Like London, a new hotel or restaurant emerges practically every week in New York! Old School and New School, five-star luxury hotels for every taste!

On the cusp of spring, I plan to spend a few days exploring new hotels in the Big Apple. We have our favorites, and my last night will find me at The Lowell, who hosted our favorite Entourage Family. We made sure a tea kettle was ready and waiting in each suite for the merry Irish Clan Celebration.

Reopening after four years, The Four Seasons on 57th Street, what could be a better address? Although we book Four Seasons downtown at least twice a month for a devoted Four Seasons Addict! Midtown is always a desired location.

One of our favorite rep teams has shared their newest NY Stunner: The Fifth Avenue Hotel, a Leading Hotels property, who VIP’s our peeps! With a self-proclaimed Flâneur sensibility and a prime location in the eclectic NoMad neighborhood currently in the midst of a cultural renaissance, The Fifth Avenue Hotel is New York City’s hottest new design hotel. This luxury property 110 distinctly designed guest rooms and 43 suites housed in a historic 19th century mansion, designed by famed architectural firm McKim, Mead and White. Each evokes a different sensibility with distinctive color palettes, eclectic collections of art, and furnishings to imbue elegance and charm. I’m plotting my stay.

Of course, any Firmdale property is always on our radar, The Warren Hotel is the newest opening on the edge of Tribeca and the Financial district and I’m staying! Kit Kemp is the Queen of pattern and personality.

Mandarin Oriental, one of New York City quintessential five-star hotels, just off Columbus Circle offers elite service, impressive views and a glamorous 75-foot lap pool overlooking the Hudson River. You can’t be any closer to Thomas Keller’s Per Se!

The Surrey has been reimagined with Corinthia Hotel group in the upper east side. Ideally located, mere steps from Central Park and shopper’s mecca, Madison Avenue. Signature Suites are inspired by the bridges of Central Park. Hot ticket restaurant Casa Tua is open to the public.

The Peninsula deserves another look, it’s been years since I’ve stayed, always a favorite of our Montecito peeps. One of the most magnificent in Midtown! Ultra Luxury outposts in Beverly Hills with the Chic Pink Suite and in Chicago.

A London transplant, sibling property. The Twenty-Two Members Club set to open January 2025. Set on Union Square, comprised of 77 bedrooms, a restaurant and a private members club. The highly anticipated development will open within the nine-floor Margaret Louisa Home on Union Square and comprise a 77-bedroom hotel, restaurant and private members club. The room count includes 17 suites, plus an expansive rooftop penthouse under a vaulted roof with dramatic city views. The hotel’s second floor will house a dedicated private members space, while the ground floor will welcome the public to all-day dining concept Cafe Zaffri. The Twenty-Two New York, founded by hotelier Navid Mirtorabi, and Jamie Reuben (Reuben Brothers), co-founders of the original London property, in partnership with real-estate developer and native New Yorker, Michael Chetrit.

Faena New York spring 2025 debut. The latest opening for Accor’s luxury boutique brand. Located within One High Line’s East Tower, by the High Line and Hudson River. Faena New York will comprise 120 rooms and suites, each boasting breathtaking views and décor. 

The much-anticipated rebirth of the Waldorf Astoria has been pushed back to spring 2025. The historic hotel closed in 2017 to undergo an extensive restoration and has seen its number of bedrooms reduced from 1,400 to 375, which will allow the rooms to be some of the largest in the city, 

You can always treat me to a cocktail at the timeless Bemelmans Bar in the Carlyle, a Rosewood Hotel with 253 rooms, Forbes awards it Five Stars! You ask why Bemelmans? With masterpiece murals by Ludwig Bemelmans, the creator of the classic Madeline children’s books, Bemelmans is a cozy New York institution, an upscale piano bar with sparkling stories and casual chatter, the bar dates to 1947.