We have stayed at many, many hotels in Manhattan and our favorite has been the JW Marriott Essex... until now. We had avoided downtown for the most part, thinking that being by Central Park is better.
We decided to try the Conrad New York through the Amex Hotel Collection and boy, are we glad we did. It’s location in a quiet part of Battery Park beats Central Park any day. The view from our suite (725) was ridiculously picturesque. There is a good amount of storage in the suite, as well as a very comfortable bed, separate sitting room, huge and powerful shower, and thoughtful touches.
We tried breakfast, dinner and happy hour at the hotel restaurant. We also had room service. Everything was terrific. There is a great variety of choices on the menus. Special note to Hilton Gold (and up) members - the free breakfast is extremely generous, and the included buffet on the weekends is huge, including just about anything you could imagine at multiple stations. I was particularly impressed by the multiple egg choices (even scrambled egg whites on the buffet) and meat choices. Also varieties of potatoes, cereals, pastries, yogurt, oatmeal, fruit, breads, juices, cheeses, things I can’t even remember...You can eat as healthy or as unhealthy as you want at this buffet.
If you don’t want to eat at the hotel, there are other dining options such as Shake Shack attached to the building,...We have stayed at many, many hotels in Manhattan and our favorite has been the JW Marriott Essex... until now. We had avoided downtown for the most part, thinking that being by Central Park is better.
We decided to try the Conrad New York through the Amex Hotel Collection and boy, are we glad we did. It’s location in a quiet part of Battery Park beats Central Park any day. The view from our suite (725) was ridiculously picturesque. There is a good amount of storage in the suite, as well as a very comfortable bed, separate sitting room, huge and powerful shower, and thoughtful touches.
We tried breakfast, dinner and happy hour at the hotel restaurant. We also had room service. Everything was terrific. There is a great variety of choices on the menus. Special note to Hilton Gold (and up) members - the free breakfast is extremely generous, and the included buffet on the weekends is huge, including just about anything you could imagine at multiple stations. I was particularly impressed by the multiple egg choices (even scrambled egg whites on the buffet) and meat choices. Also varieties of potatoes, cereals, pastries, yogurt, oatmeal, fruit, breads, juices, cheeses, things I can’t even remember...You can eat as healthy or as unhealthy as you want at this buffet.
If you don’t want to eat at the hotel, there are other dining options such as Shake Shack attached to the building, as well as a movie theater. Brookfield Place (high end mall with Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Burberry, Hermès, and the like) is directly across the street and through it, you can connect underground all the way to the Oculus, where you can catch just about any subway line you need to get anywhere in Manhattan. In this mall and connecting underground corridor (which is extremely well lit, well traveled, and safe day and night) are many, many food and dining options, including an Eataly.
If all this weren’t enough to impress us, the neighborhood itself was really special. It’s a quiet, upscale, lovely corner of Manhattan that never seemed noisy and overwhelmingly crazy. Yes, we’ve enjoyed staying by Central Park, and a little “hustle and bustle” is part of the fun of NYC, but it’s also nice to return to a quieter, homier, yet decidedly upscale area at the end of the day. This is how we felt at the Conrad. More
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