Which room to book at The Plaza
The Terrace Room King. It is the same 550 sq ft (51 m²) as a Deluxe King and adds a private 100 sq ft (9 m²) terrace over the landscaped courtyard, for $80 a night more than the entry Plaza King on a late-January Tuesday. Below it every room looks at the courtyard or 58th Street; above it, the views are sold with the suites.
The room to book
Terrace Room King
550 sq ft (51 m²) plus a 100 sq ft (9 m²) terraceLandscaped courtyard with reflecting poolFloors 5 and 9
The Deluxe King's floor area plus a private terrace over the courtyard. The only room below the suites with outdoor space of its own.
$1,455 a night
On our shortlists
Every room at a glance
| Room | Size | View | Floor | From |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaza KingCourtyard or 58th Street · Floors 5 to 19 | 475 sq ft (44 m²) | Courtyard or 58th Street | Floors 5 to 19 | $1,375 |
| Deluxe KingCourtyard or 58th Street · Floors 5 to 19 | 550 sq ft (51 m²) | Courtyard or 58th Street | Floors 5 to 19 | $1,395 |
| Terrace Room KingOur pickLandscaped courtyard with reflecting pool · Floors 5 and 9 | 550 sq ft (51 m²) plus a 100 sq ft (9 m²) terrace | Landscaped courtyard with reflecting pool | Floors 5 and 9 | $1,455 |
| Grand Luxe King RoomFloors 11 to 19 | 625 to 750 sq ft (58 to 70 m²) | Floors 11 to 19 | $1,575 | |
| Junior Suite KingFloors 11 to 19 | 650 to 700 sq ft (60 to 65 m²) | Floors 11 to 19 | $1,825 | |
| Deluxe Two Queens58th Street · Floors 5 to 10 | 550 sq ft (51 m²) | 58th Street | Floors 5 to 10 | $1,845 |
| Family Grand Luxe Two QueensFloors 12 to 18 | 730 sq ft (68 m²) | Floors 12 to 18 | $1,895 | |
| Edwardian One Bedroom Suite KingFloors 11 to 19 | 950 to 1,100 sq ft (88 to 102 m²) | Floors 11 to 19 | $2,215 | |
| Pulitzer Fifth Avenue One Bedroom Suite KingFifth Avenue and the Pulitzer Fountain · One a floor, floors 12 to 18 | 900 to 1,000 sq ft (84 to 93 m²) | Fifth Avenue and the Pulitzer Fountain | One a floor, floors 12 to 18 | $2,495 |
| Carnegie Partial Park View One Bedroom Suite KingPart of Central Park, varying by floor · One a floor, floors 11 to 19 | 1,000 sq ft (93 m²) | Part of Central Park, varying by floor | One a floor, floors 11 to 19 | $2,695 |
| Penthouse One Bedroom Suite KingCourtyard and skyline · 20th floor, two levels | 1,500 sq ft (139 m²) | Courtyard and skyline | 20th floor, two levels | $3,445 |
| Vanderbilt Fifth Avenue Two Bedroom SuiteFifth Avenue and the Pulitzer Fountain · One a floor, floors 12 to 17 | 1,500 sq ft (139 m²) | Fifth Avenue and the Pulitzer Fountain | One a floor, floors 12 to 17 | $4,145 |
| Tower RoomFifth Avenue · 18th floor | About 550 sq ft (51 m²) | Fifth Avenue | 18th floor | |
| Eloise One Bedroom King | 625 sq ft (58 m²) | |||
| Gatsby Suite | 700 sq ft (65 m²) | |||
| Grand Penthouse Two Bedroom Terrace SuiteCentral Park from the living room · 20th floor, two levels | 2,100 sq ft (195 m²) | Central Park from the living room | 20th floor, two levels | |
| Royal Suite Three BedroomFifth Avenue and the Pulitzer Fountain | Up to 4,500 sq ft (418 m²) | Fifth Avenue and the Pulitzer Fountain |
Every room they sell
Plaza King
The entry room, with the same mosaic bathroom and gold-plated fixtures as the rest; most have a soaking tub and a separate shower. It cannot take a rollaway bed.
