The Bowery Hotel

After years of stagnating, a recent refit has turned The Bowery into one of Manhattan’s coolest boutique hotels with its moodily lit corridors, wood-panelled Art Deco lobby bar and wine bottles swinging from beamed ceilings. The Italian restaurant, Gemma, is highly recommended, too. Try the branzino al forno with roasted Mediterranean sea bass on cedar with sautéed green beans.