The Fifth Avenue Hotel
New York City · United States
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Character and identity
Set in NoMad at the corner of Fifth and 28th, this is a maximalist statement hotel composed of a restored 1907 mansion and a new 24-story tower. Interiors by Martin Brudnizki layer Rococo flourishes, Murano chandeliers, mirrored ceilings, zebra hides and pleated velvet against a serious art collection personally curated by owner Alex Ohebshalom (Klein, Gordon Parks, Sokolsky photography; Jaime Hayon ceramics). Café Carmellini, Andrew Carmellini's Italian-French fine-dining room with two indoor trees, anchors the ground floor, with the dark, portrait-hung Portrait Bar handling cocktails. Mansion guests get a velvet-suited butler on call, including 5 to 7 p.m. martini delivery.
Who's it for
Best for:
Design-literate couples and aesthetes who want a New York stay with personality rather than minimalist hush. The art, the florals, the cocktail programme and Carmellini's cooking reward people who treat the hotel as part of the trip, not just a bed. Mansion bookers get the butler ritual and the most theatrical rooms.
Should look elsewhere:
Anyone who finds maximalism exhausting, families needing kid-focused facilities, or travellers wanting a spa-and-pool resort experience. The neighbourhood is busy commercial Fifth Avenue rather than a quiet enclave, and the tower rooms won't carry the same mansion atmosphere.
Bottom line
What you're paying for here is the design and the art, plus the genuinely strong food and drink programme under Carmellini. If that pulls you in, book a Mansion room or suite to get the butler service, the period bones and the martini-hour ritual; the tower is comfortable but a different, quieter product. Shoulder seasons offer the best rates.
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What this place offers
- 24-hour room service
- Bar
- Fitness classes
- House car
- Meeting rooms
- Pet friendly
- Restaurants
- Wi-Fi
- Wi-Fi in public areas
- Restaurant
