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Hotel Gansevoort
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Neighborhoods: Meatpacking District, West Village
18 9th Ave
(between 13th St & Little W 12th St)
New York, NY 10014
(212) 206-6700
18 9th Ave
(between 13th St & Little W 12th St)
New York, NY 10014
(212) 206-6700
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14th St-8th Ave (A, C, E, L)
14th St-7th Aves (1, 2, 3, F, V, L)
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$$$
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176 reviews for Hotel Gansevoort
The roof of the Hotel Gansevoort is a standby because it honestly never ceases to mildly impress out of town guests and here's why:
1. It's in the super trendy Meatpacking
2. Going up there beyond the velvet ropes and up the elevator feels sort of elitist even though it's not at all
3. You get cool views of buildings
4. It's always crowded and has a slick going out nighttime vibe with neon lights and cute people
5. It's easy to hit up before or after another bar or for pre-dinner drinks.
6. Unlike other night spots in the hood, there is no mandatory bottle service or cover charge so why not?
Yeah, it's pretentious but
Reviewing the hotel, not the hotel bar.
I've stayed here twice for business now, but I won't be back. As other reviewers mentioned, the rooms are warm. My room was 74 when I came in, so I turned on the AC and fan, which only spit out warm air. Called downstairs and they basically told me that there was no AC "at this time of year." It was a cool night, and the windows do open, but the hotel is on a very busy street so if you open the windows you get a lot of street noise. Like, taxis honking and drunk people screaming street noise. I find this COMPLETELY RIDICULOUS and the idea that an expensive hotel can't keep the rooms at a comfortable temperature is just crazy. Stay away.
Also no fans in the bathrooms, which means visible mildew in both rooms I stayed in. Allergic people should stay away as well.
All that said, the room was nice, the facility was clean, and the location is good if you have business in the area. It's also close to the E train so it's easy to reach from the airport. None of that makes up for the poor facility though.
For the money you can do a lot better for a hotel in the area.
Typical conversation at the Gansevoort.
2 men stand near the balcony holding a vodka tonic. They are dressed well--Ferragamo loafers, Canali slacks, Hermes tie, Thomas Pink heavy starched button down. They talk finance as they survey the young, vibrant crowd.
Dude 1: So man, which bulge bracket you workin' for?
Dude 2: Nah, boutique firm--private equity baby!
Dude 1: Oh snap! Must got a sick capital structure with a Brietling Navitimer like that! Puts my Cartier Tank to shame--makin' me feel like a retail banker! ::they share a hearty laugh::
Dude 2: Who you jammin' for?
Dude 1: Private Wealth Management--Goldman, son!
They go on talking about whose debt/equity ratio is bigger and end with a loud cheers, "To banking and bitches!"
Fin.
I was only able to get in here because my brother's friend had a table. Otherwise, this wouldn't be the type of place I would wait five seconds to wait in line for. Perhaps I'm a little grumpy because it was raining and I didn't get to see the amazing view.
Anyways it was expensive and pretentious. Music was kinda ok. At least it was busy and people were having fun. Bar by the bathroom smelled like babyfarts.
My first NYC rooftop bar experience!
I'm not usually one for fancy schmancy bars with long lines in front, but I have to say, I kind of liked Hotel Gansevoort!
First, the line outside was long, but moved pretty quickly at 11:30 PM on a Saturday night. Second, I didn't get the pretentious vibe from the doormen and bartenders, which was surprising. Third, there was actually room to sit both inside and outside - no bottle service required.
Oh, and the view is ridiculous!! We were even able to nab a table on the narrow outside area (it's not really a "rooftop" bar since most of the bar is covered, but there is an outside veranda type thing that stretches around the west side). Kinda reminded me a smaller, lower version of Ghostbar at the Palms in Vegas.
Only one really major downside: $14 drinks, ouch.
"Who Knew The Red Menace Guarded The Stairway To Freedom?"
As 4:00am rolls around and the place shuts down, everyone is very unceremoniously and quite brashly ushered off the terrace to wait in a line that could be described as epic. What is this? Oh. We have to wait for the elevator to leave. Hmm. Okay. So we wait about 25 minutes. -1 Star.
They turn off the music, turn on the lights, and tell everyone to drop their drinks. It's like a dance back in junior high school where they black out the windows with butcher paper but keep the lights on to ensure no one is trying to fornicate on the dance floor. People just look at each other wide eyed, wondering what to do with themselves.
