travel42 Hotel Review: The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel

The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel travel42 Professional Hotel Review

Location and History

One block east of Central Park, across from the Hotel Surrey, this renowned old-fashioned residential-style hotel is the best overall offering for successful salt-and-pepper types on the East Side, a deluxe heavy-hitter that makes the trendier, more flamboyant design hotels look like minor leaguers.

It is a longstanding favorite for its polite and proper service, urbane lodging, refined restaurant, top-notch old-school entertainment and scrupulous gentili...