Lex Yard
From 6.30am breakfast to dinner; the Market Menu is $95, the New Waldorf Salad $28.
Waldorf Astoria New York
Waldorf Astoria New York, at 301 Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, is the 1931 Art Deco tower that closed in 2017 and reopened in July 2025: 375 rooms where there were 1,400, with Peacock Alley’s clock back in its place.
A week here, month by monthThe Waldorf suits classic New York on a grand scale, with large rooms and a Guerlain spa: one night for 2 adults starts at $882 from 8 January 2027, before tax, the lowest price any seller showed on Google. Anyone who wants a pool will be happier elsewhere.
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The Deluxe King
I would ask for a Deluxe King, larger than the King Room: 53 m², an oversized king bed, a sitting area, a work desk and a deep soaking tub with a separate shower.
The weeks that cost less
Consider 15 to 21 February 2027: nights for 2 adults, before tax, ran from $940 to $1,018 on Google, read 13 October 2026. The dearest week, 7 to 13 December 2026, ran from $2,440 to $4,327.
Valet parking by the night
Valet parking is available 24 hours, at $110 a night for standard-sized vehicles and $125 for oversized ones. The hotel states that there are no in-and-out privileges.
Peacock Alley at 5pm
When the clock strikes 5pm, Peacock Alley turns into a cocktail bar, and the hotel’s dining page says there is live music in the evening.
What the Waldorf is
The Park Avenue tower opened in 1931 and for 86 years was the hotel of world leaders, film stars and royalty, of the first Met Gala and of the IBM PC’s launch. Anbang bought it from Hilton in 2015 for $1.95 billion and closed it in 2017; after the Chinese government seized Anbang, it passed to Dajia’s control. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill restored it and Pierre-Yves Rochon designed the hotel’s interiors. The rooms went from 1,400 to 375, with 372 private residences above; The New York Times announced the reopening on 15 July 2025.
Rooms start at the 41 m² Deluxe Two Doubles and run to the 279 m² Waldorf Astoria Suite; the hotel says most are larger than 53 m². On the ground floor are Lex Yard, Michael Anthony’s 2-storey brasserie, then Peacock Alley under the clock and Yoshoku, the Japanese room that serves afternoon tea. The Guerlain spa covers 22,000 sq ft with a hammam and a snow cave; the fifth-floor gym is open 24 hours. There is a pool, but it belongs to the residences.
The MICHELIN Guide gives it 2 Keys. On Tripadvisor it scores 4.9 out of 5 from 160 reviews, on Booking 9.3 out of 10 from 72, on Expedia 9.8 from 87; on Google 4.4 from 2,126, but that figure still counts reviews of the hotel before its closure.
We read the 274 Google reviews with text written since the reopening, from 17 July 2025 to 21 September 2026: 221 give 5 stars. 87% of those who mention the rooms are happy, 83% of those who mention the staff, 85% of those who mention breakfast. New York taxes are added to the rate and breakfast is charged separately; at check-in there can be a wait.
In the Lumina Guide
Lumina Guide 2027
Waldorf Astoria New York, at 301 Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, is the 1931 Art Deco tower that closed in 2017 and reopened in July 2025: 375 rooms where there were 1,400, with Peacock Alley’s clock back in its place.
Distinctions
Our reading, point by point
What we found reading the hotel’s own pages, one thing at a time.
Location
Grand Central 8 minutes on foot, St Patrick’s 5, the 51st Street subway 3, Central Park 17.
Character
The restored 1931 Art Deco tower: the lobby mosaic, Peacock Alley’s clock, the Grand Ballroom.
Rooms
41 to 279 m², most above 53; 87% of guests who mention them are happy.
Food and social life
Lex Yard from 6.30am to midnight, Peacock Alley’s cocktails, Yoshoku’s Japanese tea.
Wellness
A 22,000 sq ft Guerlain spa with hammam and snow cave, a $75 day pass, a gym open 24 hours; no pool for hotel guests.
The stay as a whole
From $882 in January, over $1,500 in spring, before tax: add 14.75% and $3.50 a night, and breakfast is extra.
What makes it rare
A badge is an experience travellers look for, that is really here and that few hotels in the guide have.
A story inside
Here: the restored 1931 Art Deco tower: the lobby mosaic, Peacock Alley’s clock, the Grand Ballroom.
