Dream Downtown's Dream Beach
One of the Best Hotel and Rooftop Pools in NYC is Dream Downtown's Dream Beach. The evident fantastic location of The Dream Downtown is its main selling point. This hotel is practically close to all of the places you want to see, including Chelsea Market, the High Line, the Meatpacking District, and the West Village. It also helps that Chelsea, the neighborhood's epicenter for top-notch art galleries, is nearby.
The 12-story Dream Downtown's best feature is that visitors don't need to leave the building to enjoy the city's top-notch dining and nightlife. The hotel itself is a weekend getaway, young and trendy, with a club vibe that permeates the architecture and furnishings.
Before a fully stocked half-moon bar and wall of stacked Tecate and Modelo cans, the lobby's high-backed chairs and button-tufted banquette settees are dispersed on a lushly carpeted floor. Uplookers who are staring directly into the 50-foot heated pool with a glass bottom in the hotel's sand-filled "beach" patio are mesmerized by the ceiling. Even hotel guests cannot guarantee entry to the velvet-roped PHD Rooftop Lounge in the north tower due to the large, upscale groups that gather there. The venue features stunning panoramic views of the city skyline, a manicured outdoor patio, glass chandeliers, resident DJ Big Ben spinning every Tuesday, and various musicians performing other evenings.
On the other hand, the Electronic Room, which is Gothic-inspired, and the mellower Cool Britannia are located on the hotel's lower level. There are not one but three restaurants on-site if you're feeling peckish: Take the infinity mirror staircase to the underground, speakeasy-like Megu for Japanese cuisine. The Tao Group's Bodega Negra serves up modern Mexican cuisine along with an amazing selection of mescal. Its café offers a similar menu as well as freshly made pastries every morning.
Kick off your shoes in your spacious room, a safe haven with 350-thread-count white Egyptian cotton bed linens, C.O. Bigelow skincare products, enormous porthole windows welcoming tons of sunlight, and, for some, Juliet balconies overlooking the pool area with partial skyline views, if you're exhausted from exploring the hotel's various venues.
TripAdvisor Rating: 4.5/5.0
Address: 355 W 16th St, New York, NY 10011
Phone: +1 (212) 229-2559
Website: www.dreamhotels.com
