With its famous nightlife and cultural attraction, New York City brings thousands of visitors from around the world each year. Hotels abound in New York, from luxury accommodations to simple backpacker hostels. Here you'll find dozens of fun hotels offering comfortable accommodations in a funky or non-traditional atmosphere. Many of these hotels are small, independently owned boutiques rather than international chains.
This hip, ultra-modern hotel is aimed at the tech-savvy iPhone-toting crowd. Conveniently located in Midtown East near famous attractions like Radio City Music Hall, Times Square and Rockefeller Center, The Pod Hotel offers spacious, clean rooms with beds ranging from queens to bunks. All rooms come equipped with mp3 player docking stations and cool individual lighting controls that you can set according to your mood. Free wireless Internet, personal LCD TVs, sleek modern bathrooms, designer furniture and in-room safes are also included. The Pod Hotel is 100 percent non-smoking.
The Pod Hotel
230 East 51st Street
New York, NY 10022
212-355-0300
thepodhotel.com
On its website the Roger Smith Hotel describes itself as a "positive, open and friendly spot...committed to great ideas, creative and entertaining interaction with the City." With provocative artwork, book collections and potted plants, this casual boutique hotel aims to please and make its guests feel at home while fully engaged with the city. Choose from a standard guest room, junior suite, one bedroom suite or deluxe suite, all of which include wireless Internet, free local phone calls, movie rentals, mini-fridge, cable TV, hair dryer, iron/ironing board and coffee maker. Open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, the colorful Lily's Bar & Restaurant downstairs offers seasonal daily specials and eclectic New American cuisine.
Roger Smith Hotel
501 Lexington Avenue
New York, NY 10017
212-755-1400
rogersmith.com
This off-beat hotel, which The New York Times describes as a "hotel for young hipsters," is in the former space of the historic Breslin Hotel built in 1904. Ace Hotel incorporates objects and lighting design concepts from different eras to create something unconventional yet rooted in local history. Paintings and sculptures by young artists fill both the living areas and rooms. Choose from six different accommodation types: small, medium, large, loft, cheap and bunk, all of which include a mini-fridge, free high-speed wireless Internet and a fully-stocked mini-bar. Adjacent Liberty Hall hosts gallery shows, concerts, wedding receptions, fashion shows and other events.
Ace Hotel
20 W 29th Street
New York City, NY 10001
212-679-2222
acehotel.com
