The Mercer

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Neighborhood: Manhattan - Soho

Style: Cutting-Edge

Atmosphere: Happening

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Located at the intersection of Mercer and Prince in SoHo, The Mercer hotel is New York's first loft hotel and captures the very essence of the area. Lofts are a uniquely SoHo phenomenon, pioneered by artists in the 1960s who took over the neighborhood's many abandoned warehouses. Loft living is about sunlight and leaving the original architecture intact, and at The Mercer, brickwork is exposed, windows are industry size, and iron support columns run from floor to ceiling. It's one of the few New York hotels to boast wooden floors, and Christian Liaigre's spare furnishings are appropriately unobtrusive, because, as your downtown designer friend might say, the beauty of a place is in its empty spaces.

Walking into the lobby/library (not a gimmick—you can check the books out) is like walking into the apartment of that same designer friend of yours—pale leather screens, worn Turkish carpet, leather banquettes and low oval coffee tables. The rooms have a nice secular touch—no Bibles, just Paper magazine—while bathrooms feature stark white tiles, deliciously soft Frette towels and hip Face Stockholm beauty products. Ask for a room where the Scandinavian blonde wood partitions dividing bedroom and bathroom slide open and voila, you're having a soak just steps away from your plush, inviting bed. To be frank, the arrangement (the cube shaped tubs easily fit two) is conducive to frolicking, as are the huge walk-in showers and the six-foot mirrors. (Yes, there are complimentary mints and condoms alongside the shampoo.)

The neighboring Mercer Kitchen houses a bar, usually crammed with well-heeled Manhattanites gossiping, and sporting plenty of Prada-clad attitude, while the restaurant is French family dining, as interpreted by über-chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten, and is booked out weeks in advance.

Surprisingly, perhaps, The Mercer is a good hotel for families—babies can sleep in Frette-lined cribs, complete with toys—and while the staff may be well-dressed, they don't put on any airs: they'll get you anything from Assam teabags to a bikini wax in your room at two in the morning. You never have to step foot outside the Mercer for want of anything; and in New York terms, that is living at its most decadent.

Kids:

Guests over the age of 15 are considered adults. Some rooms accommodate 3 or more. The "Suite" room sleeps up to 4 guests. For crib/cot, must book "Deluxe Mercer Room" room or larger. For 2 adults + rollaway bed, must book "Deluxe Mercer Room" or larger. For 2 adults + 2 kids beyond crib age, must book "Loft Studio" room or larger. Connecting rooms available. Can be confirmed upon reservation.

Cribs are available for an additional fee of US$0.00. Roll-away beds available for an additional fee of US$0.00. Extra charge in addition to crib/roll-away cost id US$0.00

Babysitting services provided by screened outside help at US$25.00 per hour. Daycare services provided, kids between the ages of 0 and 10 can be dropped off on a fixed schedule at US$25.00 per hour. The restaurant is kid-friendly with high chairs. None

Emergency amenities include Diaper, Diaper Pail, Wipes, Baby Soap and Shampoo, High Chair, Push Chair and Toys.