The Hotel Chelsea at 222 West 23rd Street, between Seventh and Eighth Avenues was built in 1883 at the time NYC was first building its identity.
Home to numerous writers, musicians, artists and actors that helped shape the face and history that New York City’s reputation has been built on, and the infrastructure to the old-school New York City life it captures.
While once housing long-term residents–the likes of Arthur C. Clarke wrote 2001: A Space Odyssey while staying at the Chelsea. And poets Allen Ginsberg and Gregory Corso, who chose it as a place for philosophical and artistic exchange. The building has been a designated New York City landmark since 1966, and on the National Register of Historic Places since 1977.
Hotel Chelsea is often associated with the Warhol superstars, as Andy Warhol and Paul Morrissey directed Chelsea Girls (1966), a film about his Factory regulars and their lives at the hotel.
And now with its reopening, The Hotel Chelsea is back alive and driving the nostalgia that New York City is so desperately needing in this post-covid era. The Hotel Chelsea’s website is even an homage to the historic life and intimate views of its incredible history in defining New York City art and culture that came to be since it’s opening.
The re-birth of how incredible The Chelsea Hotel’s history has come back to life is with it’s dining and drinks with The Lobby Bar and El Quijote.
Let’s start with The Lobby Bar…open daily from 5pm to 11pm, the drinks paired with the glasses and atmosphere is a mixologists-lovers dream! Just look at at the below…
And the rich and savory dishes at The Lobby Bar of The Chelsea Hotel leaves you wishing that it still allowed for permanent residents…
And now on to El Quijote…
Famed Patti Smith once described it as “The Chelsea was my home and the El Quijote was my bar…” El Quijote is inspired by the culinary offerings of the Basque Country. It’s menu pairs the traditional Spanish dishes with a refreshing modern take on today’s dining fetishes.
When it comes to reservations, it is high encouraged–as the historic bar is available for neighbors and hotel guests to walk in. And if you’re someone that wants people to enjoy this historic landmark together, you can reserve the Cervantes Room…more details here.
And now onto the rooms…we’ll break this out for you…
We’ll start with the ‘Hotel Rooms’…you’ve got your Studio Queen and Studio King…a beautifully sized and cozy one-bedroom studio–that also comes with an eloquent marble bathroom with rainfall shower. See the full offering and rates here.
And then you’ve got your Chelsea King and Chelsea King With Soaking Tub…
…then you’ve got your Chelsea Hotel ‘Hotel Suites’ with Deluxe King…featuring a one bedroom, complete with living area, marble bathroom, rainfall shower, soaking tub, and balcony…more details here.
And then with the ‘Hotel Suites’, you’ve got your Deluxe Atelier…this style room dates back to 1885…and amazing pairing of the historic artistry of the Chelsea and the new-found conveniences of modern luxury. And…there are ONLY FIVE in total. Taking part in this original artist residence and its rare space rooted in old New York is one to take advantage of…
And then there’s the Deluxe King Suite…with only three available in The Chelsea Hotel, it’s one of the most spacious. it’s got that historic artistry the hotel in it– this is a rare space rooted in old that old-school style of New York.
Now…if you want that ultra feeling of The Chelsea Hotel’s history, you may want to take a look at the Hotel Apartments, which gives you that changing experience of what it was like to live in the hotel…
Here’s how it works…you’ve got four styles to choose from…Studio Pied-À-Terre…the One-Bedroom Pied-À-Terre…the Deluxe One-Bedroom Pied-À-Terre…and the Deluxe Two-Bedroom Pied-À-Terre…
These apartment suites cap-off the merging old-world elegance of The Chelsea Hotel. These ‘hotel apartments’ capture the spacious interior of what it was like to live in this historic landmark–and it’s equipped with everything one could want, which also includes lavish amenities that are only exclusive to the suite.
Ready to book? Start here…Enjoy!
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