A history that goes back to at least 1931. 31 hotels of 335 hold it.
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What a night costs, season by season
Read on 13 October 2026, a night for 2 adults, before tax, ran from $882 to $1,273 between 3 January and 28 February 2027, with a few lone nights lower, against $1,373 to $1,895 from 1 March to 30 June. I would choose 3 January to 28 February 2027 over 2 December 2026 to 2 January 2027, when a night reached $4,327.
| Period | Dollars a night |
|---|---|
| 14 Oct. to 1 Dec. 2026 | 1,086–3,879 |
| 2 Dec. 2026 to 2 Jan. 2027 | 1,426–4,327 |
| 3 January to 28 February 2027 | 814–1,273 |
| 1 March to 30 June 2027 | 1,373–1,895 |
The lowest price any seller showed on Google Hotels for one night searched alone, for 2 adults, before tax, read 13 October 2026; no room or meal plan is specified. The calendar stops on 30 June 2027. Booked as 7 nights from 16 November 2026, the lowest seller Google listed that day asked $1,280 a night; the hotel’s own listing, $1,613.
The Waldorf or The Fifth Avenue Hotel
Choose the Waldorf for Midtown on foot, with Grand Central 8 minutes away. The Fifth Avenue Hotel suits NoMad on foot, with a butler and a house car included.
| Hotel | A night, from | Walk to the subway |
|---|---|---|
| Waldorf Astoria New York | $1,086 | 3 minutes |
| The Fifth Avenue Hotel | $1,131 | A minute |
A night: the lowest price in the week of 16 November 2026, in a search for 2 adults, before tax, read on Google on 13 October 2026; no room or meal plan is specified.
Peacock Alley, Lex Yard, the rooms and suites, the fifth-floor gym
Peacock Alley’s bar under its painted panel; Michael Anthony at the Lex Yard bar; a room with its sitting area by the windows; the living room and bedroom of a One Bedroom Suite; a junior suite’s desk; the gym under its green ceiling.
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What to expect
Lex Yard’s Bar Room, a martini at Peacock Alley, Yoshoku’s Japanese tea, the Guerlain spa’s hammam and the fifth-floor gym.
Peacock Alley
Breakfast and lunch under the clock, cocktails from 5pm; Tuesday to Saturday evenings, live music around Cole Porter’s 1907 Steinway.
Tea at Yoshoku
Wednesday to Sunday, at lunchtime: $135 a person, $275 with caviar.
The Guerlain spa
Open 9am to 7pm, to 8pm on Wednesdays and Thursdays: infrared sauna, Moroccan hammam, a snow cave.
The gym
On the fifth floor, 10,000 sq ft, open 24 hours, with Peloton bikes.
Good to know before you book
Google’s price adds 14.75% and $3.50 a night of New York tax, and nothing else: the total read on the hotel’s own link carries no destination fee. Breakfast is not included.
Hotel guests have no pool: the 25th-floor Starlight Pool belongs to the residences. Expedia and the MICHELIN Guide still list it among the hotel’s amenities.
Since the July 2025 reopening guests write well of the staff; 4 reviews between September 2025 and August 2026 describe waits at check-in or for the room.
Drivers arrive at the porte-cochère on 49th Street; valet parking is $110 a night for standard-sized vehicles and $125 for oversized ones, with no in-and-out privileges, says the hotel.
Rooms and suites
Getting here
The nearest subway is 51 St, on the 6 line, 226 metres away: 3 minutes on foot. Lexington Av/53 St, for the E and M, is 7.
| Grand Central | 8 minutes on foot, 605 metres. |
|---|---|
| JFK | 31 minutes without traffic, 28 km. |
| LaGuardia | 16 minutes without traffic, 12 km. |
| Newark | 33 minutes without traffic, 28 km. |
| Check-in | From 4pm, check-out at noon; Booking says you must be 21. |
Times computed on OpenStreetMap’s roads on 4 and 5 October 2026; hours from the hotel’s pages read on 5 October.
Beyond the hotel
On foot: St Patrick’s 5 minutes, Grand Central 8, MoMA 13, Central Park 17.
St Patrick’s
The cathedral on Fifth Avenue: 5 minutes on foot.
Grand Central
The 1913 station, with trains up the Hudson and to Connecticut: 8 minutes on foot.
