Mandarin Oriental New York

Hotel Information: The Mandarin Oriental occupies floors 35-54 of the Time Warner Center’s north high-rise at Columbus Circle, where Midtown, Central Park, and Upper Manhattan converge. A glass ceiling sculpture created by Dale Chihuly, in partnership with Waterford Crystal, dominates an elliptical lobby. Express elevators ascend to the 35th floor, where the “sky lobby” provides expansive views of the park and city.

Amenity highlights: The two-level spa practices the Time Ritual concept, where guests book customized experiences in blocks of time rather than by treatment. In addition to seven treatment rooms, the spa offers “experience” showers infused with soothing fragrances, a steam room, Vitality Pools, a tea lounge, and men’s and women’s relaxation lounges. The private VIP Spa Suite has two treatment beds.

Wireless Internet access is provided hotel-wide (surcharge).

Insider tip: Guests can catch a rising star at Lincoln Center, three blocks away, when the Juilliard School presents hundreds of student performances at little or no cost. Tickets are required for the larger events and are available at the Lincoln Center box office. Even sold-out shows often have last-minute seats available; standby lines form one hour before concert time.

Located in the north high-rise of the Time Warner Center, this New York luxury hotel offers guestrooms on floors 38–54. All have floor-to-ceiling windows with expansive views of Central Park, the Hudson River, the Manhattan skyline, or other city sights. Binoculars are provided. Rooms have stylish, 1940s-inspired cherry-wood furniture and Asian-inspired palettes of Chinese red and silver, or jet-black and pale gold. Bedding includes custom Italian Fili D’oro brand Egyptian-cotton linens.

The home-theater experience includes a 36-inch, flat-panel, high-definition TV with approximately 100 channels; surround sound stereo; and CD and DVD players with complimentary CD/DVD library. Rooms offer wireless, high-speed, and TV-based Internet access (surcharges), and three multiline phones. In-room safes and stocked minibars are standard amenities.

Spanish marble bathrooms provide Italian granite vanities, flat-panel TVs, telephones, makeup/shaving mirrors, oversized towels, bathrobes and slippers, soaking tubs, and separate rainfall showers.

Large corner suites have separate living and sleeping areas as well as two flat-panel, high-definition TVs, an additional half bath, and upgraded amenities.

A complimentary newspaper is delivered each day. Twice-daily housekeeping includes turndown service with chocolates and Fiji water.

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