Review: The Beekman Hotel, New York City

Good review, and look at you schmoozing with TPG writers! Did Lucky clear that? 😉

I don't know..it looks like a nice hotel and all, but if I had a free cat 1-7, find me at the Park Hyatt any day over this.

I stayed here once before it was part of Hyatt, and it’s one of my favorites in the city. I’d pick it over Park Hyatt honestly, but the two are in very different locations regardless. The bar and restaurant area was extremely popular I recall on a Thursday night. Just all around a fun place.

Amazing review. Best reviews on the internet with you and your team.
Beekman was such a surprise to find (via TabletHotels website) and your pictures beat mine mega time.
What I liked most about this hotel was that the common spaces gave so many options. There is the lobby, there is the tea area, the bar area, that one area over there.... etc.

My Great Grandmother would have felt at home there.

Looks fascinating, but a bit like a haunted castle 🙂

@ ryan -- Hah, no worries there! 😉

Like @ Alex and @ Rob in Miami note, the location is so vastly different from the Park Hyatt that it's hard to compare. The Park Hyatt is beautiful, and I love the pool and the rooms in general, but the neighborhood isn't all that convenient for my purposes when I'm in NYC (it would be different if I were there as a tourist or had friends uptown), and the lack of a real restaurant is becoming a little embarrassing. So pros and cons.

OMG, this place looks like a haunted mansion or something. You just expect a headless guest wandering the hallways...

I usually don't care much about hotel reviews, or hotels that cost $400 a night, but this was an interesting read and next time I'm in NYC, I might very well spend a night here just for the experience! Thanks, Tiffany!

And there is The Parker with its enclosed rooftop pool facing Central Park..... which is the lesser expensive option to the Park Hyatt on West 57.

I can't believe that's not a haunted hotel. I'm traumatized from reading this as if I'd just re-watched "The Shining" Redrum! Redrum!

I would’ve just stayed at the Park Hyatt for the same “price”

I dont like these photos. They look almost rendered and in combination with the location like a well made version of dungeons and dragons or something. Dont use this filter or camera or whatever it is.

This being a Sunday night, the $385 a night is probably as cheap as it gets.

NYC hotels prices are just nuts especially since, at the end of the day, the rooms are mostly cramped.

@ John -- No filters, and taken with two different cameras. That's just how the hotel is lit.

I liked the hotel, but be aware that the crowds in the bar on weekends are insane. It draws a heavy drinking bridge and tunnel scene. You definitely want a room that does not open on the atrium.

Augustin has much better food than Temple Court.

I am one of those liberal Americans who live in the flyover country. The prices I see on the menus make my heart skip a beat. How much do people who visit New York or who live in New York earn annually? Wow. Y'all are so rich.

Looks pretty eclectic. A style somewhere between flea-market and pretentiousness. And if that bathroom counts as gorgeous you seem to have pretty low standards in that regard.

@ Matt -- It's definitely an adjustment when I look at menu prices in New York and California now that I live in Spokane rather than San Diego! But I would say the menu prices are reflective of the location (near the financial district), and the posh surrounds. There are certainly still plenty of cheap eats in New York!

The interesting thing is that while upscale restaurants and housing are less expensive here, other things cost quite a bit more. Like chain restaurants are disproportionately expensive, as are groceries, so it somewhat balances out in our case. A quick Google says the median household income in Manhattan is $57,782, versus $53,321 in Spokane, but that doesn't really give a full picture either.

Lower Manhattan, not downtown New York. Sorry for being picky.

I've stayed here and the rooms, including suites, feel cave like. No great natural light.

This is a 3rd tier hotel at best.

Love the Beekman. I appreciate these reviews because living in NYC, I never see what the rooms of the hotels look like but I am always curious. We come here for drinks all the time, though.

@Matt, eating/drinking at hotels is always much more expensive. NYC is very expensive in general, but hotels are towards the top of that. As Tiffany mentioned, you can find plenty of places on the cheaper side.

Tiffany. Great report as usual. And kudos for the use of a little Slavic terminology too. Bravo.

Tiffany,
You mentioned someone joined you for the Globalist breakfast. What is the rule re: that. Do they need to be in your room or can I invite someone to breakfast when I am staying?

I thought the photography was great and so was the review.

Bedbugs!!!!! Horrible experience. !!

I looked at this place for my last visit and after reading your review (which is so very well done, by the way), I'm glad I passed. It is beyond dark. Your room looks like a hotel room from 1979 that needs renovating. That little picture/cheapo poster looking thing is so sad, squished into the side of the wall like that. And why is the tv blocking the windows? None of the furniture looks new. None of it works together, such odd, odd, choices. Its such a lackluster, tired looking room.

Hyatt and AA threw a party there on May 16 to celebrate their partnership. It seemed like I was one of the few people there without my own personal photographer. The rooftop penthouse suite is fantastic! Great party at a beautiful hotel.