Fuck this, we think to ourselves. To the stairwell! We're not afraid of a few steps, and none of us are stumbling drunkards (not sure if we could afford to be). Half the group makes it through the doorway and start down the stairs when a man in a suit arrives,
"You can't do that! Stop!"
"Why...?" I ask, quite befuddled. I've been seeing people come in and out of the stairway all night long.
He doesn't answer, but instead looks angrily as half of my friends scamper away down the stairwell, amused at the manager's outburst.
"They're running because they're guilty!" What? Guilty...? Of... not wanting to wait an hour to use a tiny cramped elevator filled with drunk people?
"It's fine. We don't mind walking," I say, attempting to walk by him. He blocks the door and says, "It's locked from the inside and now they're stuck."
At this point I wasn't sure whether or act incredulous or ask him for what he was smoking.
"It's a stairway. You use them, and not elevators, if there happens to be a fire or a power outage, or a long fucking line. I don't think it's legal to keep the doors locked."
He pulls out the Holy Grail for every hotel bar manager: the walkie-talkie.
"Claud," he says. Shit. He has some guy named Claud working here? Is he an imported Russian mafioso? "I need you by the west bar NOW!"
"Can we please just use the stairs?" My question is greeted with an icy glare. Who shat /his/ oatmeal this morning? Sheesh.
Claud arrives. He is just as I expected. Suit-clad with greasy shoulder length hair. He looks like he eats small children for brunch (he's definitely a brunch-type). He plops himself into a chair directly in front of the door.
"So... I guess that means we have to wait?" The manager is pretty damn sure the doors are locked and our friends will forever be trapped inside, forced to draw lots and eat each other one by one in order to survive until help can arrive in the form of a legally operated fire exit.
"No one gets through this door, Claud." He says to me. And then manager and goon bust out in a CrAzY synchronized dance routine: The Dance of Ignoration. Yup. We cease to exist. Claud is Claud; stern Communist bouncer, and Manager is douche-faced as he walks away.
Bummer. We stand in line. And wait. And wait. And... oh, damn. Our friends are texting and calling saying, "Where are you? Where are you? We're on the street. We've been waiting for 20 minutes." Gosh darn it!
If only we could take the stairs; we would not only be fighting heart disease, but we'd also save ourselves 60 minutes of waiting in an awkward sort of after-party... something. I'd use the word "atmosphere" but there was absolutely none.
-100 Stars. +1 NYC Fire Marshal.
The line is too long! The staff only lets you in when you have short skirts or short tops. It was crowded when we finally got in, my friend was followed by a weird old man. The drinks were hard to get the music was horrible and the restrooms smelled like poo came out of the pipes into the hallway. So if you go ....BE CAREFUL. The view is nice but the rest is not!! Go during the day for the pretty view....and avoid the nasty old men and poopy hallway!
It's way too crowded, I can never move when I go. Bottle service is slow and the staff is rude, no matter how much you spend. They don't treat people in VIP the right way. The main bar is over crowded and the balcony is too narrow. The crowd is definitely older.
Hotel Gansevoort is in a lovely area of the meatpacking district and the decor up on the rooftop is beautiful. Despite the waiter's flagrant lies about "this table is reserved for a party". It obviously wasn't so we just sat down anyway and she let us sit their for the reminder of the night. The drinks are pretty strong but a bit expensive at $15 a cocktail.
The view is breathtaking but it's not enough to make this place my weekly escape into the city. The vibe is stuffy and pretentious, just ignore all the people trying too hard and you might have a good time also. If you're looking to see beautiful people and to be seen, then this is definitely the place for you.
The Hotel Gansevoort is in the heart of the trendy Meat Packing District, just steps away from my favorite store in the whole wide world... Christian Louboutin. (ahhhh makes me happy just thinking about it) Alas, the good news stops here. What can I say? The Hotel Gansevoort is COOL. If it were a car it would have "So Cool" on the license plate. With that being said..."cool" often comes with a price tag. And I don't just mean the $500+ a night rooms either.
Remember those caddy little girls in high school that thought they were better than everyone else yet ended up being minimum wage earners, divorced and left bitter in the cold... Meet your cocktail servers at the infamous Rooftop Lounge. I'm not sure how any of them keep their jobs...I know people must complain. Maybe they're all sleeping with the boss or maybe they just don't give a shit. Either way, they are hands down the Rudest Servers in NYC! With one exception... I did manage to find one server to be an absolute delight and her name is Noel. Ask for her when you arrive and if she's not there...go somewhere else! Hey management... I think it's time to send in the secret shoppers and get a handle on your customer service rating. In case you haven't checked...it's LOW. And for a 4 star hotel...that's not good!
