Hotel Gansevoort

Hotel description

Hotel Gansevoort is a luxury boutique hotel located in the hip Meatpacking District. The hotel features Jeffrey Chodorow's Japanese restaurant, Ono and plunge, a rooftop bar and lounge.

The latest in a string of contenders for hippest New York neighborhood, the Meatpacking District is home to the city’s hottest restaurants and bars, a number of upscale boutiques and salons, and if you’re up early enough, a bit of genuine old-fashioned meatpacking. Its advantages over other would-be hotspots (Hell’s Kitchen? Brooklyn, anyone?) include its deep downtown location, convenient to the financial district as well as the artier Soho and West Village, as well as, in places like the Gansevoort’s rooftop lounge, sweeping views of the Hudson River.

Add to that, now, one of New York’s most striking modern hotels, an unashamedly upscale glass and metal structure, refreshing amidst the neighborhood’s fake-old reproduction restaurants and real-old cobbled streets and brick warehouses. At just thirteen stories it would be no more than a bump in the midtown pavement; down here, though, the skyline is lower, and Hotel Gansevoort fairly towers over its neighbors. You may even be able to peer mockingly down upon the star-studded rooftop bar of the members-only Soho House from the comfort of your room.

And quite a room it is: in addition to the view, there are the basics like wi-fi internet and plasma TVs, as well as rare (for New York) high ceilings and bay windows, and some novel lighting effects. But as above-average as the rooms are, it’s the public spaces that truly impress, from Ono, the Jeffrey Chodorow-helmed Japanese restaurant, to the rooftop deck with its 45-foot heated pool (complete with underwater sound system) and its garden and lounge, offering 360-degree views.

Like any newly hip neighborhood, the Meatpacking District lives and dies by its nightlife, and the same is true to some extent of the Gansevoort itself. At night the neighborhood is beset with revelers from all over the city, and the hotel bar itself is a hot ticket. There’s no shortage of entertainment; but mercifully for those in search of a quiet night’s sleep, the rooms are sufficiently above it all to afford a measure of peace.

Travelling with Kids

Some rooms accommodate 3 or more. The "Suite" room sleeps up to 4 guests. For crib/cot, must book "Superior" room or larger. For 2 adults + rollaway bed, must book "Do not have rollaways" or larger. For 2 adults + 2 kids beyond crib age, must book "Deluxe" room or larger. Connecting rooms available. Can be confirmed upon reservation.

Cribs are available and may be subject to an additional fee. No additional charges for kids beyond crib/roll-away.

Fenced in pool available that allows kids. Babysitting services provided by screened outside help. The restaurant is kid-friendly with high chairs. Room service offers a kids menu.