@Matt - the menu is priced for a $385 room per night person. New York has the gamut - uber expensive to dirt cheap. That said, and I’ve lived here 25 years, New Yorkers don’t really have brunch in hotel restaurants. Most folks eat in and patronize their neighborhoods. I’ve been to the bar here and lobby and common areas are beautiful.

Hogwarts?

Stayed here for one night in October 2017 before a business meeting nearby the next morning. Received a pretty good room rate that included a food credit sufficient to cover the cost of a hot breakfast. Was upgraded to a mini-suite room in a corner near the top of the building. Room size was nice and large. Bed was comfortable. Bathroom was quite large with a walk-in shower (identical to your photo, with no tub if I recall correctly). Ordered room service for breakfast. It arrived hot and was quite good.

In no way was the hotel responsible for this, but a water main break occurred overnight outside near the corner where my room was located. Loud and almost nonstop jackhammering to open up the street and make the needed repairs followed for what seemed like hours starting after midnight. Not even the white noise app on my I-Pad was capable of drowning it out. The hotel was very apologetic about all the noise the next morning, and the hotel's management emailed me to offer a highly discounted rate for my next visit, which hasn't occurred yet due to my current focus on retaining Marriott platinum status for 2020.

I am sure that the early English colonists would feel right at home.

If you like this you’d enjoy the McKitrick Hotel in NYC 🙂

Sad to see the hotel bathtub slowly going the way of the dodo...

I thoroughly enjoyed reading your review. Even though the rooms seem mediocre, I would give this hotel a visit.

I stayed at the Beekman over Labor Day weekend at an AmEx FHR rate of $299/night. WIth the $100 food credit which I used for an excellent dinner at Temple Court and the three breakfasts included which were also excellent (shout-out to the eggs benedict with whitefish), it was a very solid value - especially since it qualified for the spend $800, get 16,000 MR points promotion. My "upgrade" was a to deluxe king which was reasonably spacious and - crucially for avoiding noise from Temple Bar - down one of the hallways rather than opening onto the atrium.

The service at the hotel was polished and efficient. Staff at Temple Court remembered my name, and the F&B manager came over during dinner to welcome me and answer any questions I had.

The location was not what I expected. With the proximity to the Brooklyn Bridge which was packed with pedestrians, and the numerous subway stations around Fulton Street and City Hall, it was much busier on a weekend than I had expected, and the neighborhood I found to be meh. Plus, unfortunately, as others have pointed out, this also means that the Temple Bar gets loud with non-guests brotastically slamming back drinks. But in the mornings before it officially opens, it's wonderful to sit there quietly taking in the old New York vibe, a character in my own Gothic novel.

Beautiful hotel, thanks for showing us Ben.

Presumably it would be filled with spirits, but you didn't indicate any situations encountered.

That's good.

Again thanks.

I stayed there once - upgraded to a one bedroom suite. Great room. There was a suitcase bombing in Chelsea the night before I was supposed to leave, and my train was cancelled the next day so I had to extend my stay by one day.

The staff was super accommodating, and I got upgraded to one of their nicest rooms - it was bigger than my old NYC apartment (which probably isnt saying much, but there was a formal dining room, two bathrooms, living room and separate bedroom. Think it was the Thompson Suite.

Would highly recommend if you're a Hyatt program member.

Thanks for the review, Tiffany. This one was on my list of options, but having seen the pics, I'll pass. First time I'm crossing off a hotel based purely on looks. Those green marble effect walls, dark corridors and hideous wallpaper give off an Edwardian era insane asylum vibe. Give me a cookie-cutter chain hotel any day, thank you! But I do genuinely like the bookcases though; very classy!

This hotel looks sinister to me as there is no natural light and oh what a horrible corridor.
Bedrooms without any balcony or terrace.
As Cole Porter said "All you need is a room with a view"
I much prefer the Rivington Hotel in NYC.

Great review Tiffany. Gorgeous photos ! I had provisionally booked this via Virtuoso for a steal at £1950 for the week ( as opposed ,to nearly £4000 via the hotel direct ). However after considering it some more and reading reviews I found noise was an issue and the lack of light and views in the rooms plus , personally I don't think the rooms look that " special " and the FD is not an ideal location for me...for me spending 2k on a hotel would need to make it mind blowing
So....I booked a city view room at The Moxy iChelsea ( my favourite location ) instead. For only £1000. Maybe I'll hit the Beekman bar whilst I'm in town with the money I saved !

UGLY. Suddenly it's 1875. The tile floors are a huge turn off for me. And probably very noisy. Dark, and depressing.

Amazing hotel but it gives me the creeps. Would be great to have a drink at the hotel bar next to Count Dracula and Igor. I'll stay in Midtown please...

I have stayed in the hotel over a dozen times. The photos do not do the rooms justice. Rooms are fresh and designed beautifully. Service is warm and professional. Augustine is one of the best restaurants in the city. And the centerpiece atrium is one of the most stunning locations in New York. Good rates are typically available when the town quiets down.