Hudson
356 West 58th Street, New York City, NY, USA
Neighborhood: Manhattan - Midtown West
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Let’s get something out of the way: most of the guest rooms at the Hudson, a hyper-stylized Philippe Starck dreamworld of a hotel just two blocks from Columbus Circle and Central Park, are minuscule. Fittingly, they’re a modern take on old-fashioned trans-Atlantic ship cabins, and though they’re under-sized, starting at just 130 square feet, the design is fully realized — walls paneled in rich, dark cherrywood, African hardwood floors, bedside lamps by the British x-ray photographer Nick Veasey. Beds covered in crisp Egyptian cotton linens and billowing down duvets don’t make the rooms any larger, but like the C.O. Bigelow products in the bathroom, they certainly make things cushier.
If you’ve heard the cliché about the city’s sleeping habits, you know that the point here is not to hole up in your room, anyway. There’s plenty of acreage to roam in the Hudson’s de facto backyard — that would be Central Park — while the hotel itself offers an Alice-style wonderland of social spaces. To say that you’re transported as you enter the hotel is to put it quite mildly. The lobby, with soaring glass ceilings and brick walls dripping with ivy, is reached through an escalator encased in a luminous glass tunnel.
The theme continues in the heated, glass-roofed Private Park, home to forty-five-foot trees, still more ivy-covered brick, and a mix of antique and modern garden furniture that invites a long, drink-in-hand laze. For something cozier, the Library Bar is styled after an old English drawing room — enormous fireplace, antique billiards table, and classic leather sofas and wing chairs. But the Sky Terrace is the real pièce de résistance; from the fifteenth floor, views of the city and the Hudson are spectacular.
The bold, whimsical design makes for a hotel that feels as much like a social club, not so much an escape from the buzzing city outside as a more private, stylish version of it. It’s a departure from the midtown norm, to be sure, but if you’ve read this far, you’re probably as inclined as we are to score that in the Hudson’s favor.
- 1000 Rooms
- Style: Cutting-Edge
- Atmosphere: Happening
- 219 Guest Reviews
- Hudson
- 356 West 58th Street
- New York City, NY, USA
- Neighborhood: Manhattan - Midtown West
Hotel amenities and services
- 100% non-smoking hotel
- 24 hour concierge
- 24 hour front desk
- 24 hour gym
- Bar
- Boardroom
- Business center
- Central air conditioning
- Library
- Luggage storage
- Self service parking (charges apply)
- Valet parking (charges apply)
- Wi-fi (charges apply)
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219 Guest Reviews
All reviews are from Tablet guests with verified stays.
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- Shih-Fu
- Stayed October 2010
- Rating: Fair
What I liked:
The usual Starck spunk. It's always a cleverly wonderful design. Quirky. Also can expect a reasonably level of quality.
What the hotel could do better:
Hotel is simply in a serious need of a facelift, more specifically the rooms. It is really getting dated and things are broken left right and center around the window areas. The bathroom is really hopeless. Don't get this in any of the other Starck hotels we have stayed in. Trouble is the standard cheap American construction does not work. The rail for shower, is painted so it rust, it is folded metal so it bends, the metal is thin so the ends fall off and hence the curtain, the curtain is too short, the toilets don't hang off the wall so the floor is spatially compromised and space looks domestic, the lights are standard flourescents with no mood, the door is the usual crap steel painted door that after the first repaint look like back of house, the door frame is standard american folded frame with no sharp corners so again it looks back of house when I close the door behind me, the lockset it think cheap and plated, the white tile simply is not holding up. Worst Starck bathroom to date. Got to get the hardware right of the entire thing looks cheap. The wood panelling also looks a bit date in bedroom, not sure why but this is holding up OK except for face nailing of all the battens which looks cheap.
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- deanna
- Stayed September 2010
- Rating: Good
What I liked:
No complaints. The Hudson is fantastic!
What the hotel could do better:
Nothing, had a wonderful stay!
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- Charles
- Stayed July 2010
- Rating: Good
What I liked:
Located Near Transportation
Great Public Areas
Great Drink Spots
What the hotel could do better:
Dirty Dishes in the Hallways
