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While the Bowery Hotel Was Sleeping...

March 22, 2007 at 9:30 AM | 0 Comments

We're making it a hat trick this morning of New York City hotel stories....

We have a Bowery Hotel double whammy today--a first person review from a recent guest and news of a second Sean MacPherson/Eric Goode hotel, The Lafayette House Hotel.

A HotelChatter tipster sent us this "just the facts" review of the Bowery.

Just stayed at the Bowery. Pretty sweet, although higher wattage bulbs in the halls would improve the ambiance. Our room was terrific, including the best shower and bedding we've ever experienced.

The neighborhood was mediocre for walking at night although not unsafe because NYU was in session and a lot of kids were roaming around. Daytime walking is excellent, with easy walking to Chinatown, Little Italy, SOHO, NOHO Greenwich etc etc, plus the financial district and the World Trade center rebuilding site.

Subway access is three blocks away. The valet shagged cabs for us. Not a lot of local restaurants for dinner, but quite a bit of lunch potential.

Interesting location, nice staff, beautiful rugs in the lobby. Definitely worth a stay.

But what we really want to know is, did you buy the stereo for sale out front?

Meanwhile the Down by the Hipster blog says that the Bowery's newest sibling, the Lafayette House Hotel is live online and now taking reservations, through email. There's a number listed on the web site which we called and were greeted with this message:

For rooms 1-9, please dial 70 and the room number. For rooms 10-15, please dial 7 and the room number.

You could then leave a message for a property manager which got us confused. Is this a residence or a hotel? Our guess is that it's somewhere in transition.

Either way the rooms look similar to the Bowery in that they are carrying over a Victorian sitting-room feel with "hand-picked antiques and furnishings", 500-thread count sheets, iPod docking stations, free WiFi, flat screens and an added bonus of working fireplaces. That's all we know right now so hit us up on the tipline if you know more.

Related Stories:
· Inside: Lafayette House Hotel [Down by the Hipster]