As the saying goes, in New York City you are where you live. Manhattan-bound visitors wise enough to heed that urban proverb should therefore plan on staying at the Warwick Hotel, positioned at the very doorstep of the greatest city on Earth. But the Warwick is more than its enviable street address; it’s a leading pillar of civility that offers refined accommodations merged with an all-too-rare degree of privacy for its discerning clientele.

In fact, the Warwick transforms the home-away-from-home cliche into truth—after all, the hotel got its start when publishing magnate William Randolph Hearst built the structure in 1926 as a residential hotel with private apartments for his Hollywood friends. The grandeur of the Renaissance-Revival structure reflects the five million dollars that Hearst spent, but the lobby itself was deliberately kept small to enhance the building’s residential atmosphere. Such attention to privacy has attracted guests as diverse as the Beatles, Elvis Presley and Cary Grant, a 12-year resident for whom the Presidential Suite is now named.

Each of the 359 guest rooms and 67 suites are spacious and stylish, furnished with mahogany armoires and marble baths. This classical atmosphere extends to the Warwick’s legendary restaurant, Murals on 54, which features Dean Cornwell’s 1930s murals.

The hotel's restaurant features original Art Deco murals painted by Dean Cornwell, the "Dean of American Illustrators."

Original Property Opened: 1927

Rate Range:
Single/Double: $245.00 to $600.00
Suites/Specialty: $350.00 to $5000.00