The Mercer Hotel
The Mercer is a luxury boutique hotel with one of the buzziest and best locations in New York City’s SoHo neighborhood. It caters to discerning travelers and celebrities (and their dogs) who require personalized service and demand discretion. The landmark Romanesque Revival building holds 75 loft-like guest rooms with Swedish toiletries, luxe minibars, and 11-foot high ceilings. Food and late-night beverage service in the stylish lobby is supplied by Mercer Kitchen, the hotel’s fine-dining restaurant run by celebrity chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten. Guests are given free passes to the swanky Equinox gym down the street. As of 2017, smoking was still allowed in all rooms — which might be a dealbreaker for some. As an alternative, Robert DeNiro’s The Greenwich Hotel in TriBeCa has an underground pool, full fitness center, and non-smoking rooms.