Rockefeller Center
8 minutes on foot; from the top, the Empire State Building to the south.
MoMA
The museum of modern art on 53rd Street: 13 minutes on foot.
Central Park
The Grand Army Plaza entrance: 17 minutes on foot, up Fifth Avenue.
From the Waldorf to Grand Central, St Patrick’s and Central Park
The hotel between Park Avenue and Lexington, Grand Central to the south, St Patrick’s and Rockefeller Center to the west, Central Park to the north. Tap a place to see the route.
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A day at the Waldorf
6.30am
Breakfast at Lex Yard
Lex Yard serves breakfast from 6.30am.
11am
Elevenses at Peacock Alley
From 11am to 3pm Peacock Alley serves tea, sparkling tea drinks and petits fours.
Noon
Afternoon tea at Yoshoku
Yoshoku serves tea from noon to 2.30pm on Wednesday to Friday, and from 11am on Saturday and Sunday.
The afternoon
The Guerlain spa
The spa is open from 9am to 7pm, and to 8pm on Wednesdays and Thursdays.
The evening
Kaiseki at Yoshoku
Yoshoku offers an à la carte dinner menu, a chef-curated kaiseki tasting menu and a rare Japanese whisky collection.
Waldorf Astoria New York reviews
Platform scores and what guests have said since the reopening: history you can feel, large rooms, the price, the service.
Scores read on 4 and 5 October 2026
Google2,126 reviews, including those before 20174.4/5
Tripadvisor160 reviews4.9/5
Booking.com72 reviews9.3/10
Expedia87 reviews9.8/10Guest voices
From the hotel’s Google listing, in 2026: old New York found again, a birthday, a free-night price, an evening event, the staff.
GoogleOld New York, kept
The old New York glamour has been kept: spacious, well-appointed rooms, warm service, a location hard to beat, and a sense of history you rarely find in newer luxury hotels.
Google · September 2026Read the review
GoogleA mother’s 65th birthday
A first stay, for her mother’s 65th birthday: the welcome starts on the kerb with the luggage, and check-in comes with a tour of the hotel.
Google · August 2026Read the review
GoogleOne to book on points
A great place to spend an American Express free night: paying $2,000 would be absurd, but the hotel is lovely and the renovation a success. The St. Regis is still another matter.
Google · August 2026Read the review
GoogleAn evening event
He was hosting an event that night and the wifi ran at 10 megabits; the front desk sent him to the tech team, the tech team to a cable, and the cable wanted a passcode.
Google · August 2026Read the review
GoogleThe staff
The concierge sent them across town to a closed museum, check-in took them up the wrong lift, and someone came into the room without knocking.
Google · May 2026Read the review
Questions before you go
Sources read on 4 and 5 October 2026.
How much does a night at the Waldorf Astoria New York cost?
On Google Hotels, read on 5 October 2026 for 2 adults before tax, the cheapest night of each month runs from $874 (11 January 2027) to $1,590 (23 December 2026): $1,203 on 20 November, $899 on 1 February, $1,343 on 21 March, $1,526 on 9 May. The dearest night in the calendar is 12 December 2026, at $4,176. For 12 November the hotel’s own site asked $1,554, Traveluro $1,492. 14.75% and $3.50 a night of tax come on top.
Does the Waldorf charge a destination fee?
Not in any price we read: for 12 November the hotel’s own link gave $1,554 and a total of $1,786.76, that is the price plus 14.75% and $3.50 of New York tax, with nothing else added. Breakfast is extra.
Is there a pool at the Waldorf Astoria New York?
Not for hotel guests. The 25-metre pool on the 25th floor is kept for those who live in the residences, as Hilton itself says in announcing the spa, and as Town & Country and Robb Report write; the hotel’s wellness page lists a spa, saunas, a hammam, a snow cave and a gym, and no pool. Expedia and the MICHELIN Guide list it among the hotel’s amenities: that is a mistake.
What is the Waldorf’s spa like, and when is it open?
It is the Guerlain Wellness Spa, 22,000 sq ft: Monday, Tuesday and Friday to Sunday 9am to 7pm, Wednesday and Thursday until 8pm. It has an infrared sauna, a Moroccan hammam, a snow cave, separate steam rooms for men and women and relaxation lounges. It is for over-18s only.
Is spa access included in the room rate?
