Overnight New York is the independent guide to New York City hotels with honest, unbiased reporting and no ties to the hotels we write about. We visit each hotel anonymously and always pay when we eat and stay. Think of Overnight New York as a best friend who susses out where you want to spend the night — and where you don’t — and tells you what’s new, what’s trending and where to meet for drinks after work, indulge in a romantic dinner or put up the in-laws.
Fresh Flowers — The Ultimate Hotel Freebie For All — At The Plaza
/in Hotels in the News/by Terry TruccoI love hotel freebies, the kind you get when you walk through the door. A great looking lobby generously appointed with sofas and chairs? Check. Read more
On the Road: Sipping a Highlands Margarita at the Highlands Inn in Carmel, California
/in Hotel Food and Drink/by Terry TruccoIt sounds like a mixed metaphor, but no, we’re talking mixed drinks – one of the coolest drinks I’ve had this summer. Read more
A First Look At The Sheraton New York Hotel and Towers’ Renovated Rooms
/in Hotel Renovations/by Terry TruccoSome renovations are the hospitality equivalent of an out-patient procedure – new bed dressings, curtains, carpeting and TVs. Others are tantamount to a quadruple bypass — deep-dish metamorphoses that entail messy stuff, like ripping out showers, furnishings and climate systems. Read more
Millesime — A Restaurant That Captures the Mood of Woody Allen’s “Midnight in Paris”
/in Hotel Food and Drink/by Terry TruccoAn evocative movie, play, even art exhibition can make you hungry. Read more
A Big Win for Rory McIlroy, Jumeirah Hotels — and New York’s Essex House — at the 2011 US Open
/in Hotels Pets & Sports/by Terry TruccoFor anyone who follows golf, June 19, 2011 will be remembered as Rory McIlroy Day, thanks to the charming, unaffected 22-year-old golfer from Northern Ireland who won the US Open with a spectacular 16-under-par 268. Read more
Sipping a Vieux Carre at the Royalton’s Forty-Four Bar
/in Hotel Food and Drink/by Terry TruccoWe’re in the early stages of summer roof bar season, but no one would call most of New York’s recent nights balmy or sweet. So this week we offer a weather haven, a hotel bar where you can order a drink with a dash of glam and forget the gloom swirling around outdoors. Read more
A Big Dog and a Big Boy: The New York Palace and The Standard Roll Out Sculpture Under the Sky
/in Hotels and the Arts/by Terry TruccoYou know summer’s here when hotels start rolling out outsize outdoor sculptures, the warm-weather equivalent of the holiday tree. A big dog and a big boy on view all summer offer a taste of art and amusement, not to mention countless photo ops, in midtown and downtown. Read more
Are iPads The Next New “It” Item at Hotels? The Morgans Group Thinks So
/in Hotels and Tech/by Terry TruccoWhat’s the next hotel room amenity destined for the slag heap littered with CD players and tube TVs? My guess: the in-room phone with its push-button call list for the concierge, room service and housekeeping. Read more
Marilyn Monroe at the Washington Square Hotel — in a Show of Rare Black and White Photographs
/in Hotels and the Arts/by Terry TruccoJune 3rd would have been Marilyn Monroe’s 85th birthday. Since film legends never really die, Hollywood photographer Murray Garrett celebrated with a show of seldom seen – and in several cases never before seen – black-and-white images of the 1950’s most celebrated blonde at the Washington Square Hotel. Read more
Who Needs a Bartender (or a Chef)? These Three NYC Hotels Put You to Work (In a Good Way)
/in Hotel Food and Drink, Hotels and Tech, Hotels in the News/by Terry TruccoDon’t tip the Yotel robot
That much-discussed Yobot robotic arm that grabs and stores your luggage at the soon-to-open Yotel Times Square got us thinking about other nifty labor saving devices – as in the saving of the hotel staff’s labor – around town.
We visited three hotels with clever do-it-yourself amenities, read the instructions and pushed the appropriate buttons. How did we fare?
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