The Carlyle | T+L 500 2008 | Travel + Leisure

The Carlyle

Genteel 1930's Art Deco hotel on the Upper East Side.

Score 82.87
Stats 181 rooms; 1 restaurant; 1 bar.
Competitive Edge A discreet, white-glove atmosphere that keeps the A-list coming back.
Rooms to Book One of the 28 Premiers: Mark Hampton-designed Corners are the largest; Towers have floor-to-ceiling windows.
Don't Miss Bartender Brian Van Flandern's knockout cocktails, served in the intimate Bemelmans Bar.
Cost Doubles from $755.
Contact 35 East 76th Street
Upper East Side
(800) 227-5737 or (212) 744-1600

www.rosewoodhotels.com

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“There are 60 co-op apartments at the Carlyle, and 180 hotel accommodations, set in a family-oriented uptown neighborhood. Alexandra says that at first she was 'concerned about how few kids lived at this hotel. It made me big on manners. Sterling greets the doormen, the elevator men by name. He visits the chef.'...” MORE»

—Lisa Birnbach
“Real-Life Eloises” in Travel + Leisure, Jun 2006

“Suite 2806 at the Carlyle has its own gym equipped with a treadmill, stationary bike, and tanning station. After a strenuous workout, treat yourself to a juice (stocked at your request) and a soak in the oversized San Laurent marble tub....” MORE»


“T+L Reports: Suite Relief” in Travel + Leisure, Dec 2003

“Each of the 180 ultra-traditional guest rooms has been individually appointed by Mark Hampton with plumply upholstered slipper chairs and cutting-garden chintzes. Bobby Short has been entertaining in the CafĂ© Carlyle, lined with those quixotic Vertes murals, for more than three decades. At New York's most treasured and aristocratic grand hotel, it seems, the Gilded Age never ended. Rosewood recently acquired the silk-stocking landmark one block over from Central Park and plans an extensive refurbishment, but the old-world flourishes and...” MORE»


“50 Romantic Hotels” in Travel + Leisure, Feb 2002