No. Without a treatment you go in on a Day Pass: $75 for hotel guests, $150 for visitors from outside, according to Hilton’s announcement; a treatment, from $189, includes the saunas, hammam and snow cave. A 22% gratuity is added to treatments, plus New York tax.
Is breakfast included?
No, except in packages: Bed and Breakfast gives a $60 credit a person, up to $120 a room. At Lex Yard, 6.30 to 10.30am, eggs Benedict cost $35; in the room, 6 to 11am, the continental breakfast costs $55.
What is Lex Yard?
The hotel’s main restaurant, by Michael Anthony, the chef of Gramercy Tavern: a 220-seat American brasserie on 2 floors, on the corner of Lexington Avenue and 50th Street. It serves from breakfast to dinner; the Market Menu is $95. Everything on Lex Yard.
Can you have afternoon tea at the Waldorf?
Yes, at Yoshoku, in a Japanese version: Wednesday to Friday noon to 2.30pm, Saturday and Sunday 11am to 2.30pm. It costs $135 a person, $155 in a fuller version, $275 with caviar service. At Peacock Alley, 11am to 3pm, there is Elevenses, tea and petits fours.
Where can you park at the Waldorf?
Drivers arrive at the porte-cochère on 49th Street, between Park and Lexington, the only hotel porte-cochère in Manhattan according to Hilton. Valet parking is $110 a night for standard-sized vehicles and $125 for oversized ones, with no in-and-out privileges, according to the hotel’s questions and answers page.
Does the Waldorf Astoria New York allow pets?
Yes, dogs. Expedia says 2 a room, up to 65 lb each, at no charge; Booking confirms there is no fee; Google’s card speaks of a charge instead. The hotel sells a Bark Avenue package, with a bed, bowls, a bathrobe and a dog menu.
Is the Waldorf good for children?
Children of any age are welcome; from 18 they count as adults. An extra bed costs $250 a night, a cot is free on request. There is no kids’ club; 4 fit in the Deluxe Two Doubles, 41 m², or the 2-double Junior Suite, 59 m².
What time are check-in and check-out?
Check-in starts at 4pm, check-out is at noon. According to Booking you must be 21 to check in.
How far is the Waldorf from Grand Central and the airports?
Grand Central is 8 minutes on foot, the 51st Street subway, on the 6 line, 3. Without traffic LaGuardia is 16 minutes, JFK 31 and Newark 33 (OpenStreetMap, October 2026).
Where exactly is the Waldorf, and is the area quiet?
At 301 Park Avenue in Midtown East, the block between 49th and 50th Streets and between Park and Lexington Avenues, with St Bartholomew’s Church 3 minutes away on foot and Rockefeller Center 8 (OpenStreetMap, October 2026). Park Avenue carries traffic day and night: a guest writing in July 2026 advises light sleepers to ask for a room that does not face it, because traffic and the occasional horn can be heard from those rooms.
When did the Waldorf reopen, and how many rooms does it have?
It closed in 2017 and reopened in July 2025: The New York Times reported it on 15 July; the event rooms returned on 1 September. There are 375 rooms, against 1,400 before, plus 372 private residences. One travel site says August 2025; the works cost $1 billion according to Robb Report, $2 billion according to others.
Is there a dress code?
The hotel publishes none. For Lex Yard, OpenTable gives smart casual.
What happens on New Year’s Eve?
For 31 December 2026 the hotel advertises a party in Peacock Alley with an open bar, food stations and live music, a dinner with a midnight toast at Lex Yard and a 2-seating omakase at Yoshoku. Resy lists the Peacock Alley gala at $995 per guest plus tax; no price is published for the other 2.
Can you hold events and weddings?
Yes: since 1 September 2025 there are 43,000 sq ft of event rooms again, including the Grand Ballroom, where the Met Gala began, and the Basildon, Jade and Astor Rooms. Prices are not published.
Is the Waldorf open all year?
Yes: since it reopened in July 2025 no seasonal closure has been announced, and Google Hotels has prices from November 2026 to June 2027. Dates from July 2027 have no price yet.
Is it better to book direct?
Direct means the hotel’s site or hilton.com: you earn Hilton Honors points, with award nights from 150,000 points according to the hotel, and there are offers the agencies do not sell, such as 33% off 3 nights. But the price is not always the lowest: for 12 November the hotel asked $1,554, Traveluro $1,492.
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