The Pete]· Hyatt Place opens on the East Coast near DC. [BizWire] ...
March 29, 2007
Partner Reviews: The Roger Smith
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Awesome movie nights every Wednesday! -
Ask to dj w your own iPod, either mine or Nikkah's! -
Come on Tuesday & Wednesday night for service from sexy lady bartenders! -
Awesome movie night every Wednesday night!!
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Best bartenders in the city. -
Come on a Tuesday night and leave the bartender, Bianca, a huge tip. She is super sexy! -
My other 5th street go to. This place is a gem and possibly the closest replacement to Mars Bar you can find. -
Maddy hearts Bradley! Tip your bartender! -
241 happy hour every day til 8, and awesome movies on Wednesdays :) -
Tip the bartenders well and you'll always b treated well
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Wear your jacket and don't fall off your stool.
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$6 PBR and well bourbon happy hour is appealing. As is the 4am and later lock-in where you can convince the bartenders to put on your iPod.
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actually John Ross is mayor of fish bar.
Great Stay
WoW-If you want to experience luxury, in an awesome mid-twon location, then this is for you. Located in the heart of mid-town, the Roger Smi...
Would probably not return
Room was too dark, not enough lighting. Bathroom could have been cleaner. Free wireless internet was a plus and bedding was very comfortable...
Urban Bed and Breakfast
Excellent and quaint city B and B - excellent complimentary breakfast; cool, quaint and comfortable room; convienent location and very nice terrace overlooking parts of the city - also, there is free internet access in the lobby and you can make free local calls from your room. Room size was perfect but could of used a coffee table or something to eat on (we just pulled up two chairs which worked fine, but...), furniture was B and B style and very comfortable. Downside: our shower had extremly low pressure and the hot/cold wasn't all that stable- however we talked to people in lower floors (we were on the 15th) and they said their shower was fine. You get a lot for moderate prices and we would stay there again!
do you feel lucky?
I'm not sure how to rate this hotel. The rooms are nice, could use a little updating. We stayed in two rooms, the first was nice, comfortable and fairly quiet (some street noise, even though it was the 10th floor). The shower was strong and hot. Then, the electricity went out in our room! Well, after some investigation, they moved us to a new room. This room was bigger, but a little older looking, and the heating pipes made an awful racket all night long. The shower was weak and not too great. First night rating = 8, second night = 5. Probably would not stay there again...
An Artful Midtown Bargain
I always send out of town visitors to this cheeful and efficient hotel right in midtown. The service could not be nicer and the rooms are clean and colorful. One of the managers explained to me that Jim Knowles, the proprieter, was a fulltime sculptor and painter before accidentally getting in to the hotel business -- thus the bronze sculptures outside and original art in most of the rooms. It's like a family hostelrie.
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