But what does it matter...I can ignore the waitresses. The late night party scene is why I came here! The music may be loud but I found the DJ and live Drummer to be Fantastic! So fantastic, that I almost didn't notice the not-so-top-dollar call girls scanning the room for their next trick. Oh well, it's not like I've never seen a hooker before, I just haven't seen that many since my last trip to Vegas.
I found most of the bellmen to be courteous and energetic. The doormen/security guards did their jobs well protecting guests from the riff-raff on the streets. (Michael and Chris, I love you both. Thanks for the laughs!) The houskeeping ladies were all very sweet and the concierge was more than helpful.
Now let's take a trip to the Lower Level of the hotel and visit the Exhale Spa and Fitness Center. Actually, let's not. Don't make me go back there! The receptionists downstairs have major attitude and very little sense. They're probably just taking after the ultimately incompetent and condescending manager. Hmmm what was his name again?? Oh thats right...Douglas. Let me just say, you've really out done yourself. For three days in a row, your steam room wasn't steamy, the ladies locker room was messy and your "hot tubs" weren't hot! And somehow you made me feel like it was my fault. That blank stare and cheap smile just made you my least favorite person...downtown anyway. Ugghh, I'm getting a headache. Enough with you!
Right now, the Hotel Gansevoort may be the coolest kid on the block... but if they don't get a grip on the bad attitudes responsible for their biggest draws (rooftop and spa), I wouldn't be surprised if they lose their nomination for Prom King next year. With all the new development in the area, including the new Standard Hotel just a few steps away, it's not going to be easy to stay on top forever.
BOTTOM LINE: I would absolutely stay here again...If the room was free and they gave me a shoe allowance. Sorry guys...Customer Service is your weakest link and unfortunately that's my most important requirement when booking 4 star accommodations. Fix the problem, and I would happily come back. After all, you're right next to my favorite shoe store. Thats gotta count for something!
(On a personal note: I did manage to have an amazing time while in NYC but that was due to the extraordinary company I shared. And I probably wouldn't have had such a bitter taste in my mouth had Douglas not been such an idiot.)
FYI: TripAdvisor ranks this hotel #197 out of 420 NYC hotels.
Friendly Tip #1: If you have kids please go somewhere else. This very adult atmosphere does not mix well with children...kinda like oil and water. And if you have a husband, don't let him stay here alone.
Friendly Tip #2: This is a pet-friendly hotel so bring Fido with you and maybe he can bite at the heels of all those who disappoint you.
Rooftop Plunge is always crowded, but cool!! Nice NYC rooftop view of the city!! Not much else to say, but... it is one of my goto spots... :-) ohhh if you are male, you need to bring a female or walk in with one ...
Since I am on a roll of reviewing LAME places...
I thought to myself, why not review the Gansevoort.
I was out to meet a few out of towners and one of them - not too fond of her, took us on a this drama filled trip out around the city.
She first wanted to go to Supper Club and first thing that pops into my head...LAME - most likely it's going to be some Asian Promotion night.
Guess what, I was right - it was Asian Invasion night. S, then started to whine and talked all the other out of towners to go to Gansevoort. She was hyping it up to them and I told S that it's lame and I am sorry I am not into Yuppies nor B&T people.
She always wanted to go and now that she finally lives in NY, she wants to check it out. We get there and there's like 10 of us and the bouncer was trying to tell us that we need to get bottled service.
I was like whatever but my friend, J such a super sweet guy coughs up 4 bills for the bottled service.
We get up there and 2 minutes later, S goes this place is lame...let's leave.
WTF!
It's like duh, I told you this place was lame and even though I wanted to leave too, but I made everyone stay because I know my friend J, didn't just cough up all that money for some ungrateful b****.
Whirlwind tour that night for my Birthday! Friends were great to take me out and show me the town. This was our last stop of the evening. Line to get in, the door people were as you would expect pushing us to buy bottle service to let us in.
So we slipped them $40 and got in, no surprise right. Rooftop deck was great, nice views,the set up was very cool. We meandered into the pool area and were asked to leave this area its for hotel guests only!
