travel42 Hotel Review: Mercer Hotel

Mercer Hotel travel42 Professional Hotel Review

Location and History

Opposite the Guggenheim in a red Romanesque-revival building on a prime SoHo corner, exclusive to the point of not having a sign out front, this sibling to LA's Chateau Marmont is an icon in its own right.

Owned by Andre Balazs, what its low-key aesthetic lacks is more than compensated by the colorful, beautiful celebrities who frequent it. In-the-know fashionistas flock here; Marc Jacobs even lived in the hotel temporarily while his home was being refurb...