The New York Palace is a luxury hotel located in Midtown Manhattan. A hotel made famous by popular television shows like Gossip Girl, “The Palace” is a place of yore. The hotel blends the historic landmark Villard Mansion with a modern 55-story tower. Located at the center of Manhattan in Midtown at the corner of 50th Street and Madison Avenue, it is directly across the street from St Patrick’s Cathedral, and a short walk from Rockefeller Center and Saks Fifth Avenue. What was once The Villard Mansion carriage entrance on Madison Avenue is now the New York Palace’s famed Courtyard. During the restoration, it was redesigned to incorporate motifs from the flooring of several 15th-century Italian cathedrals.

Features and Amenities

The two-story marble lobby at The Palace unites The Villard Mansion with the hotel. As you enter the lobby from the Courtyard, you will encounter a grand staircase that takes you down to the lower level lobby and a pair of staircases on either side of the foyer will take you up to the second floor. The red Verona fireplace, an original feature taken from the south wing of the Villard Mansion, is located on the second floor.

With some of the most spacious hotel rooms in Midtown Manhattan and over 86 sumptuoussuites, The Palace offers guests the ultimate in NYC luxury. All beautifully appointed with comfortably elegant furnishings and thoughtful amenities, many of the 899 guestrooms and suites offer stunning views of St. Patrick’s Cathedral and the surrounding cityscape. Palace guests have a choice of Superior, Club and Towers accommodations, or the four crowning penthouse Triplex Suites.  Each Triplex Suite features an outdoor rooftop terrace that overlooks Manhattan and offer panoramic views of the city’s spectacular skyline. All guestrooms and suites are impeccably furnished and feature marble bathrooms, separate seating areas, full-sized desks and either a king bed or two double beds. For your convenience, all guestrooms at this Midtown Manhattan luxury hotel are equipped with high-speed wireless and broadband Internet access, three telephone lines and an in-room safe.

The New York Palace offers an impressive selection of Midtown Manhattan hotel suites ranging in size from 655 to 5,000 square feet. Each hotel suite offers sophisticated elegance and comfort, thoughtful amenities and breathtaking views of New York City. Guests may choose from junior, one-bedroom and two-bedroom suites in either classical or contemporary decor. Additionally, the hotel offers three-bedroom Specialty Suites in the Towers, including the lavish Royal Suite. Our quartet of art deco-inspired Triplex Suites are unlike any hotel suites in New York City, featuring expansive, sky-high views of Midtown Manhattan from eighteen-foot windows and spacious, private roof-top terraces.

Guests staying in Superior accommodations at our luxury hotel in NYC enjoy the multi-lingual, Les Clefs d’Or Concierge services, high speed wireless and broadband Internet access, a full-service business center, 24-hour dry cleaning and laundry services, house car drop-off service within a 20-block radius (based on availability), complimentary weekday shuttle service to Wall Street & Broadway Theaters twice daily, 24-hour room service and housekeeping service, plush terrycloth bathrobes, hair dryer, selection of luxurious bath products, complimentary shoe shine, a fully stocked refreshment center, nightly turndown service, in-room safesand complimentary weekday delivery of The New York Times.

The hotel also boasts a combination spa and fitness center. The 7,000-square-foot space overlook St. Patrick’s Cathedral and offer guests the latest in equipment, personal training and spa treatments. The spa at the New York Palace offers a soothing array of beauty treatments and services including massages, facials, body treatments and waxing. The hotel’s fitness center in Manhattan offers inspiring views and the latest in fitness equipment, including LifeFitness cardio machines and Cybex weight machines. New York Palace guests can take advantage of complimentary exercise clothing and cross-training sneakers available for use during their visit. For added comfort, the spacious locker rooms are outfitted with amenities and facilities such as fine toiletries, plush terry robes, towels and eucalyptus-infused steam rooms.

Indoors or al fresco, The New York Palace offers a selection of spectacular settings in which to enjoy its outstanding culinary creations. Inside the Villard Mansion at GILT, the hotel’s Two Michelin Star fine dining restaurant in New York City, Executive Chef Justin Bogle and his team of epicurean elite create inspiring Modern American cuisine in an equally inspiring setting. The absolutely stunning Madison Avenue space in Midtown Manhattan brings together the vast, vaulted gilded ceilings and mosaic tile floors from the original nineteenth century design with the futuristic twenty-first century interior design of French architect Patrick Jouin.

There’s also Instana, an American brasserie. Executive Chef James Staiano serves up an enticing menu of bistro-style cuisine in the hotel’s elegant American brasserie, set in the hotel’s exquisite grand lobby. Offering breakfast and lunch daily as well as weekend brunch, Istana’s cuisine focuses on incorporating each season’s freshest ingredients for an exquisite New York City fine dining experience. The hotel also boasts an outdoor courtyard seating area, christened The Gate.

Location

There is truly no better location from which to explore this vibrant city than from The New York Palace. Soaring over Madison Avenue in the heart of Midtown Manhattan, the hotel is mere steps away from Fifth Avenue boutiques, Broadway theaters, Central Park, Rockefeller Center, the Midtown business district and some of the finest dining in New York. At the center of it all, The New York Palace is just minutes from bustling Times Square, Grand Central Station, Carnegie Hall, Radio City Music Hall and the Empire State Building. Museums such as the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The American Museum of Natural History, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Guggenheim Museum are all within easy reach.