6 Columbus is a luxury hotel located in New York’s Midtown neighborhood, right near Columbus Circle. Boasting a sophisticated retro escape, the hotel’s soothing color palette provides a feeling of tranquility within steps of the ever-bustling area. The 88 guestrooms offer an inextricably hip and luxurious ambiance. Designed by the acclaimed Steven Sclaroff, 6 Columbus evokes a mod 1960s design aesthetic infused with 21st century sensibility. Teak and chrome run throughout the furnishings creating an overall sense of sleekness. The hotel also showcases works from one of the world’s most respected fashion photographers, Guy Bourdin, in each guest room.  Blue Ribbon Sushi Bar and Grill, located off the lobby, serves Japanese cuisine and Blue Ribbon grill favorites for breakfast, lunch and dinner. The restaurant is a favorite of New Yorkers – often receiving rave reviews from those who dine there.

Features and Amenities

Rooms at 6 Columbus are about 200 square feet and offer queen beds with custom 400-thread-count SFERRA linens. They’re decorated in the sixties scheme of the rest of the hotel, and are adorned with artwork by Guy Bourdin. You’ll find sleek blue-tiled bathrooms with Waterforks fixtures and mod illuminated mirrors. Relax in your complimentary oversized terry robe by Frette and treat yourself with bathroom amenities by C.O. Bigelow. Rooms offer LCD flat screen televisions and iPod docs, as well as minibars stocked with Dean & Deluca gourmet snacks.

6 Columbus offers concierge service around the clock, as well as in-room dining services from Blue Ribbon. That being said, if you can drag yourself out of your room to the actual restaurant, you won’t be disappointed. Guests also enjoy valet parking, airport transportation and chauffeured car services, twice daily housekeeping service with turn down, wifi throughout the hotel, a business center and delivery of domestic newspapers each morning.

Blue Ribbon Sushi Bar & Grill, the hotel’s in house restaurant, has an innovative menu and displays a choice of sushi from both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans. A truly extraordinary Japanese culinary experience is complimented by sleek Asian-inspired décor by Asfour & Guzy Architects that follows in the tradition of all of the other Blue Ribbon restaurants. If drinks are more your speed, the bar at Blue Ribbon Sushi Bar & Grill is a fantastic option for intimate cocktails; the space offers a comfortable and sleek environment in which to taste Blue Ribbon’s renowned delicacies or sample one of the many specialty cocktails.

Location

Visitors come to New York for fabulous shopping, food and culture and to see the many sites that have a strange sense of the familiar being the set of a thousand films, from the Empire State Building to Grand Central Station. It is invariably impossible to tick off every destination on your personal list but the stunning panoramic views of Manhattan from your room in Mandarin Oriental, New York will give you a superb perspective of the city. For outdoor pleasures,  Central Park is just across the road, with the Zoo and Wollman Memorial Rink for summer roller blading and winter ice skating. Fifth Avenue shopping is a ten minute walk from the hotel. Enjoy world famous music performances at Carnegie Hall, the Lincoln Center or the Metropolitan Opera House, all of which are just a hop, skip and a jump away. Both Broadway, with its 30 or more grand stages and the blinding neon of Times Square are an easy stroll away. Columbus Circle isn’t just an architectural landmark – it’s also a central point at which the entire city converges. The Park, Times Square, Midtown, Lincoln Center – it’s all here.