PUBLIC Hotel in New York
Lower East Side, Manhattan
While the Lower East Side is no longer the tough spot of decades past, it’s always been a desert for affordable hotels that weren’t of the hostel variety. Everything changed with the arrival of the PUBLIC hotel in 2017: Ian Schrager’s sexy and chic boutique hotel that brings a bit of uptown to the city center. While the sheer number of restaurants and bars is certainly a draw here (this is a Schrager hotel, after all), we also love the minimalist-chic rooms. Think Brutalist-style concrete ceilings, paired with beds encased in backlit wooden frames, with huge floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking one of New York’s liveliest neighborhoods.
Price: from £275 per night
Radio Hotel
Washington Heights, Manhattan
Washington Heights rose to prominence last year with the release of In the heights; and this year, Manhattan’s North End finally gets its first-ever full-service boutique hotel. The multicolored Radio Hotel, which opened in June 2022, has 221 rooms and offers architectural and gastronomic tours of the neighborhood, a lively rooftop with picture-perfect views of the city and the famous GW Bridge, as well as the first US location of popular Dominican Restaurant, Jalao.
Price: from £195 per night