outtahere1234
Solo Travel · October 202510/10
This lovely hotel is a solid 8 out of 10. The upper West side is my favorite neighborhood when I visit, so I’ve stayed at Hotel Belleclaire, the beacon, the Wallace, Lucerne, and now art house. With ...This lovely hotel is a solid 8 out of 10. The upper West side is my favorite neighborhood when I visit, so I’ve stayed at Hotel Belleclaire, the beacon, the Wallace, Lucerne, and now art house. With the Wallace being by far the best, pretty much a 10 out of 10, I would say this lovely hotel has a few factors that placed it in the top two or three for sure.
The staff is unbeatable: friendly professional, always helpful. Vivek at the front desk is particularly magnificent! I love you, Vivek! This is an extremely clean hotel, the lobby is lovely and extra appreciated, there’s a little cozy café where you can get coffee without having to leave the building, or cocktails too, if that’s more your style. At night the really lovely lobby area also has live music. You really feel like you’re having g a NYC moment when you get out of the elevator at night and the lobby is lit so romantically in the live music is wafting through the air.
For the price, and I say this as a person who surfs kayak and gets Google alerts regularly to find the cheapest stay on the upper west side, art house is usually among the most expensive with exception of the Wallace. The reason it’s an 8 out of 10 instead of a perfect score are a few really small issues that are almost not worth mentioning. It’s a very busy hotel and one of the elevators was down my entire stay. Kind of frustrating. You don’t really come to Manhattan to watch TV, but the television in my room had consistently sketchy reception, sometimes none at all, and a pretty small number of channels with a remote that looked and felt about 20 years old. For some weird reason the bathroom was just really dark even with all the lights on, and one of my automatic shades was broken. These are really small issues and I almost don’t want to mention them because everything else was just superb. If I get lucky and find another good discount like I did this time, I would definitely, eagerly come back.
Of course, as other people mention on this site, it’s such a wonderful location, super close to the train and lovely restaurants and coffee shops. For emergencies, CVS is directly across the street as well! Thank you art house and again thank you Vivek! WHAT A WONDERFUL STAY!Show More
