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
- 223 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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223 Guest Reviews
All reviews are from Tablet guests with verified stays.
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- kelley
- Stayed June 2011
- Rating: Poor
What I liked:
bar and common spaces are cool if a little dated
What the hotel could do better:
there are NO mini bars in the rooms, room service was not "working during my stay. The rooms are as big as a closet with really weird and unnatractive wood panelling and flocked ceilings. bathrooms are a disaster.
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- Susana
- Stayed June 2011
- Rating: Poor
What I liked:
I enjoyed the terrace and the lobby. The hotel initially seemed nicer than it was.
What the hotel could do better:
The rooms need an overhaul. They don't feel as contemporary as the the hotel itself. The room wasn't very clean. The beds are tiny and have terrible springs. The bathrooms smell like mold. Most importantly, the hotel seemed very understaffed. Buy a new key card maker. There's doesn't work.
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- Mathieu
- Stayed March 2011
- Rating: Poor
What I liked:
Nothing special, except maybe the location. The hotel look fancy and cool with the great pictures but it's far from being nice. It's not that clean, it smells cigarette everywhere in the hotel, pretty much everything is outdated, and the service is bad (I had an issue with my window not closing and me freezing in the room, after multiple trips to the lobby, it took 3 hours for them to realize that maintenance wasn't responding and that they could change me room). It's also pretty noisy and you wait forever for one of the 6 (!!!) elevator to come to your floor.
What the hotel could do better:
Have a better sense of cleanliness, stop behaving like you're cool, your hotel is old and not nice at all
