Hotel
The Plaza
Opened in 1907 at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Central Park South, the Fairmont-managed Plaza is one of New York's most storied grand hotels.
A design-forward hotel on the edge of SoHo with compact rooms, bunk-bed options, a courtyard, and rooftop cocktails with Hudson River views.
Good to know
Arlo SoHo sits on Hudson Street on the western edge of SoHo, a convenient base for exploring SoHo, Tribeca and the West Village on foot. Rooms are compact and smartly designed in the modern New York way, with King, Queen, Twin and Bunk options plus suites, which makes it useful for friends travelling together.
Much of the appeal is in the shared spaces: a courtyard for drinks, the rooftop for cocktails with river views, and several places to eat and grab coffee. It suits travellers who will spend most of the day out and want a stylish, sociable place to return to. The Canal Street subway station is nearby.
Reviewed by Lifestylemetro · Details checked October 23, 2026
King, Queen, Twin and Bunk rooms, as well as suites.
Yes — the hotel has a rooftop serving cocktails and food.
Café
A Viennese-style café inside the Neue Galerie on Museum Mile, serving Austrian pastries, coffee and dishes amid period furnishings.
Tour operator
A long-running sightseeing cruise company sailing from Pier 83 on West 42nd Street, with full-island, half-island and evening harbour tours.
Restaurant
A Lower East Side institution since 1888, famous for hand-carved pastrami on rye, corned beef and its role in When Harry Met Sally.
Attraction
The Met on Fifth Avenue is one of the world's great encyclopaedic art museums, spanning five thousand years of art from every corner of the globe.