THE MARITIME HOTEL
| Address | 363 West 16th Street; NY 10011 by Ninth Avenue |
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| Neighbourhood | Chelsea | See on map |
| Subway | 8th Avenue-14th St [A, C, E, L] |
| Telephone | +1 212 242 4300 |
| Website | http://www.themaritimehotel.com |
| Price | From USD 345 (USD 245 advance | Check availability |
Forget the disaster of the Titanic, because before that whole iceberg mess, there was cruise-liner luxury, simulated flying, and sweaty tumbling in sidecars. Modeling itself on a 1960’s luxury cruiser, the feel of Eric Goode and Sean MacPherson’s four-star Chelsea favorite is always buzzing.
Design conscious, yet comfortable, the hotel features ship cabin-esque rooms paneled in teak wood with marine blue detailing and large round port hole windows providing views of the Hudson River.
The Italian trattoria, La Bottega, serves breakfast, lunch and dinner on one of the city’s best terraces for al fresco dining. The hotel’s other restaurant, Matsuri, serves some of the best Japanese in the city. Don’t miss the long-standing gay Sunday night party Cuckoo Club in the basement ballroom, Hiro, or the daytime Summer Camp at the Cabanas bar in summer.
What others say
Tablet Hotels
18.5 of 20. This is not a traditional hotel, by any stretch — all rooms face westward, looking over the Hudson and New Jersey through five-foot porthole windows. The rooms are compact, but well-designed, with built-in furniture, so that all the necessities (storage space, work desk, flat-screen TV) easily fit into the tiny space, and wireless internet, naturally, takes no space at all. The décor borders on kitsch, but is actually quite charming, if one accepts the ship's cabin conceit, in all its wood-paneled glory.
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