The Standard High Line
Over-the-top design, over-the-top views from floor-to-ceiling windows in every room, and a stellar location for eating yourself silly (and ingesting lots of culture). André Balazs’s fully immersive hotel is a nonstop scene, whether it’s the crowds who make the Biergarten vibrate in summer or the fashionable contingent that makes it past the hostesses at the glamorous sky-high Top of the Standard—or higher still for its next-door sibling, Le Bain. The bustling brasserie-like Standard Grill serves food sourced at Balazs’s farm until 4 a.m. on weekends—perfect in case you need a bite after you’ve dined at our nearby favorites High Street on Hudson, Santina, and Untitled at the Whitney. As for the culture bit, the Whitney Museum and the High Line are just steps away, and Chelsea galleries a few blocks farther.
PRO TIP: Get a river-facing corner room. And if you don’t like music while you sleep, a lower floor might be your thing. Also: Keep in mind that unless you pull your blinds after dark, you’re part of the show for tourists on the High Line.
THE DETAILS: Rooms from $299.
