Ace Hotel New York
20 W. 29th Street, New York City, NY, USA
Neighborhood: Manhattan - Midtown
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After some years making a name for itself on the West Coast, the Ace brand arrives in the East, with a New York outpost on Broadway at 29th Street. And, as you’d expect, this one is a little bit different from other New York hotels. Start with the location: while you’re in the middle of Manhattan, and thus about three seconds from basically anywhere, this particular section of Broadway in the upper 20s is off most tourists’ radar, and most property developers’ as well. This is one way the Ace Hotel NYC manages to stick to its budget-friendly price point, and makes for a bit of colorful street life as well.
Pains have been taken to ensure that the Ace retains a bit of atmosphere from its SRO-hotel past. This is a grittier and less polished take on the boutique hotel, something quite a bit less glossy and aspirational than the Schrager version of decades past. Here you’ll find surplus and salvage furnishings along with vintage turntables (complete with vinyl library) and, in some rooms, a few well-chosen high-end items — Smeg refrigerators stocked with a decent selection of food and drinks certainly come in handy, as do the iPod hookups for those of us who have gone digital.
The funky, minimal décor underlines the point that the Ace has more in common with apartment life than with the traditional hotel experience. The lobby bar is a hot ticket every night of the week, as is the Breslin restaurant, something of a sequel to the West Village’s very fine Spotted Pig — meanwhile Stumptown is a genuine contender for the title of New York’s top coffee shop, and the John Dory is the oyster bar with the corner view onto Broadway.
Who’s it for? The prices certainly aren’t off-putting, and the audience is thus a bit broader than you’ll find in New York’s pricier boutiques. It's fair to say the Ace caters to real live creative types — anyone from freelancers paying their own way to rock bands accustomed to North Jersey motels.
- 275 Rooms
- Style: Cutting-Edge
- Atmosphere: Lively
- 285 Guest Reviews
- Ace Hotel New York
- 20 W. 29th Street
- New York City, NY, USA
- Neighborhood: Manhattan - Midtown
Hotel amenities and services
- 100% non-smoking hotel
- 24 hour concierge
- 24 hour front desk
- 24 hour gym
- 24 hour room service
- Bar
- Business center
- Central air conditioning
- Free wi-fi
- Lounge
- Luggage storage
- Off street parking
- Restaurant
- Room service
- Self service parking (charges apply)
- Shopping area nearby
- Spa
- Wake-up service
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285 Guest Reviews
All reviews are from Tablet guests with verified stays.
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- Paul
- Stayed November 2011
- Rating: Poor
What I liked:
Stylish and hip hotel in a great central location. A few blocks from Eataly which we loved.
Awesome Opening Ceremony store in the building as well as Project No. 8 and Stumptown coffee.
What the hotel could do better:
We found that being hotel guests came second to the general public that flood the common areas like the lobby lounge. In this case, popularity is more a curse for guests than a blessing. We had to wait in a long line for coffee with all of the local hipsters and barely found a seat in the lobby with a couple of hours to kill before our departure flight becuase the lobby is generally packed with locals on their laptops taking advantage of free wifi and just hanging out.
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- Stephan
- Stayed November 2011
- Rating: Fair
What I liked:
Location
What the hotel could do better:
Get better beds, pillows. Rooms very noisy, lobby a mess.
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- Kristin
- Stayed December 2011
- Rating: Excellent
What I liked:
Great style in fit out of room and all restuarants and bars.
Great central location.
What the hotel could do better:
Had a wonderful stay!
Perhaps include a few more small artworks in rooms on blank walls.
