HotelChatter

Minneapolis Hotel Reviews / Elaine Glusac / → All Tags

Chambers Minneapolis: A Little Cold, Inside and Out

Where: 901 Hennepin Avenue [map], Minneapolis, MN, United States, 55403

So far we have heard nothing but good things about the Chambers Hotel Minneapolis, aside from the fact that it's in Minneapolis.

Now the Grey Lady weighs in on the place. Reviewer Elaine Glusac is the second reviewer today to weigh in on "coldness" of a hotel's too modern decor:

A throw rug over the black-stained wood floors would have warmed up my gallery-white standard room, No. 512. But cloudlike feather bedding, down pillows and high-thread-count linens compensate.

In all other areas from room service to helpful staff to hotel amenities (free WiFi) to the dining options ("über-chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten" and his Chambers Kitchen), the hotel passes muster. But the crowning glory for the hotel is their $7 million art collection which seems to appeal to two types of clientele according to Glusac:

40-something sophisticates who might buy the modern art on the walls, whereas the younger, bohemian lounge set looked like those who had created it.

Rooms start at $199 a night.

Related Stories:
· Chambers Minneapolis: Check In, Check Out [NY Times]
· Minneapolis Gets a Touch of NYC with the Chambers Hotel [HotelChatter]
· Monday Night Reservations at Chambers Kitchen [HotelChatter]

Hotel Restaurants / Minneapolis Hotel Reviews / → All Tags

Monday Night Reservations at Chambers Kitchen

Where: 901 Hennepin Avenue [map], Minneapolis, MN, United States, 55403

On a Monday night in Minneapolis, we thought we could get a dinner reservation fast and easy. But that's not so at the hip new Chambers Hotel restaurant, The Kitchen.

The hotel is the sister property to the upscale Chambers Hotel in New York City and has only been open for a few months. Unlike the Gramercy Park Hotel, this place has very few hiccups and a still-hot vibe, as evidenced by the tough time wrangling a table at The Kitchen last night.

There was no major event going on in downtown Minnie yet the restaurant was buzzing with activity. The crowd was hip, designer-clad, and spanning all ages. From the young fresh-looking men and women in Prada to the older exec types in YSL suits, the crowd was beautiful and happy.

However, the ambience remained pretty low-key. No one appeared to be eagerly eyeing anyone down for a dueling match of Who's Who in this bar.

More on the restaurant after the jump.

more ›