Imagine Our Surprise When We Found the Ideal Place to Stay; Hell’s Kitchen; Heck Yeah!!
I had stayed at the Romer Neighborhood Hotel in Waikiki and loved how the ambiance embraced the surrounding neighborhood, recreating true island cocktails, leis from an array of fresh flowers and foods adored by island locals. Although one Waikiki Romer focused on adults and the other families, they are both solid hotels with plenty of amenities.
Romer is a fairly new, small brand and I was dying to try a hip hotel in an area of New York called Hell’s Kitchen. Little did I know that this hotel was the absolute perfect location for everything we wanted to do in New York, including being a block from the subway station on 8th Avenue where we exited after our JFK flight landed.
The Romer is hip and understated wiith an expansive yet cosy lobby perfect for having a coffee, reading a book, or catching up on emails. There’s a simple coffee shop and a speakeasy bar called So and So’s off the lobby but what really blew me away was our 10th floor room that was big enough but not huge, and perfectly furnished with a king size bed and a green velvet settee, plenty of cool mid-century lighting, lots of charging opps and a giant window facing West with a killer view any time of day. The bed is ultra-comfortable, but what matters in New York is the view, the comfort, the amenities, and, above all, the quiet.
The Romer knows how to do it. The rooms are quiet; a total respite from the sirens and unending noise throughout the City. We slept so well, and because of the killer location, the Romer became a place we could go back to throughout the day for a bit of peace or a chance to reboot and refresh.
We loved our stay there and the Romer does not lie; it really is a part of the neighborhood and the ‘hood around 8th Avenue and West 51st. This is plop in the middle of the theatre district with the mania of Times Square. We saw five shows in four days and walked to all of them as well as the Christie’s auction preview at Rockefeller Center. The Museum of Modern Art is right there as well and, what really counts, is the array of both casual and elegant restaurants throughout Hell’s Kitchen, including Pick-a-Bagel, Dig Inn, Red Poke, Serafina, and Le Tout Va Bien around the corner and their $45 pre-theatre prix fixe French dinner – a total bargain.
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Romer Neighborhood Hotel, Hell’s Kitchen, is a true find in Manhattan. That rare quiet retreat in the center of everything with a hip vibe, international clientele and, basically, everything that you need at your fingertips – or at least within a couple blocks. Did I mention the Whole Foods next door?
Romer Hell’s Kitchen
8th Avenue between W. 51st and 52nd.