GRAMERCY PARK
Name Hotel: GRAMERCY PARK
Country: United States
Location: US/New York
City: New York
Stars: 2.5
Description:
Eleven-year-old and future president named John F. Kennedy lived here with his parents. Humphrey Bogart married his first wife here in the rooftop garden. The legendary Gramercy Park Hotel sits in the heart of New York’s most fashionable and delightful neighborhoods amid Victorian townhouses and neo-Gothic brownstones, overlooking its namesake park. This former”rock’n'roll hotel” is still a haunt of celebrities. The Gramercy Park Bar is the more venerable hangout, with red velvet curtains, BelleÉpoque furnishings and fireplace-lit back room. Beaded chandeliers and funky red, gold and purple velvet sofas greet visitors to the retro-chic Cobalt Club. Besides Hemingway daiquiris, the hotel’s High Bar dishes up truly jumbo shrimp cocktail, salmon tartar, Niman Ranch baby back ribs and an oversized Portobello mushroom and goat cheese salad.
Guests will marvel at magical Manhattan views from the bar’s wraparound outdoor terrace, where Bogie got hitched in 1926. Patrons have included rocker Sting and actors Matt Dillon, Peter O’Toole, Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman.
As for location, the Gramercy is within walking distance or quick subway, taxi and bus rides from theaters, shopping, museums and other sites synonymous with the city that never sleeps. A profusion of stylish restaurants, delis and boutiques sits just five to eight blocks away.
The hotel provides continental breakfasts, fitness center, massage therapy, safes, and valet and laundry service. Guest rooms and suites vary from 200 to 450 square feet and are appointed with green carpets, dark-wood furniture, cream-and-taupe curtains and colorful bedspreads. They include TVs, premium movies, phones with data ports, bathrobes and safes.
An oasis of quiet dignity in the heart of Manhattan, the Gramercy Park Hotel offers a truly unique experience - and departing guests will say,”We’ll always have Manhattan!” Here’s looking at you!