We wanted to smoke cigars and were asked not to so so. The bathroom was broken and maintenance was using a drill on the door to get in. Then the elevators broke and we were stuck for a short period of time on the roof. The cocktail waitress clearly hated her job and the people.
The owner of this place clearly does not know what he is doing, no training program for the employees, bouncers, management it's a mess.
The bldg is old and in need of repair. It feels as if the place is on the verge of bankruptcy.
I'm not a fan but grateful that I got to see what some NY'ers think is a great hot spot. Interesting........
We came here around 1AM on a Saturday night to grab some drinks at the PH bar. This was the second time coming here (the first time was 2 years ago on a Friday early night).
I wasn't too thrilled about the line outside of the hotel to go into the bar. We must have waited a good 40 minutes before our hands touched the first drink. The drinks are expensive. But don't let that deter you from ordering. A shot of tequila will cost you $15, but they give you maybe 2.5 shots in 1 order.
The balcony area is awesome. I wish it wasn't sprinkling, so we could actually sit on the lounge chairs; cant complain too much, because the view was very nice. For a place that has no door fee and a great view, it was not as packed as I had expected. Id like to come back here on a weeknight next time.
We came on a Saturday night and waited in a line that extended to the end of the street and had to wait for 30-40 minutes before getting on the elevator.
$15 per drink. Bartender who doesn't care. He was efficient though.
I wouldn't mind coming here on a sunny day and just lounge around though. Nice views.
Superman couldn't get in, maybe Clark Kent can.
Last year I started a simple and fun tradition of wearing my Superman T-shirt on July 4th. Cool and very American right? This year wasn't going to be different since my friend texted me "beach wear" for a rooftop party at this hotel in the ever exclusive Meatpacking district. I arrived earlier (6pm) in hopes of checking out the scene and their pool scooping out the general crowd on the line/ entering the building. Nearly all the women were wearing Summer dresses peeking bikini tops and the men were primarily wearing designer jeans and dress shirts - typical if you're going to a club/ lounge/ bar in the city for the evening. I guess the party promoter followed the same boring trend... or I was misinformed and that it wasn't a themed party at all.
As people started walking in (women of course, got preferential treatment) and dropping names of guestlists/ people they (hardly) know, the doorman (I dare not say bouncer as he was too puny and pale to be one) tried hard not to look at me in my Superman T-shirt and boarder shorts. Hiding behind lime-green framed sunglasses (designer for sure), he says to me "we're no longer doing guestlist" while holding a prominent clipboard of names and tallies. He also made a snide remark about a dress code trying to escape my gaze through his pathetic shades. At that moment, I found it funny and took ten seconds to process the situation and the emotion to come...
I walked away embarrassed and angry - the bullsht exclusivitiy of Meatpacking (my one and only other time being rejected ever was during my friend's birthday party at Buddah bar) and my "friend's" misinformation about "beach wear" (she's more like an aquaintance met through http://meetup.com). But it wasn't that simple. I felt like a HS kid being rejected at some party I was invited to...
Needless to say, I'm not hanging out in Meatpacking district anymore nor is she a friend.
Came here last night for drinks and to watch the sunset. Standard Hotel actually kind of blocks the view now..but still lovely enough.
Drinks...I tried 2 and they were just okay-- the mango one and pomegranate martini. Date was smart and stuck with vodka tonic-- however thats $14 for a small glass. So its kind of lose lose situtation.
Anyways, we had a nice seat, it was a beautiful night, waitress was friendly, we were happy. Just dont come up expecting much.
I'm a rooftop stalker. I love them, I crave them, I get complete with them. Sadly, my building's rooftop is obnoxiously secured with alarms so I indulge in rooftop-seeking behavior occasionally and when I find them, I don't complain. They make me happy and get three stars by default just for their intrinsic value.
Hotel Gansevoort's rooftop is not all that. It's not huge and the fake glass security barriers are a bit too high for me even on heels to allow unlimited Hudson views. But this place almost feels like a private rooftop. In fact, I was told today one of my friends took a whiz in the garden ornament while drunk thinking it was someone's rooftop and was surely escorted to the door shortly after.
Overall, ignore the yuppie-fest and overpriced drinks I say and just go there on a weekday after a stroll at the High Line and simply coexist with the city. No alarms and no surprises.
