http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2009-11-09T01:13:31Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Robert%20DeNiro http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/10/7/17227/0677 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/greenwichroom.jpg" class="top"><p> It only took about a year and a half but HotelChatter has finally seen the inside of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Greenwich+Hotel/local/1047"><b>Greenwich Hotel</b></a> in TriBeCa. Yes, the very same Greenwich Hotel that <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/4/1/152845/4313/hotels/Robert_DeNiro_s_Greenwich_Hotel_Cancelled_Our_Reservation">infamously blacklisted us</a> on its opening day in March 2008.<p>We knew before we booked our room on that black day that the hotel had a media exclusive. We promised not to run our photos until the exclusive was published but the hotel didn't want to take any chances. And today, a year after officially opening, they still aren't taking any chances.<p>During our tour, we were not allowed to photograph any of the public spaces in order to respect the privacy of the guests who may be juliana 2009-10-08T09:28:55-05:00 40.7198459 -74.009854 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/5/12/165534/986 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/greenwich1.jpg" class="top"><p> <a href="http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/12/andrew-carmellinis-new-restaurant-locanda-verde/?src=twt&twt=nytimesdining"> The NY Times</a> has the breaking news that the restaurant formerly occupied by <b>Ago</b> inside the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Greenwich+Hotel/local/1047"><b>Greenwich Hotel</b></a> will now be called <b>Locanda Verde</b>: <blockquote><p>Andrew Carmellini is executive chef and co-owner; Karen Demasco is pastry chef. The interior is getting a speedy makeover by Ken Friedman and Meyer Davis, the firm that designed Boqueria and Mas Farmhouse. In an interview in February, Mr. Carmellini set out his goals for the restaurant. &#148;I want this to be a neighborhood restaurant,&#148; he said. &#148;I want it to be laid back and casual. I want to have a good time.&#148;</blockquote></p><p>And good food right? The restaurant will open next Tuesday. Hopefully, the Greenwich hotel's website will have removed juliana 2009-05-12T17:02:19-05:00 40.7197331 -74.010184 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/4/13/10352/6525 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/NobuHotelMap.jpg" class="top"> <p>Is the world still game for a <b>Nobu Hotel</b> from <b><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Robert%20DeNiro">Robert DeNiro</a></b> and star chef Nobuyuki Matsuhisa? Ever since plans for the first Nobu Hotel in New York's Financial District were announced last May, we've kept our ears wide open for any other tidbits on the topic only to see it disappear quietly into the history of funky hotel rumors. <p>Now nearly a year later, <i><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/comment/citydiary/5140913/Nobus-raw-plan-for-hotels-Dashwood.html">The Telegraph UK</a></i> has resurrected the concept of a Nobu Hotel by explaining the delay (issues with a 50 percent sale of the company) and assuring the world that "<b>plans are currently being drawn up</b>." We're assuming then that their plans to commandeer the building at 50 Broad Street are JetSetCD 2009-04-13T11:21:21-05:00 40.7058640 -74.011610 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/4/8/171030/7436 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/greenwich1.jpg" class="top"><p> Considering that <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Greenwich+Hotel/local/1047"><b>Greenwich Hotel</b></a> owner Bobby DeNiro is also the man behind the <b>Tribeca Film Festival</b>, we expected his hotel to be either sold-out or ridonkulously expensive, like the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/4/8/155935/1278/hotels/Only_Rich_Folk_Will_Be_Attending_the_Kentucky_Derby">Kentucky Derby hotels.</a><p>To our genuine surprise, we found rooms on April 22nd, the start of the film festival for a mere $475 a night via the hotel's website. That was for a 325-sq.ft. courtyard room, one of the starting room categories. The Greenwich Room (395-sq.ft.) was going for $525. Sure, these aren't recession-friendly prices but they aren't as jacked up as they could be. <p>Looking for an even cheaper stay at the start of the festival? Over on Quikbook.com, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Smyth+Tribeca/local/870"><b>Smyth</b></a> was just a mere $177 juliana 2009-04-08T17:17:55-05:00 40.7197331 -74.010184 http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/2/12/172355/639 <![CDATA[<p><p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6193/greenwichempty1.jpg" class="top"> <p><i>There's tons of hotel news flying around this week and we don't have time to give each and every story the love and attention it may deserve, so you will have to settle for some news briefs.</i> <p><p>&#183; <a href="http://men.style.com/theupgrader/living/features/ms_hotel_details/slideshow/020409HOTEL?loop=0&slideshowId=slideshow53540&iphoto=0&nphoto=22&play=false&cnt=1"><b>The Top 21 Examples of Stylish Hotel Design</b></a>: Men.Style.com is just as fond of lists as we are, and their latest is pretty slick; they've compiled their favorite design touches in hotels, which oddly includes "the silence in the lobby at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Bowery+Hotel/local/220">The Bowery Hotel</a>." [Men.Style] <p><p>&#183; <a href="http://curbed.com/archives/2009/02/12/greenwich_hotels_glass_half_empty.php"><b>De Niro's Greenwich Hotel Half-Empty?</b></a>: A Curbed operative overheard at a community board meeting that The Greenwich Hotel is struggling with a 50% occupancy rate. Trouble in taxi driver paradise! JetSetCD 2009-02-12T17:28:45-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/