This terrace bar area will be one of Manhattan's most sought-after drinking spots in the warmer months, predicts Ted Perhaps there are more, but they're mesmerised by their fires and the TVs going up and down. Only 83 gargantuan suites – plus 22 residences.Īt both breakfasts during our two-night stay, we're joined by only a handful of guests. Herein, incidentally, lies part of the explanation for the credit-card-sapping tariffs – there are no small rooms. Or easily my entire two-bedroom London flat, which covers a mere 675 sq ft (63 sq metres).Īnd this 8th-floor room, I discover, is actually one of the smallest in the hotel. Interior-design sorcery seems to be at work - I feel soporifically cocooned, yet there's enough space for a small orchestral concert. (And in the middle of the night the fancy hi-tech Japanese Toto toilet – which we nickname R2 D-Loo - emits the occasional beep and whir.)
I enjoy disturbing the peace by using the room's tablet controller to extinguish and reignite the fireplace – and to direct the TV to disappear into the desk beneath it. The room is whisper-quiet – engineered we're told to be as hushed as a recording studio. Backlit rice-paper panels set within each door, meanwhile, enhance the relaxing ambience – as does the soundproofing. I also love the way the main bedroom is separated from the bathroom by a series of pivoting louvre doors that can be angled to open up or seal off the space.
This is the only hotel in New York with a working fireplace in every room. It's an eye-catching touch, as is the gas-powered fireplace. Ted learns that the rooms are engineered to be as hushed as a recording studio
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