Cool place and location but for $500+ a night, I expect a thermostat that works. The room would not get cooler than 77 degrees, which is way too hot to sleep comfortably. When I told management, they confirmed that there was an issue with the thermostat. The best they could do to appease me was to say that if I came back, they would upgrade me IF there was space available. The General Manager ignored my follow-up email on the issue. I guess the economy isn't hurting their business and they don't care about repeat business.
Great view and good crowd, but the bar tenders can be serious d bags. I tipped 8 dollars on my first two drink order, then 6 dollars on my second order, both with the same bar tender. Went back to the same bar tender a third time and tipped him my 2 dollars change, he picked the money up scoffed at me and turned around like I had just desecrated his family name. I know the drinks are expensive and it's an overall expensive place, but come on... I just tipped 16 dollars for 6 drinks. I don't think pouring draft beer and making a crappy vodka tonic are that difficult.
If you're looking for the sometimes stuck-up, sometimes pretentious meat packing scene, then you'll love this place. If you're not, then you'll hate it.
Question: are you having your bday here? if Yes, can i come crash at your pool party?
I very much prefer Gansevoort during the day than night. The crowd is better, music is pumping... something intriguing about partying 12pm in the afternoon and getting drunk by 3pm. I do have to say it was so weird seeing that people were cutting up their omlettes and enjoying brunch in the middle of this big party. The rooftop bar, including Plunge the "restaurant" definitely screams CLUB to me. Please note that on weekends their food service is really slow, expect a long wait.
I came for a friend's bday and i gotta say the pool was amazing. Only vips and hotel guests are allowed accessed to the pool area. Tiny pool but gorgeous view.
hopefully i'll be back soon!
PROs- beautiful people, gotta love the pool, trendy atmosphere
CONs- Slow service, 65 dollar sangra pitchers, hard to get in
Obviously the view from the bar is breathtaking, but everything else about the Gansevoort is just blah. I prefer hanging out here during the daytime, when the high-end call girls and wannabe pimps aren't taking over the bar. The majority of the cocktail waitresses are great eye candy, but the service is typical Meatpacking girl snob. When 2am comes around, the crowd is mostly "cougars" trying to hook up with the European tourists. Therefore, people watching here can be very entertaining. I get bored here easily because there's no music! But maybe there is music and they just have really bad speakers so nobody can hear it????
I came here for brunch on the rooftop on a Sunday. The menu was more of a lunch menu than a brunch menu, was overpriced for what it was and the food was okay-good but not great. Service was also lagging. I probably won't be back to eat. Or to drink now that I think about it- as previously stated, too overpriced. The only thing that would bring me back is the view and my love of rooftops...the fact that it's a rooftop almost saved it from losing a star, but y bother when there are other rooftops in manhattan that don't break the bank?
I was here recently with a couple of girlfriends on a Saturday night. While we were in line, a very angry girl behind us kept complaining to the bouncer about the wait.
Angry girl: "But we're actually from New York!"
Bouncer: "What's that supposed to mean?"
Turns out he was from New Jersey. HAHA sucks for her.
I don't know why this place is dubbed the place to take out of towners. I swear every time I am in town someone is trying to take me here. I guess the view is nice, but having to deal with the crowd is not worth the view! I swear every weirdo in NYC was here the night I came. The pool on the top floor was emitting this really nasty odor that reminded me of a public restroom. It was hard for me to get past that since it was not very pleasant smelling to begin with, what with all the sweaty people packed in a tiny space. Perhaps I'll give it a second chance in the summer? Probably not.
The Gansevoort is an example what Manhattan is becoming, and not what it was. Manhattan used to be a cool place to get good cheap drinks, and more and more, that is not the case. In place of cool local bars are places like the Gansevoort. I mean, $21.00 for a Bellini? Really?
The people who frequent the Gansevoort are not the type of people I would choose to socialize with anyway, so no love is lost there. The only way I would go to the 'voort is if a bunch of friends wanted to meet there for a drink and I couldn't convince them otherwise, or if someone else were paying the bill.
While most do not seem to be a big fan of the Hotel Gansevoort, I can say it was one of my top nights of the school year. It might have to do with the fact that I had low standards being that it was a random Tuesday night and I figured my night would consist of laying in my bed.
After waiting in the line at Tenjune FOREVER, I suggested the hotel on a whim and decided it was too beautiful to pass up. Fortunately, I was right. We went pretty late so we were some of the only people up there. With delicious fruity cocktails in hand, some Katy Perry and Lady GaGa and a GORGEOUS view we had an awesome night. On a summery night, this is a great place to just hang out and enjoy the atmosphere.
