Hampton Inn SoHo Has a New Bar With an Old Name

February 10, 2010 at 10:52 AM | by MsRebecca | Comments (0)

When you think of SoHo hotels, you probably think 60 Thompson, The Crosby Street Hotel, The SoHo Grand, The Mercer � and the Hampton Inn SoHo. No? Well, perhaps you should. News that this outpost just opened a new bar sent us looking for reviews of the place, and what do you know? People like it.

Artifakt Bar welcomed its first drinkers on Sunday night for the Super Bowl, and was reportedly packed. From the photo it looks like your standard-issue hotel or airport bar, but in a neighborhood where cocktails can cost 18 bucks, this could be a good little spot to know about.

As for the hotel itself, it opened in September 2008 and has 160 rooms, a fitness center, and the usual Hampton Inn free hot breakfast. Over at TripAdvisor, the majority of reviewers rave about the place, one calling it �one of the best-kept secrets in the city.� The same reviewer goes on to admit that it�s not hip but it is clean and new and a bargain at less than $200 a night.

Based on the location and rates alone, we tend to agree. Rooms this weekend start at just $159. Rooms at SoHo�s hotspot hotels are in the $400+ range, so why not save your cash for drinks instead? You could always indulge in one of those $18 cocktails and then hightail it back to Artifakt for a couple more cheap chasers.

This, of course, requires more diligent, first-hand research, which we shall dutifully undertake soon.

[Photo courtesy of Hampton Inn Soho]

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