Two old banks turned hotels, each with two MICHELIN Keys and no nightly fee. The Fifth Avenue Hotel, from about $760, for dinner in the 1907 banking hall and butler service; Nine Orchard, from about $625, for a second trip, with Chinatown and downtown eating outside.
The new classicA 1907 Fifth Avenue bank, opened as a hotel in 2023 and dressed as though it always was one.
$$$$From about $760 a night
Choose The Fifth Avenue Hotel if
The catch
The 1907 building holds only suites, from about $2,065 a night in January. Every standard room is in the 2023 tower.
The boutique oneA 1912 Lower East Side bank with its dome rebuilt, its marble banking hall a bar, and compact rooms above.
$$$From about $625 a night
Choose Nine Orchard if
The catch
The cheapest rooms are small: the Studio Queen is 230 sq ft (21 m²) with little storage, and the Nook is sold below it without a published size.
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The verdict
Two old banks turned hotels, each with two MICHELIN Keys and no nightly fee. The Fifth Avenue Hotel, from about $760, for dinner in the 1907 banking hall and butler service; Nine Orchard, from about $625, for a second trip, with Chinatown and downtown eating outside.
Questions people ask
Two old banks turned hotels, each with two MICHELIN Keys and no nightly fee. The Fifth Avenue Hotel, from about $760, for dinner in the 1907 banking hall and butler service; Nine Orchard, from about $625, for a second trip, with Chinatown and downtown eating outside.
Book it for the bank, the restaurant in its banking hall and the service every room gets, and pay up to The Corner King for the light. Sleeping inside the 1907 building itself starts at a Mansion suite. A new hotel built to feel like an old New York one: a 1907 bank on Fifth Avenue, maximalist interiors and a restaurant that opens its tables four weeks out. It is central, expensive and made for eating and drinking in, with a gym but no spa or pool.
There is no pool. There is no beach; the nearest is a drive away.
Book Nine Orchard for the banking hall, the rebuilt dome and a Lower East Side corner with Chinatown on the doorstep, and pay the step up to a Corner King. Reserve the Swan Room when you reserve the room. A small, design-led hotel inside a landmarked 1912 bank, where the public rooms carry the history and the bedrooms are calm and compact. It is a base for eating your way round Chinatown and the Lower East Side, with no spa or pool to keep you in.
There is no pool. There is no beach; the nearest is a drive away.