The Greenwich Hotel

Robert De Niro's Tribeca luxury hotel, with the Shibui Spa pool and Locanda Verde

★★★★★📍 Tribeca$$$$

The Greenwich Hotel opened in 2008 as Robert De Niro's hotel project — De Niro is a co-owner along with Ira Drukier and Richard Born — and the property has accumulated significant cultural presence since opening. Located on Greenwich Street in Tribeca, the hotel anchors the neighborhood that De Niro has spent decades building (the Tribeca Film Festival, multiple restaurants, the Greenwich apartment building next door).

The 88 rooms are deliberately uniquely-designed — no two are alike, and the design palette draws from De Niro's personal collection (Asian wood furniture, Moroccan textiles, European antiques). The interiors are warmer and more residential than typical NYC luxury hotels; some rooms feel more like a curated apartment than a hotel suite.

The Shibui Spa is the property's standout amenity — a 25-meter pool installed in a converted 17th-century Japanese farmhouse that was shipped from Japan and reassembled beneath the lobby. The pool/farmhouse combination is unique in NYC and worth seeing even if you don't swim. The Drawing Room (the lounge in the lobby) is open only to guests and is the most-coveted hotel guest-only lounge in NYC.

Downstairs, Locanda Verde — chef Andrew Carmellini's flagship Italian restaurant — has been one of NYC's most-recommended Italian restaurants since opening. The proximity is a major draw for hotel guests.

Tribeca itself is the value proposition. The neighborhood is residential-quiet in evenings, has some of NYC's strongest restaurants and bars, is a 5-10 minute walk to most downtown attractions (9/11 Memorial, Statue ferry from Battery Park, Wall Street, Brooklyn Bridge), and has a stronger sense of village than any other downtown neighborhood.

Rooms typically $700-1500/night.