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.
A High-Profile Cameo for The Waldorf-Astoria, Co-Starring with Matt Damon in “The Adjustment Bureau”
/in Hotels and the Arts/by Terry TruccoIt isn’t easy to steal a scene from Matt Damon and Emily Blunt. But the Waldorf-Astoria in all its Art Deco glory does precisely that during the early scenes of The Adjustment Bureau, the new sci-fi-tinged thriller that opened this weekend. After all, there’s not a lot, living or inanimate, that can compete with the Waldorf’s vaunted Hall of Mirrors, patterned after the original in Versailles. Read more
Trilby: The Cooper Square Hotel Tries Out (Yet Another) New Resaurant
/in Hotel Food and Drink/by Terry TruccoThe Cooper Square, the chilly-chic East Village hotel that looks like it belongs in Dubai, is less than three years old, but already its restaurant is in the try, try again stage. Read more
What’s New and Notable at the 2011 New York Times Travel Show
/in Hotels in the News/by Terry TruccoWho Needs London? New York Hotels Where You Can Watch the Royal Wedding (With Breakfast)
/in Hotel Food and Drink, Hotels in the News/by Terry TruccoEvery publication under the sun has written about the upcoming April 29 nuptials of Prince William and Kate Middleton. And now it’s Overnight New York’s turn. Read more
A First Look at the Proudly Green Element New York Times Square West
/in Green Hotels/by Terry TruccoAs a group, New York City hotels aren’t very green. It’s not for want of trying. Many reside in old buildings constructed long before sustainability was on the radar. Yet almost weekly you hear of advances on the green front, from baby steps to strides. Read more
A New Name for a New(ish) Hotel: Good Bye, Fashion 26 — Hello, Hilton New York Fashion District
/in Hotels in the News/by Terry TruccoFashion is fickle — even, apparently, when it comes to hotels.
Consider the newly flagged Hilton New York/Fashion District. This fashion-themed high rise – so close to the Fashion Institute of Technology you can teeter over in mile-high Louboutins — opened officially April 5, 2010 as Fashion 26 — A Wyndham Hotel. Read more
W Hotels Strut Their Stuff During Fall 2011 Fashion Week
/in Hotels and Fashion/by Terry TruccoFor New York’s most style-obsessed hotels, Fashion Week is a gift. What better way to fill rooms during the dead of winter? W Hotels, a super-savvy marketer, goes a step further and embraces Fashion Week as an opportunity to fill rooms and strut its stuff. Read more
Is the Hotel Carter the Dirtiest Hotel in New York?
/in Hotels in the News/by Terry TruccoIt’s the Top Ten list hotels dread. When Trip Advisor released its 2011 roster of the nation’s ten dirtiest hotels complete with reader-supplied pictures — Cockroaches! Black stuff in the showers! Holes on the bathroom floor! – one New York hotel scored a place of dishonor near the top. Read more
A First Look at Style On the Cheap at The New Pod Hotel
/in Hotel Openings and Closings/by Terry TruccoInvasion of the Body Snatchers aside, Pod is a cool name for a budget hotel. To my ears, it sounds upbeat and hip, because what could be more upbeat, or hip, than a place that proudly admits its rooms are small and cheap? Read more
Crosby Street Hotel’s Monday Night Movies Invites Authors to Introduce Their Favorite Films
/in Hotels and the Arts/by Terry TruccoAs a fan of the Crosby Street Hotel’s Sunday Night Film Club (a club in name only) I perked up when I discovered the hotel’s stylish basement screening room – orange leather chairs, state of the art equipment – had launched a new series. Planned for four Mondays sprinkled throughout 2011, “Under the Influence: Writers on Film” pairs celluloid with lit, featuring a movie chosen by a prominent writer followed by a discussion with said writer and screenwriter Michael Maren. A reception with wine and nibbles wraps things up. Read more