If I am in the meat packing district, this is my place. I've been on a busy Saturday night and recently during lunchtime. Both times a great experience.
At night- very chic, very packed, very expensive, VERY FUN. Crew was really fun and social.
At lunch- good menu. Caught it on a beautiful day, so the view was great! Server was slow, but with 70 and sunny- I didn't mind. Once again a good mix of people, all dressed well.
Okay. Really not my scene at all. Besides the gorgeous view and layout, there is nothing special about the place. The drinks are way over priced and the crowd is of old business men discussing their latest accounts. Eh.
There is a lot of hype about this place, but really nothing too special. If you want to lounge around and drink its a great place, but it dies fast.
Monday afternoon:
Me: "How you feeling?"
She: "Ugh. Still hung over from that MTV Beach Party we were at yesterday."
Not sure how we all ended up here, but Sundays on the rooftop are a good time. (Mondays in the office are not.) We had great weather, a view of the Hudson, booming house music, and some girl with the best body I have ever seen dancing on tables. Holy shit. I love her. All in all, a nice way to spend a sunny day. It was like a mini vacation, more like South Beach than New York. Of course, there's a price to be paid for all this trendiness, even beyond the outrageous price of booze. Expect a hassle at the door, lots of implants, and plenty of douche bags and the women who love them.
I've been to the Gansevoort more times than I can remember; it's survived pretty well; a mixed bag, depends on the crowd, but day time is definitely better. On the off chance you are actually looking for a review of the hotel, the rooms are TINY. But you're not really coming here to stay in your room, are you?
This is for the GAY Sunday party.
Gahhh! What happened to Josh Wood's "Garden of Ono"??? I don't know why, but they moved the party away from that beautiful space it was in last summer and cut the space in half! Now, the gorgeous guys are pushed inside with just a wee bit of more space outside. Horrible! You can't move without bumping into someone or feeling clausterphobic. The bathrooms are now in the lobby of the hotel - yuck! Huge disappointment. It used to be a nice starter bar before Hiro/Greenhouse but I think I'll skip it.
This place reeks of B&T but sometimes I'm alright with that--I mean, we all deserve a little humor in our lives. For example, when the intensely blacked out, orange-faced, frosted tipped, "banker" came up to my friends and I and decided to jump into our pictures on the fly, I was highly amused and not mad in the slightest. If this had happened anywhere else I probably would've flipped out. But, literally with the Hotel Gansevoort, its all about one thing and one thing only, THE VIEW.
In short the view here is incredible. Never have I gazed at the banks of Jersey City with such admiration and wonder. But seriously, throw back and couple cocktails and enjoy this rooftop before the summer rush.
Really? $14 for a vodka tonic? The view is nice, the bar area crowded with Thursday night being the new Friday and all, but I'm not quite sure what all the huba baloo is all about. Maybe it's because I am the kind of person who says hula baloo. A manager type even chastised my friend for sitting a little to close too the walk way saying the waitresses were having trouble getting through to serve. They have wait staff? Where? If there were any we certainly didn't see them and they hadn't asked us to move. Great view of Spice Market (which I'll be reviewing shortly) and the Hudson across the way but not worth the effort.
Do you like standing on line? Do you like strangely crowded places? Do you like spending more than $10 bucks for a beer? If you've answered yes to these questions then maybe the rooftop bar at the Hotel Gansevoort is for you.
If you answered no to these questions, go once, check out the view; then take the elevator right back downstairs and go somewhere else.
Went here for a "pool party" in the city.. Checked it out on sunday afternoon. Hard hitting house music, packed to the gills and tons of hot broads jumping around in the pool while a group of old man and Harvey Milk's seemed to watch over these buxom beauties. Definitely a awesome place to go day or night. However since I work early hours (7am-4pm) these day time parties are my preference. That along with the fact that no girl can hide her subpar looks in broad day light.
Can be a bitch to get into if you dont know somebody and if your on a budget. 15-20 $ per drink is pricey for just about anyone. However this is the place to go to meet some upstanding broads. Definite mix of both strippers and corporate chicks.. So take your pick. It seems to me someone with a bag of coke, a decent wardrobe and a fake rolex would do some damage here. Awesome place to pick up some tourist swine as well!
