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With a full arsenal of games, cocktail equipment, reading material, and super-luxurious bathroom amenities, the rooms at the Chatwal New York are supposed to enable guests to "make a night in at the Chatwal the new night out on the town." Ok. Well, we rolled our eyes at that point too. But once you get past the cringe-worthy publicist-speak tagline (and it does take some effort), you start to appreciate the effort that went into putting this little toy chest together.

And that's exactly what it is. Apparently, the hotel keeps the goodies (as mentioned above) in a "custom designed leather-wrapped travel trunk." And once you've taken out the cards, set yourself up for a game of blackjack (or poker—there's a portable poker table available too), and munched a few Lucky Strikes, the hotel will even send up a Lambs Club mixologist to wow you with some in-room bartender service. We imagine Ella Fitzgerald didn't have to wait around trying to catch the bartender's attention—so, neither should you.

Omni hotels are doing some interesting things with regionally-inspired cocktails, but you have to actually go down to the bar for those. The nerve!

Other perks of the rooms include Krigler candles with the signature Chatwal No. 44 scent. Should that scent happen to displease you, the hotel also offers a special service by which guests can design their own personalized fragrances, in-suite. Which, to perfume enthusiasts, is the equivalent of a kid in a candy store. But if it was a candy store you were after, we're pretty sure the hotel could work something out...

[Photo: LouPerez]