I just got back from Soho House NYC and had a great stay. I got caught up in Hurricane Sandy and the staff at the hotel were fantastic throughout.
I had room number 3, a Playhouse, which was one of the newly refurbished rooms on the 3rd floor. The room is enormous, the shower and bathroom excellent and the overall decor very cool and comfortable. A special mention also for the housekeeping team - they changed the sheets daily and made it feel as good as new every morning.
As the hotel was down town, it lost power in the hurricane. It was a couple of days before we could move to an uptown hotel and in this time the staff did an amazing job of keeping things going. On the night after the hurricane there were about 15 guests left in the hotel and the staff cooked up an amazing communal meal of steaks (cooked over an open fire) with loads of delicious side orders and salads and lots of bottles of red wine. We weren't charged for any of it. I bet that didn't happen in any other NYC hotels!
In summary - if you want the best sized rooms in down town NYC, great service, cool decor and a staff that really do care about their guests then this is the place for you.
My only negative is that my room had terrible sound insulation. I could hear most of what went on in the rooms on either side and the room above clearly had a wooden floor and so there was a lot of noise from people walking across it in heels. This stopped the experience being as relaxing as it should have been and is hopefully something they will address in the ongoing refurb.
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