Fodor's Expert Review The Lowell Hotel

Steps from Madison Avenue shopping and the Museum Mile, and a block from Central Park, this old-money refuge on a leafy residential block was built as an upscale apartment hotel in the 1920s and still delivers genteel sophistication and pampering service in an unbeatable location. The lobby is small, but spacious guest rooms have all the civilized comforts of home including stocked bookshelves and luxe bathrooms. Thirty-three of the suites—all decorated in different themes—have working wood-burning fireplaces, and 13 have private terraces. The in-room iMac desktop computers and iPads (on request) and New York Times delivered to the room are nice touches. The elegant Pembroke Room is a guest-only breakfast area, and the Club Room lounge is for guests, too. Other appealing on-site facilities are Majorelle, a well-regarded French-Mediterranean restaurant; and Jacques, a cocktail bar with a limited bar menu. The restaurant and bar are open to the public as well as to guests.