Great views and a friendly staff should allow anyone to have a blast here. Some posers as well along with some bridge and tunnel riff raff but what do you expect from a place that was glorfied on the Sopranos.
One of the trendiest hotels in NYC and always a decent time.
In more prosperous times, it is always where we used to put our clients when they were in town for photo shoots.
I love the PH bar. It's where I spent many nights people-watching, star-gazing, and maybe a little smooching ;)
The drinks are good and the view even better.
In the winter it's a nice cozy place to have a few drinks and warm up by the fireplace. In the summer it's a great place to catch some breeze and do more or less the same thing.
In the summer they can get a little snotty about entrance but then again anywhere in MP has a similar problem.
Overall, it's a nice watering hole smack in the middle of all that is gloriously MPD.
Just returned from my first of what will most likely be many stays at this NYC hotel. Yes, I actually went there to stay at the hotel rather than to the bar.
I was able to check in early and I think my room was upgraded but since I have not seen any other rooms I can't be sure. The desk clerk was very friendly and accommodating and I appreciated the bottle of water she offered as I waited for my room to be ready (which took less than 5 minutes).
Loved the room though the TV is among the smallest I have seen in a hotel lately. The couch by the window looking at over the Hudson was very nice. Wireless connectivity was decent and AT&T coverage was good.
I liked the "turn down" service each night turning on lights and turning on music. Very nice to come back to. Bed and bedding were great as was the bathroom (loved the sink). Appreciated that my coat was hung up in the closet for me. Nice touch.
The lights on the floor for the elevators on the ground floor were cool but the lighting in the elevator is a bit too dark as it is hard to actually see the floor numbers next to the buttons.
I did visit the rooftop bar and enjoyed the view but $14 for a small pour of Jameson's is way to expensive. But then, I looked in the room service menu and I saw incredibly high prices for alcohol that I thought must be a misprint but maybe not.
Check out was fast and accurate.
Four stars as a hotel.
Looking forward to my next visit.
This review is for the Rooftop Bar:
I was there on a friday night, and was expecting much more.. It was too crowded and we couldn't get a place to sit unless we paid for the bottle service. The crowd wasn't so hot either (definitely not classy). I would give it 2.5 stars + 0.5 star for the great company, music, and view.. A good place to check out once, but I don't plan to go there again.
Our first night out in NYC and we came to Gansevoort hotel's rooftop bar. Nice lookin hotel, very modern...i was diggin the decor...we got up to the bar floor and the elevator took us straight to the bar. This place somewhat reminds me the ghostbar at the Palms in Vegas. The bar is small and very crowded...but the feel was nice. The 6 of us ordered drinks, 6 drinks = $90, if im calculating right, thats $15 per drink! There was really no place to sit either, all the tables and sitting area were reserved for bottle service. Lucky for us, we met some nice ppl that let us sit at their table and chill with them all night.. i went outside for a smoke break and to check out the scenery...the view was nice, from what i hear it overlooks the meat packing district, but its nothing spectacular....
If you have the funds to support ur drinking habit here and dont have a phobia of small crowded places, this place is for you...After about 5 drinks courtesy of the nice guys that hooked us up with a seats, i was enjoyin myself... =)
Gansevoort poolside bikini brunch. Neither poolside nor bikini. What a waste. Made reservations a month ago. Got crap at the door for them not having my name, but the bouncer (on a Saturday afternoon) did us a "favor" and let us in anyway. He said, "And if you don't have your bikinis on, you'll just have to skinny dip." The scene? Dead. It was nearly empty at 2 in the afternoon. The menu? Overpriced. $75-$95 for a pitcher? They seated us inside, saying if we wanted to buy a bottle maybe we could sit outside. Then it became clear we weren't allowed to sit at or use the pool. Which was the whole point of us going in the first place because it certainly wasn't for the overpriced food. The hostess said that some promoters will give out wristbands that will let you into the pool area. This place sucks. We left and went across the street to have a delicious brunch at Pastis, then made a great afternoon on the High Line, thankful the whole time we didn't stick around the Gansevoort.
Deceptive advertising, falsely sceney, snotty and pretentious.
I will never go back here.
Never stayed there, but love the rooftop. Plus, its a great place to pre-funk! Have you ever heard the term? It means- pre load on the ah-ah-ah-alcohol, start your night at the Gansevoort, and end it everywhere else in the Meatpacking District. Enjoy the service, the view, and drinks. :)