475 sq ft (44 m²)Courtyard or 58th StreetFloors 5 to 19$1,375 a night
Deluxe King
75 sq ft more than the Plaza King for $20 more, with room for a rollaway. The same outlook.
550 sq ft (51 m²)Courtyard or 58th StreetFloors 5 to 19$1,395 a night
Terrace Room KingOur pick
The Deluxe King's floor area plus a private terrace over the courtyard. The only room below the suites with outdoor space of its own.
550 sq ft (51 m²) plus a 100 sq ft (9 m²) terraceLandscaped courtyard with reflecting poolFloors 5 and 9$1,455 a night
Grand Luxe King Room
Open plan, with a butler's pantry, a marble wet bar and a soaking tub and separate shower in every one. It takes a rollaway and is sold without a stated outlook.
625 to 750 sq ft (58 to 70 m²)Floors 11 to 19$1,575 a night
Junior Suite King
A partition that closes between bed and sitting room, and a queen sofa bed. The cheapest category that night to sleep three without a rollaway.
650 to 700 sq ft (60 to 65 m²)Floors 11 to 19$1,825 a night
Deluxe Two Queens
Two queen beds over 58th Street, and a shower with a separate WC. Dearer than the Junior Suite King on the same night.
550 sq ft (51 m²)58th StreetFloors 5 to 10$1,845 a night
Family Grand Luxe Two Queens
Two queens and a sofa bed for up to six, a soaking tub, a separate shower and a powder room. 180 sq ft more than the Deluxe Two Queens for $50.
730 sq ft (68 m²)Floors 12 to 18$1,895 a night
Edwardian One Bedroom Suite King
A true one-bedroom suite, with sliding doors to the living room, a sofa bed, a powder room and a wet bar. It is also the nanny suite sold next door to Eloise's.
950 to 1,100 sq ft (88 to 102 m²)Floors 11 to 19$2,215 a night
Pulitzer Fifth Avenue One Bedroom Suite King
The first view on the ladder, and not a partial one: Fifth Avenue and the Pulitzer Fountain.
900 to 1,000 sq ft (84 to 93 m²)Fifth Avenue and the Pulitzer FountainOne a floor, floors 12 to 18$2,495 a night
Carnegie Partial Park View One Bedroom Suite King
The cheapest room with any of the park in the window. The view is partial and varies by floor.
1,000 sq ft (93 m²)Part of Central Park, varying by floorOne a floor, floors 11 to 19$2,695 a night
Penthouse One Bedroom Suite King
A duplex with the bedroom and a private terrace upstairs, reached only by stairs. Courtyard and skyline, not the park.
1,500 sq ft (139 m²)Courtyard and skyline20th floor, two levels$3,445 a night
Vanderbilt Fifth Avenue Two Bedroom Suite
Two bedrooms, two bathrooms and a dining area over Fifth Avenue. The dearest category on sale that night.
1,500 sq ft (139 m²)Fifth Avenue and the Pulitzer FountainOne a floor, floors 12 to 17$4,145 a night
Tower Room
A round bedroom with a round bed in a corner turret, under a 23-foot brick ceiling. One of a kind, and no rollaway.
About 550 sq ft (51 m²)Fifth Avenue18th floor
Eloise One Bedroom King
Pink and white down to the bathroom, with Eloise's clothes, books and dolls to use, and a book and a robe to keep.
625 sq ft (58 m²)
Gatsby Suite
A one-bedroom with a separate living room, dressed for the 1920s with a library and art.
700 sq ft (65 m²)
Grand Penthouse Two Bedroom Terrace Suite
Two levels at the top of the hotel, a living room that looks at the park and a large terrace off the main bedroom.
2,100 sq ft (195 m²)Central Park from the living room20th floor, two levels
Royal Suite Three Bedroom
Its own lift, a grand piano, a dining table for twelve and a fitness room, over Fifth Avenue and the fountain.
Up to 4,500 sq ft (418 m²)Fifth Avenue and the Pulitzer Fountain
Prices are a guide from our last check, not live rates.
