The luxury hotels in New York I have put in the guide sit in 6 neighbourhoods far apart, and each earns its place for a particular trip. In Midtown, Aman, on Fifth Avenue 3 minutes from Central Park, is for a spa with a 20-metre pool and a suite with the fire lit, and the Waldorf Astoria, reopened on Park Avenue in July 2025, for large rooms and Peacock Alley under its clock, and The St. Regis, on Fifth Avenue at 55th Street, for a butler with every room and a Red Snapper at the King Cole Bar; The Pierre, facing the park at 61st Street, for a room above the trees and jazz at Two E; The Fifth Avenue Hotel, in NoMad, for a 1907 mansion with a butler for every room and Café Carmellini downstairs; Hotel Chelsea is for sleeping in the 1884 building where Dylan Thomas and Leonard Cohen lived; The Standard, High Line for glass walls on the Hudson and Le Bain on the roof, where the dancing runs until 4am; The Greenwich, in Tribeca, for the quiet of a house and a pool under the roof of a Japanese farmhouse. Only Aman and The Greenwich have a pool for their guests. On Google Hotels, read between 28 September and 15 October 2026, each hotel’s cheapest night ran from $238 at The Standard for 17 January 2027 to $2,650 at Aman for 12 November, before tax.
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In New York the neighbourhood decides half the trip: Midtown beside the park, Chelsea among the galleries, the Meatpacking District on the High Line. The other half comes down to the spa, the restaurant downstairs and how much noise you will put up with at night.
Those who want Gilded Age New York, with a butler for every room
A Red Snapper at the King Cole Bar under Maxfield Parrish’s mural, Central Park 4 blocks north
From $796 a night in January 2027, before tax; no spa or pool
The hotels
8 buildings, from 1884 to 2009: the Chelsea with its wrought-iron balconies over 23rd Street, The St. Regis that John Jacob Astor IV opened in 1904 on Fifth Avenue at 55th Street, The Fifth Avenue Hotel’s 1907 mansion on the corner of 28th Street, the 1921 Crown Building on Fifth Avenue, The Pierre’s 1930 tower facing the park at 61st Street, the Waldorf’s 1931 Art Deco tower on Park Avenue, The Greenwich of 2008 in brick on a Tribeca corner, and the 2009 glass tower straddling the High Line.
How much is a night in a luxury hotel in New York?
It depends heavily on the date. On the nights read on Google Hotels for 2 adults, before tax, The Standard, High Line started at $238 on 17 January 2027, Hotel Chelsea at $429 on 3 January 2027, The Fifth Avenue Hotel at $511 on 23 February 2027, the Waldorf Astoria at $874 on 11 January 2027, The Pierre at $479 on 26 August 2027, The St. Regis at $796 on 7 January 2027, The Greenwich at $1,366 on 4 January 2027 and Aman at $2,650 on 12 November 2026; the readings are from 4 October 2026, The Fifth’s, the Waldorf’s and The Greenwich’s from 5 October, Aman’s from 28 September, The Pierre’s and The St. Regis’s from 15 October; those 2 figures already include the hotel’s own daily charge, the $30 facility fee at The Pierre and the $50 destination fee at The St. Regis. On top come 14.75% and $3.50 a night in tax, and at The Standard a $35 facility fee.
Which luxury hotels in New York have a pool?
Of these 8, Aman, with a heated indoor 20-metre pool inside a 2,300 m² spa over 3 floors, open 6am to 10pm, and The Greenwich, with Shibui’s heated pool under the roof of a 250-year-old Japanese farmhouse. Hotel Chelsea has a top-floor spa with a cedar sauna and steam rooms, but no pool; the Waldorf’s Starlight Pool is kept for its residences, leaving hotel guests the Guerlain spa and its hammam; The Fifth Avenue Hotel and The St. Regis have only a 24-hour gym, and The Pierre a 24-hour gym with treatments brought to the room; at The Standard the only water is Le Bain’s plunge pool, in the rooftop club, from 21.
Which luxury hotel is closest to Central Park?
The Pierre, on Fifth Avenue at East 61st Street, faces the park across the avenue, and its Park View rooms look over it from the 34th to the 39th floor. Aman, at 730 Fifth Avenue on the corner of 57th Street, is 3 minutes from it on foot; The St. Regis, at 55th Street, is 4 blocks south of it. From the Waldorf, on Park Avenue, the Grand Army Plaza entrance is 17 minutes. Hotel Chelsea and The Standard are much further south, in Chelsea and the Meatpacking District, beside the High Line.
Which luxury hotels in New York allow dogs?
7 of these 8, on different terms; The St. Regis takes service animals only. Aman takes up to 2 dogs per suite, up to 22 kg each, at $350 a stay; The Standard calls itself pet friendly, and Booking and Expedia show no charge; for Hotel Chelsea, Expedia lists dogs and cats, one per stay, at no charge, while the hotel’s own site publishes no policy; the Waldorf sells a Bark Avenue package, and Expedia says 2 dogs a room, up to 65 lb each, at no charge; at The Greenwich BringFido says dogs and cats, 2 of any size, at no charge; The Fifth Avenue Hotel takes 2 trained dogs a room, under 50 lb, at $250 a stay; The Pierre takes 2 dogs a room, up to 15 lb (6.8 kg) each, at $75 a day each.
Which luxury hotel in New York for a night out without leaving the building?
The Standard, High Line: Le Bain, on the roof, has DJs until 4am Wednesday to Saturday, 21 and over, with no cover. At Hotel Chelsea the Lobby Bar stays open daily until 2am and takes no bookings; at Aman the Jazz Club is the one room open to non-guests, 21 and over, with a ticket that changes with the act; at the Waldorf, Peacock Alley becomes a bar at 5pm, with live music Tuesday to Saturday; at The Fifth Avenue Hotel the wood-panelled Portrait Bar opens at 5pm and closes at 1am, 2am Thursday to Saturday according to Google; at The St. Regis the King Cole Bar, under Maxfield Parrish’s mural, is open from 4pm to 11pm; at The Pierre Two E opens at 5pm, with live music from Tuesday to Saturday.
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