http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-24T13:31:05Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Downtown%20Manhattan%20Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/8/23/234213/326 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/3873/Jumeirah_Essex_House_Cocktail.jpg" class="top"><p> <p><i>We've kicked off our <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/summer cocktails">Summer Cocktails</a> series where we profile fun new summer drinks that hotels are making. Got one we should know about? <a href="mailto:tips@hotelchatter.com">Send us the recipe with a photo of the drink.</a> Otherwise, enjoy and <a href="http://www.twitter.com/hotelchatter">@reply us</a> when you're wasted!</i><p> <p>With the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/U.S.%20Open%20Hotels">U.S. Open</a> coming up, the fine peeps at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Jumeirah+Essex+House+On+Central+Park/ian/106394"><b>Jumeirah Essex House on Central Park</b></a> have got a consolation prize for all of us who won't make it courtside: we can enjoy the official <b>U.S. Open Cocktail</b> instead (who knew a sporting event had an official cocktail? We hope the players get one after every match).<p>Anyway, this official cocktail is the <b>Honey Deuce</b>, featuring Grey Goose vodka and amandak 2009-08-24T08:52:39-05:00 40.7666480 -73.978479 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/5/8/163119/5280 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/4912/nobu_downtown.jpg" class="imgborder"><p>We're giving up our half-hearted ban on Robert De Niro coverage now that he's got the <b>Nobu Hotel</b> in the works. <p>The Financial District property will be half-hotel, half-condo and include a spa and a Nobu restaurant outpost. (In case you can't make it the less than two miles to the Nobu in Tribeca.)<br> <p>The NY <i>Post</i> has it that 77 condos will be up top--where they belong--and the floors below will house the 128 hotel rooms. The restaurant will be on level three. Rockwell Group will handle the interiors, while Moed de Armas &amp; Shannon did the glassy facade.<br> <p>Curbed <a href="http://curbed.com/archives/2008/05/08/nobu_hotel_like_its_patrons_will_be_tall_skinny.php">notes</a> that this is one of many new condotel developments in the FiDi, joining the pbb 2008-05-08T16:44:02-05:00 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/23/94940/9916 <![CDATA[<p><img align="right" src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/viceroynyc.jpg" class="imgborder">We've had our suspicions for quite sometime that the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Viceroy%20Hotels"><b>Viceroy Hotel</b></a> brand would be coming to New York City and today we have official word:<blockquote><p><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Kor%20Hotels">Kor Hotel Group</a>, a growing presence in world-class hospitality, is proud to announce its first hotel planned for Manhattan. <p> Viceroy's first New York City project will offer 168 exquisitely appointed accommodations set within the top 12 newly constructed floors of an office, retail and hotel complex being developed on a full city block at 330 Hudson Street between Charlton and Vandam Streets in New York's Hudson Square neighborhood.</blockquote></p><p>The Hudson Square area is adjacent to both Tribeca and SoHo but the Viceroy's location is actually just steps away from the Holland juliana 2008-04-23T09:52:46-05:00 40.727064 -74.007341 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/22/202344/616 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/desmondtutuhotel.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <i>"I challenge you to find a room bigger than this for under $1000."</i><p>So writes <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/ShowUserReviews-g60763-d674915-r14843384-Desmond_Tutu_Center-New_York_City_New_York.html">one Tripadvisor reviewer</a> of the rooms at the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Desmond+Tutu+Center/ian/259083"><b>Desmond Tutu Center</b></a>, deep in New York's Chelsea district. <p> The hotel sits in a massive Gothic-style stone building, outfitted with wrought iron bannisters, a "Refectory" right out of Oxford University, and enough stained glass and "olde-worlde" touches you'll hardly believe you're in Manhattan. There's even a British-style green quadrangle in the center.<p> The 60 rooms, on the other hand, are definitely 21st century. They come outfitted with flat-screen TVs, WiFi, and custom-designed furniture. Your room fee comes with a free breakfast, but fair warning -- serving stops at 9am, so arrange your annie0007 2008-04-23T09:52:02-05:00 40.7408164 -73.991857 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/3/10/6218/26311 <![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/GildHallTAroom.jpg" class="imgborder"><p> <p>In the financial district of New York City, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Gild+Hall/local/869"><b>Gild Hall</b></a> had a soft opening last December--but our sources told us that the hotel was still <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/1/4/1458/20632/hotels/Gild_Hall_Still_in_Soft_Opening_Construction_Phase">mid-construction</a>, bring a whole lot of down sides to staying there.</p><p>We thought it was time to check in on some <a href="http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g60763-d122014-Reviews-Gild_Hall-New_York_City_New_York.html">recent reviews</a> to see if the construction work is finally over or not, and what people are thinking of this place now that it's been open a couple of months.</p><p>For Gild Hall, the news is pretty good. Yes, construction still rates a few mentions (a mid-February guest didn't much like the temporary lobby), but the staff promise that by the time March is over, construction work will be history. amandak 2008-03-10T11:17:48-05:00 40.707890 -74.007090 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/