Why this one
The bottom of the ladder is three rooms of almost the same kind. The Plaza King is 475 sq ft (44 m²) and the Deluxe King 550 sq ft (51 m²), both on floors 5 to 19, both over the courtyard or 58th Street, both with the mosaic bathroom and the 24-carat gold-plated Sherle Wagner fixtures, and on a Tuesday in late January they were $1,375 and $1,395. The Terrace Room King is the Deluxe King's floor area again at $1,455, and the $80 over the entry room buys the one thing nothing else below the suites has: a private 100 sq ft (9 m²) terrace over the landscaped courtyard and its reflecting pool, on the fifth or ninth floor. It is not a park view, and nothing at this price is, but it is outdoor space of your own in Midtown, and it takes a rollaway bed, which the Plaza King does not.
Above it the ladder buys space before it buys views. The Grand Luxe and the Junior Suite add floor area and a wet bar without a stated outlook, and the first rooms that look at anything you would photograph are the Pulitzer suites over Fifth Avenue at $2,495 and the Carnegie suites, with part of the park, at $2,695.
- Ask for
- Ask for a Terrace Room King with a soaking tub as well as the shower: most have both, but not all. The terraces are on the fifth and ninth floors only. If you book a Carnegie suite for the park, ask which floor sees the most of it, because the view changes from floor to floor.
- Avoid
- The Plaza King and Deluxe King if you are hoping to see the park, since both face the courtyard or 58th Street, as do the Terrace Room King and the Deluxe Two Queens. For three people, price the Junior Suite King before the Deluxe Two Queens: it has a king bed and a queen sofa bed and was $20 less on the same night. For four or more, the Family Grand Luxe Two Queens was only $50 more than the Deluxe Two Queens, with 180 sq ft more, a soaking tub and a powder room.
Suites against rooms
Two suites are worth singling out. The Pulitzer Fifth Avenue One Bedroom Suite King is the cheapest way to wake up to a view: Fifth Avenue and the Pulitzer Fountain from 900 to 1,000 sq ft (84 to 93 m²), one suite a floor from the 12th to the 18th, at $2,495 on the late-January Tuesday. That is $200 less than the Carnegie, whose park view is partial, as its name says. If a view is what you are paying for, the Pulitzer's is the whole of what it promises.
The other is the Tower Room, a single round bedroom in a corner turret on the 18th floor, with a round bed under a 23-foot exposed brick ceiling and Fifth Avenue below. At about 550 sq ft (51 m²) it is a room rather than a suite, and it carried no rate for the January night. It can also be joined to a Pulitzer suite and a Deluxe King as the Tower Three Bedroom Suite, one of the connecting combinations, from the Connecting Deluxe to the two-bedroom Edwardian and Carnegie suites, that the hotel books only by phone or email.
Questions people ask
Good questions about The Plaza
Which room should I book at The Plaza?
The Terrace Room King. It is the same 550 sq ft (51 m²) as a Deluxe King and adds a private 100 sq ft (9 m²) terrace over the landscaped courtyard, for $80 a night more than the entry Plaza King on a late-January Tuesday. Below it every room looks at the courtyard or 58th Street; above it, the views are sold with the suites.
Which rooms should I avoid at The Plaza?
The Plaza King and Deluxe King if you are hoping to see the park, since both face the courtyard or 58th Street, as do the Terrace Room King and the Deluxe Two Queens. For three people, price the Junior Suite King before the Deluxe Two Queens: it has a king bed and a queen sofa bed and was $20 less on the same night. For four or more, the Family Grand Luxe Two Queens was only $50 more than the Deluxe Two Queens, with 180 sq ft more, a soaking tub and a powder room.
Our verdict
Book The Plaza to sleep inside the château on the corner of Central Park, take tea in the Palm Court and be in the park before breakfast. Pay the small step to a Terrace Room King, and keep the park view for a suite budget, since even the Carnegie suites see it only in part.
Last checked: October 2026 · Image credits: Expedia Group Creator Toolbox