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The best hotels in New York City
Twenty-six keyed addresses across Manhattan's most guarded blocks
New York City has 26 hotels ranked in the finehotels.world index. Aman New York leads on prestige score at 8.55 out of 10, followed by The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel and Casa Cipriani New York. Of those, 26 hold MICHELIN Keys, 2 hold a Forbes Five Star rating, 5 have placed in The World's 50 Best Hotels, 2 are rated by La Liste.
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No American city on this index carries more MICHELIN Key recognition than New York. All 26 ranked hotels here hold Keys, four of them at the three Key level, and the spread of buildings is as telling as the count: Aman New York inside the 1921 Crown Building, The Carlyle keeping uptown formality on East 76th Street, Casa Cipriani occupying the old Battery Maritime Building at the harbour's edge.
Firmdale brought its patterned English maximalism to SoHo with the Crosby Street Hotel and to midtown with The Whitby, while The Mark, The Fifth Avenue Hotel and Fouquet's New York each stage a louder kind of theatre.
Every ranked hotel in New York City
| Hotel | Prestige | Distinctions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aman New York3 Keys · 50 Best · La Liste · 83 rooms | 8.55 | 3 MICHELIN Keys; World's 50 Best No. 25 in 2023, No. 37 in 2024, No. 61 in 2025; La Liste 98.5 |
| 2 | The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel2 Keys · 50 Best · La Liste · 190 rooms | 7.04 | 2 MICHELIN Keys; World's 50 Best No. 30 in 2024, No. 64 in 2025; La Liste 98.0 |
| 3 | Casa Cipriani New York3 Keys · 47 rooms | 6.64 | 3 MICHELIN Keys |
| 4 | Crosby Street Hotel, Firmdale Hotels3 Keys · 86 rooms | 6.64 | 3 MICHELIN Keys |
| 5 | The Whitby Hotel, Firmdale Hotels3 Keys · 86 rooms | 6.64 | 3 MICHELIN Keys |
| 6 | The Mark Hotel2 Keys · 50 Best · 152 rooms | 6.58 | 2 MICHELIN Keys; World's 50 Best No. 43 in 2025 |
| 7 | The Fifth Avenue Hotel2 Keys · 50 Best · 149 rooms | 6.32 | 2 MICHELIN Keys; World's 50 Best No. 75 in 2025 |
| 8 | Fouquet’s New York2 Keys · 97 rooms | 5.99 | 2 MICHELIN Keys |
| 9 | Nine Orchard2 Keys · 113 rooms | 5.99 | 2 MICHELIN Keys |
| 10 | Pendry Manhattan West2 Keys · 164 rooms | 5.99 | 2 MICHELIN Keys |
| 11 | Warren Street Hotel, Firmdale Hotels2 Keys · 69 rooms | 5.99 | 2 MICHELIN Keys |
| 12 | The Peninsula New York1 Key · Forbes · 239 rooms | 5.59 | 1 MICHELIN Key; Forbes Five Star |
| 13 | The Ritz-Carlton New York, Central Park1 Key · Forbes · 259 rooms | 5.59 | 1 MICHELIN Key; Forbes Five Star |
| 14 | The Greenwich Hotel1 Key · 50 Best · 88 rooms | 5.53 | 1 MICHELIN Key; World's 50 Best No. 77 in 2025 |
| 15 | 1 Hotel Central Park1 Key · 234 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 16 | Baccarat Hotel & Residences1 Key · 114 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 17 | The Beekman - A Thompson Hotel1 Key · 287 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 18 | The Bowery Hotel1 Key · 135 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 19 | The Hotel Chelsea1 Key · 155 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 20 | The Lowell1 Key · 74 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 21 | The Ludlow Hotel1 Key · 175 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 22 | The Mercer1 Key · 73 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 23 | The Ritz-Carlton New York, NoMad1 Key · 250 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 24 | The Surrey, A Corinthia Hotel1 Key · 100 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 25 | The Twenty Two New York1 Key · 76 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
| 26 | The Wall Street Hotel1 Key · 180 rooms | 5.20 | 1 MICHELIN Key |
Prestige score is shown out of 10. Sources: MICHELIN Guide hotel selection, Forbes Travel Guide 2026 Star Awards, The World’s 50 Best Hotels 2023 to 2025, La Liste Top 1000 Hotels.
Where to stay in New York City
The keyed properties fall into three bands: the Upper East Side around Madison and Park, where pre-war residential manners still govern; midtown between Fifth and Sixth avenues, close to the parks and galleries; and downtown in SoHo, NoMad, Tribeca and the Financial District, where converted lofts, ferry terminals and early skyscrapers house most of the recent arrivals.
When to go
The city fills twice a year, through late spring and again from October into the Thanksgiving and Christmas weeks; January, February and the humid stretch of late July and August are the quietest.
Common questions
What are the best hotels in New York City?
By prestige score, the three highest ranked hotels in New York City are Aman New York, The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel, Casa Cipriani New York. The score is a composite of MICHELIN Keys, Forbes Travel Guide Five Star ratings, placements in The World's 50 Best Hotels for 2023, 2024 and 2025, and La Liste's hotel ratings. finehotels.world tracks 26 award holding hotels in New York City in total.
How many MICHELIN Key hotels are there in New York City?
New York City has 26 hotels holding MICHELIN Keys in this index, of which 4 hold the top rating of three Keys and 7 hold two Keys.
How are the hotels in New York City ranked on this page?
Each hotel is scored on a fixed formula built only from award facts, then shown on a scale of 5.00 to 10.00. MICHELIN Keys carry the most weight, a Forbes Travel Guide Five Star rating adds a flat six points, placements in The World's 50 Best Hotels for 2023, 2024 and 2025 are weighted equally, and a La Liste rating moves the total slightly. Nothing a hotel supplies about itself enters the score, and the full formula is published on the methodology page so any figure in the table can be reproduced from the awards beside it.
When is the best time to visit New York City?
The city fills twice a year, through late spring and again from October into the Thanksgiving and Christmas weeks; January, February and the humid stretch of late July and August are the quietest.
Which area of New York City should you stay in?
The keyed properties fall into three bands: the Upper East Side around Madison and Park, where pre-war residential manners still govern; midtown between Fifth and Sixth avenues, close to the parks and galleries; and downtown in SoHo, NoMad, Tribeca and the Financial District, where converted lofts, ferry terminals and early skyscrapers house most of the recent arrivals.