HotelChatter - Tag: hotel bars

New Orleans: Renaissance Pere Marquette Surprises Us With a Boutique Look

juliana — 2008-11-17T16:30:14-05:00

<![CDATA[Last month, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/user/juliana">Juliana</a> recently spent a few days in New Orleans checking out the city's still-booming business of live music, haunted tours and good cookin' all the while still maintaining its ability to overserve visitors on Bourbon Street (and pretty much everywhere else.) This week, she'll be sending back some thoughts on the hotel scene.<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/RPM_sexy.jpg" class="top">A person once asked us what they thought of Marriott's <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/renaissance%20hotels">Renaissance</a> brand and we couldn't answer the question. Simply because we had no idea what Renaissance was about other than a fuzzy notion of an outdated hotel near an airport.But walking into the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Renaissance+Pere+Marquette/ian/194817">Renaissance Pere Marquette</a> in New Orleans was nothing like those airport hotels from the 80s. Why? Because the

Milwaukee: Thanks, But We Think We'll Get Tanked at the Iron Horse

Jenna — 2008-11-11T10:48:43-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/nothanksgettanked.jpg" class="top">Ha! This may be our favorite hotel holiday gimmick ever: if you're not doing the cooking thing this Thanksgiving, the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2007/11/11/192628/66/hotels/A_New_Entry_For_Your_Motorcycle_Diary">tastefully Harley-themed</a> <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Iron+Horse+Hotel/local/969">Iron Horse Hotel</a> in Milwaukee will host you for dinner that night and they're dropping the H, keeping it real and calling it "No Thanks, Get Tanked." Awesome. Yes please. The seven-course Thanksgiving dinner is served fireside at communal tables in the hotel's library, and menu is very, very heavy on the drank (we would say "drink", but when you're on a mission to get tanked you're really supposed to say "drank." Trust us.) Chef Thomas Shultz pairs creative cocktails with seven courses: · Plymouth Rock Plymouth Gin, Pineapple, Campari/Peach foam with

New York: GPH Swapping the Old with Some New

juliana — 2008-11-06T09:36:00-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/rosebarart.jpg" class="top"><a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Gramercy+Park+Hotel/local/4">The Gramercy Park Hotel</a> has prided itself on having impressive art in its (somewhat) public spaces but even GPH gets tired of looking at the same old thing.According to the <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/2008/11/06/2008-11-06_french_philosopher_gets_cozy_with_heires.html">NY Daily News</a>, the Rose Bar has swapped out "old Andy Warhol and Julien Schnabel paintings for new pieces by Damien Hirst and Jean-Michel Basquiat."If you love Warhol, don't be too alarmed as the guestrooms in GPH feature his photography. As for Schnabel, he did the hotel's interior design so you'll still have plenty of him. Now if only the Rose Bar would swap out their old celebrity clientele for some new.Want to spend New Year's admiring this new art at the Rose Bar? The hotel

London: American Transplants in London Can Party at The Stafford on Election Night

Jenna — 2008-10-31T12:59:19-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/6929/staffordamericanbar.jpg" class="top"> You know how everyone in America goes to Irish pubs on St. Patty's day and to Mexican Restaurants on Cinco de Mayo, but sometimes it's a wee bit more difficult to find hotspots where distinctly American festivities go down abroad (unless you want to hit up, like, McDonald's)? At least Americans in London are covered for a place to celebrate or commiserate this election day (which, let's be honest, is probably going to be the biggest drinking night of the year -- no matter who wins). The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Stafford+Hotel/ian/176824">Stafford London's</a> American Bar is throwing an election-night soiree for all the classy American transplants in London (seriously guys: jackets required) interested in drinking to calm their nerves as

New York: How to Enjoy the Plaza Without Paying $775 for a Room

annie0007 — 2008-10-30T09:22:58-05:00

Have four grand to spend on a suite at The Plaza Hotel? You can plunk down your plastic on one of the City's most expensive rooms -- or opt instead for slurping in style at the hotel for $25. We report. You decide.

Sure, the economy's in the toilet, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke just lowered the interest rate (again), and some politicians are even accusing of you "whining" about the country's financial state. But then again, maybe you're able to pony up four thousand clams for a two-bedroom suite with a Fifth Avenue view, pantry, and 24-hour butler service. Maybe you can lowball it for a simple one bedroom for (gulp) $775.