New York City: Carlyle (4 Star Hotel)

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Address: 35 e 76th st , New york 10021, United states
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Lonely Planet review

  • Robert Reid
  • Lonely Planet author
Opulent and old-world, the Carlyle has been an Upper East Side classic since opening in 1930. JFK used to hang out here and Woody Allen plays with his jazz band on Monday nights - if you stay at the 17-floor Carlyle, you're in seriously elite company.

Lookswise, it seems geared to tickle Louis XIV's fancy - based on design by the late Mark Hampton. Comfort is the priority - with Jacuzzi bathtubs in all-marble bathrooms, two big closets with mini-safe, wood-floor entries, fluffy duvets and 430-thread-count linens. Standard rooms feel like a suite in other New York hotels - with two armchairs facing the window and a lot of space to swing your shopping bags from Madison Ave boutiques. Some proud long-term attendants can retell personal details of assisting JFK and Jackie O during their stays here. The long-standing Bemelman's Bar is a slick Art Deco bar that has mixed many a cocktail for more famous people than us. Of course anyone can come to see Woody raise the Dixie-jazz banner - along with his clarinet - at the Cafe Carlyle on Mondays.

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