Ranked hotels in eight cities. None pays to appear.
New York · United States · Updated 5 October 2026
The eight best hotels in New York under US$350 a night, ranked. No ceiling on price.
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Asian-inflected Aman high above Fifth Avenue
The restored Crown Building at 57th Street became the hotel in 2022. It has a spa and a jazz club, and the garden terrace sits high above the avenue.
On the recordMichelin 3 Keys 2025 · World's 50 Best Hotels 2025 No.61 (51-100 list) · Condé Nast Traveler Readers' Choice Awards 2025 NYC No.14
A 1930 Upper East Side hotel with two neighbourhood institutions
Bemelmans Bar and Café Carlyle are both here. It is a Rosewood hotel.
On the recordMichelin 2 Keys 2025 · World's 50 Best Hotels 2025 No.64 (51-100 list) · Condé Nast Traveler Readers' Choice Awards 2025 NYC No.2
Martin Brudnizki's maximalism in a NoMad Gilded Age mansion
Opened in 2023 across a restored mansion and a new tower. Brudnizki's layered interiors fill both.
On the recordMichelin 2 Keys 2025 · Travel + Leisure World's Best Awards 2025 No.1 NYC · World's 50 Best Hotels 2025 No.75 (51-100 list) · Time Out best hotel in NYC 2026 · Condé Nast Traveler Readers' Choice Awards 2025 NYC No.13
A members' club and hotel in a Beaux-Arts ferry terminal
Rooms face the harbour from the restored Battery Maritime Building at Manhattan's southern tip. There is a spa, and the hotel opened in 2021.
On the recordMichelin 3 Keys 2025
Jacques Grange in black and white, a short walk from the Met
Jean-Georges has the restaurant in this 1927 Upper East Side building, which reopened in 2009.
On the recordMichelin 2 Keys 2025 · Condé Nast Traveler Readers' Choice Awards 2025 NYC No.4
Robert De Niro's Tribeca hotel, with Locanda Verde and the Shibui Spa
A block from the Hudson, with an inner courtyard and individually furnished rooms. The lobby is laid out as a drawing room, and the hotel opened in 2008.
On the recordMichelin 1 Key 2025 · World's 50 Best Hotels 2025 No.77 (51-100 list)
A 1926 Upper East Side hotel, now Corinthia's first in North America
Reopened in late 2024, with Italian food from Casa Tua and a lobby lounge. The rooms are large.
On the recordCondé Nast Traveler Hot List 2025 (USA) · Travel + Leisure It List 2025
Park Avenue's 1931 Art Deco hotel, restored top to bottom
Several years of work ended with a 2025 reopening. Rooms and suites start at about 600 square feet, among the largest in the city.
On the recordCondé Nast Traveler Hot List 2026 (restored property)
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