Park Hyatt New York

Character and identity

Set inside One57 on West 57th Street, the Park Hyatt occupies the first 25 floors of one of Manhattan's tallest residential towers, two blocks from Central Park and directly across from Carnegie Hall. Yabu Pushelberg's interiors set the tone: polished stone, dark wood, muted grays and browns, and a collection of around 350 works commissioned through MoMA. Across 210 rooms, the mood is hushed and residential rather than scene-y, with common spaces named The Study and The Living Room. The headline amenity sits up top: Spa Nalai on the 25th floor, with a 65-foot indoor lap pool under a custom chandelier, hydrotherapy area, whirlpool and eucalyptus steam room, now partnered with KOS Paris.

Who's it for

Bottom line

The real reason to book is the combination of unusually large rooms and a 25th-floor spa and lap pool that genuinely rank among the city's best, wrapped in a discreet Yabu Pushelberg interior. Worth it for couples and spa-minded travellers; book a Park Deluxe or higher for the views, and target shoulder-season midweek rates when Midtown demand softens.